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VALUE CREATION IN OCEAN SPACE
New Opportunities in the Blue Economy
South Africa
- Norway Science Week 2016
October 31 through November 4
Pretoria and Cape Town
Welcome to Science Week 2016!
Our two countries share a rich history of joint research. Since 1994 we have
enjoyed formalised cooperation. Today South Africa and Norway are key partners
with a wide variety of bilateral research programs. We are keen to see what our
business communities can learn from academia, and how researchers can bring
about innovation and new business. The theme for this science week is one that
represents a prioritised area to both countries: Value Creation in Ocean Space New Opportunities in the Blue Economy.
With the Science Week, we are bringing together key players from higher education,
research, innovation and business in South Africa and Norway. Our objective is
to forge new relationships and encourage collaboration between academia and
industry across national borders.
Mr Daan du Toit,
Deputy-Director General of
the Department of Science
and Technology
H.E. Ms Trine Skymoen,
Ambassador of Norway to
South Africa
MONDAY
31.10
PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY
08:30-09:00
Registration, coffee, tea, refreshments.
Plenary 1: Official Opening of South Africa - Norway Science Week 2016
09:00-09:05 Welcome and Practical Information
Dr Aldo Stroebel, Executive Director, National Research Foundation
(NRF) and Program Director of the day
On Monday 31 October 2016, the venue
for Science Week 2016 will be The
Innovation Hub at the Innovation Centre
in Mark Shuttleworth Street in Pretoria,
offering attractive facilities for start-up
companies, as well as open space and
services for conferences.
09:05-09:15
Welcome Remarks
Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor
09:15-09:30
Official Opening of South Africa - Norway Science Week 2016
Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Ms Tone Skogen
Plenary 2: Overview and a strategic context to the Blue Economy
This session will provide an overview and strategic context to the emerging
opportunities in Ocean Space and the Blue Economy. It will highlight global trends
and national strategies as well as addressing the benefits of expanding bilateral
cooperation in education, research, innovation and business development.
09:40-10:00Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Norway
and South Africa; a success story
Mr Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway
(RCN)
10:00-10:15 Blue Economy: South African Perspectives
Mr Sobantu Tilayi, Acting CEO of the South African Maritime Safety
Authority (SAMSA)
10:15-10:30 Blue Economy: Norwegian Perspectives
Mr Per Niederbach, Director of Regions and Financing, Innovation
Norway (IN)
10:30-11:00
Break. Refreshments, tea and coffee
MONDAY
MONDAY
Plenary 3: Operation Phakisa Oceans Economy and Norwegian contributions
This session will set the scene by offering selected concrete areas of focus that are
consistent with overall strategies and priorities, and therefore of particular interest
to both countries – thereby providing an arena for sharing information and past
experiences.
11:00-11:20 Operation Phakisa Oceans Economy
Mr Andre Share, Head: Oceans Economy Secretariat, Department of
Environmental Affairs (DEA)
11:20-11:40 South Africa’s Maritime Skills and Research Roadmap
Mr Malek Pourzanjani, CEO of the South African International
Maritime Institute (SAIMI)
11:40-12:00 Norwegian experiences with the Ocean Space - Blue Economy
Johan E. Hustad, Pro-Rector for Innovation, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology (NTNU)
12:00-12:30
Comments, questions and answers
12:30-13:45
Lunch
13:45-13:55 The story of I See A Different You (ISADY)
ISADY is a collective of Soweto born and bred creatives and
visionaries who seek to bring the alternative view of South Africa,
and the continent at large, to a global audience. Today they might
also show us a different side of Norway.
Plenary 4: Success Stories and New Funding Opportunities
The objective of this session is to make the audience, including researchers and
innovators, aware of funding opportunities for their activities, real-life successstories and lessons learned.
14:00–14:15 Opportunities in H2020 and EUREKA
Tugela Matubatuba, Deputy Director: Strategic Partnership,
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
14:15-14:30 ERAfrica, LEAP AGRI and the Belmont Forum
Ms Prudence Makhura, Director; International Relations &
Cooperation, National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF)
14:30-14:45INTPART and UTFORSK: Two programmes linking education,
research and innovation
Ms Ragnhild Tungesvik, Head of Department, Norwegian Centre for
International Cooperation in Education (SIU)
14:45-15:00 EUROSTARS – Funding partnerships under EUREKA
Ms Inga Elizabeth Bruskeland, Senior Adviser, Department of
Innovation in Industry, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
15:00-15:15
A Snapshot of the Norwegian Innovation Clusters’ Program
Ms Åse Kaurin, Special Adviser, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
15:15-15:40 Comments, questions and answers
15:40-15:50The Innovation Hub, Service offerings and role in the regional
system for innovation
Dr Rethabile Melamu, Acting CEO, The Innovation Hub
15:50-16:00 Wrap up, practical information and the rest of the programme
Dr Aldo Stroebel, Executive Director, National Research Foundation
(NRF)
Reception and exhibition
16:00-18:00Reception with braai, exhibition and sound by I See A Different You
hosted by Ms Trine Skymoen, Ambassador of Norway to South
Africa and Mr Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General, Department
of Science and Technology (DST)
18:30 Bus departure to O. R. Tambo for onwards flight to Cape Town
18:30Bus departure to the following hotels:
• T
he Protea Hotel Fire and Ice • City Lodge, Lynnwood Ridge
• T
he Villas Luxury Suite Hotel
• Courtyard Hotel, Arcadia
TUESDAY
01.11
The venue selected for Tuesday 1
November 2016 is the “Rotunda” at The
Bay Hotel in Cape Town, because of its
location at the beach in Camps Bay – as
well as its facilities for exhibitions and
receptions.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY
11:30-13:00
Registration. Coffee, tea, and refreshments.
11:30-13:00 Exhibitions, presentations, and displays by Norwegian companies
offering products and providing services in South Africa, and by new
start-up companies, researchers, and students from either or both
countries presenting their ideas, projects, and/or results with the
help of posters, roll-ups, and/or brochures.
Opening of Day 2 of Science Week 2016
13:00-13:15 Welcome remarks
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr Senzeni Zokwana
13:15-14:30 Continuing with exhibitions and networking.
14:30-14:40 Welcome to Cape Town!
Dr Kristin Danielsen, International Director, The Research Council of
Norway and Program Director of the day
14:40-15:00 Recap of Day 1 in Pretoria
Ms Siphokazi Ndundane, Deputy Director-General, Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
TUESDAY
TUESDAY
Plenary 5: Ignite & Connect Norway – South Africa
Reception
Plenary 5 provides a more operational context for further bilateral cooperation in
education, research, innovation, and business development – against the backdrop
created by Operation Phakisa in South Africa and the Panorama strategy in Norway.
17:00-19:00 Reception hosted by Kongsberg Maritime
Remarks by Mr Vidar Bjørkedal, Vice President, Kongsberg Maritime
and Ms Tone Skogen, Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Live music by Concerts SA
15:00-15:20
Ongoing ocean research and innovation in Norway
Johan E. Hustad, Pro-Rector for Innovation, NTNU
15:20-15:40
Technology Outlook 2025
Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, Area Manager Africa, DNV GL
15:40-16:00
Catalyst For Change: Nor-Shipping, collaborative approach
Birgit Marie Liodden, Director, Nor-Shipping
16:00-16:20 Ship building in South Africa
Prasheen Maharaj, CEO, SA Shipyards
16:20-16:40Competence building and innovation in
Norwegian maritime clusters
Åse Kaurin, Special Adviser, Research Council of Norway
16:40-17:00
Innovations and technologies for the Ocean Space
Vidar Bjørkedal, Vice President, Kongsberg Maritime
Concerts SA
Concerts SA is a joint South African/Norwegian initiative under the auspices of
the Stakeholder Hub within the SAMRO Foundation. It receives support from the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SAMRO and Concerts Norway. Working with
musicians, promoters, venue owners and audiences, the project aims to support
live music in South Africa by finding and implementing ways to create a vibrant and
viable live music circuit. It also aims to develop an interest in and appreciation of live
music by showcasing music performances and conducting workshops at schools.
WEDNESDAY
02.11
Wednesday 2 November 2016 focuses
on maximizing interaction, information
exchange and networking among the
attendees, and on negating the effects of
the physical distance between Norway
and South Africa. For that reason, the
venue will be Workshop 17 at the world
renowned Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in
the center of Cape Town.
Within the Workshop 17 venue at the Watershed near the North Quay, a total of
20 workshops will take place, divided into 5 parallel tracks with 4 consecutive
workshops, each lasting 90 minutes. Program Director for Day 3 is Per Niederbach,
Director of Regions and Financing with Innovation Norway. The program will start at
08:00, break for lunch 12:30-13:30, and last till 18:00 – structured so that people will
be able to switch between different tracks in order to “pick & choose” the particular
workshops that are of most interest. The focus, the contents, and the size of the
workshops will be dynamic and continue to evolve. If you would like to get involved,
please contact the organizer or chairperson indicated below:
Parallel workshops:
Track A:Marine Environmental Research and Innovation in Support
of the Ocean Economy
Dr Björn Backeberg
Track B: Aquaculture - New business opportunities in South Africa
Beverley Lewis
Track C: Further cooperation in research, education, and innovation
Jan M Haakonsen
Track D: Governance and regulatory issues for sustainable development
Dr Nico Jooste
Track E: Adaptronics and new paradigms for maritime applications
Andre Krüger
PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY
08:00-08:30Registation
Coffee, tea, and refreshments – accompanied by a marimba
orchestra from Khayelitsha
Plenary Session 6
08:30-09:00 Welcome to the Waterfront and Workshop 17 – Setting the scene
Per Niederbach, Director of Regions and Financing,
Innovation Norway
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Parallel Workshops
Plenary session 7
09:00-10:30
17:00-17:30 Summary of Science Week 2016 and closing remarks
Per Niederbach, Director of Regions and Financing,
Innovation Norway
Refreshments
11:00-12:30
Parallel Workshops 1
A1 – South Africa’s Ocean and Climate
B1 – Strategies and Success Stories
C1 – Blue ocean research and Innovation: A decade of research
collaboration yields a porthole of opportunity for new
discoveries in marine science
D1 – BE-Africa: Enabling sustainable Blue Economies with Africa
E1 – Adaptronics for maritime applications
Parallel Workshops 2
A2 – Measurement technologies in support of the ocean economy
B2 – Pilot Projects and Research
C2 – SANOcean: Towards a new SA-NO bilateral research and
innovation programme with focus on the Blue Economy?
D2 – Sustainable Governance of Sea and Coastal areas and Marine
Resources
E2 – Gas-to-power enabling Southern Africa
13:30-15:00 Parallel Workshops 3
A3 – Forecasting Capabilities, the Ocean Economy, Ecosystems and
Fisheries
B3 – Equipment and Feed
C3 – Home - Education for new generation of Ocean Leaders
D3 – Seabed Mining and Marine areas Management: Appraising
Regulatory Approaches
E3 – Lightweight ship concepts
15:30-17:00 Parallel Workshops 4
A4 – Monitoring change in Marine Ecosystems
B4 – Sustainability and Financing
C4 – Capacity Building and Training
D4 – Socio-Economic impact: a) Coastal livelihoods in SA; b)
Improved law enforcement in fighting fisheries crime (FishFORCE)
E4 – A new generation special-purposes vessels
17:30-18:00
Official Launch of Nansen-Tutu Phase III
The Nansen-Tutu Center for Marine Environmental Research was established
as a joint venture between partners from South Africa, Norway and USA, to
gather information about the three oceans around southern Africa, and to better
understand and deal with global change across the continent. This official signing
ceremony will signify the launch of the Center’s 3rd three-year phase, following a
day of presentations and discussions on marine research relevant to both nations.
The Center’s vision is to serve Africa through advancing knowledge of the
marine environment and climate system in the spirit of Nobel Peace Laureates
Fridtjof Nansen and Desmond Tutu, and aims to develop and implement operational
oceanography and methods of data integration into models in the South Atlantic
Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean, with a focus on ocean state,
marine environmental and ecosystem modelling, and the role of the ocean in
climate and weather.
Contact persons: Dr Bjorn Backeberg and Associate Professor Mathieu Rouault:
Co-Directors
18:00-20:00
Guided tour onboard the S.A.Agulhas II
The S.A.Agulhas II is a South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship
owned by the Department of Environmental Affairs. For security reasons, the number
of visitors is limited to 90. IMPORTANT: Only registered participants who have
submitted their ID number (SA nationals) or passport number (non-SA nationals) to
the Secretariat by end-of-business on Monday 17 October will be allowed on board!
A
WEDNESDAY
Parallel workshops
Parallel workshops
WEDNESDAY
TRACK A
The objective is to provide an overview of marine environmental R&D in South
Africa, including observational and modelling capabilities that support Blue
Economy development. If you are iterested in getting involved, please contact
Dr Björn Backeberg ([email protected]).
Workshop A1:
Workshop A2:
Workshop A3:
Workshop: A4
South Africa’s Ocean and Climate
Measurement technologies in
support of the ocean economy
Forecasting capabilities, the ocean
economy, ecosystems and fisheries
Monitoring change in marine
ecosystems
Chairperson: Marjolaine Krug
Chairperson: Juliet Hermes
Chairperson: Sean Fennessy
GlobCurrent, optimising state-of-theart observations for improved surface
current estimates in support of marine
services.
Johnny Johannessen, Director, Nansen
Environmental and Remote Sensing
Center.
Towards ocean state forecasting in the
Agulhas Current.
Björn Backeberg, Senior Researcher,
Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research.
Experience from 10 years of mapping
for the Norwegian government: The
Mareano Programme
Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Institute of
Marin Research, Norway
HF radar data assimilation and
improvement of ocean models.
Ann Kristin Sperrevik, Scientist,
Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Biodiversity maps to inform marine
spatial planning (MSP) in South Africa.
Mandy Lombard, Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University, South Africa
Oceans economy, resource use and the
need for marine ecosystem accounting.
Ken Findlay, Research Chair, Oceans
Economy, Cape Peninsula University of
Technology.
Research needs driven by South
Africa’s emerging marine spatial
planning legislation
Kerry Sink, South African National
Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
Ocean data from commercial fishing
vessels: a two-way benefit.
Marcello Vichi, Director, Marine Research
Institute, University of Cape Town.
Epifauna monitoring: tracking change,
habitats and vulnerable species
Lara Atkinson, SAEON Egagasini Node’s
Research, South Africa
Chairperson: Bjorn Backeberg
Agulhas Current variability:
a challenge across industry sectors.
Marjolaine Krug, Senior Researcher,
Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research.
Large mooring arrays monitoring the
Greater Agulhas Current and its interocean exchanges.
Tamaryn Morris, ASCA Coordinator,
Egagasini Node for Marine Offshore
Systems South African Environmental
Observation Network
The role of the ocean on climate
forcing: El Nino and South Africa’s
drought.
Mathieu Rouault, Co-director, NansenTutu Centre for Marine Environmental
Research.
Ocean colour and new Sentinel satellite
applications
Stewart Bernard, Principal Researcher
Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research
HF radar - contribution to SA Blue
Economy.
Anton Kjelaas, Managing director
CodarNor, Oslo; President of The
Norwegian Scientific Academy for
Polar Research
SAWS: Met-ocean data and
infrastructure in support of industry,
research and public good
Marc de Vos, Marine Scientist at South
African Weather Service.
Underwater/deep sea/sea bed
mapping and monitoring technology for
research, industry and management
Rolf Birger Pedersen, Professor,
Director, Department of Earth Science
University of Bergen.
Mesopelagic fish – a new resource for
marine oils and protein
Jarl Giske, Pro-Dean, University of
Bergen or Geir Huse, Senior Scientist,
Institute for Marine Research.
B
WEDNESDAY
Parallel workshops
Parallel workshops
WEDNESDAY
TRACK B
Track B also runs for the entire day, consisting of four consequtive workshops
devoted to: Aquaculture – New business opportunities in South Africa.
The objective is to share experiences from Norway and success stories from South
Africa, and to highlight emerging business opportunities in South Africa – for
producers of marine species as well as for providers of products and services.
Chairperson for Track B is Ms Beverley Lewis, Innovation Norway.
Workshop B1:
Workshop B2:
Workshop B3:
Workshop B4:
Strategies and Success Stories
Pilot Projects and Research
Equipment and Feed
Sustainability and Financing
2016 Results of Innovation Norway’s
Seafood Study on the South African
market
Beverley Lewis, Market Advisor,
Innovation Norway
Irvin & Johnson Abalone Project
Steyn Miller – Farm Manager and
Deidre du Toit – Production Manager,
Irvin & Johnson
he World’s First Offshore
T
Aquaculture Project
Rune Haukom, Vice President Global
Customer Support, Kongsberg Maritime
kills Development in Aquaculture
S
– Practical Insights from Norway
Heidi Glørstad Nielsen, Project
Manager, Kyst Kompetanse
Aquaculture Opportunities
– a Commercial Perspective
Robert Landman, Business Insights
Manager, Irvin & Johnson
Sea-bed Farming Concept
Kristian Vorkinn, Marine Garden
anel discussion to discuss how the
P
SA industry is developing and looking
at opportunities in aquaculture
peration Phakisa: Aquaculture
O
Opportunities & funding models for
South Africa
Belemane Semoli, DAFF
quaculture Study on Opportunities
A
in East Africa and South Africa
Prof Peter Brits Department of
Ichthyology & Fisheries Science Rhodes
University
reating an Aquaculture Value Chain
C
– The Three Streams Journey
Greg Stubbs, Owner & Founder, Three
Streams
ighlands Trout in Lesotho and
H
opportunities in the Seychelles
Prof Tom Hecht, PhD in Ichthyology &
Fisheries Science, Advance Africa
Tilapia Pilot Project
Henk Stander, General Manager:
Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch
quaculture Clusters in Norway
A
- how we work with them
Åse Kaurin, The Research Council
ertification Aspects of Aquaculture
C
Grant Little, Station Manager, DNV-GL
enetic Improvement and Feed
G
Development for Aquaculture
Dr Nicholas Robinson, Senior Research
Scientist at Nofima
I s the commercial culture of the
South African scallop, “Pecten
sulcisostatus” achievable?
Dr Sissel Andersen, Institute for Marine
Research and Dr Dale Arendse, DAFF
C
WEDNESDAY
Parallel workshops
Parallel workshops
WEDNESDAY
TRACK C
The workshops in Track C focus on opportunities for further cooperation in
research, education, and innovation between our two countries.
Chairperson: Jan M Haakonsen, The Research Council of Norway
Workshop C1
Workshop C2
Workshop C3
Workshop C4
Blue ocean research and innovation:
A decade of research collaboration
yields a porthole of opportunity for
new discoveries in marine science.
SANOcean: Towards a new SA-NO
bilateral research and innovation
programme with focus on the
Blue Economy?
HOME- Education for a new
generation of ocean leaders with the
capacity to innovate, think across
disciplines, work across sectors and
lead change.
Capacity building and training:
Paul Cowley, SAIB & Tor Næsje, NINA
Jan Monteverde Haakonsen, RCN &
Prudence Makhura, NFR, and Ragnhild
Tungesvik from SIU.
During the workshop our team will
have a display and give presentations
to profile the significant research
conducted through bilateral research
cooperation arrangements over the past
decade. It will also demonstrate how
this research lead to the development
of a national research and monitoring
platform, which tracks the movements
and migrations of tagged marine
animals. Through future collaborations
we believe this initiative can galvanise
broader global interest and make
science an anchor tenant in our blue
economy.
The current and third of the bilateral
programmes, SANCOOP, is due to end
in 2017 and so far there are no concrete
plans for a fourth phase.
Both countries have expressed a
strong mutual interest in developing
the opportunities offered by their
respective access to huge ocean areas
and resources in order to embark a blue
economy pathway.
It is therefore opportune to propose
a fourth bilateral research cooperation
program centered on this theme. Such a
program would focus more strongly than
before on bringing together research and
industry, as well as higher education,
to invite submission of research and
innovation projects to produce results and
ideas that can develop existing industries
in the marine and maritime sector, attract
investments and help to establish new
companies under the South African Norwegian cooperation framework.
Yannick Beaudoin from GRID-Arendal,
Ronel Nel from NMMU, Øystein
Djupedal from UiA, and Patrick
Vrancken from NMMU
HOME is a Norwegian and South African
master’s programme that will influence
how decision-making that relates to
ocean planning, law, stewardship, and
industrial activity happens. Working
together, the University of Agder in
Norway, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University in South Africa and GRID
Arendal will attract students from diverse
academic and social backgrounds with
aspirations for becoming future ocean
leaders with different specializations.
Graduates will exit the programme
with not only an ability to think and
collaborate across disciplines, but will
be able to think and act across sectors
in order to generate a more holistic
approach than conventional academic
learning environments can produce.
SEAmester - an overview of South
Africa’s first Class Afloat.
Isabelle Ansorge, Head of Department of
Oceanography, University of Cape Town
The Nansen program and cooperation
in education and training.
Åsmund Bjordal, Director of the Center
for Development Cooperation in
Fisheries, Institute for Marine Research
Gobies and hake in the hypoxic waters
of the Benguela upwelling region:
partnership on research and training of
graduates.
Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, Professor,
Institute for Biology, University of Bergen
Cooperation in higher education.
Nils Gunnar Kvamstø, Professor,
Institute Leader, Geophysical Institute,
University of Bergen
The Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine
Environmental Research: a Norwegian
- South African joint venture agreement
for research and capabity building.
Björn Backeberg or Mathieu Rouault, Codirector, Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine
Environmental Research
D
WEDNESDAY
Parallel workshops
Parallel workshops
TRACK D
The emphasis of Track D is governance and regulatory issues for sustainable
development. Chairperson: Nico Jooste, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Workshop D1
Workshop D2
Workshop D3
BE-Africa: Enabling sustainable
Blue Economies with Africa
- An exploration of sustainable
economics, governance, law,
politics, and science.
Sustainable governance of sea and
coastal areas and marine resources
Seabed Mining and Marine Areas
Management:
Appraising Regulatory Approaches
Yannick Beaudoin from GRID-Arendal,
Alex Benkenstein from SAIIA, Geir
Hønneland from FNI, Øystein Djupedal
from University of Agder, Anthony
Ribbink from Sustainable Seas Trust,
and Romy Chevalier from SAIIA.
Considering the extensive Norwegian
and South African experiences in the
area of sound ocean management and
sustainable ocean development, there
is a clear opportunity to co-create
transformative knowledge, governance
and sectoral innovations to support
sustainable blue economies in South
Africa, Africa and globally.
We propose a generative dialogue
session inviting cross-sectoral
participation to a) discuss the need
for new economics to underpin a truly
sustainable blue society, b) explore how
innovations in resource governance
will support Africa’s blue economy and
c) deep dive into a concrete example
of cutting edge science the field of
aquaculture/mari-culture science.
Ernst Nordtveit, UiB
South Africa and Norway both have
large coastal areas as well as Exclusive
Economic Zones (EEZ) and Continental
shelf (CS) areas. Development of legal
institutions for sustainable economic
governance of these areas will be
crucial for production of food and energy
and for economic development for both
countries.
Despite differences as well in
physical conditions and social and
economic development, comparative
studies of the legal regimes for the
coastal zone, the EEZ and the CS, will
be of high interest. Also the questions
related to open sea areas and the polar
areas will be of high interest for both
states.
South Africa is neighbor to large
open sea areas and to the Antarctica,
and has extensive claims for CS out of
the mainland as well as around island
areas. Norway has extensive territorial
claims in Antarctica and Norwegian
vessels are involved in fisheries in
Southern Atlantic.
Catherine Banet, UiO & Hanri Mostert,
UCT
First, the session aims to review recent
legal developments under public
international law as concerns the
exploration and exploitation of mineral
resources on the deep seabed. The
objective is here to share knowledge and
perspectives on the development of a
regime which is common to all UNCLOS
parties and which is coordinated by the
International Seabed Authority (ISA).
Both Norway and South Africa are
actively participating to ISA’s work.
Second, the session aims to
discuss regulatory approach to the
exploitation of mineral resources on
their continental shelf. Both Norway and
South Africa made mineral discoveries
and are considering elaborating a
dedicated national regime. The second
part of the session will therefore
focus on exchange of views on the
fundamentals for the elaboration of
related national legislation.
The discussion is expected to provide
input to public authorities, stakeholders
and to serve as a basis for further joint
research projects.
WEDNESDAY
D
WEDNESDAY
Parallel workshops
TRACK D
E
Parallel workshops
WEDNESDAY
TRACK E
Adaptronics and new paradigms for maritime applications is covered in Track E,
chaired by Andre F. Kruger, Innovation Norway.
Workshop D4
Socio-economic impact
a) Costal livelihoods in
South Africa
b) Improved law enforcement in
Kristin Hagan & Samantha Williams
Prof Hennie van As, NMMU
The objective of this session is to inform
about recent research on marine
conservation and livelihoods in South
Africa. It focuses on the importance of
considering the social, economic and
environmental challenges of smallscale coastal communities in projects
on value creation in the ocean.
The small-scale fisheries sector
contributes to coastal economies, food
security and poverty alleviation in the
South African context. However, coastal
management and decision making
usually occurs without the input,
consultation or knowledge of fishers,
although their livelihoods are affected
by conservation and value creation
projects.
There have been a number of recent
incidents of illegal fishing along the
Southern African coast, underscoring
the need for stronger law enforcement
in protecting coastal states’ marine
resources. There are strong indicators
and evidence that a number of these
illegal activities are linked to organized
crime that may jeapordise the Blue
Economy. There is a pressing need
to build law enforcement expertise
and strengthen cooperation between
agencies, domestically and across
borders. The newly established
FishFORCE aims to achieve this goal
via a combination of hands-on expert
training of law enforcement officers,
continual post-training support and
focused research.
fighting fisheries crime (FishFORCE)
Workshop E1
Workshop E2
Adaptronics for
maritime applications
Gas-to-power enabling
Southern Africa
Dirk Muller, Technologist Ocean
Engineering, Adaptronics Advanced
Manufacturing Technology Laboratory,
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
The Cape Peninsula University of
Technology (CPUT) and the South
African Department of Environmental
Affairs (DEA) entered into a partnership
to enhance and expand South
Africa’s Maritime and Oceanographic
capabilities through research,
technology and innovation.
The Adaptronics Advanced
Manufacturing Technology Laboratory
(AMTL) and the French-South African
Technology Institute (F’SATI) have
been identified to provide a range
of Maritime and Oceanographic
platforms and systems to aid in the
Monitoring, Evaluation and Security of
South Africa’s vast Coastal and Ocean
Exclusive Economic Zones.
The Directors of these units, Prof
Oscar Philander (AMTL) and Prof Robert
Van Zyl (F’SATI) will host this workshop
and discuss their organisational
activities, DEA’s requirements and
potential partnership opportunities
between CPUT and South African and
Norwegian Companies.
Workshop E3
Lightweight ship concepts
Workshop E4
A new generation
special-purposes vessels
THURSDAY
03.11
Thursday 3 November 2016 offers
opportunities to expand on existing
and new relationships, in addition to
attending one of the Special Interest
events:
A - Antarctica Workshop
Colophon Seminar Room, Second
floor, CBC Building, South Africa
National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI),
Kirstenbosch Gardens
B - Moonwalking in Ocean Space
Cape Town Hotel School, Granger Bay
Campus, Cape Peninsula University of
Technology (CPUT)
C - Excursion to Saldanha Bay
Bus departure from the V&A
Waterfront at 06:00
Antartica Workshop
Norway and South Africa have a long history of cooperation in the Antarctic region,
and both countries are members of the Antarctic Treaty System. The aim of this
workshop will be to explore various areas of cooperation, with a focus on both
scientific cooperation as well as cooperation on policy and legal matters.
The workshop will also look at how Cape Town and South Africa could further
strengthen its role as a gateway to the Antarctic region. The workshop will be
co-hosted by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the
Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and the Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria, with
the involvement of other stakeholders from both South Africa and Norway. The
workshop will be open to all interested parties from government, government
institutions, academia, research, civil society and private sector.
Should you wish to contribute or participate in the workshop, please get in touch
with the organisers, as indicated below.
The workshop will cover three main topics:
1.
Cooperation within the area of science and research: Establishing stronger
Southern Ocean and Antarctic collaboration to drive world class regional
ecosystem research and sustainable exploitation.
Contact people: Nalân Koç, The Norwegian Polar Institute
2.
Cooperation within the area of policy and legislation
Contact people: Jonas Mphepya, Department of Environmental Affairs and
Birgit Njaastad, The Norwegian Polar Institute
3.
Cape Town, South Africa as a gateway to Antartica
Contact people: Jonas Mphepya, Department of Environmental Affairs and
John E. Guldahl, The Norwegian Polar Institute
For questions to the overall programme please contact Mette Tangen, the
Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria.
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Antarctica Workshop
Antarctica Workshop
THURSDAY
PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY
10:20-10:45
08:00-08:30
10:45- 11:00 South Africa’s multi-disciplinary research in the Southern Ocean
Pedro Monteiro, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Registration, coffee, tea, refreshments
08:30-09:00 Opening and Welcome
Ms Trine Skymoen, Ambassador of Norway to South Africa
Dr Mayekiso, Deputy Director General, Branch Oceans and Coasts,
Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
Ms Anniken Krutnes, Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs
for Norway
Dr Nalan Koc, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
Cooperation within the area of Science and research
Break. Refreshments, tea and coffee
11:15-11:30
Marine Biodiversity of the Southern Oceans
Toufiek Samaai, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
11:30-11:45
Norwegian ecosystem research in a krill dominated ecosystem
Olav Rune Godø, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
11:45-12:00Top predators and oceans interaction in Southern Oceans and
archipelago islands
Azwianewi Makhado, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
This session will aim to identify potential joint work areas and project concepts
that can be taken forward over the next few years. The session will begin with a
description of key aspects of Research Direction and Policy for the Southern Oceans
and Antarctica. To encourage discussion around areas of cooperation and joint
work there will be a series of presentations of recent and current work themes and
ongoing projects in the Southern Ocean, Islands and Antarctica.
12:00-12:15
09:00-09:20
SA research direction
Gilbert Siko, Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Ashley Johnson, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
12:30-12:45
Nansen Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research
12:45-13:15
Open discussion and the way forward
09:20-09:35
Geosciences research in Antarctica
Geoff Grantham, University of Johannesburg
13:15-14:15
Lunch
09:35- 09:50 Space science research in Antarctica
Pierre Cilliers, South African National Space Agency
09:50- 10:05A review of ecosystem research and long term monitoring in the
Southern Ocean
Norwegian ecosystem research in Dronning Maud Land
Andrew Lowther, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPA)
10:05-10:20
Biological aspects of connectivity and diversity in Antarctica
Gwynneth Matcher, Rhodes University
Research and monitoring on the world’s most remote island
Andrew Lowther, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
12:15-12:30Operational and Observational Oceanography: Integration from
Southern Ocean to the coast
Deirdre Byrne, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
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THURSDAY
South Africa as a Gateway to Antarctic and Southern Ocean
This session will identify the scope for enhancing South Africa as a Gateway
to Antarctica. The nature of South African gateway activities will be identified,
while the scope for enhancing South Africa’s attractiveness as a gateway will be
discussed. Different stakeholders from national entities, the business community
and infrastructure holders will offer their perspectives. A panel will debate
opportunities with a view to generating a reflective assessment of past success
and establishing a shared vision and strategy for the future. The objective for this
session is to establish a) a shared strategy on current and future gateway-toAntarctica initiatives and b) identify specific tasks and or responsibilities that could
be assigned to relevant stakeholders to take forward.
16:45-17:30 Gateway concept for the future: Antarctic Centre
Discussions led by Professor Hosking, The Cape Peninsula University
of Technology (CPUT)
The nature and scale of demand for an Antarctica Centre in Cape
Town South Africa:
• Linking to South African and Norwegian recreational and cultural/
national demand for and Antarctic land and sea experience
• The demand for an international facility to negotiate issues
requiring international mediation and conference on related
issues
• Cape Town Location options
17:30-18:00
14:15-14:30 Welcome and Purpose
Dr Mayekiso, Deputy Director General, Branch Oceans and Coasts,
Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
14:30-15:00South Africa as a Gateway to Antarctica and Southern Ocean:
Current status and vision
Jonas Mphepya, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
15:00-15:30
How could South Africa as Gateway develop in the future?
John E. Guldahl, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
15:30-16:15Plans to upscale SA as a Gateway and Southern Ocean to optimize
economic gains:
• Current SANAP capacity, Department of Environmental Affairs
(DEA)
• Presentation by South Africa Port Authority
16:15-16:45
Break. Refreshments, tea and coffee
Discussions and the way forward
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
Moonwalking in Ocean Space
Excursion to Saldanha Bay
In the past, the oceans were assumed to be limitless and indestructable. Today
we acknowledge that the oceans are rapidly deteriorating. Tomorrow we must
build new industries and new companies which turn limitations into business
opportunities for sustainable development on shore and off shore. This is what
Moonwalking in Ocean Space is all about: To identify some really big challenges
(and the corresponding needs of millions of people), to analyze these needs as
business opportunities (rather than problems), to develop and leverage some
“unfair advantages” towards these opportuities, and to apply disruptive business
models when pursuing them.
Saldanha Bay, located some 140 km north of Cape Town, is an important asset
for sustainable growth and development of the entire West Coast region. The
Port of Saldanha Bay is also the largest and deepest natural port in the Southern
Hemisphere, accommodating vessels and offshore mobile drilling units up to a draft
of 21.5m. Under the government’s blue economy plans and its Operation Phakisa
initiative, investments of R10bn will be allocated to infrastructure development and
clearing of bottlenecks that may be constraining economic growth.
This full-day workshop at Science Week 2016 will offer carefully orchestrated
workshop sessions, in which a diverse group of people will combine their insights
and their visions in an conserted effort to develop new consepts for sustainable
development in Ocean Space - for the benefit of South Africa and the rest of the
world. More information about this methodology are readily available at
https://moonwalk.me, and some of the key people are:
- Kenneth Winther
- Kristian Vorkinn
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology has partnered with Moonwalk
Innovation to create industries for Norway beyond oil and gas.
Generously hosted by Cape Peninsula University of Technology at their Granger Bay
Campus with the Cape Town Hotel School.
The venue is in walking distance from the V&A Waterfront: Granger Bay Campus
Of particular interest to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
(DAFF) is the development of sustainable aquaculture businesses in Saldanha Bay.
This excursion will start in in Cape Town at 06:00, leaving by bus and arriving in
Saldanha Bay by 08:00 in time for a boat tour of the inner and outer bay where the
mussels and oyster farms are located. At the outer bay, we will also visit a small,
experimental form for trout and salmon. Lunch will be served at the offices of
Transnet, who will provide a presentation about the bay and allocation of water
space. Afterwards,a 30 minute bus drive will take us to a mussels processing plant
in Veldrift. The bus will then take us back to Cape Town, arriving around 19:00. For
practical reasons, we can only accommodate 40 guests on this excursion. Therefore,
early registration is essential, as we will apply the principle of “first-come-firstserved”.
DAFF is graciously hosting the event, supported by Transnet, and if you have any
questions please contact:
- Belemane Semoli, Chief Director: Aquaculture Development, or
- Beverley Lewis, Innovation Norway
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Cooperation in Education, Innovation
Norway and the Norwegian Embassy
in Pretoria – in close
cooperation with our long-standing
partners in South Africa.
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