C4IR Ocean and Accenture to collaborate on developing projects and solutions that contribute to a healthier ocean with a special focus on the global strategy of C4IR Ocean.

The zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus will be the starting point for the André Hoffmann Fellow Kate Crosman’s work to understand trust in Big Ocean Data

“We must change our mindset and be willing to share data. That is how you build trust in your business. We challenge all ocean industries to join us on the path to transparency, thus creating business opportunities. And a healthy ocean.” By Øyvind Eriksen and Kimberly Mathisen

Cera McTavish, our Marketing and Business Developer, is on a science expedition to the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean — the Mølloy deep— onboard the RV Kronpris Haakon. Learn more about how human curiosity, technology and science come together in this incredible journey in the hunt for ocean data.

Kate Crosman is a social scientist from the U.S, with expertise in the complex governance of oceans and coasts. For the next three years, she will be living in Norway, working on the overall theme of “trustworthiness and trust in big data for oceans”. She recently moved to the city Trondheim.

C4IR Ocean and OPS Sjømat are joining forces on the digitised highway for the green transition of blue food production. Their shared and contextualised ocean data will enable better ocean management. The independent technology foundation C4IR Ocean and the ideal organisation OPS Sjømat both have the same important goal: making ocean data more easily accessible for industry, authorities, and academia.

Kimberly Mathisen will be the new CEO for C4IR Ocean. Coming from the position of General Manager in Microsoft Norway, Mathisen will also contribute to Aker´s active ownership in key developing areas such as industrial software and marine biotechnology.

What should be the top priorities in 2020 for a digital ecosystem for Earth and One Healthy Ocean?

Companies rarely share their emission data beyond the minimum required by regulation, which varies all over the world. This makes it challenging to calculate the emissions of the world fleet. Mercuria takes a step forward as a progressive industry player by increasing transparency of its shipping data and sharing it with the C4IR Oceans flagship project Ocean Data Platform.

Prior Chief Digital Officer in the Wilhelmsen Group joins the Centre for the 4th Industrial Revolution Ocean as Chief Product Officer, bringing 25 years of experience in large global enterprises and emerging and innovative tech start-ups.

C4IR Ocean aims to establish the world's largest and most comprehensive platform for data from the ocean space realm. Together with SINTEF Ocean, and the other 16 partners in the centre, the platform will lay the groundwork for developing sustainable, ocean-based solutions for the future.

A new partnership between C4IR Ocean and the NTNU is founded to establish trust in ocean data collected from autonomous vehicles

C4IR Ocean and BAHR formal partnership to fight legislative and regulatory barriers that are slowing down the journey towards a sustainable ocean.

C4IR Ocean, in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation, take on the leadership of the High-Level Ocean Panel Action Coalition on Ocean Data.

NoA is now entering into a formal partnership with C4IR Ocean to explore ideas and opportunities together with the partners.

NHO enters into an agreement with Aker and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on cooperation to utilize data and new technology solutions for a healthier ocean.

Microsoft President Brad Smith outlined why the global technology company is partnering with C4IR Ocean to protect the world’s oceans .

A new partnership between Global Fishing Watch and Ocean Data Foundation to harness and openly share new data and technology.

We have ten years to significantly transform ocean science if we are going to ever have the ocean we want

Even if you are well informed about the ocean, the rapid pace of ocean decline documented by the IPCC, IPBES, and Living Planet reports is hard to understand.