HYBRID FINAL EVENT

📅 Wednesday 16 March | 09.30 am - 05.00 pm GMT (London time)

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AGENDA

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☕ 9.30 am – 10.00 am | Registration and welcome coffee

🚢 10.00 am – 11.00 am | Project overview and keynote
Johannes Oeffner, Team Leader at Fraunhofer CML & Project Coordinator of AIRCOAT
🌿 11.00 am – 11.40 am | Bio-inspiration solution: from the plant to the ship
Thomas Schimmel, Director at the Institute of Applied Physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Johannes Oeffner, Team Leader at Fraunhofer CML & Project Coordinator of AIRCOAT
👍 11.40 am – 12.10 pm | AIRCOAT foil production
Stefan Walheim, Senior researcher at KIT Karlsruher institut für technologie
Helene Gobry, Senior Product Manager at Avery Dennison
Arjan Lugthart Lughart, Project leader at PPG

🥪 12.35 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch break

🐚 2.00 pm – 2.40 pm | Drag reduction & fouling prevention
Albert Baars, Group Leader Computational Fluid Dynamics at BIC Biomimetics Innovation Center University of Applied Science Bremen - Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH - Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA)
Marina Beltri Muñoz, Marine Consultant at AquaBioTech Group
✔ 2.40 pm – 3.20 pm | Demonstration & Validation
Fotis Oikonomou, Senior Researcher at DANAOS Management Consultants S.A. Shipping
Nils Hagemeister, Research Associate at Fraunhofer CML

☕ 3.20 pm – 4.05 pm | Coffee break

📉4.05 pm – 4.45 pm | AIRCOAT impact
Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Senior researcher at Finnish Meteorological Institute
Hans-Christoph Burmeister, Head of Department 'Sea Traffic and Nautical Solutions' at Fraunhofer CML

📣 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm | Conclusion

AIRCOAT air layer: positive environmental impacts

The AIRCOAT project is developing a bio-inspired solution that aims to reduce friction on ships, lowering fuel consumption and thus GHG emissions. This consists of a structured foil that retains air when submerged under water.

Due to the lower viscosity (resistance to deformation of a material) of air in comparison to water and the air barrier, drag reduction as well as a limited attachment of fouling organisms is expected.

AIRCOAT technology would also avoid the release of biocide anti-fouling substances into the water.