The 16th Vision Seminar of the Association of Estonian Marine Industries will exceptionally take place as a two-day event. There is a lot to discuss: several long-term development projects are close to completion while profound far-reaching global changes are gathering momentum.
Great ideas are conceived in small garages by people who believe that big things are possible. In global scale, even the largest Estonian shipyard is like a small garage. Estonia emphasises the importance of being ambitious and supports green deep-tech developments. Do people in small and big marine „garages“ feel it, too? How global developments influence marine industry and what should be done to make the most of them?
Let us „turn up the revs“ and discuss about the changes taking place in the demand for marine products and in the competitiveness of the Estonian marine industry as a result of different new developments and turns. Is Sustainable Development Goals Report a problem, or is it an opportunity? How to develop master’s programmes so that they would not get obsolete immediately after they are launched? What can be done to make engineering education more attractive and popular?
Programme
August 24
in Estonian
| 11.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 12.00 | Opening address and introductory remarks. MARINE INDUSTRY AND THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABILITY |
| Anni Hartikainen, R&D adviser, the Association of Estonian Marine Industries | |
| 12.15 | GREEN TRANSITION and strengthening of sustainability requirements |
| Marika Taal, Ministry of Finance, adviser: Process of sustainability reporting (ESG) Laura Remmelgas, Ministry of the Environment, adviser: Sustainability reporting and the free carbon market |
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| 13.00 | INNOVATION SHIFT and Growing Demands for Knowledge |
| Professor Mihkel Kõrgesaar, TalTech Kuressaare College: New technologies dictate requirements for marine technology competences Mihhail Afanasjev, programme director and Tõnis Tõns, specialist-project manager, TalTech Kuressaare College: The first Marine Technology Master’s programme in Estonia |
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| 14.00 | TEAMWORK: Feedback on the current version of the Master’s programme and ideas for further development |
| Moderated by Mihhail Afanasjev, programme director, TalTech Kuressaare College | |
| 15.30 | PRESENTATIONS OF GROUP WORK RESULTS |
| 16.30 | Dinner and discussion |
| 17.30 | Demonstration in the aquatorium: Estonian marine robots and the technology of autonomous open water tests |
August 25. Marine Technology Education Today and Tomorrow
in English
| 9.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.30 | Opening address and introductory remarks. SUMMARY OF COMPANIES’ FEEDBACK ON THE MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY |
| Kristjan Tabri, TalTech professor | |
| 10.00 | International cooperation in curriculum and course development in the Erasmus+ project SHIPMARTECH: results, experiences and lessons learnt |
| Tõnis Tõns, specialist-project manager; Mihhail Afanasjev, programme director, TalTech Kuressaare College | |
| 11.00 | Panel discussion: DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME ENGINEERING HIGHER EDUCATION IN EUROPE |
| Moderated by professor Mihkel Kõrgesaar, TalTech Kuressaare College. Panellists: Professor Viktor Senčila, Klaipeda University, Dean of the Faculty of Marine Technologies and Natural Sciences; professor Jani Romanoff, Aalto University, Vice-Dean of the School of Engineering; professor Fjodor Sergejev, Tallinn University of Technology, Dean of the School of Engineering; professor Roger Skjetne, Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
| 11.45 | TEAMWORK: Brainstorming ideas for long-term marine technology student projects |
| Moderated by professor Kristjan Tabri, TalTech | |
| 13.30 | PRESENTATIONS OF GROUP WORK RESULTS |
| 14.00 | CLOSING WORDS AND THANKS. LUNCH |
| 15.00 | Transport to Tallinn |
