Wind Propulsion in Theory and Reality – Göteborg

Many different techniques have been tested to reduce fuel costs and carbon dioxide emissions in shipping in recent years. Among them is a technique that has been successfully used for thousands of years: wind.
So, where are the winds blowing in this area today? What are the latest research findings? Which solutions are best suited for different types of vessels? And how are the shipping companies thinking? Welcome to a day entirely focused on the "sails" of the future.

Preliminary programme (work in progress)

Lunch and Swedish fika will be served.

09:30 – 10:00 Coffee and registration

10:00 Welcome and introduction - Åsa Burman, Director at Lighthouse

Theme - research

• Wind Propulsion for Ships – new opportunities and new challenges - Sofia Werner, Resarcher and project manager, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
• The wind is changing for ship propulsion, also below the surface - Rickard Bensow, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
• Experimental studies of wind and aerodynamics for wind-powered commercial ships - Ulysse Dhomé, PhD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Theme - Rules and regulations

• Rules and regulations for WASP (wind assisted wind propulsion) - from the perspective of classification  societies - Mikael Johansson, Principal consultant, DNV 
• Rules and regulations for WASP (wind assisted wind propulsion) - from the perspective of the  Swedish Transport Agency - TBC, Swedish Transport Agency

Theme - Development and innovation in industry

• Sails in perspective of a shipowner - Nicolas Bathfield, Project manager, Stena Teknik
• How to prepare and train crew for wind assisted vessels - Claes Möller, CEO, Terntank
• One solution for windpropulsion - Oceanbird - Magnus MackAldener, R&D Manager, Oceanbird 
• Route Optimization for Wind Assisted Vessels - Harsha Cheemakurthy, PhD Naval Architect, StormGeo

15:00 Summary and closing 

The seminar will be given in English if there are non-Swedish speaking attendees.

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Warm welcome!