FLOATINGFARMSforASUSTAINABLEFUTUREAOne-daySeminaron24thAugust2018,

OrganizedbytheSocietyofFLOATINGSOLUTION(Singapore)atSingaporeInstituteofTechnology@SP

Oceanic Architecture & Engineering, Nihon University

ObjectiveofConference

Theobjectiveoftheconference istobringtogetherexpertsandpractitionerstosharetheirknow-howandexpertiseonfloatingfarmsideasbyusingthesea/river/lake/reservoirasthenewfrontierfor cultivation of food. As theworld’s populationmigrates towards coastal areas, farm lands areunderpressure for farmingof livestock, fish and vegetables. Technologydeveloped in the fieldofVerylargeFloatingStructures(VLFS)isappliedtotakefoodproductionthroughaquantumleapintoanewdimension.Thisconferencepresentsanumberofinnovativeideasinfloatingfarmsthathavebeen researched into, prototyped and put into small scale commercial production, which will beinterested to government planners, food production agencies, investors, civil and structuralengineers, naval architects, architects, town planners, academics and students in the offshoreindustry,shipyardindustry,classificationsocietiesanduniversities.

OurDistinguishedSpeaker

Mr.PeterWingerden

Mr. Peter van Wingerden is CEO and founder of Beladon, international leadingcompany on building on water. Beladon design, engineer and develop floatingconceptsonrivers,ports,lakesandsea.Beladonstarted7yearsagoandisbasedinTheNetherlands(www.beladon.com).Peterstartedthefirst5yearsofhiscareeratGeneral Electric (https://www.ge.com/benelux/en ), an American multinationalconglomerate. After GE he became District Manager for 2 years at Alstom(http://www.alstom.com/about-us/), a global leader in power generation and

transmission. He moved from there to lead the Industrial department of one of the divisions ofHollandsche Beton Group for 4 years. The groupwhich offers construction services in Europe isheadquarteredinNetherlands(https://www.bam.com/en).

Mr.LeowBanTat

Mr.LeowBanTathasmorethan38yearsofexperienceinthemarineandoffshoreindustry. Founder&Managing Director of AME2, a consultancy& infrastructuredesigncompany.Alsoprovidesstrategicmarketing,project,businessdevelopmentservices for offshore companies& shipyard development. Inventor of LIFT-DOC®

Lift-Dock and its various applications which include NOAHs Eco-Ark® (CCFT) Closed ContainmentFloatingFishFarmandLift-DockEco-FarmingEstablishment(LD-EFE).HeisafellowmemberoftheSociety of the Naval Architect & Marine Engineers, Singapore (FSNAMES) and member of theSingapore Floating Structure Society. Formerly from Keppel Shipyard, Keppel FELS Brazil, ASLShipyardandPaxOceanMarineandOffshore. Heholds anMBAfromMonashUniversity,aFirstClass Marine Engineering Certificate of Competency from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, & Diploma(Merit) in Marine Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic. Currently is the independent director ofPenguin International Ltd. Heplays significant role inourNationalDefenseasMAJ(NS) servingasChiefEngineeringOfficerwithRepublicofSingaporeNavy.

AssistantProfessorDr.ShinjiSatoDr. Shinji Sato has a doctorate in engineering/Architect and is currently theAssistant Professor in the Department of Oceanic Architecture and Engineering,College of Science and Technology, Nihon University (https://www.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/department/ocean/).Dr. Sato is the committee in theGeneral FoundationOcean Environment Creation Organization Engineering, which is a a researchorganization establishedwith the aim of developing a new industry in the ocean

using the marine platform. Dr. Shinji Sato leads a research project in conceptualizing anindustrializationmodelinthemarineenvironmentandsummarizingitintoarchitecturaldesign.Asaconsignmentproject fromtheMinistryofEconomy,Tradeand Industry in2012,a feasibilitystudywasconductedonthetechnologicalpossibilitiesofCO2fixationbyeffectivetechnologyutilizationintheoceanbyusingalgaeandoffshoreplatformsystem.

Mr.MortenLundHoffmannMr Hoffmann is managing Multiconsult Asia Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of theNorwegianEngineeringandConsultancycompanyMulticonsult.MulticonsultAsiaPte Ltd has offices in Singapore and Abu Dhabi.Mr Hoffmann holds aMaster’sDegree in EngineeringManagement fromRMITUniversity inMelbourne.HehasheldvariousprojectmanagementpositionsinMulticonsultsince2002.Hisprojectportfolio includes some of Norway’s largest and most complex oil and gas andinfrastructure projects. His project experience spans from the early engineering

phases and throughout the detail engineering and construction phases. Also his project portfolioincludessimilarinternationalprojectssuchastheJurongRockCavernsprojectinSingapore.Mortenhas also managed various departments in Multiconsult, responsible for the company’s projectmanagementandcontrolpersonnelandmethodology,andtheprojectdecisiongateandexecutionmodeland3D/BIMstrategy.

Mr.GaryWongMrGaryWongisanOffshoreEngineerwithKeppelOffshore&Marine’sDeepwaterTechnology Group for the past 5 years. In the recent two years, he has beendevelopingconceptsonrepurposingoffshoretechnologyfornearshoresolutions,severalofwhicharecurrently in theprototypephase.Growingupnear thecoastandona fish farmandunder the influenceofanUrbanTownPlannerandNavalArchitect,hepursuedaneducationwithaBEng(Hons)OffshoreEngineeringfromNewcastle-upon-TyneandSingaporeInstituteofTechnologyandaDiplomainCivil

EngineeringandManagementfromSingaporePolytechnic.

SeminarProgram

0830to0930 Registration

0930to0945 Welcome,President’sAddress0945to1045 Lecture1–FARMINGONWATER

byMr.PetervanWingerden,CEOandFounderofBeladon

With land as a majorconstraint for farming,cities could also explorefloating farms on waterbodies such as reservoirsand sea space. Thispossibility is beingtranslated into realityinNetherlandswhereBeladon,aDutchcompany,hasdesignedaclosed-loop modular farming platform that can float on any water body. Theplatformismadeupofindividualunitswhichcanbescaledbyafactoroftwotofive,andunitscanbeconnectedwithoneanothertoformamegafloating farm. These can be reconfigured to suit specific farming andspatialrequirements.Beladonisutilisingthisconcepttopilottheworld’sfirst floating dairy farm in Rotterdam, Netherlands.Currentlyunderconstruction, the three-storey, 1,000 square metres floating dairy farmwill be able to accommodate 40 cows on the top floor and produceapproximately 800 litres of milk daily. The dairy processing, feedproductionandmanure storagewillbe locatedon the two lower floors.Thisfloatingfarm’sclosed-loopedsystemwill integratewatersupplyandtreatment, energy generation, waste processing, and feed production.This dairy farm is part of Rotterdam’s planned floating farm strip thatcouldpotentiallyexpandtoincludeachicken,goat,andvegetablefarm

1045to1145 Lecture2–SUSTAINABLELIFT-DOC®ECO-FARMINGESTABLISHMENTbyMr.LeowBanTat,Founder&ManagingDirectorofAME2Worldwide, aquaculture is abooming businessaswildcatch is fastdiminishing while the fishconsumption will increase by20%. In 2016, about 47% offish are farmed and by 2030with 60% aquacultureproduction and most will besea cultivation (FA02018). Over 88% of thisincrease in aquacultureproduction will originate fromthe Asian region (FA0 2018). This growth potential provides opportunities forSingaporetobetheCentreofExcellenceforAquaculture.AME2hasdevelopedan innovativeanddisruptivetechnology,wecalled it,NovelOffshoreAdvancedHullsystem(NOAHs)Eco-Ark®,aclosedcontainmentflowthrough(EA-CCFT).Itis a sustainable high density floating fish farm. It incorporates game-changingtechnology, which will set the standard for the global aquaculture’s food-fish

production.Eco-Ark®iscosteffectiveandhasgreaterefficiencyin(a)seaspaceoptimization, (b) energy utilization, (c) human resource utilization, and (d)environmental management. In summary, it can produce higher yields in asmallerfootprint,uselessenergyandeco-friendlycomparedtoanyconventionalsea fish farmingmethodology available today. Eco-Ark®’ s NOAHs hull can bebuildofvaryingmaterials,notjuststeelorconcrete.Alsodesigned&engineeredtobeunmannedandwithstandharshenvironments indeeper sea. ThismakesEco-Ark®farmdeployableincoastalanddeepseafarmingsite.

1145to1300 Lunch1300to1400 Lecture4–PROPOSALOFCOMPOSITEPLANTFACTORYBYUTILIZINGMARINE

PLATFORMbyAssistantProfessorDr.ShinjiSato,NihonUniversityIn this paper, by using"aquaculturepossibility:algaeenergy / useful substanceextraction"and"algaemarinebiomass production system:industrialization using algaemarine biomass" by usingaquaculture technologymaking use of regionalcharacteristics We propose anew regional environmentrecyclingtypeofindustry.Itisthe most important point from the viewpoint of technology development toform "a community symbiosis recycling smart community aiming at marineenvironmentcreationcities"bymakingfulluseofthefeaturesandadvantagesofcoastalareasspreadingthroughoutJapan,especiallylocalcities.Inthispaper,wewill introducea case studyconducted ina cornerof theSakaideCity IndustrialParkof SakaideCity,KagawaPrefecture facing theSeto InlandSea, inorder tomakefulluseofthebenefitsoftheoceanplatform. Inthisproject,weproposetouseafullyclosedplantfactoryoralgaecultivationfactorynotasasingleunit,but by laminating it and using it in combination. The concept of the basicconfiguration of this floating type complex plant plant is that the energycollecting device, artificial light plant plant and algae cultivating factory withdifferentfunctionsarecollectivelyhousedinafloatingtypemarineplatform,andmutualinterferenceSothattheydonotoverlapeachother.Ifitisonland,thesefactoriesaretobebuiltinseparatebuildingsonalargesite,butwiththeaimoftrying to obtain efficiency and synergistic effect by integrating this factory andintegratingtheentiresystemverticallyisthere.

1400to1445 Lecture4–DESIGNANDENGINEERINGOFFLOATINGSTRUCTURESINNORWAYByMr.MortenLundHoffmann,ManagingDirectorofMulticonsultAsiaFloatingstructureshaveproventobebothcostsefficientandsafeforanumberof different purposes. The Norwegian offshore oil and gas industry hassuccessfully developed floating structures for the harsh Norwegian seas fordecades. These solutions comprisevarious types of purposed design concepts,fromtraditionalcatenarymooredfloaters,semi-submersibleplatforms,tomorecomplextension legandSparplatforms.Thesuperstructures includebothsteeland concrete solutions.These offshore oil and gas technologies have in recentyears been applied to developments of floating wind turbines and fish farms,both inshore andoffshore. Also, the largeNorwegian fjords impose challengesfor infrastructure crossings where the water depths restrict traditional bridge

solutionsandtheuseofrocktunnelingsolutions.Recentdevelopmentscomprisefloatingbridgesolutionswithwaterdepthsupto500mandcrossinglengthsof4-5 km. The design basis has proven to be more decisive for the design offloating structures. This includes a range of parameters, including physicalenvironment,bathymetryandgroundconditions.Sincethe1970’s,Multiconsulthas provided innovative technology and project management expertise in thedesignandengineeringofanumberof complex floating solutions, fromdesignbasis, early design, geotechnical subsea foundations and anchoring, to thestructuraldesignof concreteand steel. These structuresare locatedat variousplacesaroundtheworld.Multiconsulthasalsodevelopedanumberofnumericalengineeringtoolsthatarebeingutilizedindevelopingsuchfloatingstructures.

1445to1530

Lecture5–REPURPOSINGOFFSHORETECHNOLOGYTOUNLOCKTHEPOTENTIALSOFSEASPACEByMr.GaryWong,OffshoreEngineerofKeppelOffshoreandMarine(DTG)We seek urban solutions to overcome limitations in space and resourcesassociatedwithexpanding citiesandhigher concentrationsofpopulations. Theregionsattheforefrontarecoastalcitiesandislandnations.Globalwarminghasalsocontributedtothesechallengesbyintroducingadynamicgeography-risingtides,lesspredictableandmoreintenseweatherandrisingtemperatureswherechanges to the physical landscape are shaped through actions of others. Arecognizedstrategyhasbeentodevelopandexpandthecoastlinethroughlandreclamation.Withrecenttrendsinsustainabilityandsocialresponsibility,weareexploring sea space utilization in a new light. In the offshoreworld, there are‘cities’ in operation for decades. Habitable compounds in remote and harshenvironmentssupportingasmallpopulationtodrill,produceandsupportoilandgas operations. There is a strong track record for this technology having beendeveloped, tested andproven for thepast 50 years. There is potential for thissuite of solutions to be repurposed as urban solutions – when others havebecome familiarwithour technology,gainedconfidenceandknowledge to thelevelwehavebecomeaccustomedtointhepast5decades.

1530to1540 Closing

1540to1630 NetworkingTeaBreakandEndofSeminar

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