Events

Over the duration of the Marineff project, the partners will be attending a variety of events to showcase the project’s development and results to stakeholders, professionals and the public. We will also host our own Marineff events, such as workshops, training events and conferences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Final Marineff project event, 8th March 2023 in Portsmouth, UK – to see further details and how to register please click here. The draft programme may be viewed here. The conference dinner is now fully booked but it is possible to join a waiting list. This will be a hybrid event, available to join in person or online via Zoom.

PAST EVENTS

Speeding up Nature Positive Offshore Energy Infrastructure Deployment Conference

Bruxelles, Belgique
October 19th, 2022

On October 19th, RGI, WindEurope and Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature (OCEaN) organised a conference in Brussels entitled “Speeding up Nature Positive Offshore Energy Infrastructure Deployment”.

The aim of this event was to find solutions to accelerate the deployment of offshore energy infrastructure while restoring Europe’s marine ecosystems.

As it fits perfectly into this theme, the MARINEFF project had the opportunity to be presented.

Picture credits: Renewables Grid Initiative

Ecological Enhancement for Marine Infrastructure Workshop

Cumberland Hotel, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
11th-12th October 2022

The Marineff Project, SARCC Project, Ecostructure Project and 3DPARE Project hosted a two-day workshop which included short presentations introducing each of the projects and highlighting key outcomes. There were engaging activity sessions, which applied the findings of the projects to real-world scenarios, and a panel discussion aimed at understanding the barriers to incorporating ecological enhancements into coastal infrastructure, and their potential solutions. All projects featured in this workshop have vast experience working with academics, marine biologists, coastal engineers, local authorities, asset owners, engineering consultancies and eco-engineering businesses, and will bring opportunities for knowledge-exchange, problem solving, networking and future collaboration.

Presentations from Day 1

Presentations from Day 2

Submarine duplex

@Saint-Malo, France
September 16th, 2022

A submarine duplex took place on September 16th, 2022 in Saint-Malo, organised by the partner MNHN of Dinard.

The extension of the MARINEFF project was an opportunity to propose a new format for the dissemination of environmental monitoring results!

The press and the partners of the MARINEFF project were invited.

We were on board of a SMPE (Saint-Malo Plongée Emeraude) boat, moored at a MARINEFF mooring on the Bizeux site and two divers were at a depth of 16 metres to show us and comment on the results of the project.

Here is some press coverage of the event:

Ouest France – September 19th, 2022

Picture credits: ESITC Caen

Marineff International Conference 2022

@ESITC Caen, France
3rd-5th May 2022

ESITC Caen, lead of the European Project MARINEFF, and its partners participated in the Marineff International Conference, being held in Caen (Normandy, France) from 3rd to 5th May 2022. This conference, as a part of the MARINEFF project, gathered researchers, representatives from industry and other stakeholders to highlight research and case studies about the ecological maritime infrastructures, from construction materials, design to marine biodiversity. It was also the opportunity to visit the experimental site in Ouistreham.

This event allowed all the participants to have a convivial time despite adjournments.

Here is a link to the papers submitted on this occasion: MARINEFF International Conference: From materials and infrastructures to marine ecosystem – interactions and new approaches

Here you can find the presentation of each speaker:

Violeta Ramos, University of Exeter – Mineralogical and microtextural characterization of eco-friendly concrete for marine infrastructures: Methodologies for the MARINEFF Project
Ferrante Grasselli, University of Bologna – How and to what degree are intertidal assemblages affected by physical complexity in natural and artificial habitats?
Isabelle Dubois-Brugger, Holcim Innovation Center – Development of laboratory tests to measure the growth kinetic of micro-algae of concrete in marine environment and comparison to in-situ experiments
Peter Paalvast, Ecoconsult – Effectiveness of ecomodules in increasing aquatic biodiversity and bioproductivity in a port environment
Marie Salgues, IMT Mines Alès – From concretes to bioreceptive concretes, influence of concrete properties on the biological colonization of marine artificial structures
Sam Hickling, Arc Marine LTD – Preliminary evidence of early Reef Cube® enhancements to mobile benthic ecosystems
Jean-Baptiste Carpentier, DEME Group – Applying ecosystem engineers for coastal management
Alexia Semeraro and Gert Van Hoey, ILVO – Lanice conchilega (Polychaeta) in a coastal defence context

Café Maritime du Caen Yacht Club

@Caen
January 30th, 2020

During their monthly Cafés Maritimes, the Caen Yacht Club invited us to give a presentation of the Marineff project. We were then given the opportunity to present the 4 maritime infrastructures developed in the project, at the time when their production is in full swing! More information on caen-yacht-club.com