Accelerating sustainable innovations at sea Highlights of the Innovation Seminar
In line with MARIN’s focus on accelerating the innovative developments of our clients we decided to organise a special seminar dedicated to maritime innovation in October.
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s David Kelly of Stanford University stated: ‘Learn to fail fast if you want to succeed sooner’. With this in mind
we wanted to explore whether we can create a learning environment in our facilities for new floating technology more productively. We invited clients from different maritime backgrounds to share their experiences regarding innovations and we discussed the present and future role of MARIN in driving innovation forward. We closed the day with an innovative workshop in our Shallow Water Basin.
As you know innovation is more important than ever because we live in an age of rapid transition. Sustainable energy and food production, but also nature preservation, climate change resilience, zero emission transport and defence technology, all require new solutions at sea. MARIN is aiming for a new approach to accelerating the development of your innovation by offering a unique combination of interactive workshops, explorative model tests and simulator studies.
Olaf Waals
o.waals@marin.nl 20 report
Startups and SME companies Besides large companies, startups and SME companies were also asked to share their experiences at the seminar. MARIN has been
working with smaller companies for a decade, supporting them and conducting conceptual tests in free basin slots. We also had a presentation from NWO about the take-off subsidy programme. This gives Dutch startups a fantastic opportunity to work with MARIN and take the next step with their innovations.
Design sprints in open innovations In recent years we have initiated a number of open innovations and during the seminar we have proposed to use a similar method for the innovations of our clients. Many of these innovations in the last few years have focused on a societal theme such as climate adaptive infrastructure or the safety of shipping. A recent example is the open innovation of ‘crash barriers’ (offshore guardrails) to prevent ships from colliding with wind turbines.
New Innovation Team We also announced the creation of a specialised Innovation Team at the seminar. We have extensive experience of performing detailed model tests and numerical research. Our methods and mindset are mostly directed to the verification of reliable results, and of course we will continue to do that. But at the same time, we have started a team within
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