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HOW TO AVOID OIL SPILL DAMAGES IN OYSTER FARMS?
A European Project to provide better Conflict
Management Tools for the Coastal Zone
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HYDROMOD Scientific Consulting European Projects
- A Chance or a Mess for SMEs?
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• Introduction Oilspills

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INTRODUCTION From AMOCO CADIZ to PALLAS
- 20 years lost?
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Beach cleaning after the AMOCO CADIZ desaster
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• Introduction Oilspills

• The Project OPCOM

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OPCOM Operational Modelling for Coastal Zone
Managment

• Definition of User Requirements
• Improvement of Coastal Zone Models
• Integration of Modelling and Monitoring

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• Turku

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• Introduction Oilspills

• The Project OPCOM

• The Company Hydromod

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HYDROMOD Scientific Consulting

• Main fields of operation
• Modelling of coastal, estuarine and inland
  water
• Project management
• Water quality studies
• Environmental impact assessment studies
• Data management

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• Introduction Oilspills

• The Project OPCOM

• The Company Hydromod

• Hydromods Partners

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Partners in OPCOM


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Typical Test-Visit of a Restaurant in Finland
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• Introduction Oilspills

• The Project OPCOM

• The Company Hydromod

• Hydromods Partners

• How to join the European Club?

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How to enter/build the European Club of
Project Partners?

• Picking up old Connections
• Using the EUROMAR gateway to MAST
• Support from Focal Points

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Balance Sheet - European Projects for SMEs

• Critical Points
• Lack in financial resources
• High administrative efforts
• No clear identification of
• routine services for SMEs

• Positive Aspects
• European experience
• Access to RD-results
• Increase of competitveness
• Access to new markets
• Special SME-support actions

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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO Portuguese Technical
University joins Forces with European SMEs
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Research, Universities, Companies and Public Labs
Seen by a (Portuguese) University member

• Ramiro Neves
• Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
• ramiro.neves_at_ist.utl.pt

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Research Products

• Tools
• hardware,
• software.
• Expertise
• To exploit the tools,
• To tackle uncommon problems.
• Knowledge
• Teaching improvement,
• Production of scientific literature.

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Research Players

• In a chronological order
• Universities,
• Public Labs,
• Companies.
• Why this chronological order ?

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Research Products and Players
Public Labs
Universities
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How is this system evolving ?
Companies
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Because it is an evolving system

• The situation is different from country to
  country according
• national stage of development,
• size of the country (market),
• national research policy.
• EU partnerships smooth the situation.

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My Own Experience

• Assoc. Prof. at IST (Eng. School of Tech. Univ.
  of Lisbon)
• IST has
• 6000 undergraduate students
• 1500 graduate students
• a no-longer young staff
• I am a modeller chairing a young research group
  composed mainly by studentsPh.D and M.Sc

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Subjects of concern in a students based team

• How to supervise many students ?
• How to assure continuity of the work ?
• How to increase success of students in the
  employment market ?

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Students needs

• To generate results gt support
• To contribute for a modelling tool gt
  co-ordination
• To avoid unproductive tasks gt a tool
• To increase employment success gt close relation
  with potential employers or good knowledge of
  society needs.

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High tech micro - companies role

• Create specialised jobs
• Transform research tools into management tools,
• Create a market for technology,
• Their staff can be co-supervisor of
  post-graduation students.

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IST team benefits from co-operation with
high-tech companies

• Definition of a research program more consistent
  with user needs,
• Consolidation of our research products,
• Pre- and post-processing tools,
• Co-operation on students supervision,
• Model preservation (waves high).

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Benefits from EU projects

• Model integration,
• Smaller costs and higher quality,
• Credibility,
• Stable funding policy.

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Conclusions

• Universities do have
• a permanent need for innovation,
• access to powerful human resources the students,
• freedom to choose their research subjects and to
  test new ideas and methods,

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Conclusions (cont.)

• Universities dont have
• Clear ideas of society needs,
• Capacity to produce exploitable tools,
• Universities, very hardly produce
• Integrated tools
• Quick answers

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Conclusions (cont.)

• Micro-companies
• Have a clear idea of society needs,
• Can contribute to create a market for technology,
• Create jobs for specialised people,
• Transform prototypes into exploitable products.

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Conclusions (cont.)

• EU Projects involving Companies and Universities
• Decrease costs and improve quality and
  credibility
• Tend to shorten the delay for exploitation,
• Increase market and employment.

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HOW TO AVOID OIL SPILL DAMAGES IN OYSTER FARMS?
A European Project to provide better Conflict
Management Tools for the Coastal Zone