1 / 9

Prof. Gerhard Strasser

ECMAR Association European Council for Maritime Applied Research. Prof. Gerhard Strasser Director Schiffbautechnische Versuchsanstalt in Wien GmbH | Vienna Model Basin Ltd. ECMAR Family History. ECMAR Association has a long history:

hewitt
Download Presentation

Prof. Gerhard Strasser

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ECMAR Association European Council for Maritime Applied Research Prof. Gerhard Strasser DirectorSchiffbautechnische Versuchsanstalt in Wien GmbH | Vienna Model Basin Ltd

  2. ECMAR Family History ECMAR Association has a long history: • It originally started in 1953 as ICSR the International Cooperation in Ship Research • It changed its name in 1988 to ECMAR – European Cooperation in Maritime Research • In 2003 the EU project EVIMAR – European Virtual Institute for Maritime Research set up a company EVIMAR A/S • In 2007 the old ECMAR and EVIMAR A/S decided to establish the ECMAR Association.

  3. ECMAR Family History

  4. Role of ECMAR • External: • ECMAR and its members are an interface between academia (basic research) and producing industry. • ECMAR members provide awareness of advance technologies and are multipliers of technologies. • This makes ECMAR an ideal candidate to contribute to the definition of future research areas. (-> Research Agenda) 2. Internal: • Improve the present situation of research(ers) • Collaboration of researchers • Coordinate member’s interests towards the Commission

  5. ECMAR Activities

  6. ECMAR Membership ECMAR currently has 23 members: • ABS, AKER Arctic, BMT, BSHC, CEHIPAR, CETENA, CMT, CTO, DST, FORCE, HSVA, INSEAN, ICEPRONAV, Lloyds Register, MARIN, MARINTEK, SIREHNA, SSPA, SVA, SVA-Potsdam, Safety at Sea Ltd, TNO-CMC, VTT.

  7. ECMAR Association ECMAR • ECMAR is a non-profit making foundation, based in Brussels. Its office is on the 5th Floor of Rue du Commerce, 20-22, B-1000 Brussels, close to the centre of Brussels. • ECMAR’s Acting Director is Tony Morrall of BMT Group Ltd. • ECMAR’s website is www.ecmar.eu

  8. ECMAR Association ECMAR Participation in Europe • ECMAR (both the old ECMAR and more recently the ECMAR Association) have participated in Maritime Industries Forum (MIF) since its inception in 1992, it has also participated in the industry Support Group of the Technology Platform WATERBORNE, and the EU Coordination Action-ACMARE.

  9. ECMAR Participation in PROMARC • WP1 Investigation of national and EU schemes to promote maritime transport sector - 0.5 MM • WP2 Skill Shortage and Demand - 0.5MM • WP3 Promotion of research opportunities in the maritime transport sector - 0.5MM

More Related