Event Lists
| 22 Mar 2024 | SFSS hosts its AGM. A new council is elected. |
| 28 Aug 2023 | The World Conference on Floating Solutions 2023 opens in Tokyo, lasting for 3 days. |
| 6 Oct 2020 | The World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020 “Paving the Waves” opens virtually in Rotterdam, lasting for 3 days. |
| 9 Oct 2020 | Lim Soon Heng and Michael Chia met Mr Khoo Teng Chye Exec Director of the Centre for Liveable Cities to discuss floating solutions for Singapore. |
| 8 Oct 2020 | Lim Soon Heng delivered paper (via virtual conferencing) on Floating Rice Fields, at WCFS2020 |
| 7 Oct 2020 | Lim Soon Heng and Tay Zhi Yung of SFSS chair virtual sessions at WCFS2020 on Floating Energy and Hydrodynamics respectively |
| 2 Oct 2020 | SFSS AGM held by MSTeam (virtually) at 6.30 pm. New nominated Council Members and Office Bearers to be endorsed at AGM. |
| 25 Sep 2020 | President’s Paper on Floating Rice Field was accepted for platform delivery at the WCFS2020 Rotterdam Conference on October 7, 2020 |
| 23 Sep 2020 | The nomination of new SFSS Council members closed on 22 October and all members were notified by Immediate Past President by email. |
| 24 Sep 2020 | President gave a 90 minutes zoom interview toarchitectural student from National University of Singapore School of Design and on space creation in Singapore with floating islands. |
| 19 Aug 2020 | Ideas2ipr Solutions offered services to patent ideas in President’s Paper at WCFS2019 “Seascape the Landscape of Singapore, Repurposing Land in a Land Scarce Nation.” Ongoing discussion. |
| 2 Aug 2020 | ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) expressed interest to provide services to grant AIP (Approval In Principle) for the Floating Dorms for Foreign Workers. |
| 27 July 2020 | Met Huang Yushan and Jethro Fernadez of Digital Blowfish. They requested to do interview about floating solutions for Singapore. Ongoing. |
| 24 Jun 2020 | Shimizu and Team request postponement of WCFS201 in Tokyo due to the ongoing pandemic and the postponement of Tokyo Olympics. |
| 18 Jun 2020 | Our Italian Member Giuseppe Torrisi launches a video on YouTube titled “Floating Island” The concept for housing foreign workers consists of a cluster of four hexagon shaped concrete floating platforms designed to accommodate up to 2,295 residents. Similar conceptualisation was also received from our member from Brazil, Mr Paul Gaiser. |
| 6 Jun 2020 | Natasha Ganesan, a fourth-year journalism student from NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication wrote to request interviewing the President on Floating Dorms for Foreign Workers. |
| 23 May 2020 | The Straits Times published the President’s Opinion piece titled “A Floating Dorm for Foreign Workers, an Idea worth Considering.” |
| May 2020 | Michael Chia lead the discussion on branding WCFS as an IP of SFSS. Discussion ongoing. |
| 9 Apr 2020 | Julian Barrett of Research Outreach wrote to President offering opportunity to published paper referencing the article Landscaping the Seascape of Singapore delivered at the WCFS 2019. |
| 18 Mar 2020 | Michael Chia and President met Seaborg, and Quest Investments on small floating nuclear power plant |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Meeting Prem Shankar, Michael Chia, Lim Sing Tian and Henry Han on floating swimming pool design for Keppel King’s Dock |
| 6 March 2020 | Meeting with new member John Wong of Mersport on mooring solutions. |
| 29 Feb 2020 | Meeting with Wan Seong and Leon Xiao on Floating Rice Fields |
| 26 Feb 2020 | Member Henry Han, MD of Hahn Ocean made presentation to LSH, Michael Chia and Koh Hock Seng of the products Drakoo and RigiFloat |
| 25-26 Feb 2020 | SFSS Short Course on Naval Architecture organised by Dr Koh Hock Seng at Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute (New RIIS), Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability. Postponed due to outbreak of Covid19 |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Hana Kim Dyndegaard& Ida Langøe, two Msc students from Aalborg University, Denmark contacted the Society for assistance related their thesis on floating solutions. |
| 21 Feb 2020 | Talk at SJ Global Academy. Topic “Floating spaces, a disruptive, climate resilient solution” Postponed due to outbreak of Covid19 |
| 14 Feb 2020 | Civil Engineering students James C, Angeles, Kim A. Arias, Raissa Charisse G. Cruz, Jens Penet T. Rivera from Central Colleges of the Philippines requested assistance for design of floating swimming pool for Manila Bay |
| 10 Feb 2020 | President and First VP held discussion with Marc Collin Chen (Oceanix) and Itai Madamombe (UN/Oceanix) to consider Singapore as host city for the UN’s First Floating City. |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Met Blue 21 and WaterStudio to sign agreement for cooperation for the organisation of WCFS2020 |
| 8 Feb 2020 | President and First VP met United Nations Habitat Deputy Executive Director Dr Victor Kisob at World Urban Forum 10 (WUF10) Conference in Abu Dhabi to discuss floating solutions. |
| 7 Jan 2020 | Meeting with Mr Michael Chia ex Keppel Executive Director regarding his joining the society |
| 2 Jan 2020 | Initiate discussion with SFSS Council Members and friends for the inauguration of a United Nations World Day for Floating Solutions |
| 30 Dec 2019 | Meeting with Mr Tan Cheng Siong, Honorary Fellow SFSS. |
| 13 Dec 2019 | President accompanied Dr Nakajima (Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Waterfront Real Estate) and Mr. Munehiro, (General Manager Chodai), at meeting with Ms Elaine Tan and others at Centre of Liveable Cities |
| 11 Dec 2019 | Received call from Karina Czapiewska(Blue21 and Koen Olthius regarding WCFS2020 |
| 10 Dec 2019 | Received call from United Nations (Mr Jacob Kamalkoff) regarding attendance at WUF10 in Abu Dhabi in February 2020 |
| 25 Nov 2019 | President and Mr Ivan Stoytchev attended talk at Centre of Liveable Cities. Topic: “2040 Seoul Plan: Strategic Directions and Citizen Engagement” |
| 25 Nov 19 | Meeting Anil Ivan and LSH to (a) review the income and expenditure of SFSS dinner, (b) prepare year end account for next AGM, (c) appoint auditors |
| 21-Nov-19 | SFSS Dinner at Churchill Room, Tanglin Club. Present Honorary Fellowship certificate to Mr Tan Cheng Siong and Certificates of Membership to 31 new members. Sponsorship by Engtek Pte Ltd. Sponsors EngTeck and GLEC |
| 18 Nov 19 | Meeting in Rome with Dr Nakajima, Dr Yamashita, Giuseppe Torrissi, and Carlo Scheeder for discussion on floating reservoir |
| 13-Nov-19 | Meeting with IES (Institution of Engineers) Singapore) Immediate Past President, Mr Tan Seng Chuan |
| 9 Nov 2019 | Email to Minister of Environment and Water Resources on floating systems for growing food and storing water in the sea |
| 5-Nov-19 | Met Mr Chew Keat Chuan, Commissioner of Building Control and Dr Tran Chi Trung, Deputy Director of BCA to discuss plan approvals for floating structures. Also attending Dr Koh Hock Seng VP. |
| 15-Oct-19 | Met Professor Lam Khee Poh Dean of School of Design and Environment, NUS to discuss project to draw up master plan for development of the sea around Singapore. Also attending were Mr Chng Kai Jin and Vignesh Naidu of The HEAD Foundation and Mr Tay Kheng Soon, adjunct professor at NUS. |
| 12 Oct 19 | Email Minister of National Development recommending floating structures as space to resettle 3IR industries in Tuas to facilitate revitalizing land for the new 4IR |
| 11-Oct-19 | Meeting with Prem Shankar about future directions for SFSS at NUSS Club, Suntec City. |
| 8-Oct-19 | Mr Tan Cheng Siong conferred Honorary Fellow |
| 7-Oct-19 | Professor Torgeir Moan conferred Honorary Fellow |
| 4-Oct-19 | Presented WCFS 2019 Proceedings (published by SPRINGER) to Minister Chan Chun Sing with cover email |
| 4-Oct-19 | President attends the Tender briefing by EMA on the Floating Power Hub. |
| 1-Oct-18 | President attends the COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE 2019 organised by SIA/REDAS/ at the Marina bay convention Centre. In dialogue session, the President took opportunity to make a statement about floating solutions and how it will address many of Singapore’s challenges including land, water, power and rising sea levels. The Minister’s reply was encouraging. He did not say no because we are a busy port. However, he was not well prepared to say more. I did not expect him to. |
| 25-Sep-19 | Council members Cpt James Fong and Ivan Stoytchev met delegates from ROSATOM at the Outpost Sentosa |
| 21-Sep-19 | 2nd Council Meeting for 2019 at NUSS Club at Suntec City. |
| 17-Sep-19 | Host lunch for Mr Chng Kai Jin and Vignesh Naidu CEO and Director of The HEAD Foundation in appreciation of the support for SFSS. Also attending is Mr Tay Kheng Soon. Topic of discussion is a master plan for the use of Singapore waters. |
| 12-Sep-19 | Met and invited Mr Loyola D’Silva of Springer to donate 5 copies of their hard cover publication of the WCFS 2019. The Society would like to present them to various ministries in the government. Mr D’Silva agreed. |
| 29-Aug-19 | Meeting with Mr Tay Kheng Soon and Andrew Vaz to discuss about floating Guide vane Wind Turbine. Dr Koh Hock Seng 2nd VP and Mr C W Hon, SFSS member attended. Venue: SCC |
| 25-Aug-19 | Professor Alan Magee, Prof KK Ang and Mr Leow Ban Tat elected Council Members. See President’s Message 26. |
| 21-Aug-19 | Ivan Stoytchev and President met to plan Members’ night/Dinner for (tentatively) November 2019. |
| 9-Aug-19 | Leow Ban Tat nominated to represent the Society in the Ships and Marine Technology Working Group in Singapore under the Singapore Standards Council Program. |
| 7-Aug-19 | President interviewed by Zao Bao (part of SPH Group) on how floating structures help combat climate change. (See here for translation of article.) |
| 7-Aug-19 | Enterprise Singapore invites SFSS to acquaint them on the potential of floating structures for Singapore. Captain James Fong represented Society at the meeting. |
| 30-Jul-19 | President interviewed by Money Mind on the potential of floating solutions. |
| 30-Jul-19 | Member, C W Hon met up with Charles Yanky to explore floating farms collaboration |
| 24-Jul-19 | Lim Soon Heng met Ng Heng Liat (ex PUB) and Mr Hng (ex Preece Cardew Rider Consultants) to discuss floating reservoirs for Singapore |
| 24-Jul-19 | Lim Soon Heng met Leow Ban Tat at the latter’s office to invite the latter to take on responsibilities in advancing SFSS mission. |
| 23-Jul-19 | Lim Soon Heng and C W Hon met at NUSS Club to discuss promotion of floating solutions. |
| 22-Jul-19 | President accompanied by 2nd VP made 2 hour presentation to URA CEO, Chief Planner and Group Director (Mr Lim Eng Kwee, Hwang Yu Ning and Adele Tan) on use of floating solutions to repurpose land. |
| 20-Jul-19 | Society signs Memorandum of Understanding for National Engineering Career Progression Pathway for Technologist & Technician. Dr Tay Zhi Yung represents the Society in this program. |
| 19-Jul-19 | Anil Thapar, Dr Koh Hock Seng and Lim Soon Heng present talk to DSTA on floating solutions. Present from DSTA included Mr Lee Eng Hua, Director Building & Infrastructure, Dr Nigel Koh, Ong Li Koon and Lim Cheng Hua |
| 17-Jul-19 | Capt James Fong, Dr Koh Hock Seng and Lim Soon Heng of SFSS met MPA Dr Song Tian Cheng, Captain Andy Chew Kian Kwee and Mr Eugene Khoo to discuss floating port for Singapore |
| 13-Jul-19 | Mr John Yip of Radio 938 of Media Corp interviewed the President on floating solutions for Singapore |
| 10-Jul-19 | Talk at HEAD Foundation titled From a City in a Garden to an Eco-city in the Sea, Quest for Space in Singapore . In the audience was Emeritus Professor Henri Claude Bettignies of INSEAD. |
| 10-Jul-19 | President interviewed on at 10 pm news on CNA after delivering paper at HEAD Foundation |
| 1-Jul-19 | Dr Koh Hock Seng takes office of 2nd Vice President of SFSS. See Presidents Message No.23 |
| 24-Jun-19 | 2nd V P Dr Koh Hock Seng and President met Mr Khoo Teng Chye CEO of Centre of Liveable Cities to share ideas on floating solutions. Mr Khoo followed up by recommending URA to meet SFSS. |
| 14-Jun-19 | Met up with SFSS member from Rome Giuseppe and Daniella of Torrissi&Propcopio. Had discussion about redevelopment of Marina Bay and Floating Reservoirs. |
| 12-Jun-19 | SFSS accepted Blue 21’s invitation to co-host World Conference in Netherlands in fall of 2010 |
| 16-May-19 | Election of Lim Sing Tian to Council Member. See President’s Message No. 22 |
| 10-May-19 | Council members Dr Koh, Stoytchev Charles Lim and President attended CLC talk by Jeff Goodel, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World |
| 9-May-19 | Election of Dr Koh Hock Seng as aFellow of Society. There are now three fellows. See President’s Message No. 21. |
| 6-May-19 | Council Member Ivan Stoytchev and President met Mr Galen Pardee of Columbia University at NUSS Club Suntec City. Subject: alternatives to land reclamation for Singapore. Sustainable floating cities. US philanthropic, humanitarian funding for floating abodes for third-world countries. |
| 25-Apr-19 | SFSS 1st AGM held at NUS Block EA Room 14. |
| 24-Apr-19 | Site visits to TCOMS and Floating Solar farm. |
| 22-Apr-19 | First day of 2-day World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019 held at Engineering Auditorium National University of Singapore |
| 22-Apr-19 | Dinner Reception for Speakers and Sponsors of World Conference for Floating Solutions 2019 held at Gilmour Room Singapore Cricket Club |
| 12-Apr-19 | President interviewed by CNA (Ms Cheryl Lim) on floating solutions for Singapore |
| 29-Mar-19 | Society’s first publication, the 405-page “Proceedings of the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019” is allocated ISBN number ISBN: 978-981-14-1173-1 by National Library of Singapore. |
| 5-Mar-19 | The President attended meeting organised by SG Enterprise at SMF Building as observer on the IMO TC 8 Committee |
| 16-Jan-19 | Met Mr David Loosley, CEO IMarEST at the Institute’s office in Middle Road in Singapore. Discussed global issues: global warming, rising sea level, acidification of oceans, melting permafrost, land reclamation. Loosley says Institute shares similar concerns and would invite SFSS to speak at their forum. |
| 18-Dec-18 | President and Ivan Stoytchev had Meeting at HDB HUB on Tekong Polder with Mr Chua Kok Eng |
| 6-Dec-18 | Meet Wong Meng Hoe to invite him to speak on launching of large structures. |
| 22-Nov-18 | Meet Piet Sinke to invite him to speak on the towing and installation of the Floating berth at Monaco |
| 11-Nov-18 | Proposed date for SFSS Members’ Night. Event was cancelled due to lack of response and sponsors |
| 5-Nov-18 | Received invitation from Think Tank Group (Mr Kim) to address land reclamation issue at Lantau Island. |
| 1-Nov-18 | Proposed visit to UniversitiTeknoloji Malaysia, Marine Technology Laboratory. Event was cancelled due to lack of response. |
| 12-Oct-18 | The President visited Beladon in Rotterdam and toured the nearly-completed Floating Farm with innovator and developer Mr Peter Wingerden. |
| 11-Sep-18 | Mr Lim Soon Heng, Dr Sabet Bahador, Mr Anil Thapar, Mr Dave Kinrade and Captain James Fong met and shared with EMA on the viability of concrete hull floating power plants |
| 3-Sep-18 | The President delivered talk on Floating Animal Hotel at Singapore Polytechnic to the Mariners Network |
| 24-Aug-18 | Mr Peter Wingerden, CEO and Partner of Blandon BV will deliver a talk on floating farms |
| 24-Aug-18 | A half-day seminar on Floating Farms for a Sustainable Future was held at Singapore Institute of Technology. |
| 25-May-18 | Meeting with Staff of Embassy of the Netherlands on technological developments of floating structures in the Netherlands |
| 7-May-18 | Talk to Mariners Network by President and 2nd VP on floating structures as space creation alternatives at Singapore Polytechnic (Speakers President and VP Dr Sabet. Other SFSS members present were Dave Kinrade, Ivan Stoychev) |
| 27-Apr-18 | Meeting with Enterprise Singapore (Ms Zinnia Choo) seeking its support Singapore companies to market and promote floating structures. (Representing society were LSH, Sabet, Anil and James Fong) |
| 20-Apr-18 | The President attended talk by CEO of SLA titled “Limited Land, Unlimited Space” at Center for Liveable Cities, connected with CEO SLA. |
| 13-Apr-18 | Meeting HDB, URA and STB to apprise them of the potential of floating solutions.Present from SFSS were President Lim, VP Sabet, CM James Fong and Member Ivan Stoychev. Present at host side: (Mr Yap Tiem Yew HDB, Mr Andrew D Fassam URA, Mr Michael Rodriguez STB) For details see President’s Message No. 1. |
| 26-Mar-18 | President attended a talk by Dr Cheong Koon Hean CEO at NUSS Club titled “What makes a City Successful”. Connected with Dr Cheong. |
| 6-Mar-18 | Meeting with Dr Jung Kwanghoe of Hyundai (Present form SFSS were President Lim and Secretary Charles Lim) |
| 1-Mar-18 | The Society hosted a half day conference titled “The Application and Technology of Floating Structures” at the Singapore Institute of Technology at Dover. See President’s message no. 6 |
| 26-Feb-18 | Talk at Tanglin Club to Rotary Club on floating nuclear power plant as an energy diversification strategy for Singapore (Speaker, President Lim SH) |
| 16-Jan-18 | The Society hosted a talk by Professor Jacopo Buongiorno, Director of Center of Research and Advanced Nuclear Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology titled “Is Nuclear an Attractive Clean Energy Option for Singapore?” at NUS. See President’s Message No. 6 |
| 16-Dec-17 | The Society assisted Channel 8 in the production of a Chinese documentary on Future of Singapore portraying potential floating developments around Singapore |
| 14-Dec-17 | The Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore) was founded. |