EcoWave: the unique expedition on a solar-powered vessel has began

May 19, 2018 in St. Petersburg the EcoWave (Ecowolna) expedition – the scientific and technical festival has began. The expedition is held within the framework of MARINET’s project “Engineering Competitions”. The solar powered catamaran departed from St. Petersburg on the route Veliky Novgorod – Moscow – Astrakhan. From the Baltic to the Caspian Sea along the rivers Neva, Oka, Volga, the catamaran will pass more than 5000 kilometers through 20 regions of Russia within 90 days.

This project is aimed at the development of the high-tech water transport, which can be launched into mass production soon. Also, it opens the scientific and creative potential of young specialists involved in the project. And during the expedition the members will provide several researches and will gather valuable scientific data. (more…)

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MARINET Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, May 17

May 17, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod the MARINET will arrange its next meeting.  The meeting will be open at 12:00 in the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev at the address: 24 Minin street, Nizhny Novgorod (Conference Hall of the Academic Council of the NSTU).

This is the second MARINET meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, it is held on the initiative of the Privolzhsky project office of MARINET. Therefore, special attention will be paid to the regional topics: regional projects, as well as cooperation within the framework of the Nizhny Novgorod shipbuilding cluster and the establishment of the MARINET Caspian Center.

Also, the participants of the meeting will be able to visit “Akvarobofest”, the open city competition on robotic water games organized by the Nizhny Novgorod Children’s River Shipping Company on the same day at the NSTU.

We will be happy to see you in NSTU at 11:00 AM, when the “Akvarobofest” competition begins and the registration for the meeting will be open. Also for the registration you can use the link https://leader-id.ru/event/8362/.

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The finalists of the GenerationS in the MARINET nomination are selected

On April 27 the final of the Federal Accelerator of technological startups GenerationS was held in Moscow. This year for the first time the participants competed in the special nomination MARINET.

The finalists of the nomination were five participants:
• Yochting (Moscow) – yochting.com platform, which unites participants of the yacht charter market in a single interface;
• Hydro Tower (St. Petersburg) – sea-based hydroelectric power station of cyclone type;
• ProFiShip (Kaliningrad) – smart factory for non-waste processing of fish raw materials;
• Fish Fur (Novosibirsk) – eco technologies of fish wastes processing and
• Distributed Fiber-Optic Hydroacoustic Sensor (St. Petersburg). (more…)

MARINET’s Roadmap on improving legislation has been approved

The roadmap developed by the MARINET and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia to improve legislation and remove administrative barriers has been approved by the Government of Russia. The roadmap is aimed at creating conditions for promotion of new products and services to the market, support of new types of business activities, applying new business models, and stimulating the advanced implementation of high technologies in the maritime industry.

The implementation of the roadmap supposes the support of activities of the government authorities, companies, public organizations to implement initiatives aimed at promising technological markets of the global maritime industry: digital navigation (e-Navigation), ocean resources development technologies and innovative shipbuilding. (more…)

The third stage of the Development-NTI program is open

On April 6 the third stage of the “Development-NTI” Program by the Fund for the Promotion of Innovations was opened. Within the framework of the program the projects for R&D aimed at the MARINET key directions will be selected and supported.

Applications should be submitted before May 21, 2018. The projects should be aimed at the priority topics approved by MARINET taking into account technological barriers. The current list of the MARINET topics include:

1. Solutions for autonomous navigation, including navigation, radar and optical software and hardware systems

2. Solutions for gathering operational data on the ecological and hydrophysical situation in the World Ocean, equipped with a system of operational data transmission

3. Technologies and means of detection and monitoring, incl. systems of technical vision and visualization

4. Solutions for geological and geophysical prospecting on the seabed

5. Underwater wireless communication (more…)

Graduates of the program “Big Challenges” will take part in the world scientific fair IntelISEF

A team of talented students who took part in the “Big Challenges” program at the Sirius Educational Center in 2017 will represent Russia at the world scientific fair IntelISEF (USA), the awards of which are called the “small Nobel Prize”. Schoolchildren present two projects implemented in the “Big Challenges” program in the direction of World Ocean Development, organized with the support of MARINET: “Modeling of floating objects on the sea surface” and “Assessment of anthropogenic pressure on the Russian part of the Black Sea”.

The opportunity to represent Russia at the world scientific fair IntelISEF was won by students at the XIV Baltic Science and Engineering Competition on February 6-8, 2018 in St. Petersburg. The Baltic Science and Engineering Competition has been held in St. Petersburg since 2005 and is one of the largest scientific competitions for schoolchildren in Russia. (more…)

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MARINET Meeting on February 6 in the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency

Next MARINET Meeting will be held in Federal Marine and River Transport Agency on the 6th February 2018. The meeting will be open at 12:00, address: Petrovka 3/6, Moscow.

Please take into account that due to access order in FMRTA it is required to register in advance to participate in the meeting. For registration use the following link https://leader-id.ru/event/6298/

The Agenda will include new MARINET projects, changes in projects funding, new educational program in Sirius and new opportunity for the international business development by REC – the information about the last topic is available at https://marinet.org/ru/discussions/?view=thread&id=34&part=1#postid-47 (for registered users only).