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Description: The offshore industry has been very active recently in deep waters. Innovations and industry know-how have bloomed over the last few decades. In addition to dealing with the design methodology, analytical tools, experimental techniques, structural and hydrodynamic modeling, applications in deepwater technology, and challenges for safe operations. In more recent conferences, the OFT symposium has dealt with the FLNG Technology, CFD Modeling Practice & Verification, Wave Loading and Motions in Extreme Seas, Digitalization, AI/ML, Digital Twins, Adapting/Mitigating Climate Change, Earthquake Design and Internal Waves as some of the key topics discussed in the OFT symposium. Fixed platforms reach multiple thousands feet of water depths using compliant towers. Spars and TLPs have allowed dry trees in up to 5,000 feet; drill ships are stationed for weeks on DP, and we currently drill in over 10,000 feet of water depth. Areas of activities have increased as well! The North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are no longer the epicenter of offshore activities. Oil reserves are now coming significantly online from West Africa and Brazil, while gas from Australia and Qatar is being transported worldwide in tankers that have tripled their capacity over the past couple of decades. The offshore industry's move into the deeper waters has created a need for innovation. We are however only at the forefront of the challenges. In the next decades, we will be active in harsher environments, including icebergs, even deeper waters, and will have to deal with more and more stringent legislation. We will need to continue improving our safety records, and be more environmentally aware. GHG and LCA will become common acronyms in our PowerPoint presentations, and we will discuss carbon footprint levels just as much as the trading price of an oil barrel. OMAE’s Offshore Technology (OFT) Symposium continues to stand ready to provide the necessary forum to link the present and the future of our industry. As in its previous editions, traditional and new sessions will be available this year in key areas of current and future interest in the offshore field.

Topics:

  • 01-01 Offshore Platforms
  • 01-02 Station Keeping
  • 01-03 Hydrodynamics
  • 01-04 Design & Analysis
  • 01-05 FLNG Technology
  • 01-06 CFD Modeling Practice & Verification
  • 01-07 Wave Loading and Motions in Extreme Seas
  • 01-08 Digitalization, AI/ML, Digital Twins
  • 01-09 Value Generation through LLM, GenAI, Agentic AI, and System Engineering
  • 01-10 Probabilistic Digital Twins, Bayesian Methods
  • 01-11 Autonomous Operations Utilizing Digital Twins, Connectivity, Robotics
  • 01-12 Trust and Assurance of Digital Twins over the Facility Life
  • 01-13 Adapting to/Mitigating Climate Change
  • 01-14 Internal Waves

Symposium Coordinator: Cengiz Ertekin

Description: This symposium addresses probabilistic methods that allow the description of loading and strength variables, which constitute the basic information necessary for the assessment of the reliability of structures.

Topics:

  • 02-01 Extreme Metocean Conditions and Rogue Waves
  • 02-02 Probabilistic and Spectral Wave Modelling
  • 02-03 Probabilistic Models of Environmental Forces and Structural Responses
  • 02-04 Extreme Loads and Response
  • 02-05 Data-driven and AI-based Models for Marine Structures
  • 02-06 Advanced Uncertainty Modelling and Quantification
  • 02-07 Reliability and Resilience of Marine Structure
  • 02-08 Reliability and Risks of Renewable Energy Devices
  • 02-09 Reliability of Mooring, Riser, and Subsea Systems
  • 02-10 Damage Tolerance, Fatigue and Fracture Reliability
  • 02-11 Reliability Based Maintenance and Inspection Planning
  • 02-12 Digital Twins and Real-time Monitoring of Marine Structures
  • 02-13 Risk Analysis, Safety Management, and Human Factors
  • 02-14 Structural Analysis and Design Optimization of Marine Structures
  • 02-15 Ultimate Strength of Marine Structures
  • 02-16 Collision and Grounding of Marine Structures

Symposium Coordinator: Carlos Guedes Soares

Description: With the continued pressure on oil and gas prices, materials technology is playing an ever increasing role in ensuring the economic development and safe operation of the offshore and arctic industry. The symposium addresses topics such as improvement in weld metal and heat-affected zone properties, new technology in underwater welding and inspection, recent advances in steel technology, application of aluminum and titanium in offshore structures, fatigue life prediction, threaded and tubular joints, fracture control, oil-field elastomers, and composite materials.

Topics:

  • 03-01 Fracture and Crack Propagation in Pipeline Steels
  • 03-02 Fatigue Performance and Testing
  • 03-03 Transportation of H2 and blends/CO2 and contaminants/NH3
  • 03-04 Integrity assessment and life extension
  • 03-05 Pipe Materials under severe conditions
  • 03-06 Composite Material Design and Modelling
  • 03-07 Emerging Testing and Inspection Technologies

Symposium Coordinator: David Baker

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Stephane Paboeuf

Description: Subsea Technology Symposium provides a forum for sharing recent advances, innovative analyses and novel designs on all areas related to subsea technology, including: - offshore pipelines, flowlines, risers, and umbilicals; - power cables; - subsea equipment; - remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs); - asset integrity management and life extension; - underwater energy harvesting; - subsea communications. Technical sessions will cover topics such as field development planning, design, construction, installation, inspection, repair, monitoring, and decommissioning of subsea systems and mineral mining.

Topics:

  • 04-01 Flexible Pipes and Umbilicals
  • 04-02 Power Cables
  • 04-03 Rigid Risers
  • 04-04 Rigid Pipelines
  • 04-05 Subsea Structures and Equipment
  • 04-06 Integrity Management, Life Extension, and Decommissioning
  • 04-07 Underwater Vehicles
  • 04-08 Energy Harvesting
  • 04-09 Subsea Communications

Symposium Coordinator: Theodoro Netto

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Duane DeGeer

Description: The Oceans represent the next frontier to provide sustainable food, energy, resources and land space for humanity. This symposium was initiated to cover the emerging technologies. Technical areas currently covered by Ocean Space Utilization Symposium are quite broad, and they are very large floating structures, deepsea mining, ocean renewable energy, underwater vehicle, food production, ocean environment, ocean management and new concept for ocean space utilization. New developments and novel concepts related to these areas are presented, and associated problems and challenges are identified and discussed.

Topics:

  • 05-01 VLFS and New Concepts for Ocean Space Utilization
  • 05-02 Aquaculture and Related Technology
  • 05-03 Deepsea Mining and Ocean Resources
  • 05-04 CCUS and Underwater Development / Utilization
  • 05-05 Floating Systems for Renewable Energy
  • 05-06 High Tide and Tsunamis
  • 05-07 Environmental Assessment for Marine Renewable Energy
  • 05-08 Marine Spatial Planning and Coastal Zone Utilization
  • 05-09 Global and Arctic Ocean Dynamics and Climate Change
  • 05-10 Concrete Structure for Offshore Wind
  • 05-11 Education in Ocean Engineering

Symposium Coordinator: Tomoki Ikoma

Description: The purpose of the OCEAN ENGINEERING symposium is to bring together representatives of the ocean engineering community to discuss results of their work on design technology, linear and nonlinear phenomena and the development of experimental, observational and computational tools. The field of ocean engineering is very broad, encompassing from wave mechanics to underwater technology to advanced ship hydromechanics to marine environmental engineering and aquacultural engineering The symposium is an opportunity for the engineers in industry, university, and government to develop and foster collaborations in their endeavors to improve ocean technology.

Topics:

  • 06-01 Computational Mechanics and Design Applications
  • 06-02 Coastal Engineering
  • 06-03 Fluid-Structure, Multi-body and Wave-body Interaction
  • 06-04 Marine Engineering and Technology
  • 06-05 Marine Hydrodynamics
  • 06-06 Marine Environment and Very Large Structures
  • 06-07 Metocean, Measurement and Data Interpretation
  • 06-08 Model Tests
  • 06-09 Offshore Industry: Aquaculture, Mining, etc.
  • 06-10 Offshore Industry: Structures and Design
  • 06-11 Ocean Engineering Technology
  • 06-12 Ship Hydromechanics
  • 06-13 Towed and Undersea Cables and Pipes, Mooring, and Buoy Technology
  • 06-14 Underwater Vehicles and Design Technology
  • 06-15 Unsteady Hydrodynamics, Vibrations, Acoustics and Propulsion
  • 06-16 Wave Mechanics, Modeling and Wave Effects
  • 06-17 AI Technology for Ocean Engineering

Symposium Coordinator: Solomon Yim

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Antonio Fernandes

Description: It is estimated that the Arctic contains more than one third of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas. Although some development has already occurred, the region remains one of the last energy frontiers. But the region is also one of the most difficult areas in the world to work, due to its remoteness, the extreme cold, dangerous sea ice, and its fragile environment.

A key challenge will be developing and deploying solutions, which are currently at the cutting edge of technology. Transportation of gas and oil from such remote parts of the globe are also a huge challenge to the energy industry with high technology demands on structures, vessels and pipelines.

The Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology Symposium promotes the understanding of the cold regions of the earth through environmentally compatible design and construction, safe operation, maintenance, and integrity of both offshore and onshore structures in these fragile regions. Going towards the Arctic is one of the most challenging and fascinating topic for engineers, researchers and environmentalists of various disciplines. Not alone, but only together we can make this happen.

Topics:

  • 07-01 Arctic Environments and Frontier Regions
  • 07-02 Ice and Wave Interactions
  • 07-03 Arctic Sea Transportation
  • 07-04 Ships and Structures in Ice
  • 07-05 Ice Model Tests
  • 07-06 Numerical Ice Modeling
  • 07-07 Marine Propulsion System Under Ice Impact

Symposium Coordinator: Sören Ehlers

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Franz von Bock und Polach

Description: The Computational Mechanics & Data Science Symposium highlights cutting-edge advancements in digital modeling for offshore applications. Key areas include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Design Optimization, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Surrogate Modelling, Digital Twins (DT), and broader Data Science methodologies. The symposium particularly welcomes contributions addressing challenges such as Vortex-Induced Vibrations (VIV), Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI), and Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV). While these topics intersect with techniques explored in other symposia, this symposium places a distinct focus on the development, implementation, verification, and validation of advanced modeling approaches. Submissions that involve the acquisition of validation data, experimental studies, field monitoring, and accuracy and performance assessments are also encouraged. Ultimately, the symposium aims to showcase the power and potential of high-fidelity simulations in solving complex offshore engineering problems.

Topics:

  • 08-01 Ship & Floating Systems
  • 08-02 Free Surface Flows
  • 08-03 Risers, Pipelines & VIV
  • 08-04 CFD Development
  • 08-05 Model Reduction and Machine Learning
  • 08-06 Offshore Wind & Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
  • 08-07 Internal Flows & FIV

Symposium Coordinator: Owen Oakley

Description: The world's oceans are the lifeblood of the global climate, and provide us with water, food and energy. Harvesting renewable energy from the oceans supports clean energy initiatives while simultaneously attempting to protect the ocean environment. Offshore wind energy developments are big drivers that support energy transition from fossil fuel sources. Wave, tidal and floating solar energy conversion are in various stages of technology development with some reaching commercial demonstration levels.

The objective of the ORE Symposium is to provide a forum for the presentation of relevant research, developments and views on technology and regulatory issues to enhance the exploitation of ocean renewable energy resources. Along with continued focus on offshore wind, wave and tidal energy harvesting, we have also introduced current topics like floating solar, hydrogen technologies, carbon capture and storage.

Topics:

  • 09-01 Wind Energy: Aero-servo-hydrodynamics & Power Cables
  • 09-02 Wind Energy: Moorings and Structures
  • 09-03 Wind Energy: Project Development, O&M
  • 09-04 AI for Ocean Renewable Energy
  • 09-05 Wave Energy: Hydrodynamics, PTO & Control
  • 09-06 Wave Energy: Design and Innovation, Arrays
  • 09-07 Tidal and Current Energy
  • 09-08 Floating Solar Energy
  • 09-09 Hybrid Energy
  • 09-10 CCUS and Hydrogen Storage

Symposium Coordinator: Krish Sharman

Description: Offshore and Coastal Geotechnical challenges, methods and solutions impacting interaction with the seafloor, station keeping/anchoring and positioning of offshore and coastal components, and behavior of offshore seafloor infrastructure.

Topics:

  • 10-01 Seabed Properties and Processes
  • 10-02 Fluid-Soil-Structure Interaction
  • 10-03 Piles and Monopiles
  • 10-04 Anchors and Mooring Systems
  • 10-05 Bucket Foundations
  • 10-06 Pipelines and Cables

Symposium Coordinator: Yinghui Tian

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Denby Morrison

Description: The Petroleum Technology Symposium is a technical event providing forum for researchers, engineers to share recent advances, discuss problems, and identify challenges associated with the "upstream" petroleum industry involved in extracting oil, natural gas and geothermal energy from subsurface reservoirs. The ASME Transactions - Journal of Energy Resources Technology is the designated journal for the Symposium. Technical program of the Symposium covers theoretical and field studies, best practices, and emerging technology in few areas of petroleum engineering having most of recent advancement. The focus is on methods used for assessing and designing operations in oil and natural gas wells drilling and production in deep water, subsea production systems and processing, conventional and unconventional petroleum reservoirs engineering and management, methods for enhancing petroleum recovery, multiphase petroleum transport in pipelines, and environmental implications of these operations.

Authors may also consider other topics in subsurface energy systems engineering such as operations in the hostile environments, development of geothermal energy resources, carbon capture, utilization and subsurface sequestration of CO2 (CCUS), underground storage of hydrogen storage, liquified natural gas (LNG), life cycle assessment of subsurface energy systems, digitalization and data science applications in exploration and production of subsurface energy systems.

Topics:

  • 11-01 Well Drilling Technology
  • 11-02 Well Drilling Fluids & Hydraulics
  • 11-03 Data Science Applications in Drilling
  • 11-04 Drilling Automation
  • 11-05 Well Cementing Theory & Practice
  • 11-06 Integrity of Well Barriers
  • 11-07 Petroleum Production: Offshore Systems and Subsea Operations
  • 11-08 Characterization of Subsurface Reservoirs and Flow Dynamics
  • 11-09 Advances in Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
  • 11-10 Sustainability and Green Transition in Petroleum Industry
  • 11-11 Digitalization and Automation Using AI/ML in Petroleum Production Operations

Symposium Coordinator: Ergun Kuru

Description: The long-term strategy of the Blue Economy is aimed at unlocking the potential of the ocean resources through the sustainable development of offshore seafood and renewable energy production systems. This symposium was initiated to cover emerging technologies in the context of the blue economy with a focus on aquaculture and renewable energy applications. Technical areas currently covered by Blue Economy Symposium are offshore aquaculture farming infrastructure (e.g., fish pen designs, seaweed/kelp production systems, mooring and anchoring systems), offshore artificial reefs, offshore aquaculture service vessels, multi-purpose offshore platforms (e.g., large integrated or co-located floating platforms for aquaculture farms and offshore renewable energy systems, wind-wave farms, hydrogen-powered vessels, floating energy islands, and floating laboratories), aand offshore hi-technologies for aquaculture farms and offshore renewable energy systems (e.g., autonomous marine systems, antibiofouling and net-cleaning solutions).

Topics:

  • 12-01 Offshore Aquaculture Developments
  • 12-02 Sustainable Offshore Developments
  • 12-03 Offshore Multi-Use Platforms
  • 12-04 Marine Autonomous and Remote Sensing Technology
  • 12-05 Offshore Green Energy Production, Storage, Distribution and Export
  • 12-06 Smart Offshore Operations
  • 12-07 Decommissioning and Repurposing of Offshore Oil & Gas Infrastructure
  • 12-08 Decarbonization of Maritime Industry
  • 12-09 Offshore Support Vessels Powered by Green Hydrogen and Ammonia
  • 12-10 Anti-biofouling Solutions
  • 12-11 Human Element, Training & Education

Symposium Coordinator: Chien Ming Wang

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Huu Phu Nguyen 

Description: Within the ongoing interest in renewable energy from the ocean, the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) is increasingly standing as a concrete option. Recent knowledge about ocean temperature stratification, the composite option for the cold water pipe material, the control of high Reynolds VIV (Vortex Induced Vibration), the use of hybrid alternatives such as solar energy to increase the temperature gradient, the development of the organic Rankine cycle, the use of ocean bottom declivity and so on has justified this boom. Finally, correlated developments such as the SWIR (Seawater Intake Water) confirm this trend, fully justifying the Specialty Symposium.

Topics:

  • 13-01 Site thermal potential for OTEC
  • 13-02 Economical assessment of OTEC applications
  • 13-03 Cold water pipe and SWIR design challenges: Material
  • 13-04 Cold water pipe and SWIR design challenges: VIV
  • 13-05 Cold water pipe and SWIR design challenges: Installation
  • 13-06 OTEC and DOW for offshore islands
  • 13-07 Themodynamic plant design for OTEC

Symposium Coordinator: Antonio Fernandes

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Joel Sales, Jr.

Description: The maritime sector faces significant challenges as it transitions towards emission-reduced and emission-free operations. The major challenges are manifold, and the possible solutions are also numerous and varied addressing all life cycle aspect of maritime systems. New technologies for the application of alternative fuels such as energy converter and systems as well as advanced energy storage and refueling systems needs to be developed and deployed to achieve low- and zero-emission design as well as retrofit solutions. In this context, the availability of alternative fuels, logistics and port infrastructure are crucial aspects of an economic viability of the different solutions. In addition, adopting the new technologies may require changes in the operational profiles and transport concepts, maintenance procedures as well as crew training resulting from the lower energy densities of the alternative fuels, their volatility under environmental conditions, time-scales involved in handling them and the complexity of the energy systems. Operational efficiency is an important key aspect to minimise the effect of the lower energy density by improving the environmental performance in combination with intelligent energy management and decision support systems involving big data analytics, IoT, and AI systems. The Topic/Symposium Smart and Sustainable Maritime Systems intends to provide a platform for discussing the challenges and presenting potential solutions towards low- or zero-emission maritime operations.

  • 14-01: New Concepts & Retrofit Solutions
  • 14-02: Energy Systems & Optimization
  • 14-03: Energy Storage, Refueling & Infrastructure
  • 14-04: Operational Efficiency & Highly-automated Systems

Symposium Coordinator: Marco Klein

Description: This Honoring Symposium recognizes the exceptional career and lasting impact of Professor Atilla Incecik of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Over more than four decades, Professor Incecik has contributed significantly to advancing hydrodynamic analysis, ship & offshore platform design, and performance assessment, while also playing a leading role in the development of floating offshore wind and wave energy systems. His research has consistently addressed the challenges of green shipping, environmental sustainability, and the decarbonization of maritime transport.

Professor Incecik's contributions have been recognized internationally through the award of two of the most prestigious honors in the field: the William Froude Medal of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the David W. Taylor Medal of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Beyond his scholarly achievements, he has been a dedicated educator, mentor, and leader, inspiring generations of researchers and practitioners worldwide. This symposium will showcase cutting-edge research in areas where Professor Incecik's influence has been most profound, while bringing together colleagues, collaborators, and students to celebrate his remarkable contributions to ocean engineering.

Topics:

  • Hydrodynamics and Design of Floating Offshore Renewable Energy Systems, including floating offshore wind turbines, wave and tidal energy converters, floating photovoltaics, hybrid systems, mooring dynamics, and coupled wave–current interactions
  • Green Shipping and Sustainable Ocean Engineering, including ship hydrodynamics, innovative hull designs, floating bridges and aquaculture systems, digital twins, marine robotics & environmental monitoring, and pathways toward decarbonization in maritime transport and oil and gas production

Symposium Coordinator: Longbin Tao

Symposium Co-Coordinator: Tahsin Tezdogan 

Professor Nishimoto is an internationally recognized researcher in the fields of offshore system design, dynamics, and hydrodynamics of floating structures. His research has led to the development of a numerical simulator implemented at the TPN (Numerical Offshore Tank), enabling accurate predictions of the dynamic behavior of floating systems such as FPSOs and ships.

His leadership in the development of innovative floating offshore systems also has been widely recognized by industry partners, and he has received numerous academic and industry awards.

Professor Nishimoto founded two offshore research centers in collaboration with industry partners: the Numerical Offshore Tank (TPN) Laboratory, which integrates numerical simulation with physical wave tank for floating systems, and, more recently, the Offshore Technology Innovation Centre (OTIC), dedicated to advancing decarbonization processes and digitalization in future offshore systems.

He has also made significant contributions to the OMAE community over many years, authoring influential papers. This symposium commemorates his lasting contributions to OMAE and to the field of ocean engineering.

  • 16-01: Offshore Wind Energy
  • 16-02: Ocean Energy - Wave, Current, Thermal and others
  • 16-03: Offshore Technology – Deep sea mining, Subsea scientific investigation
  • 16-04: Decommissioning and Repurposing of Offshore Oil & Gas Infrastructure
  • 16-05: Decarbonization of the Offshore Industry
  • 16-06: Subsea State of the Art Technology
  • 16-07: Design of Offshore Floating Platforms and Systems
  • 16-08: Numerical Wave Tank – Intelligent Systems, Automation and Digitalization, Maneuvering
  • 16-09: Ocean Engineering Education and Research Program
  • 16-10: Marine Hydrodynamics

Symposium Coordinator: Celso Morooka

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