Hack the Ocean – Multi-use at sea
5-6 October 2023 – Reykjavík, Iceland.
How to design a viable and sustainable multi-use concept at sea that facilitates co-existence in the Nordic Ocean space?
Hack the Ocean 2023 brought innovative minds together to tackle maritime challenges, fostering collaboration and sustainable solutions.
🌊 “Hack the Ocean 2023” was an outstanding success: it was truly inspiring to witness the ingenious solutions that the teams presented.
🚀 A total of 13 carefully selected participants from the Nordic region came together to address the challenge of “How might we design a viable and sustainable multi-use concept at sea that promotes co-existence in the Nordic Ocean Space.”
🎉 We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the participants, with special recognition for the winning team consisting of Leidy Lagos, Thomas H. Lambaa Giehm, and Vahid Abbasi!
🙌 We also express our deep appreciation to every participant who invested their unwavering dedication and contributed to creating a unique learning environment over the course of two remarkable days.
👏 A big thank you goes to Justine Vanhalst for her exceptional guidance throughout the hackathon!
🙏 We are also immensely grateful for the invaluable expertise provided by our mentors: Ottó Elíasson, Ásta Olga Magnúsdóttir, Magnus Yngvi Josefsson, Bryndis Steina Fridgeirsdottir, Jennifer Lynn Schwalbenberg, and Allyson Beach.
🌟 Throughout the event, the teams developed innovative solutions, crafted prototypes, and presented their ideas to our distinguished panel of judges, including Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir, Anne Katrine Normann, Bala Kamallakharan, Paula Gould, and Maryke Musson.
🎉 Once again, congratulations to all involved in making “Hack the Ocean 2023” a resounding success, and thank you for your remarkable contributions. 🌟
📷 All photographs in this gallery are the creative work of Ingrida Milko, © 2023.
🎥 After movie 🩵
Step behind the scenes and relive the unforgettable moments of Hack the Ocean with the after movie. 😁
🌟 Pitch Presentations
Relive the excitement of Hack the Ocean 2023 with our pitch presentations and award ceremony. 🚀 Watch as our talented participants present their innovative solutions and see which team earned the top honors! 🏅
🏆 Award Ceremony
A truly sustainable blue economy is one that optimises the use of resources and fosters collaboration.
Multi-use at sea is one way that we can optimise the use of ocean space by placing multiple, often competing, marine industries in the same location, sometimes referred to as co-location. Such co-location presents an opportunity for symbiosis and collaboration which could have both environmental and economic benefits.
A number of projects have pioneered this idea, such as the UNITED PROJECT which has, for example, piloted combining offshore wind energy installations, with shellfish and seaweed culture.
Yet we still lack clear business models for multi-use at sea. What would a profitable and sustainable co-location look like in reality? What could a self-sufficient multi-use platform at sea look like? What are the low-hanging fruits and win-win situations for this new blue sector?
Hack the Ocean – Hackathon to ideate solutions
We need big blue ideas
To address some of these questions the Iceland Ocean Cluster will run a hackathon funded by Nordic Innovation and focused on multi-use at sea. To do this, we have teamed up with Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic who are experts in the field, located in Norway where an established research and innovation sector devoted to multi-use at sea, with an industry that has already been engaged in the topic.
The project will be further supported by The Danish Ocean Cluster, Denmark, Kalundborg Symbiosis, Denmark and Eimur, Iceland who all bring expertise in collaboration, industrial symbiosis and multi-stakeholder engagement.
What is a hackathon?
Hackathons are creative problem solving events that last for a short period of time and allow participants to do a rapid deep-dive into a specific subject.
Such deep dives get very dynamic, bring a new community together, help them learn a lot quickly on a new important field and allow new cross-sector for unique solutions to emerge in just a short period of time.
Co-Location Coffee: An Interactive Event about Multi-use at Sea
On August 10th, 2023, the Iceland Ocean Cluster and the Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic hosted a Co-Location Coffee event, kicking off the “Hack the Ocean – a Multi-Use Hackathon” project. This initiative tackles Nordic multi-use at sea challenges.
Experts shared insights on multi-use at sea during the event, engaging key offshore sector players. Together, they identified critical issues to be addressed at the Multi-use at Sea Hackathon on October 5th-6th in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Key questions discussed:
- What are the biggest challenges to combining multiple activities in the Nordic ocean space?
- What tools or support actions would facilitate the growth of Multi-Use at Sea in the Nordics?
- What steps could be taken to ensure this new sector develops in an environmentally sustainable way?