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🌊 Sailing into the future – a moment to pause and celebrate innovation. ⚓ As we navigate the currents of the maritime world, the end of the year feels like a perfect harbor – a brief pause to appreciate the transformative journey we’re on. This year wasn’t just about tides, trade, or technology. It was about game-changing ideas and the people who make them possible: 🌐 Citizen Scientists revolutionizing how we understand and protect our oceans. 💡 Innovators pushing the boundaries of sustainable solutions in the New Blue Economy. 🚢 Visionaries transforming challenges into opportunities, from decarbonization to digitalization. Innovation in the maritime industry isn’t a destination – it’s a mindset. It’s about daring to think differently, whether it’s harnessing data to better understand our oceans, developing cutting-edge marine technologies, or fostering collaboration that brings science, industry, and society together. So here’s our wish for 2025: Let’s keep steering boldly into uncharted waters, embracing the unknown, and co-creating a future where progress and preservation go hand in hand. Because the ocean isn’t just a resource; it’s a source of endless inspiration. To all the changemakers shaping this journey: Thank you for your vision, passion, and persistence. 🌊 Happy holidays, and here’s to an innovative new year! 🎉🚀 #ShapingAnOceanOfPossibilities #NewBlueEconomy #OceanInnovation #CitizenScience #FutureFocused

🆕 We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between SOOP and Fair Winds Collective! 🌬️ ⛵ By combining SOOP's expertise in innovative solutions and community-driven business initiatives with Fair Winds Collective’s impactful work in promoting and supporting sustainable sailing initiatives we aim to amplify our collective impact worldwide. Together, we’re setting sail toward a brighter future. Stay tuned for updates on our shared projects and initiatives! ⛵ Peggy Engelmann #FairWinds #Partnership #Sustainability #Innovation #CommunityImpact

💡Reading Recommendation (🔗 below) - SOOP | Innovation Platform in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung #Wissen: How much carbon dioxide is in the water in Antarctica? And how salty is the sea in the Drake Passage? Until now, it has not been possible to collect data on a permanent basis. Now sailors from the Vendée Globe, merchant ships and cruise ships are helping. Read the full article about how SOOP | Innovation Platform is thriving in ocean observations to support science on a large scale in today's #FAZ: https://lnkd.in/ghY77Pst Klas Ove Möller | Toste Tanhua

🌟 Last Week, the Helmholtz Innovation Platforms organized the 2nd Status Symposium in Kiel! 🌟   🚀 The platforms were launched in 2023 as a sustainable and structure-building measure to strengthen transfer and innovation in the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft.   The aim of the Helmholtz #Innovation #Platforms is to use the expertise of the Helmholtz Centers in the field of research infrastructures and to build specific platforms with a strong focus on #cooperation with users from industry (especially SMEs), research-based companies and users from civil society.   The three platforms SOOP | Innovation Platform, Hi-Acts | Helmholtz Innovation Platform for Accelerator-Based Technologies & Solutions and SolarTAP presented their platform's status in front of over 80 guests from the industry, among others. This was an exciting opportunity to learn more about Helmholtz potential to transfer knowledge into application.   👏 We would like to thank everyone for the exciting presentations and wish them continued success for their projects. Thanks to GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel for organizing this event and having us as their guests.   We look forward to the further development of the Helmholtz Innovation Platforms.   👉 For more information, visit us: https://lnkd.in/eeRKXB6V     Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

🚀 Grateful to Share Hi-Acts’ Progress at the Helmholtz Innovation Platforms 2nd Status Symposium! 🚀 On November 21, 2024, we had the honor of presenting our platform's status at the joint #HiActs, SolarTAP + SOOP | Innovation Platform Seminar at GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel. 🌟 Highlights from Yesterday’s Presentation: 🔸 A deep dive into hands-on industry-science projects & transfer activities, ranging from novel laser technologies for cancer care using radionuclides to safe, long-lasting space electronics. 🔸 60 member companies and organizations have joined our growing cross-sector Hi-Acts Network. 🔸 Hi-Acts has been featured at 50+ events and hosted 5 industry webinars to date. A heartfelt thank you to Oliver Schacht, Life Science Nord, and Dr. Fabrizio Pagnanelli, Continental, for sharing your valuable insights on Hi-Acts and ongoing R&D activities with Helmholtz partners. The half-day program was filled with engaging presentations, discussions of best practices, exciting expositions, and invaluable networking opportunities. Special thanks to Jessica Gier & Team and Andreas Bergner for organizing and hosting this inspiring seminar! 🚀 We look forward to the next exciting phase of our journey, envisioning a major milestone in 2025—the evaluation of Hi-Acts, paving the way for continued growth and impact. Finally, we extend our gratitude to Dr. Max Kahmann and Dr. Ruediger Werp for their continuous support and invaluable feedback in shaping Hi-Acts during its foundational phase. Let’s co-create and bridge the gap between scientific research and industrial innovation to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s grand challenges faster! Accelerating innovation, together!   Sabine Brock, Arik Willner, Björn Wolf, Martin Kreller, Andreas Maier, Johannes Hagemann, Paul Harten, Christine Leue, Tobias Engert, Friedrich von Rantzau Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon

Die Helmholtz Innovation Plattformen Hi-Acts, SolarTap und SOOP | Innovation Platform präsentierten sich am 21. November auf dem 2. Statussymposium beim GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel. Als Partner von SOOP | Innovation Platform war auch die GMT - Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik e.V. mit einem Statement zum Potenzial der Kooperation Wirtschaft/Wissenschaft sowie im Ausstellungsbereich der Roadshow vertreten. Auch Mitglieder der #GMT engagieren sich im Rahmen der SOOP-Innovationsplattform. Die Vision von #SOOP ist ein von Innovationen geprägter Markt der Ozeanbeobachtung, auf dem Akteure neue Technologien und umfassende Daten für einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit dem Ozean bereitstellen und nutzen. Beiträge, die Erkenntnisse über die Meere zu verbessern, leisten auch Ships of Opportunity wie die Malizia „Seaexplorer“ von Boris Herrmann und die „Dagmar Aaen“ von Arved Fuchs. Nach 1 1/2 Jahren zeigt sich bereits das große Innovationspotenzial und die gesellschaftliche Relevanz von SOOP! Toste Tanhua Katja Matthes Jessica Gier Klas Ove Möller Eberhard Sauter Stefan RAIMUND Kathrin Krüger-Borgwardt Myriam Dutzi Jana Fahning Stefan Marx Marcus Boer Cornelius Eich Walter L. Kuehnlein Sören Ehlers Steffen Knodt Manfred Stender Klaus Küper Thomas Rauschenbach Lars Engelmann Jannes Vahl Bärbel Fening Andreas Bergner Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Katharina Sophie Petersen Heinz Schelwat

Welcome Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Hi-Acts | Helmholtz Innovation Platform for Accelerator-Based Technologies & Solutions and SolarTAP. The whole SOOP | Innovation Platform team is very excited to have you and all our valued #IndustryPartners at GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel today for the 2nd Status Symposium and Exhibition set up #together by the three #InnovationPlatforms. ——————————————————— Otmar D. Wiestler Andreas Bergner GMT - Gesellschaft für Maritime Technik e.V. SubCtech GmbH -4H-JENA engineering GmbH Wolftechnik Filtersysteme GmbH & Co. KG Verein Jugendsegeln e.V. Thünen-Institut openUC2 HX Hurtigruten Expeditions Smartboatia GmbH TEAM MALIZIA Sea & Sun Technology TMT | Transferzentrum f. Maritime Technologien Schleswig-Holstein Atrineo AG

🌊 Innovative solutions for marinas and coastal regions in just 48 hours 💡 #SOOP at the 2024 Usability #Hackathon for World Usability Day! Two teams of enthusiastic computer science students demonstrated an impressive performance: Completing the #SOOPChallenge in just 48 hours!  The students worked on a solution to involve marinas in the recording of harmonised marine environmental data in the future and to make the data usable for operators, users (sailors) and coastal communities. The challenge was complex: 📋 Conduct interviews with marina operators and users (sailors) to understand their needs. ⚙️ Find out which SOOP devices and scientific parameters are relevant for the different groups. 📱 The development of a click dummy for an app that makes the data visible and usable in a user-friendly way. The result? SOOP is thrilled! The students conducted in-depth and very insightful interviews and used them to create an impressive first drafts of two apps - all within two days only! This innovative solution shows how quickly you can get to realisation when creative minds come together. 💡 A big thank you to the great team from the Usability Lab at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences Oona Colliander & Anja Kujawski for organising this inspiring format and bringing us all together. We are looking forward to the next steps together with our partner TransEurope Marinas Melanie Syms and are excited to see how these ideas can integrate marinas and coastal regions into data collection and thus contribute to an improved management of coastal regions. 🌊✨ #Innovation #WorldUsabilityDay #UsabilityHackathon TransEurope Marinas  #SOOP #Marinas #Data Hochschule Flensburg #UsabilityLab ARTEMIS (Interreg DE-DK) Melanie Symes

🆕 FairScope and SOOP Partnering for Sustainable Ocean Research SOOP | Innovation Platform and FairScope are teaming up to empower citizen scientists with innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable microscopy technology, enhancing marine life observations to expand our knowledge and promote sustainable ocean use. Our Partnership Highlights: ▪️ Empowering Citizen Science: High-precision, high-resolution imaging for marine conservation and scientific advancement ▪️ Open-Source Philosophy: Fostering transparency and collaborative innovation ▪️ Sustainable Technology Co-Development: Continuous evolution to support long-term ocean protection Together, we’re advancing understanding and sustainable practices for our oceans! 🌊 Thibaut Pollina | Océane Lorre | Klas Ove Möller | Tanguy C. | Jeremy Szymczak | morgan coulm #MarineScience #CitizenScience #Sustainability #Innovation #OpenSource