The Nippon FoundationOcean Innovation Project

Masanori Yoshida

The Nippon Foundation

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日本財団の概要

• Non-profit philanthropic organization established on October 1, 1962

• Our Activities are very wide and carried out in more than 100 countries to date:✓Ocean✓ Education✓ Public health ✓ Social welfare✓Other Fields

• Funding and assisting community-led efforts aimed at realizing a more peaceful and prosperous global society

• Chair: Yohei Sasakawa

• Budget: about 45billion JPY (3.2billion NOK) (FY 2017)

• Staff: 115 (as of 31 March 2018)

Who is the Nippon Foundation

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International activities in the Ocean sector

Change for the

Blue Project

–no marine

debris-

Seabed 2030

Project

-realizing man’s

dream-

Nereus Program

-predicting

future oceans-

Ocean

Innovation

Program

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Change for the Blue Project –No Marine Debris-

Collaboration with Industries

Establish PET bottle recycling vending

machines

Support volunteer works including clean-

up activities

Collaboration with local communities

Package the “cutting edge” trials in local communities

Collaboration with Academia

NF Nereus Program on Marine Debris Research (2018-2021)

Study on impact analysis on human bodies and societies

Study on size and resource of marine debris in Island States Etc.

Collaboration with Start-up companies

Select 10 “world new” innovative technologies and business concepts

Collaboration with government

Debris “Zero” week G20 International seminar

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Mapping the entire world’s ocean floor by 2030

Benefit of mapping the ocean floor

Mission

・Safe navigation at sea・Tsunami wave propagation forecast・Prediction of climate change・Monitoring marine biodiversity

・Less than 15% of the world’s ocean floor was mapped at the start of the project in Aug 2017・220,000km2 of data has been collected from the private sector alone in the first year of the project

Progress

NF-GEBCO Seabed 2030

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Nereus Program -Predicting Future Oceans-

The Nippon Foundation Nereus Program is a global partnership of 17 leading institutes working to advance our comprehensive understanding of the global human-ocean system across the natural and social sciences. Our research spans from oceanography and marine ecology to fisheries economics and impacts on coastal communities.

➢ 17 leading institutions➢ 22 Professors as Principal

Investigators➢ 40 research fellows collaborate

Biodiversity

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International activities in the Ocean sector

Change for the

Blue Project

–no marine

debris-

Seabed 2030

Project

-realizing man’s

dream-

Nereus Program

-predicting

future oceans-

Ocean

Innovation

Program

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Background of Ocean Innovation Project

Offshore Oil & Gas Offshore Renewable Energy Unconventional Resources

Offshore Energy Resources

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Background of Ocean Innovation Project

Capacity building of Japanese offshore engineers is indispensable to deal with the future market from mid- and long-term perspective .

July 2015 Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe(Grand Opening Ceremony for Special Events in

Commemoration of the 20th Marine Day)

“ In order to push forward with cultivating engineers to develop marine resources as an “all Japan” effort,

we will institute .. a consortium made by government, industry, and academia.”

“….We increase offshore engineers to 10,000 in 2030.”

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How many employees do we need?

How to increase offshore engineers in Japan?

Offshore related engineers in Japan

2,200 (in 2015)

Employees directly related to offshore winds in the UK

21,000 (in 2032)

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Policy Recommendation on HR in the offshore sector

Encourage students to be interested in Offshore sectors

Establish curriculum based on industries’ needs

Give students chances to learn offshore engineering in actual fields

(Exchange internationally)

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Platform for HR Development in Japan(The Nippon Foundation Ocean Innovation Consortium)

• Establishment: 4th October 2016• Goal: Develop Japanese offshore sector through construct the capacity building system, etc

Industries (14 companies)

• IHI Corporation

• Kajima Corporation

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries

• INPEX Corporation

• Japan Marine United Corporation

• JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration

• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

• Taisei Corporation

• Chiyoda Corporation

• Japan Drilling Company

• NYK Line

• Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

• Yokokawa Electric Corporation

Universities (22 Universities)

• Akita University

• Osaka University

• Osaka Prefecture University

• Kansai University

• Kyushu University

• Kyoto University

• Kobe University

• Saga University

• University of Tokyo

• Tokyo University of Marine

Science and Technology

• Nagasaki University

• Hiroshima University

• Hokkaido University

Public Institutions (4 Institutes)

• National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology

• Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology

• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

• Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation

• Yokohama National University

• Waseda University• Tottori University• Tsukuba University• Tohoku University• Tokai University• Tokyo University of

Agriculture and Technology• Nihon University• Hachinohe Institute of

Technology

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The Nippon Foundation Ocean Innovation Consortium(Program: Human Resource Development)

For university students For young engineers

Seminars and Events

• Introductive seminar （ab 200 students, 3 / y）

• Career seminar （ab 70 students, 1 / y）

• Community website (Interactive activities between companies and students about 500 registered )

• Experience seminar and site visit (Wind turbine, Drillship)

• Project seminar(Offshore wind turbine)

• Summer school(Scotland, Norway, USA, Netherland)

• Internship (Norway)

800 + students joined the programmes and 67 students have been approved as Ocean Innovation Fellows

Consortium Issues certification to the students who complete these courses.

Enhance students’ interests towards industry and provide seminars and events to learn practical skills

Encourage / Strenghten skills for young engineers

• 2016FYRisk management seminar (Regal aspect)“Challenges and opportunities for Japanese businesses involved in marine construction engineers projects and stakeholders in projects”

• 2017-2018 FYTechnology trends seminar

Risk management seminar (Technical aspect)

Oversea short course training

etc..

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Network with Norway

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology 【NTNU】

NF and NTNU signed MoU in 2017.Since August 2017, 20 students and 2 young engineer from Japanese universities/companies join customized Summer School.

• Equinor（Since 2016）Equinor has received 6 Japanese intern (3 month).

• SINTEF Ocean（Since 2017）SINTEF Ocean receives 3 Japanese long interns（6 month）.

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Norway Summer School

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Structure of Ocean Innovation Project

Technological Innovation

Technological Innovation to lead the future offshore market

HR Development

Cultivating HR of young (next) generation

The Nippon FoundationOcean Innovation Consortium

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Joint R&D Project

Promotion of Joint R&D projects that collaborate with foreign industries/ universities and research institutes⇒Combination with HR development

Current & Planned ProgramJapan – Scotland Joint ProgramNippon Foundation – Scottish EnterpriseMOU signing in October 2017Term: 2018-2022 (5Years)Budget: 20 million US$(10mil US$ per each)Status: 1st projects has been selected

Nippon – Norway Ocean Program Nippon Foundation – GCE NODE & NORCEMOU signing in 30 August 2018 @ Stavanger Term: 2019-2023 (5Years)Budget: 12 million US$ (6 million each)Status: prepare for detailed theme for joint program

NF – Deepstar Joint R&D ProgramNippon Foundation – DeepStar (Houston)MOU signing in May 2018Term: 2019-2022 (4Years)Budget: 10 million US$Status: prepare the call for application

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Next Stage

Development of the network and collaboration e.x. Internship to Norway ⇒Internship from Norway

(Exchange of students)

Challanges..- Mid-term internship is not familiar for Japanese companies (especially receiving foreign students)- Merit to Japanese companies should be clarified

⇒Utilize joint R&D project⇒Business relationship with Norway

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Tusen Takk!