The 3rd WECANet Annual Assembly will take place online on 26-27 November 2020.

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Prof. Lorenzo Cappietti of the University of Florence, prof. Eva Loukogeorgaki from the University of Thessaloniki, and Dr. Vicky Stratigaki from Ghent University will be the “online local” organizers.

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Each participant is expected to submit an abstract; the abstract should present and explain your perspective on the Working Group Topic that you have selected. This perspective should be focused towards identifying future activities that you and others may develop within and outside of the WECANet program. The submitted abstracts will give WECANet an overview of how all participants of this year’s Assembly will contribute to the working group workshops and discussions. The abstracts will not be followed by submission of full papers or presentations, but will be published in the electronic Book of Abstracts of the Assembly.

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Deadline 1-page abstract: 8 November 2020, by also mentioning Working Group and Working Group Topic for the Assembly.

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For any practical questions related to the Online WECANet Assembly please contact: secretariat@artion.com.gr

​For any scientific questions related to the Online WECANet Assembly please contact: contact@wecanet.eu

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Abstract template and Assembly participation information with an overview of the Working Group Topics can be downloaded below:

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STSM grantees and STSM hosts will shortly present the completed (in GP2) STSMs during the Assembly.

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Upon abstract acceptance and after the Assembly, participants will receive information for joining the online sessions and networking meetings (virtual round tables). 

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Program of the WECANet Assembly:

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Day 1 of the WECANet Assembly, Thursday, 26th of November (CET)

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09:00 - 09:30    Introduction  (Welcome by Chair of Assembly and by “online local” organizers)

09:30 - 11:15    WG1 update and Presentation of STSMs related to WG1     

11:15 - 12:30    WG2 update and Presentation of STSMs related to WG2                             

12:30 - 13:00    Break

13:00 - 14:15    WG3 update and Presentation of STSMs related to WG3          

14:15 - 14:30    Break                  

14:30 - 15:45    WG4 update and Presentation of STSMs related to WG4   

15:45 - 16:00    Break                       

16:00 - 17:30    Management Committee meeting (only for MC members)

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Day 2 of the WECANet Assembly, Friday, 27th of November (CET)

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09:00 - 10:00    Virtual Round Table 1: Electrical aspects: control strategies; grid integration, WEC interconnections; transmission to shore,                                 stability of electrical production; installation, operation, cabling

                         Chair: Snezana Cundeva, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia

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09:00 - 10:00    Virtual Round Table 2: LCOE; variability in LCOE and Economic optimization;  socioeconomics; acceptance/barriers for wave                             power projects at local communities

                         Chair: George Lavidas, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

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09:00 - 10:00    Virtual Round Table 3: LCA; structural assessment

                         Chair: Bilge Bas, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

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10:00 - 11:00    Virtual Round Table 4: Offshore energie policies; Legal framework; Boosting investments in wave power projects

                         Chair: Milen Baltov, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria

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10:00 - 11:00    Virtual Round Table 5: PTO technologies and WEC technologies

                         Chair: Francisco Taveira-Pinto, University of Porto, Portugal

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10:00 - 11:00    Virtual Round Table 6: Optimization: WEC arrays

                         Chair: Irina Temiz, Uppsala University, Sweden

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11:00 - 12:00    Virtual Round Table 7: Wave energy potential of deployments; Market potential

                         Chair: Leszek Chybowski, Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland

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11:00 - 12:00    Virtual Round Table 8: Spectral modelling

                         Chair: Florin Onea, Universitatea Dunarea de Jos Galati, Romania

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11:00 - 12:00    Virtual Round Table 9: Experimental modelling I: PTO testing, WEC array testing

                         Chair: Francesco Ferri, Aalborg University, Denmark

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12:00 - 13:00    Break 

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13:00 - 14:00    Virtual Round Table 10: Uncertainty in numerical modelling I

                         Chair: Matt Folley, Queen's University Belfast, UK

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13:00 - 14:00    Virtual Round Table 11: WEC survivability

                         Chair: Pablo Ropero Giralda, University of Vigo, Spain

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13:00 - 14:00    Virtual Round Table 12: Risk management of renewable energy resources and spatial aggregation of resources

                         Chair: Nikolaos Thomaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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14:00 - 15:00    Virtual Round Table 13: Integration of WECs in marine structures and other markets; hybrid concepts

                         Chair: Eva Loukogeorgaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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14:00 - 15:00    Virtual Round Table 14: Moorings

                         Chair: Claes Eskilsson, Aalborg University, Denmark

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14:00 - 15:00    Virtual Round Table 15: Wave-WEC interaction solvers; SPH

                         Chair: Alejandro Crespo, University of Vigo, Spain

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15:00 - 16:00    Virtual Round Table 16: Experimental modelling II: Benchmark tests; Technical standards

                         Chair: Lorenzo Cappietti, University of Florence, Italy

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15:00 - 16:00    Virtual Round Table 17: Code coupling; Fluid-structure-soil interaction

                         Chair: Claes Eskilsson, Aalborg University, Denmark

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15:00 - 16:00    Virtual Round Table 18: Uncertainty in numerical modelling II

                         Chair: Matt Folley, Queen's University Belfast, UK

 

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16:00 - 17:00    Joint closing session bringing all WGs together

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17:00 - 18:00    Core Group meeting

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Last update of this webpage: 25 November 2020.