Oi Americas to Host Product Launches and New Technologies
program has been designed to ensure attendees get the best possible insights and most up-to-date knowledge from representatives of industry, government and academia and can be found at https://www.oceanologyinternationalamericas.com/en-gb/conference.html#/sessionsAccording to OiA Conference Chair Ralph Rayner, “Daily Ocean Futures plenary sessions will focus on unlocking the potential of ocean technologies and ocean information services to support a growing blue economy that balances delivering the vast economic potential of the ocean with meeting key societal challenges such as climate change
Obituary: Dr. David Thomas Pugh (1943-2022)
aspects of sea-level science. As part of an extensive study of the accuracy and reliability of pressure tide gauges, he developed a new instrument called a ‘bubbler gauge’ which continues to this day as the main technology for measuring sea levels around the UK. He made measurements (with Ralph Rayner) of the tides of Indian Ocean atolls. He studied (with Graham Alcock) how geodetic levelling connections can be made at sea. He developed new methods (with Ian Vassie) for the parameterization of extreme sea levels in terms of ‘joint probabilities’. He also replaced Geof Lennon as
Spinrad, Rayner Headline All-Star Speaker Line-Up @ Oi '22
Hub; Andy Bar-wise, Principal Geotechnical Engineer at RWE; Professor Ed Hill, CEO at the National Oceanography Centre; Peer Fietzek, Senior Business Development Manager, Ocean Science, at Kongsberg Maritime; and Pawel Michalak, Fugro’s Global Director of Innovation, to name just a few.Ralph Rayner has been visiting Oi since 1978 and has chaired its conference for more than a decade. He predicts that the threat of climate change and ever stronger calls for a more viable blue econ-omy will make this year’s conference chime with broader interna-tional concerns more than ever before.&ldquo
Sonardyne Group Limited Changes Name to Covelya Group Limited
Sonardyne Group Limited, a family-owned global group of companies comprising Chelsea Technologies, EIVA, Sonardyne, Voyis and Wavefront, announced today that it is rebranding as Covelya Group Limited. Alongside the name change, the company announced that Simon Partridge will succeed Ralph Rayner as company Chairman with immediate effect. Ralph will remain on the board in a non-executive capacity. The announcement was made by Covelya Group CEO, Stephen Fasham.“Following the restructuring of the group in 2020, the new name and identity gives us the launchpad from which to develop
'Oi Connect Really Delivered,' Says SUT President Rayner
Oceanology International 2020, held this year as a virtual event from 1st to 4th December on the custom-built, AI-driven Oi Connect events and meetings platform, completed its inaugural session to acclaim from the ocean science and technology communities.Ralph Rayner, President of the Society for Underwater Technology, said, “2020 has presented its challenges to the world and the ocean science and technology community. However, I was delighted with how Oi Connect managed to bring so many of the community together. The Oi Connect platform saw many hundreds of meetings and conference hours delivered
50 Years from Now: Perspectives Dr. Ralph Rayner
"50 Years From Now" was published in the Oceanology International 50th Anniversary Edition published by Marine Technology Reporter. Here we present insights from Dr. Ralph Rayner. (*Editor's Note: This was written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic)The last fifty years have been dominated by technological innovation and development associated with the exploitation of the ocean’s living and non-living resources and the use of the ocean as a medium for transport. It has also seen enormous progress in our scientific and technological capacity to observe, measure and predict the
Oi '20 Voices: Dr. Ralph Rayner
exhibition gets set to celebrate its Golden Anniversary, Marine Technology Reporter reached out to the industry for insights on the evolution and value of the event. MTR will publish a special "50th" anniversary edition celebrating this milestone, for distribution at the event in London. Dr. Ralph Rayner, Oceanology Conference Chair, shares a quote on the value of the Oceanology International brand.“Oceanology is a unique event, bringing together scientists, technologists and engineers from across the ocean community and connecting them to a broad range of end-users seeking solutions to
Oi: Tracking 50 Years of Ocean Innovation
Space Age, knowing a satellite in orbit was communicating directly to us while we were over the horizon from land.”For others, the transition wasn’t so easy. At Wimpey, the focus was on navigation using radio-based positioning. Its technology was in all the major oil and gas fields, says Ralph Rayner, the current event’s chairman, who has been attending Oceanology since 1983, back then as a visitor and since exhibiting with Wimpey Laboratories, then Wimpol, before it became part of Fugro. “But the technology was completely displaced over a period of just two years as the introduction
Oi Americas Set for San Diego
Observation (1990s), Autonomous Platforms (00s) and Sustainability With A Look Into The Future (10s).“The 50-Year Celebration Event is destined to be a memorable demonstration of just how many technological innovations and progressive concepts have been hosted under the Oi umbrella,” says Ralph Rayner, OiA ’19 Conference Chairman, “and yet the most exciting thought is that we’re really still only scratching the surface of what’s achievable in the future, as the ocean science and technology community responds to the pressing needs surrounding sustainable growth of the
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