Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of Deep-Sea Observatories

1. Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of Deep-Sea Observatories University of Tromsø, Norway 11-12th June 2009 Contacts: Bénédicte Ferré, bferre@ig.uit.no Jürgen Mienert, Juergen.Mienert@ig.uit.no - Needs and expectations as seen from academia - Needs and expectations as seen from industry - Potential collaboration between academia and industry - Practical approach and its strategy to make VISO a permanent and successful structure

2. Important topics for observatories • Geohazards • Fluid seeps and vents • Sedimentary processes • Fluid fluxes and geophysical processes • Ocean circulation and climate evolution • Geo-biology • Biology • Non-living resources

3. Topics • The needs and expectations as seen from academia • The needs and expectations as seen from industry • The potential collaboration between academia and industry • The practical approach and its strategy to make VISO a permanent and successful structure

5. Needs and expectations as seen from academia • Needs: • Technical developments • Scientific developments • Discussion and agreements between scientific and industry communities • Observatories are vital for the industry and society • Cabled and hybrid observatories • Online cable obs. not urgent for some scientific purposes • Obs. should always be multi-purpose with the best sensor

6. Topics • The needs and expectations as seen from academia • The needs and expectations as seen from industry • The potential collaboration between academia and industry • The practical approach and its strategy to make VISO a permanent and successful structure

8. Needs and expectations as seen from industry • Operational needs and concerns of offshore oil and gas exploration and production • Emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere • Sub-seabed carbon storage • Biomarine production, in particular fisheries • Mineral prospecting • Naval and Coast Guard operations • Shipping, tourism • Emerging industries as offshore wind and marine renewable energy • Landbased activities affected by tsunamis or seismological events

9. Needs and expectations as seen from industry • Working with regulators • Exchanging information and data • Some sectors are customers AND contributors

10. Topics • The needs and expectations as seen from academia • The needs and expectations as seen from industry • The potential collaboration between academia and industry • The practical approach and its strategy to make VISO a permanent and successful structure

12. Potential collaboration between academia and industry • Energy exploration and production • ICT industry • Mineral resources • Biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry • Fishery industry • Shipping • Defense • Tourism • Insurance • Electric utility companies • Agriculture • Space industry

13. Potential collaboration between academia and industry • Transfer of knowledge on • Prototypes of underwater sensors, components, devices and platforms • Material behavior over time in extreme environment • Science • Promote brainstorming for collaboration • Use VISO as a structure to disseminate method and equipment, and to identify locations for collaboration • Develop knowledge with commercial value • Standardizations of methodologies like sensor calibration

14. Potential collaboration between academia and industry • Work together toward a green technology: • Industry provides support to basic/fundamental research for creation of knowledge • Sharing lab and ship-time • Sharing experimental and exploratory work • Academia can help industry with specific problems

15. Topics • The needs and expectations as seen from academia • The needs and expectations as seen from industry • The potential collaboration between academia and industry • The practical approach and its strategy to make VISO a permanent and successful structure

17. Practical approach and strategy for the SC to follow • Define the needs • Scientific research is the key for good ocean policy • Societal needs: fishing issues, anthropogenic effects, geohazards, risks, global change… • Define VISO functional requirements: • Standards, scientific integration, objectives, public outreach, procedures, monitoring, peer reviews… • Review data management and storage, best practices • International linkage; funding for research staff • Support EMSO in its contacts with National Research Councils

18. Conclusions • World ocean in crisis • Fulfill the lack of deep-sea observations • What can be shared and how? • Education • VISO is useful to • concept to link industries, ocean scientists and ocean engineers into a mutually supportive international team • Disseminate methods and equipment • Promote emergency observatory concept of ESONET • Identify geographical locations for observatories

19. All the talks and details of participants are available on the IFREMER website: • And on the NOON website: • http://www.esonet-noe.org/ • news_and_events/ • esonet_workshops_and_meetings/ • viso_workshop_11_12_june_2009_in_tromso_norway • http://www.oceanobservatory.com/news/viso