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August 2018
Floating Farms for a Sustainable Future Seminar
Object of Conference The objective of the conference is to bring together experts and practitioners to share their know-how and expertise on floating farms ideas by using the sea/river/lake/reservoir as the new frontier for cultivation of food. As the world’s population migrates towards coastal areas, farm lands are under pressure for farming of livestock, fish and vegetables. Technology developed in the field of Very large Floating Structures (VLFS) is applied to take food production through a quantum leap into a…
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EN1090 Workshop: Execution of Steel Structures
EN1090 Workshop: Execution of Steel Structures
Find out more »March 2019
Durability of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete in the Application of Floating Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks
Durability of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete in the Application of Floating Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks by Zhen Ni Research Engineer, National University of Singapore Date: Thursday, 14 March 2019 Time: 4:30 pm to 6.00 pm Venue: EA-06-02, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore Abstract The scarce land area of Singapore has led to growing development of the sea space. As a promising alternative to land reclamation, floating structures have received increasing attention in the recent years due to their…
Find out more »April 2019
World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019
Singapore, a third world country under the British rule, is today the most expensive city in the world according to a 2018 EIU survey. It has reclaimed land relentlessly to fuel its economic growth. 25% of its original 578 sq. km footprint has been reclaimed from the sea. In the same time span, the population grew by 380%, making it the world’s densest country. The country has an insatiable appetite for space but land reclamation has become more challenging year by year, as sand mining is ecologically damaging and banned by those countries, which traditionally supplied sand to Singapore.
Find out more »November 2019
Member’s Night & Dinner
Member's Night & Dinner
Find out more »September 2020
Naval Architecture Short Course: Fundamentals for Floating Structures
In this year’s National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted the effects of climate change and outlined various measures on preparing Singapore for rising sea levels. The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources projected that Singapore’s mean sea levels would rise by up to one metre by 2100; this could, however, occur earlier. Land reclamation has become more challenging year by year and unsustainable. Fortunately, Singapore has about 700 sq km of territorial waters well sheltered by a cluster of Indonesian islands to the south.
We believe this opens up huge opportunities and sustainable alternatives for creation of sea space floating solutions for the future. It would be a great opportunity to learn how floating solutions can contribute to Singapore's quest for more space, thereby freeing up land for housing etc. and reducing the country’s carbon footprint.
Find out more »October 2020
World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020
“Paving the Waves” 6-8 October 2020, Rotterdam, NL Introduction Initiated by Blue21 and Waterstudio, PAVING THE WAVES (PtW) aims to bring together leading international experts from the industry, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers from across the world to share knowledge on floating solutions in Rotterdam in 2020. With great honor, PtW will host the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020 first organized by The Society of Floating Solutions Singapore, and the presentations of the final results from the EU-Horizon2020 funded research project, Space@Sea. “Paving the Waves” PAVING…
Find out more »April 2021
Floating Solutions for Challenges Facing Mankind
Chien Ming Wang The University of Queensland Date 15 April 2021, Thursday Time 15:00-16:00 (UTC +8), 17:00-18:00 (UTC +10) Venue (VooV) Tencent Meeting ID: 341 375 087 Host Dr. Feng Xingya Biography： Prof. C.M. Wang is the TMR Chair Professor in Structural Engineering, The University of Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore, a Fellow of Institution of Engineers Singapore, a Fellow of Institution of Structural…
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Global dislocation, threats, and opportunities for Singapore naval architects and marine engineers
Industries evolve like living organisms. New threats emerge with each passing year. In shipbuilding industry, kings and pretenders have walked past the global stage in succession. We see them wax and wane in the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and China. The pretenders to the throne are in the wings in many corners of this planet: Middle East, South America, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Find out more »May 2021
Ocean Visions Summit
The Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS, https://marinesocioecology.org/), CSIRO and IMAS are local hosts of a large international summit underway May 18-21 called ‘Ocean Solutions’ (https://www.oceanvisions.org/summit-2021)
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