BIT's 8th Annual World Congress of Ocean-2019 (WCO-2019)

Scientific Program

Program

Time: November 2-4, 2019
Venue: Xiamen, China

Registration

Time: 08:30-18:00, November 1, 2019 (Friday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Opening Ceremony

Time: 09:00-09:30, November 2, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Keynote Forum
Time: 09:30-11:10, November 2, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Moderator	*Dr. Charles C Zhou,* CEO, Cascade Clean Energy, Inc., USA

09:30-09:55	Title: Recent Development of Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan *Dr. Tai-Wen Hsu,* Vice-President, Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
09:55-10:20	Title: Requirements for A Powerful Port Infrastructure under The Trend of Larger-Sized Vessels *Mr. Andreas Bullwinkel,* Landlord & CEO, Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort-Marketing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
10:20-10:45	Title: Tackling the Environmental Giant in Aquaculture-The Next Frontier in Aquaculture *Mr. Matthew Tan,* Co-Chair for Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Fisheries Sector, APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security, Singapore
10:45-11:10	*Title:* Agricultural and Aquatic Applications of Machine Learning and Big Data *Dr. Charles C Zhou,* CEO, Cascade Clean Energy, Inc., USA

High-end Dialogue

Time: 11:10-12:10, November 2, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Forum 1: Blue Economic Forum
Time: 13:30-17:35, November 2, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Dr. Eric Rolf Hansen,* President, Economic Transformations Group, Inc., USA
Co-Chair	*Mrs. Barbara Amerio,* President, Permare Group, Italy

13:30-13:35	Chair’s Introduction
13:35-14:00	*Title:* Innovative Cost-Effective, Maritime Infrastructure-Facilitating Economic Growth and Reducing Marine Environmental Impacts *Captain Paul Toussaint-Jackson,* Director, Australian Floating Decks Pty Ltd., Australia
14:00-14:25	Title: Ocean/Maritime Clusters: Leadership and Collaboration for Ocean Sustainable Development and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals *Dr. Eric Rolf Hansen,* President, Economic Transformations Group, Inc., USA
14:25-14:50	Title: Identifying and Mitigating Threats around Marine Nature Reserves Based on Coastal Landscape Artificialization Dynamics *Dr. Xuezhong Fan,* Shandong University of Technology, China
14:50-15:15	Title: Spatial and Sustainable Planning of Delta Metropolitan City of Karachi *Dr. Waqas Wajid,* Landscape Architecture Student in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-15:55	*Title:* Pleasure Yachting and Sustainability, the Way of Building an Eco-Superyacht *Mrs. Barbara Amerio,* President, Permare Group, Italy
15:55-16:20	*Title:* Digitalization of Supply Chain Management *Mr. Alexander Varvarenko,* Founder and CEO, SHIPNEXT, Belgium
16:20-16:45	Title: Rethinking Fisheries and Aquaculture: Moving towards Blue Economy Ms. Maria Corazon Ebarvia, Project Manager, PEMSEA, Philippines
16:45-17:10	Title: Possibilities of the Electrical Azipod® Vessel Mr. Andrei Korsström, Sales Director, ABB Engineering (Shanghai) Ltd., China
17:10-17:35	Title: Maritime Silk Road Oil and Gas Cooperation Strategy Mr. Zhuo Tan, Strategic Research Engineer, CNOOC International Limited Beijing, China

Forum 2: Advances in Maritime Law
Time: 13:30-18:00, November 2, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Dr. August J. Braakman,* Advocate, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Co-Chair	*Dr. Lauri Railas,* Attorney and Owner, Railas Attorneys Ltd., Finland

13:30-13:35	Chair’s Introduction
13:35-14:00	*Title:* EU Commission Assessing Acquisition of Chantiers De l'Atlantique by Fincantieri-Possible New Opportunities for Non-EU Based Shipbuilders to Participate to Public Procurement Projects in Europe *Dr. Salvatore Vitale,* Partner, Arkios Legal, Italy
14:00-14:25	*Title:* Managing Maritime Disputes and Naval Incidents in Asia: What Lessons Can Be Learned from The Cold War's Years? *Mr. Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix,* Researcher/lecturer, Defense Historical Service, France
14:25-14:50	Title: Why Hong Kong should be Chosen as A Venue for Maritime Dispute Resolutions *Mr. Edward* *Liu,* Legal Director, Hill Dickinson, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China (Maggie Lee will replace to give this speech)
14:50-15:15	*Title:* The Impact of Big Data on Competition on The Market of Containerized Liner Shipping Global Door-To-Door Services *Dr. August J. Braakman,* Advocate, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-15:55	Title: Digitizing Shipping Documentation-Could Blockchain Technology Solve the Problems? *Dr. Lauri Railas,* Attorney and Owner, Railas Attorneys Ltd., Finland
15:55-16:20	Title: The Legal Implications of Autonomous Ships *Mr. Andrew Lee,* Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP, Singapore
16:20-16:45	Title: Recent Trends in Maritime Law in India *Mr. Hari Narayan,* Partner, United Maritime Law Chambers, India
16:45-17:10	*Title:* A Global Treaty on Ocean Plastics *Mr. Jivan Dasgupta,* Senior Researcher, Maritime Institute – Department International, Public and European Law, Ghent University, Belgium
17:10-17:35	*Title:* Significant Growth of Maritime Trade and Ancillary Shipping Services in the Far East and its impact on Southeast Asia *Mr. Govintharasah s/o Ramanathan,* Managing Director, Gurbani & Co LLC, Singapore
17:35-18:00	Title: Shipping-A Game of Capital Mr. Vincent Xu, Office Lead Partner, Stephenson Harwood, China (*Ms. Simone Liu,* Counsel, Stephenson Harwood, China)

Forum 3: Ocean Engineering Forum
Time: 08:30-12:10, November 3, 2019 (Sunday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Mr. Yiqiang Xiang,* Prof. & Director (RCSFT, CCEA,ZJU), College of Civil Engineering and Architecture(CCEA),Zhejiang University, Research Center for Submerged Floating Tunnel, CCEA, ZJU, China
Co-Chair	*Dr. Jin Wang,* Vice President, Engineering COTEC Offshore Engineering Solutions, USA

08:30-08:35	Chair’s Introduction
08:35-08:55	*Title:* Specialized Vessel for Mining Ocean Resources Mr. Govinder Singh Chopra, Director, SeaTech Solutions International (S) Pte Ltd., Singapore
08:55-09:15	Title: Floating Modular Islands and Floating Structures for Renewables Fish-Farming Airports Habitation Multi-Use Built Installed Economically Industrially With Reduced Planning Using The C²C Patented Trademarked Joint *Mr. E.D. Safier,* Principal engineer founder owner CEO of SAFIER INGENIERIE SAS Paris London Dakar Shanghai
09:15-09:35	*Title:* A New Traffic Structure of Solving the Future Long and Deep Water Straits-Submerged Floating Tunnel *Dr. Yiqiang Xiang,* Professor & Director (RCSFT, CCEA,ZJU), College of Civil Engineering and Architecture(CCEA),Zhejiang University, Research Center for Submerged Floating Tunnel, CCEA, ZJU, CHINA
09:35-09:55	*Title:* Agent-based Simulation Framework for Evaluating the Impact of LNG Carriers’ Arrivals and Departures on Port Performance *Dr. Guolei Tang,* Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology, China
09:55-10:15	Title: Improving Existing Design Guidance of Offshore Breakwater for Predicting Shoreline Response to Submerged Breakwater Dr. Eng. Lawal Abdul Qayoom Tunji, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Kampala International University, Malaysia
10:15-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-10:50	*Title:* Development of a New Concept Spar FDPSO for Deepwater South China Sea *Dr. Jin Wang,* Vice President, Engineering COTEC Offshore Engineering Solutions, USA
10:50-11:10	*Title:* Bionic Underwater Active Electrolocation Detection Technology *Prof. Jiegang Peng,* Professor of School of Automation & Center for Robotics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
11:10-11:30	*Title:* Underwater Image Reinforcement, Mapping and Localisation of Deep SeaUnmanned Vehicles *Dr. Daxiong Ji,* IEEE Senior Member, Zhejiang Univeristy, China
11:30-11:50	*Title:* Blending Scientific, Historical & Commercial Exploration Objectives *Chris Welsh,* Deep Sub/Pentarius LLC, USA
11:50-12:10	*Title:* Underwater Optical Intellegent Imaging for Marine Ecological Protection *Dr. Yongqiang Zhao,* Professor, Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, China

Forum 4: Ocean Energy Forum
Time: 08:30-12:30, November 3, 2019 (Sunday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Mr. Foerd Ames,* Inventor & Owner, OWECO Ocean Wave Energy Company, USA
Co-Chair	*Mr. Ali Baghaei,* CEO & MD, Aquanet Power Limited, UK

08:30-08:35	Chair’s Introduction
08:35-08:55	*Title:* Investigation on a Dual-Chamber OWC Wave Energy Converter *Prof. Dezhi Ning,* Deputy Dean, Faculty of Infrastructure, Dalian University of Technology, China
08:55-09:15	*Title:* Intelligent Marine System for Wind Farm Vessel Joint paper by SeaTech Solutions International (S) Pte and Pio Ship *Dr. Yang Jinglei,* Vice General Manager of Suzhou Heu Intelligent Ship Technology Co., Ltd., China
09:15-09:35	Title: Marine Renewable Energy- Connecting Power, Water, and Ecology *Mr. Foerd Ames,* Inventor & Owner, OWECO Ocean Wave Energy Company, USA
09:35-09:55	*Title:* Ocean Energy Tidal-Stream Power Generation for Indonesia *Mr. Michael J. Spencer,* Group Chairman & CEO, SBS INTL LTD - International Marine, UK
09:55-10:15	*Title:* Cenergy Solutions’ ANG Technology Economically Captures and Stores Boiloff Gas at Low Pressures on LNG Ships *Mr. Gary Fanger,* Founder & CTO, Cenergy Solutions, USA (Mr. Daoping Yang will replace to give the speech)
10:15-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-10:50	Title: Aquanet Power: Development of Global Demonstration Projects Using Aquanet Patented Technologies for Near Shore and Offshore Energy and Desalinated Fresh Water Production *Mr. Ali Baghaei,* CEO & MD, Aquanet Power Limited, UK
10:50-11:10	*Title:* WindFloat, Ready For Commercial Deployment In Asia *Mr. Antoine Peiffer,* Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain and Development, PRINCIPLE POWER, USA
11:10-11:30	Title: Floating Modular Islands and Floating Structures for Renewables Fish-Farming Airports Habitation Multi-Use Built Installed Economically Industrially With Reduced Planning Using The C²C Patented Trademarked Joint *Mr. E.D. Safier,* Principal engineer founder owner CEO of SAFIER INGENIERIE SAS Paris London Dakar Shanghai
11:30-11:50	Title: Offshore Wind Energy Review: Asset Management, Challenges, Efficiency and Trends towards H2020 and beyond Mr. Jose V. Taboada, Research Engineer at the University of La Coruña (UDC), Spain
11:50-12:10	*Title:* Integrated deep learning model for Electrical Power Generation Predicting from Wave Energy Converter: A Case Study *Dr. Ni Chenhua,* Associate Professor, National ocean technology center, China
12:10-12:30	*Title:* Comparison of Optical Performance of Concentrators Suitable for Thermal Applications *Mr. Imhamed M.Saleh Ali,* Head, Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sirte University Sirte, Libya

Forum 5: Frontier of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean Disaster and Prevention
Time: 13:30-18:10, November 3, 2019 (Sunday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy,* Director, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA
Co-Chair	*Captain Jon Walker,* Regional Chairman, London Offshore Consultants, Singapore

13:30-13:35	Chair’s Introduction
13:35-13:55	*Title:* Metagenomics Analysis of Marine Microorganisms *Dr. Huaiqiu Zhu,* Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, China
13:55-14:15	*Title:* Florfenicol Intake Disturbs Intestinal Microbiota, Histology and Distribution of Mucous Cells in the Half-smooth Tongue Sole Cynoglossus semilaevis *Dr. Jing-Feng Sun,* Professor, Tianjin Agricultural University, China
14:15-14:35	*Title:* Seawater Intrusion to Pearl Delta Area and Its Effect on Groundwater Quality *Dr. Bill X. Hu,* Professor and Dean, Institute of Groundwater and Earth Science, Jinan University, China
14:35-14:55	Title: Seawater and Natural Waters: Modeling Thermophysical Properties and Chemical Speciation for Contaminant Removal *Dr. Peiming Wang,* Senior Scientist, OLI Systems, Inc., USA
14:55-15:15	*Title:* Unidata Data and Software Services for the Ocean Sciences Community *Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy,* Director, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, USA
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-15:50	*Title:* Aerosol Clean-up Effect on Precipitation Distribution *Dr. Chunlei Liu,* Professor, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
15:50-16:10	Title: Geostrophic Flow and Wind-Driven Ocean Currents Depending on the Spatial Dimensionality of the Medium *Dr. Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi,* Mathematics and Physics Divisions, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece
16:10-16:30	*Title:* An Update on the Development of Seafloor Observatory Technologies in China *Ms. Li Yan,* Senior Engineer, National Ocean Technology Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
16:30-16:50	*Title:* Application and Tendency for Unmanned Surface Vehicles in Field of Ocean Observation *Mr. Jiu-cai Jin,* Associate Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
16:50-17:10	*Title:* Ocean Disaster and Emergency Response-Places of Refuge *Captain Jon Walker,* Regional Chairman, London Offshore Consultants, Singapore
17:10-17:30	Title: Recent Tsunami Hazard and Its Mitigation Tool in Japanese Harbor Area *Dr. Tetsuya Hiraishi,* Professor, Fluvial Disaster Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
17:30-17:50	*Title:* Disaster risk governance in Hong Kong: achievements and prospects *Alain Guilloux,* Independent researcher and policy analyst, Hong Kong, China
17:50-18:10	*Title:* Maritime Rescue – A Challenging and Very Dark Future Dr. Donato Caires, Vice-president, SANASMadeira General Assembly, Director of Training and Education of SANASMadeira, Madeira Autonomous Region, Portugal

Forum 6: Smart Port, Green Shipping and Shipping Sustainability
Time: 13:30-18:10, November 3, 2019 (Sunday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Dr. Ove T. Gudmestad,* Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway
Co-Chair	*Mr. James Fanshawe,* Chairman, UK MASRWG, UK

13:30-13:35	Chair’s Introduction
13:35-13:55	*Title:* Container Market Outlook in the Mediterranean & Black Sea *Mr. Özgür Soy,* CEO, Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Turkey
13:55-14:15	*Title:* Shore-to-ship Power and Port Electrification: The Green Way to Zero-Emission Terminals *Mr. Wilson Yuan Weigang,* Shore-to-ship Power and Smart Ports Regional Sales Manager, ABB, China
14:15-14:35	*Title:* Increased Port Efficiency by Improved Port Call Planning *Mr. Bjørnar Aas,* Head of Research & Innovation, Vissim AS, Norway
14:35-14:55	*Title:* The Impact of Advanced ICT on the Maritime Industry *Dr. George N Kenyon,* Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Eastern Washington University, USA
14:55-15:15	*Title:* Scenarios for Transport through the Northern Sea Route *Dr. Ove T. Gudmestad,* Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway
15:15-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-15:50	*Title:* INTENS-A Collaborative Effort towards Smart, Green and Sustainable Shipping *Mr. Zou Guangrong,* Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Finland
15:50-16:10	*Title:* Autonomy-Making Dreams become Reality. *Mr. James Fanshawe,* Chairman, UK MASRWG, UK
16:10-16:30	*Title:* Emerging Technologies in Maritime Industry *Capt. Jitesh Jaipuriyar,* CEO, Bostomar Shipping Pte Ltd., Singapore
16:30-16:50	*Title:* New Fuels for 2020 Including Fuel Oils, LNG, Ethane, Methanol, LPG, Ammonia and Related Exhaust Gas Emissions *Mr. Sun Quan,* Senior Manager, Head of Promotion & Sales Support, Marine Two Stroke, MAN Energy Solution China, China
16:50-17:10	*Title:* Towards Autonomous Inland Shipping: from design to experiment *Dr. Peter Slaets,* Professor, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Group T Leuven Campus, Belgium
17:10-17:30	*Title:* High Resolution Satellites’ Contribution to the Safety of Navigation in the South China Sea *Mr. Jean LAPORTE,* Managing Director, ARGANS Ltd., UK
17:30-18:10	*Title:* Safe and Green Shipping Risk Reduction Initiative by Incentives *Mr. Johannes Fransen,* Executive Director, Green Award Foundation, The Netherlands

Forum 7: Ocean Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
Time: 08:30-12:50, November 4, 2019 (Monday) ; Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Xiamen-Wuyuan Bay

Chair	*Prof. Jian Lu,* Group Leader of Coastal Water Resource Protection and Sustainable Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Co-Chair	*Title:* Upgrading Marine Conservation in China in The “Eco-Civilisation” Era *Prof. Laurence McCook,* Head of Oceans Conservation, World-Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

08:30-08:35	Chair’s Introduction
08:35-08:55	*Title:* Regenerative Sustainability for Coastal Cities *Dr. Žaneta Stasiškienė,* Director, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
08:55-09:15	*Title:* Comments and Suggestions on the Sustainable Development of Maritimization *Dr. Nurhan Kâhyaoğlu,* Lecturer, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department of Faculty of Engineering, Pîrî Reis University, Turkey
09:15-09:35	*Title:* Emerging Contaminants and Ecological-Health Risks in Coastal Waters *Prof. Jian Lu,* Group Leader of Coastal Water Resource Protection and Sustainable Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09:35-09:55	*Title:* A Revolutionary Vessel to Clean the Oceans *Mr. Eric Leplomb,* Chief Operating Scientist, The SeaCleaners, France
09:55-15015	*Title:* Protection of Baltic Sea-What is Helsinki City Doing? *Mr. Esa Nikunen,* Environment Services, City of Helsinki, Finland
10:15-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-10:50	*Title:* Upgrading Marine Conservation in China in The “Eco-Civilisation” Era *Prof. Laurence McCook,* Head of Oceans Conservation,World-Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
10:50-11:10	*Title:* Global Ocean Acidification without Borders and Its Driving Mechanisms *Dr. Liqi Chen,* Director, Key Laboratory of Global Change and Marine - Atmospheric Chemistry (GCMAC) of Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Third Institute of Oceanography (TIO), MNR, People’s Republic of China
11:10-11:30	*Title:* The Environmental Pollution Caused by Hazardous Submerged Objects Such As Wrecks and Dumped Ammunitions *Mr. Jorma Rytkönen,* Development Manager, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland
11:30-11:50	*Title:* Marine Plastic Litters: from Understanding to Actions *Mr. Yannick Lerat,* Scientific Director, The SeaCleaners, France
11:50-12:10	*Title:* Connecting Community and Industry Stakeholders to Remove Marine Debris From Macquarie Harbour to Protect Tasmania’s Wildlife and Environment. *Ms. Anna Wind,* Coastal Coordinator, Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management, NW Tasmania, Australia
12:10-12:30	*Title:* Biodiversity and Conservation of Molluscan Fauna with Special Reference to Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar *Dr. Chellaiyan Stella,* Professor& Head, School of Marine sciences, Alagappa University, India
12:30-12:50	*Title:*Building Models Based on the Cusp Catastrophe Theory for Predicting Harmful Algae Blooms *Mr. Bo Zheng,* School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China

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