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Why collaborate?

Maritime Collaboration Challenges 22 May 2014 London John Murray Chief Executive Society of Maritime Industries. Why collaborate?. “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Charles Darwin.

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Why collaborate?

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  1. Maritime Collaboration Challenges 22 May 2014LondonJohn MurrayChief ExecutiveSociety of Maritime Industries

  2. Why collaborate? “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Charles Darwin

  3. Why collaborate? (2) “For every Alfred Noble, inventing dynamite in secret in the suburbs of Stockholm, there are a half dozen collective inventions like the vacuum tube or the television, whose existence depended upon multiple firms driven by the profit motive who managed to create a significant new product via decentralised networking” Steven Johnson Where good ideas come from

  4. Collaboration is good for business • The effective exchange of industrial and research innovations enables companies to maintain their competitive advantage However, • Achieving successful awareness and effective collaboration remains a significant obstacle for many Also, • Many significant innovations come from SMEs and they need to be fully engaged with others so that they can exploit those innovations

  5. The collaborative challenges facing industry • If I collaborate with other companies how do I protect my IPR? • For large companies, understanding the capabilities which exist in different departments of the business can be more challenging than collaborating externally! • SMEs fear the cost of collaborations, especially if their systems are different to those of their project partners • SMEs can be easily daunted by the logistics of dealing with a partner not within an easy car or train ride from their office • How can I find the right partner for my business? • And many others!

  6. Examples of maritime challenges • Energy and fuel scarcity/cost [Technological/Economic/Environmental] • Climate change Mitigation (Low Carbon) [Environmental] • Reduced manning – move to autonomy [Social/Economic] • Operation in extreme environments (long-term deployment, arctic, aquaculture, deep-sea) [Technological/Environmental] • Construction and servicing of offshore wind farms [Technological] • Through life support [Economic] • Changing security threats (Physical - Piracy; Terrorism and Cyber) [Political & legal]

  7. In essence: EuroVIP is the link bringing those providing services and systems together with those who require unique solutions, in a growing network across Europe.

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