The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) visited AMOS/NTNU and MARINTEK on 25th November 2015 to discuss the development of cooperation and further actions.

Visitors from JAMSTEC presented the organisation and the work they do at the Agency and at the Marine Technology and Engineering Center (MARITEC), as NTNU offered insight into the work of its departments and centres: the Department of Marine Technology, Department of Biology, AMOS and the Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR-lab).

MARINTEK organized a tour of the laboratories at the Marine Technology Centre.

• Dr. Yoshio Isozaki, Director-General, Marine Technology and Engineering Center, MARITEC
• Dr. Shoichiro Baba, Deputy Group Leader, Marine Technology Development Department, MARITEC
• Dr. Yuta Yamamuro, Research Fleet Department, MARITEC
• Dr. Takashi Echigo, Planning and Coordination Office, MARITEC

NTNU was represented by:

• Professor Harald Ellingsen, Head of the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU
• Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen, Director of AMOS
• Professor Thor I. Fossen, AMOS
• Professor Martin Ludvigsen, Department of Marine Technology, NTNU
• Professor Geir Johnsen, Department of Biology, NTNU
• Nina Sindre, Coordinator of International Affairs, Rector’s Office, NTNU

MARINTEK's representative was:

• Jo Stein Moen, Vice President Communications, MARINTEK