value creation in ocean space

VALUE CREATION IN OCEAN SPACE New Opportunities in the Blue Economy

South Africa - Norway Science Week 2016

October 31 through November 4Pretoria 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

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

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.

09:40-10:00 Science, 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

31.10

MONDAY

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.

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 success-stories 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) 14:30-14:45 INTPART 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

15:40-15:50 The 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

16:00-18:00 Reception 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

18:30 Bus departure to the following hotels: • The Protea Hotel Fire and Ice • City Lodge, Lynnwood Ridge • The Villas Luxury Suite Hotel • Courtyard Hotel, Arcadia

MONDAYMONDAY

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

01.11The 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.

TUESDAYTUESDAY

Plenary 5: Ignite & Connect Norway – South Africa

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.

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

16:20-16:40 Competence 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

Reception

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

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.

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 BackebergTrack B: Aquaculture - New business opportunities in South Africa Beverley LewisTrack C: Further cooperation in research, education, and innovation Jan M HaakonsenTrack D: Governance and regulatory issues for sustainable development Dr Nico JoosteTrack E: Adaptronics and new paradigms for maritime applications Andre Krüger

PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY

08:00-08:30 Registation 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

02.11Wednesday 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.

Parallel Workshops

09:00-10:30 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

11:00-12:30 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

Plenary session 7

17:00-17:30 Summary of Science Week 2016 and closing remarks Per Niederbach, Director of Regions and Financing,

Innovation Norway Refreshments

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!

WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY

Parallel workshops WEDNESDAY

A Workshop A3: Forecasting capabilities, the oceaneconomy, ecosystems and fisheriesChairperson: Juliet Hermes

Towards ocean state forecasting in the Agulhas Current.Björn Backeberg, Senior Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

HF radar data assimilation and improvement of ocean models.Ann Kristin Sperrevik, Scientist, Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

Oceans economy, resource use and the need for marine ecosystem accounting.Ken Findlay, Research Chair, Oceans Economy, Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Ocean data from commercial fishing vessels: a two-way benefit.Marcello Vichi, Director, Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town.

Mesopelagic fish – a new resource for marine oils and proteinJarl Giske, Pro-Dean, University of Bergen or Geir Huse, Senior Scientist, Institute for Marine Research.

Workshop: A4Monitoring change in marineecosystemsChairperson: Sean Fennessy

Experience from 10 years of mapping for the Norwegian government: The Mareano Programme Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Institute of Marin Research, Norway

Biodiversity maps to inform marine spatial planning (MSP) in South Africa.Mandy Lombard, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Research needs driven by South Africa’s emerging marine spatial planning legislationKerry Sink, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa

Epifauna monitoring: tracking change, habitats and vulnerable speciesLara Atkinson, SAEON Egagasini Node’s Research, South Africa

Workshop A1:South Africa’s Ocean and ClimateChairperson: 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 inter-ocean 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, Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research.

Ocean colour and new Sentinel satellite applications Stewart Bernard, Principal Researcher Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Workshop A2:Measurement technologies insupport of the ocean economyChairperson: Marjolaine Krug

GlobCurrent, optimising state-of-the-art observations for improved surface current estimates in support of marine services.Johnny Johannessen, Director, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center.

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 goodMarc de Vos, Marine Scientist at South African Weather Service.

Underwater/deep sea/sea bed mapping and monitoring technology for research, industry and managementRolf Birger Pedersen, Professor, Director, Department of Earth Science University of Bergen.


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]).


BWorkshop B1:Strategies and Success Stories

2016 Results of Innovation Norway’s Seafood Study on the South African market Beverley Lewis, Market Advisor, Innovation Norway

Operation Phakisa: Aquaculture Opportunities & funding models for South Africa Belemane Semoli, DAFF

Aquaculture Study on Opportunities in East Africa and South Africa Prof Peter Brits Department of Ichthyology & Fisheries Science Rhodes University

Creating an Aquaculture Value Chain – The Three Streams Journey Greg Stubbs, Owner & Founder, Three Streams

Highlands Trout in Lesotho and opportunities in the Seychelles Prof Tom Hecht, PhD in Ichthyology & Fisheries Science, Advance Africa

Workshop B2:Pilot Projects and Research

Irvin & Johnson Abalone Project Steyn Miller – Farm Manager and Deidre du Toit – Production Manager, Irvin & Johnson

Aquaculture Opportunities – a Commercial Perspective Robert Landman, Business Insights Manager, Irvin & Johnson

Tilapia Pilot Project Henk Stander, General Manager: Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch

Aquaculture Clusters in Norway - how we work with them Åse Kaurin, The Research Council

Certification Aspects of Aquaculture Grant Little, Station Manager, DNV-GL


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 B3:Equipment and Feed

The World’s First Offshore Aquaculture Project Rune Haukom, Vice President Global Customer Support, Kongsberg Maritime

Sea-bed Farming ConceptKristian Vorkinn, Marine Garden

Genetic Improvement and Feed Development for Aquaculture Dr Nicholas Robinson, Senior Research Scientist at Nofima

Is the commercial culture of the South African scallop, “Pecten sulcisostatus” achievable? Dr Sissel Andersen, Institute for Marine Research and Dr Dale Arendse, DAFF

Workshop B4:Sustainability and Financing

Skills Development in Aquaculture – Practical Insights from Norway Heidi Glørstad Nielsen, Project Manager, Kyst Kompetanse

Panel discussion to discuss how the SA industry is developing and looking at opportunities in aquaculture


CWorkshop C1Blue ocean research and innovation: A decade of research collaborationyields a porthole of opportunity fornew discoveries in marine science.

Paul Cowley, SAIB & Tor Næsje, NINA

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.

Workshop C2SANOcean: Towards a new SA-NObilateral research and innovationprogramme with focus on the Blue Economy? Jan Monteverde Haakonsen, RCN & Prudence Makhura, NFR, and Ragnhild Tungesvik from SIU.

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.


Workshop C3HOME- Education for a newgeneration of ocean leaders with thecapacity to innovate, think across disciplines, work across sectors andlead change.

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.

Workshop C4Capacity building and training:

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, Co-director, Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research

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


DWorkshop D1BE-Africa: Enabling sustainable Blue Economies with Africa - An exploration of sustainable economics, governance, law, politics, and science.

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.

Workshop D2Sustainable governance of sea and coastal areas and marine resources

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.


Workshop D3Seabed Mining and Marine Areas Management: Appraising Regulatory Approaches

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.

TRACK D

The emphasis of Track D is governance and regulatory issues for sustainable development. Chairperson: Nico Jooste, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University


EWorkshop E1 Adaptronics for maritime applications

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 E2 Gas-to-power enabling Southern Africa

Workshop E3 Lightweight ship concepts

Workshop E4A new generation special-purposes vessels

Parallel workshops

DWorkshop D4Socio-economic impact

a) Costal livelihoods in South Africa

Kristin Hagan & Samantha Williams

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 small-scale 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.

b) Improved law enforcement in fighting fisheries crime (FishFORCE)

Prof Hennie van As, NMMU

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.

TRACK D TRACK E

Adaptronics and new paradigms for maritime applications is covered in Track E, chaired by Andre F. Kruger, Innovation Norway.

WEDNESDAY

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.

THURSDAY

03.11Thursday 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

THURSDAYTHURSDAY

PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

08:00-08:30 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

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.

09:00-09:20 SA research direction Gilbert Siko, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Ashley Johnson, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)

09:20-09:35 Geosciences research in Antarctica Geoff Grantham, University of Johannesburg

09:35- 09:50 Space science research in Antarctica Pierre Cilliers, South African National Space Agency

09:50- 10:05 A 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


10:45- 11:00 South Africa’s multi-disciplinary research in the Southern Ocean Pedro Monteiro, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

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

11:45-12:00 Top predators and oceans interaction in Southern Oceans and archipelago islands

Azwianewi Makhado, Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)

12:00-12:15 Research and monitoring on the world’s most remote island Andrew Lowther, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)

12:15-12:30 Operational and Observational Oceanography: Integration from Southern Ocean to the coast

Deirdre Byrne, 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

13:15-14:15 Lunch

Antarctica Workshop Antarctica Workshop

THURSDAYTHURSDAY

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-to-Antarctica initiatives and b) identify specific tasks and or responsibilities that could be assigned to relevant stakeholders to take forward.

14:15-14:30 Welcome and Purpose Dr Mayekiso, Deputy Director General, Branch Oceans and Coasts,

Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)

14:30-15:00 South 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)

15:30-16:15 Plans 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


16:45-17:30 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 Discussions and the way forward

Moonwalking in Ocean Space

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.

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

Excursion to Saldanha Bay

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.

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-first-served”.

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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04.11Friday 4 November allows for follow-up meetings, excursions, and site visits.

Innovation Norway can assist in making connections via Innovation Norway South Africa on Facebook or email.

South Africa - Norway Science Week is funded and organized by Team Norway – The Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education, Innovation Norway and the Norwegian Embassy in Pretoria – in closecooperation with our long-standing partners in South Africa.

For more information, please see:www.teamnorway.co.zawww.facebook.com/[email protected]+27 12 364 0700.

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