The relationship between IEEE-OES and Brest isn't new, and René Garello, Professor at IMT Atlantique and elected President of IEEE-OES from 2012 to 2016, is at the origin.
Back in 2005, the city hosted an edition of OCEANS in Europe. The first MoU was signed in Bremen (Germany) in 2008 by Jerry Carroll from IEEE-OES and Fabrice Huret from Brest city council. It stipulated the alternance of OCEANS in Europe and Sea Tech Week® from one year to the next.
IEEE-OES was involved in each edition of Sea Tech Week® within the conference and the exhibition. In 2018, the Society provided the Institute Award to Brest métropole for the organisation of Sea Tech Week®.
The new MoU aims at strengthening the ongoing collaboration by:
IEEE-OES is engaged in all aspects of science, engineering, and technology that address research, development, and operations pertaining to all bodies of water. Members are encouraged to promote close cooperation and exchange of technical information while fostering the technical and professional growth through access to periodicals, discounts on conferences, and professional networking.
IEEE-OES organised the OCEANS in Europe series of events, together with the Marine Technology Society (MTS). OCEANS in Europe is a forum that appealed to a broad technical base and a geographically dispersed community for exchanging new ideas and seeing the latest engineering and marine technology. Its is organised every odd-numbered year in different cities in Europe and consists in a conference, a professional exhibition and a social events programme.
Technopôle Brest-Iroise is a non-profit business support organisation of 200 members working towards regional economic development through innovation. It animates the Campus mondial de la mer, which is France’s foremost community of experts in the study and economic development of the ocean and located at the tip of Brittany.
Technopôle Brest-Iroise organises Sea Tech Week®.