“Opportunities: Renewable Oceans, and Sustainable Maritime Industry Initiatives"This session presents a unique opportunity to bring together a consortium of experts, industry leaders, and innovators dedicated to addressing the ocean’s technical and climate change policy challenges.
To reach Ocean sustainability requires many different actions from marine-based carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) to the maritime industry actions to address ocean pollution and environmental sustainability.
This session will include a blend of insightful speakers, engaging panel discussions, and opportunities to discuss what is currently underway to address ocean sustainability and maritime industry actions on what policies and regulatory actions are needed to support a sustainable ocean.
Session Video Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/VRwVLU9w6DTkf47vIu4wdaIMlJsJf6P2isZBw6_dwKPspLYQNY3SjCCsLxh9ype8.Y5mv2Z1OHfpC95oWPasscode: vq.H&I97
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Saifur Rahman, IEEE President
Panel - Opportunities: Ocean-Climate Solutions – IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)The session will introduce the need, importance, and technical and policy challenges associated with marine-based carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). Starting with a broad introduction and its relation to the SDGs. Speakers will focus on its social relevance, government issues, monitoring, reporting and verification of mCDR and will highlight the importance of the interaction between industry, technology, and policy. CDR alone also isn’t enough. We still need emission reduction first, renewable shipping propulsion and CDR.
All pathways to meeting the Paris Agreement targets require substantial amounts of CDR. The ocean is the largest carbon sink on the planet and holds the potential to supply a substantial fraction of the required sequestration, but the required technologies are immature. Additionally, MRV is technically challenging, yet essential to prove the required technologies and support effective data-based policy and governance.
Opening Remarks: Christopher Whitt, President IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)
Moderator: Giulia de Masi, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), Propel Laureate for the OES
- Romany Webb, Deputy Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School, Research Scholar, Columbia Law School
- Adam V. Subhas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Matthew Eisaman, Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University
- Will Burt, Chief Ocean Scientist, Planetary Technologies, Adjunct Professor (FGS) - Department of Oceanography - Dalhousie University
Panel - Sustainable Maritime - Decarbonization via electrification in marine transportation Opening Remarks and Moderator:
John Prousalidis, Professor National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (S-NAME)
- Leonidas Evgenidis-Demetriadis, President of Eugenides Foundation
- Mr Ricardo Batista, European Commission – Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, Brussels - Belgium
- Mr. Zeno D’Agostino, President of the Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone - President of ESPO
- Dr Alex Papalexopoulos, President & CEO of ECCO International Inc., CEO and Chairman of the Board ZOME Energy Networks, Inc.
Closing Remarks: Karen McCabe, Senior Director, Public Affairs & Marketing Communications, IEEE Standards Association
Session Expected Outcomes *This session will identify the technical and policy challenges that ocean sustainability is currently facing, outline roadmaps and identifying areas where further work is still needed.
The first panel will result in a summary of what is needed to enable MRV for mCDR. This summary of technical and policy challenges will inform an upcoming workshop organized by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, in which 20-30 domain experts will explore in detail the technology steps needed for effective MRV to be applied at the scales needed.
The panel second will note the challenges that maritime decarbonization has encountered. For example, electrification, where applicable, offers flexibility to this end but requires formulation of the regulatory and green electricity pricing policy framework so that the maritime sector is aligned with the electric energy market rules. Including identifying new types of electric grids that need to be developed for shipping ports and onboard ships to meet decarbonization targets.
Video Recording can be located at: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/VRwVLU9w6DTkf47vIu4wdaIMlJsJf6P2isZBw6_dwKPspLYQNY3SjCCsLxh9ype8.Y5mv2Z1OHfpC95oW
Passcode: vq.H&I97
