Recap Ocean Grazer workshops, March 2018

On the 23th and 27^th of March, the Ocean Grazer team organized two workshop sessions with the goal to bring together our academic partners and discuss and brainstorm about possibilities and collaborations in the area of renewable energy, with the Ocean Grazer as the main focal point.

During both days, various presentations and round table discussions took place. We started off with a comprehensive introduction to the Ocean Grazer concept, a visit to our lab, and pitch presentations by our attendees. After lunch, we continued our workshop sessions with fruitful round table discussions. To follow-up, a collaborative platform will be established to share information on past and ongoing research, open research questions, relevant subsidy calls, collaborative projects, and more.

Attendees who joined the workshop sessions:

·         Frederic Dias, University College Dublin, Ireland

·         Henk Polinder, TU Delft, the Netherlands

·         Emiliano Renzi, Loughborough University, UK

·         John Ringwood, Maynooth University, Ireland

·         Sebastian Schreier, TU Delft, the Netherlands

·         Arthur Veldman, RUG, the Netherlands

·         Fred Wubs, RUG, the Netherlands

·         Vladislav Yastrebov, MINES ParisTech, France

and the Ocean Grazer team: Marijn van Rooij, Antonis Vakis, Bayu Jayawardhana, Frits Bliek and Yanji Wei