A simulation model for determining container throughput at an expanding seaport – this innovative method was developed by the Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany. This is one of the competencies the computer engineering experts from Hamburg will contribute to the NMU consortium during the project extension phase. The NMU consortium is delighted to welcome Professor Dietmar Müller and his colleagues in the team. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation!

Internet presence of Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TIS/index.php

The Programme invites evaluation professionals to submit bids for its ongoing evaluation scheme. Closing date for submissions is 28 February. Download the Terms of Reference (ToR) for further information.

On March 4th and 5th the 5th Bremer Shipping Congress takes places. The NMU partner University of Applied Sciences Bremen invites to take a closer look at maritime personnel management and focuses on the progress at land and at sea.

Please note: Conference language is German.
For more information visit www.bremer-schifffahrtskongress.de.

To comply with the European climate policies on CO2 reduction and to achieve the goals set,  a greater effort is required on all fronts. The Green Sustainable Airports (GSA) partnership has taken on this challenge and the project aims to reach the EU targets for reduced emmissions within the timescale, thus making the North Sea Region a role model for similar future projects.

Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop met with VERL director Peter Richardson during a visit to NSSP member University of Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design to discuss the V&A at Dundee

NSSP member Region Vastra Gotaland invites filmmakers to events in Gothenburg this January and February

The activities are on track and once again the project took on a leading role in the NSR.

The Programme will be present and exhibit at the Interreg Forum III, 9-10 February in Stockholm, Sweden. Project representatives and other stakeholders who have signed up for the event are welcome to join at the stand.

New opportunity for interested stakeholders to see how bioenergy supply chains work.

The presentations from the Transnational Project and Cluster Development Workshop "Getting ready for the 6th Call" are now available online.

The final programme for the Project and Cluster Development Workshop on 13 January in Malmö is now online.

The NMU lead partner Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh organises in cooperation with the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers a seminar on "Maritime Transport Education & Training". The event will take place on 2nd March 2011, the interested public is invited to register now.

One of the best places to go and experience wildlife on the Norfolk Coast has had an architectural makeover!

The RSPB Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserve on the north Norfolk coast has seen some major changes in the last 12 months. The latest phase of the project to protect the reserve against coastal erosion has certainly exceeded all expectations.

It is still possible to register for the Project and Cluster Development Workshop on 13 January at St. Gertrud Conference Center in Malmö, Sweden. Pre-assessments, project ideas and meeting requests can be submitted until 10 January.

On 2-3 December, the Programme arranged a Communications Seminar in Billund, Denmark. Topics addressed included effective communications in intercultural environments as well as social media. Presentations from the event are now available online.

The guidance note for cluster applications in the 6th Call is now online. A pdf version of the draft application form for cluster projects is also available.

The papers delivered at the SPACE Autumn Meeting and Conference 2010 are now available for download, including the paper delivered by NSSP members Dundee College and Tietgen Business School

NSSP: The Visual Effects Research Lab has assisted The Barton Group at the University of Dundee's School of Life Sciences in creating genomescroller, a large-scale visualization of the Human genome

Dundee-based Stefan Morrocco's documentary 'Gravitate', about Scottish downhill mountain biking, is now available to view online