Advisory Boards

The AquaPLAN SAB is appointed and steered by the SC, it assists and facilitates the decisions made by the SC. They provide external points of view as to how to conduct the project to maximise beneficial outcomes to society and to advise the consortium on how best to exploit the most promising results. In particular, the SAB:

• Advises the consortium on industrial and societal changes or concerns that may influence the projects objectives, priorities, methodologies, and expected impacts
• Proposes changes to the direction of the project in line with stakeholder/user priorities for maximising the exploitation and benefits of the project for the industry sector
• Supports and amplifies the dissemination of the project results
• Advises the consortium where and how the most promising results, in terms of exploitation, should be transferred.

AquaPLAN SIB is appointed and steered by the SC and consists of aquatic biodiversity, light and noise pollution (LNP) and maritime industry representatives. The SIB advises the consortium on the management of results, dissemination activities, IPR and any other innovation-related activities arising in the project. The SIB 1) feed in upstream through the project (Work Packages 1-5) providing insights into current needs and 2) amplify knowledge exchange of those research outputs from the project that are assessed as having good potential for impact, supporting IPR protection and the transfer of Key Exploitable Results (KERs).

ERINN, together with the SIB’s input, implement the knowledge management and knowledge transfer (KMKT) process ensuring appropriate management of knowledge and IP including knowledge analysis and impact pathway mapping for each KER as well as designing and supporting Knowledge Transfer Plans (KTPs) for the KERs. The direct involvement of these stakeholder end users in the assessment and transfer of AquaPLAN KERs ensures effective exploitation of project results that have been assessed by direct target groups as having a good potential for achieving expected outcomes and long-term impact.