Seatrium X NUS Public Lectures

ABOUT

Seatrium Public Lectures

The Seatrium Professorship Gift Agreement was signed between the NUS College of Design and Engineering and Seatrium on 6 October 2023.

Under the Gift Agreement, Seatrium Professorships and Seatrium Visiting Professorships will be appointed to attract top talent in energy transition and sustainability to Singapore. The Agreement aims to promote knowledge transfer that leads to the development of innovative technology.

The Seatrium Public Lecture is a series of lectures, dialogues and workshops delivered by the Seatrium Professors, where academics and practitioners engage in constructive deliberations on the future of offshore renewables, decarbonization, and intelligent ocean systems.

To find out more, visit https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/mou-signed-to-establish-seatrium-professorship-at-cde/.

Sharing by Visiting Seatrium Professor Dr Christopher Wiernecki

PAST EVENTS

Inaugural Seatrium Public Lecture

The Inaugural Seatrium Public Lecture was held on 23 February 2024. Dr Christopher Wiernicki, the Chairman and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping delivered his lecture on “What does the calculus of Net Zero by 2050 mean?”.

Dr Wiernicki is the first Visiting Seatrium Professor appointed under the Seatrium Professorship Gift Agreement between NUS and Seatrium. This Gift Agreement is designed to attract top talent in energy transition and sustainability to Singapore to promote knowledge transfer that will lead to the development of innovative technology.

With over 35 years of experience, Dr Wiernicki is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, where he advises the White House on risk reduction and resilience in America’s infrastructure sectors. In 2023, he was also a member of the Maritime International Advisory Panel, established by the Ministry of Transport and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. That same year, he received the GREEN4SEA Leadership Award for his outstanding contributions to sustainability.

To view the Inaugural Seatrium Public Lecture, visit https://youtu.be/jwWLgjFVVs0?si=udovLUcdr4UrGB16

Upcoming Event

Date & Time

12 November 2024, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

VENUE

Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Auditorium

National University of Singapore
11 Kent Ridge Dr, Singapore 119244

Title

What does the long-term energy future hold?

This lecture will present the highlights of the 2024 DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook through to 2050. It will offer a regional perspective on Southeast Asia, and an industry perspective focusing on maritime. Nine of ten ASEAN countries have pledged to achieve net zero targets. The region’s expected decarbonization pathway to 2050 will be assessed. Maritime is a hard-to-electrify sector with uncertainties surrounding the availability of advanced biofuels and green hydrogen derived from fuels such as ammonia. Despite these uncertainties, it will be shown how the industry can best take positive steps towards decarbonization through efficiencies and cooperation around green shipping corridors along with a relatively newly introduced concept – carbon capture corridors. The lecture will also explore how digitalization and Artificial Intelligence could accelerate the much-needed decarbonization of our global energy system.

Speaker

Remi Eriksen
Group President and CEO
DNV Group

Nationality
Norwegian

Background
Remi has been the Group President and CEO of DNV Group since 2015. He has extensive management and technical experience from his more than 30 years in DNV within the maritime, oil & gas, and renewable energy sectors in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He is also Chair of the Board at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and was a member of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) between 2017 and 2022.

Education
Remi holds a Master's in Electronics and Computer Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) and has conducted his executive education at Rice University, IMD, and INSEAD.

Upcoming Lecture