Scientific Expedition Indian Ocean - Océan Innovation Tour

INNOVATION

For the past 3.8 billion years, nature has proved very efficient to adapt to all sorts of challenges. Ever since its infancy, mankind mimics nature to improve its materials and processes.

Oceans have inspired hundreds of scientists working on developing innovative tools and solutions to fulfil humanity’s need but also to reduce the impact of climate change.

From renewable marine energy to nutrition, cosmetic or medical applications for microalgae and specific drone use at large, innovation is picking up momentum and is now exploring all subjects.

But innovation is not only technological. Innovating also means enabling participatory democracy allowing citizens to become actors of the protection, exploration and management or marine resources.

CORAL REEFS

Coral reefs feed tens of millions of people worldwide and provide ecological and economical services valued at twenty billion euros yearly in the action zone of Ocean Innovation Tour: south-west Indian Ocean.

Coral reefs such as Great Barrier Reef, Australia for instance, are homes to the largest planetary ecosystems. The great Barrier currently suffers irreversible degradation. Similar events are observed in the Indian Ocean suggesting local populations should start working so that the reef continues to provide for them, to protect them against strong storms and to capture CO2.

Coral reefs and its underlying ecosystems harbour a biodiversity that little is known about and are a source of inspiration for pivotal innovative solutions in the ecological transition and sustainable development.

Are you developing an innovative technology that could serve

to better explore, protect, valorise or exploit oceans sustainably?

If yes, then come aboard the Antsiva, the beautiful 28-meter sailboat and floating lab.

A tailored R&D mission will produce data in real conditions useful for the further development or marketing of your technology.

You will benefit from the great logistical tool that Anstiva is and enter the mediatic, scientific and financial ecosystem of Ocean Innovation Tour.

You will associate your company to a participatory program for sustainable coral reefs valorisation and for generation of sustainable added value for local populations.

Goals of
Ocean Innovation Tour organisation

Ocean Innovation Tour is a major expedition dedicated to sustainable marine innovation and to marine and coastal ecosystems of the Indian ocean.

The first tour will leave in 2018 and will visit a series of locations across the Indian Ocean and the Mozambique channel specifically. Every stage of the expedition has the same uniting goals:

Improve knowledge of significant ecosystems of the Indian Ocean with the help of innovative technologies.
Initiate a restoration project of a marine and coastal ecosystems with significant added value for local populations.

Help innovators develop solutions of tomorrow

Antsiva is already equipped to host scientific expedition hence it is ready to welcome aboard innovators who need to test their technology at large, in shallow water or on shore. Antsiva is a floating lab dedicating its logistical and technical experience to innovation and in situ testing.

The crew works close to the innovators and tailors each stage of the expedition to their needs.

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Fight for coral reef longevity and for local populations

Supporting innovation is not enough to make a significant impact so Ocean Innovation Tour pledges to complete a participatory protection and valorisation action for coral reefs.
At each stages of the expedition, the crew will act for coral reef protection and in the process, will implicate the local populations who rely on coral reefs to survive.
The action will be one of awareness and education on marine ecosystem but also as often as possible, one of restoration and fish habitat rehabilitation.

2018-2020 tour

Marin and coastal ecosystems of south-west Indian Ocean are known to be one of the richer areas in terms biodiversity. Its peculiar location and topography means its contains all latitudes where corals can live, including some completely virgin areas such as the Eparses Islands of the Chagos and some largely impacted areas such as the ones close to the coast.

On top of this, the existence of a strong subequatorial current helps pull life from the preserved areas such as Saint Brandon, Rodrigues, Saya de Malha to areas where they are most needed, namely the coastal areas of Africa and Madagascar.

Unfortunately, the intense natural and anthropogenic pressure exacerbated by the global change is threatening the fragile balance of theses ecosystems and biodiversity treasures.

Founding members

Nicolas et Anne TISNE

Cofounder, president and vice-president of Ocean Innovation Tour

Entrepreneur, professional sailors and adventurers at heart, Nicolas and Anne Tisne designed and built Antsiva then sailed to the Indian Ocean to offer functioning logistical platform to scientists. As of today, they have successfully filled 35 missions during while they were able to adapt and adjust the ship to scientists needs, thus always increasing and improving their offer. They have gained experience logistically but also geographically as they now know the area inside out.
They have decided to offer their rich experience and their amazing ship Antsiva to Ocean Innovation Tour.

Colas MAULOUBIER

Cofounder of Ocean Innovation Tour

Colas works at upOwa, a start-up working on providing rural areas of Africa with access to electricity. Amongst other things, he develops UpAcademy, an empowerment program for his less qualified employees coming from rural areas. Deep in Cameroon’s bush he does not forget his passion for sailing, the environment and sea adventures. Therefore, with Pierre Jammes, Jean-Pascal Quod, Anne et Nicolas Tisné, he founded Ocean Innovation Tour. At 27 years old, he is the youngest member of the team.

Pierre JAMMES

Cofounder of Ocean Innovation Tour

Entrepreneur and founder of several innovative start-ups in the fields of social science and education, founding partner of Babyloan, a solidarity company, first crowdfunding platform in Europe, Pierre is also drawn to the great spaces of the mountain and the sea. Being able to combine scientific adventure, nature protection and added value for local populations in one participatory scientific project is the promising reason he decided to get involved in Ocean Innovation Tour.

Julia BODIN

Project manager at Ocean Innovation Tour

Graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne as environmental engineer, Julia specialized in coral studies and microplastics through her projects.
Julia is also a diving, cycling and photography enthusiast. She joins the Ocean Innovation Tour team as a first full-time employee with overwhelming enthusiasm and energy.

Sophie CHAPELLIER

Project manager at Ocean Innovation Tour for Paris area

After studying English and Scandinavian literature, Sophie worked in different entities of the IKEA Group including on sustainability in transportation to reduce CO2 emissions. In 2016, she went back to University to study Sustainability to align her actions with her values !
She joins the Ocean Innovation Tour team for her end-of-study internship, adding her experience to the team already in place.

Jean RIVIERE

Project manager at Ocean Innovation Tour for south of France

Emilien TANKERE

Project manager at Ocean Innovation Tour for the West of France

Emilien is in his last year of engineering school at ENSTA Bretagne and is studying project management with a focus on robotics and computer science. In parallel with his studies, he decided to undertake an innovative electronics project requiring large investments. Sporty and always ready to surpass himself, he decided to join the Ocean Innovation Tour as a trainee to give them his help and his energy. He wants to move things forward and improve the environment.

Jean-Pascal QUOD

Scientific expert for Ocean Innovation Tour

Oceanographer, entrepreneur, researcher, Jean-Pascal founded several companies. He specialises in coral reef health. He is expert consultant for several national and international bodies and has conducted several scientific missions in the Indian Ocean islands from which he originates. Since 2010 he is head of the French organisation of participatory science Reef Check. He actively contributes to the development of innovative solutions – technological and biotechnological – dedicated to exploration, preservation and marine resources management.

Scientific committee

Pascale Chabanet

Research director at IRD, IRD correspondent at La Réunion, Mayotte and Iles Eparses

Member of the Indo-Pacific coral ecosystem biocomplexity research unit. Scientific expertise: coral reef ecology, impact study of disturbances on corals and associated fish.

Jérôme Bourjea

Head of Mediterranean fisheries science lab, IFREMER Sète

Head of the marine turtle and biodiversity research programs in the Indian Ocean.

Stéphane Jorry

IFREMER Brest

Marine geoscience unit. Scientific expertise: response of carbonate platforms and of adjacent deep-water systems to late Quaternary climate and sea level fluctuations in the south-west Indian Ocean (Mozambique Channel).

Nicky Gravier Bonnet

Research engineer at the university of La Réunion, oceanographer and biologist.

Hydrozoa specialist. Ecology inventory and Indo-Pacific tropical species distribution. Vegetative and sexual reproduction biology.
Founding member of Vie Ocean organisation.

Mayeul Dalleau

Marine ecology PhD

Project manager at the Center for Research and Conservation of Mediterranean Sea Turtles.

Térésa Athayde

Freelance consultant, SeaMore, Marine Organisation for Research and Education

Mathieu Séré

Marine biology PhD

Coral diseases expert.

Associate director at MAREX

Marine environnement expertise and consulting.

Expertise et conseils en environnement marin

Logistics

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Tool-carrying cane
Technical workshop
Dive boat
Large modular hold
Diving equipment
Sample freezing station
Hydraulic loading crane
Hold access
Work spaces
Loading gantry

Perche porte instruments — Tool-carrying cane

Nombreux espaces de travail — Several working spaces

Grand soute modulaire — Large modular hold

Ateliers techniques — Technical workshop

Accès soute Antsiva — Access to the hold

Compresseurs plongée Antsiva — Compressor for tank refilling

Mat de charge hydraulique — Hydraulic loading crane

They talk about us

Testimonial of Gwenael Jouet, sedimentology researcher at IFREMER Brest, Marine Geosciences Unit.

« Antsiva offers all the logistical means necessary to use our geophysical prospection tools and to complete our sediment sampling. It is particularly fit for work in shallow water and for acoustic measurements. Seismic and bathymetric in particular, require the following technics :

Ability to lift and move heavy and large equipment (>1.5T)
A length greater than 20 meters for simultaneous use of the EM3002 detector (bow) and the seismic Sparker (stern)
A draft smaller than 1.5 meters to work in very shallow water
Two rigid tenders are available for work at sea or on shore
Capacity for 8 scientists on full autonomy for 25 days
Ability to produce 5kVA of electricity for all geophysical acquisition systems (on top of the regular electricity consumption)
A length adjustable pole at the bow is available for the EM3002 probe (this was built for the needs of our mission)
A hydraulic loading mast and gantry are available for operating the sediment container

The crew’s technical and scientific expertise associated with the characteristics of Anstiva were a big asset for the acquisition of quality data and have no doubt contributed to the success of the mession REEFCORES-3.”

Participate in the adventure

Ocean Innovation Tour is a solidarity and participatory organisation where everyone can find his or her level of desired involvement.

Our 2018 priority projects

Help us

You know an innovator, put us in contact.
You know a local community for whom our action would be beneficial, tell us about it.
You wish to contribute your expertise in any field linked to the sea, the environment or innovation, we need you!