Innovate UK, Maritime UK and Connected Places Catapult are holding an Information day and Brokerage Event for the Horizon Europe Zero Emission Waterborne Transport calls for proposals in London on 31st October 2023. Jaap Gebraad, the Secretary General of Waterborne will be presenting and the event will be strongly advertised across  European colleagues and so it is hoped to get a good turnout from non-UK organisations. This promises to be an excellent opportunity to network for partnering. Places are limited so apply soon.

Almost £50m is available for new and innovative projects in the maritime sector through the collaborative Horizon Europe initiative. Every legal entity from the UK is eligible to apply to the EU for this funding. 

This in person event is a unique opportunity for businesses, research organizations, and universities within the UK's maritime sector to learn about and access funding through the collaborative Horizon Europe initiative. The event focuses on the availability of nearly £50 million in funding for innovative projects. 

Agenda

• 9:30 Arrival and Coffee/Tea
• 10:00 Welcome and introduction to the day – Jo Gosling, Innovate UK KTN
• 10:05 High-level overview of Horizon Europe Programme – Louise Mothersole, Horizon Europe UK National Contact Point for Transport & Mobility
• 10:15 Overview of the Zero Emission Waterborne Transport initiative – Jaap Gebraad, Secretary-General of Waterborne Technology Platform
• 10:30 Case studies from 4 current UK successes
  • Trevor Downes of Ricardo will present their project ‘sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping’ (sHYpS)  
  • Milad Armin of Liverpool John Moores University will present on their project ‘Retrofit Solutions to Achieve 55% GHG Reduction by 2030’ (RETROFIT55) 
  • Sam Faraghi of Anemoi Marine Technologies (an SME) will present on their project ‘OPTImised WInd Supported vEssels’ (OPTIWISE) 
  • Pietro Tricoli from University of Birmingham will present their project ‘Vessel Advanced Clustered and Coordinated Energy Storage Systems’ (V-ACCESS)  
• 11:10 Panel discussion: focusing on any commonly made mistakes, any tips for success etc, followed by Q&A 
• 11:30 Refreshments and networking opportunity
• 12:00 Brief overview of each Topic – each led by one of the volunteers for facilitation in the afternoon:
  • HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-11 Achieving high voltage, low weight, efficient electric powertrains for sustainable waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)  
  • HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12 Combining state-of-the-art emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies in ship design and retrofitting for contributing to the "Fit for 55" package objective by 2030 (ZEWT Partnership)  
  • HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-13 Demonstration of Technologies to minimise underwater noise generated by waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) 
  • HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-14 Demonstrating efficient fully DC electric grids within waterborne transport for large ship applications (ZEWT Partnership) 
  • HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-15 Advanced digitalisation and modelling utilizing operational and other data to support zero emission waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) 
• 13:00 Networking lunch
• 14:10 Breakouts by Topic on different tables - Introduction from each member of the group on why they are interested and what they could potentially bring to a partnership and what they might need. Opportunity to discuss ideas for the Topic e.g, what would be in and out of scope (opportunity for delegates to visit three of the five): 
  • 14:10 Breakout 1
  • 14:40 Breakout 2
  • 15:10 Breakout 3
• 15:30 Summing up and close – Sheldon Ryan, Maritime UK

For more information about these or any other Horizon Europe issue, contact NCP-Mobility@iuk.ukri.org