Over 70 participants attended this year’s conference at Høvik, which took place 22–23 June. The main focus was to present the latest software news.

The conference also provides DNV Software with an excellent opportunity to listen to our customers on how we can serve them better. During the hands-on workshops, users were encouraged to try out the software and to give us direct feedback.

DNV Software’s keynote address was given by Managing Director Elling Rishoff, highlighting the challenges in the maritime and offshore industries and DNV Software’s strategy, direction and continued commitment to providing value to our customers now and in the future.

Ketil Aamnes, Sales and Marketing Director, proceeded with an outline of DNV Software’s new brand architecture. The branding project was initiated to consolidate and clarify our unique value proposition and establish an overall look and feel to communicate verbally and visually what our brand stands for.

The rest of the day was organised to offer separate parallel sessions where the latest news in software development were presented. The Nauticus track covered sessions on Nauticus Early Design for early design of ship hull structures, Nauticus Hull with GeniE for structural analysis of ships, and HydroD for hydrodynamic and hydrostatic analysis of ships. The Sesam track covered sessions on design of jackets and topsides, floating structures and FPSOs.

The second day was allocated various workshops, where users were provided information about the latest solutions and techniques available to exploit the full potential of DNV Software’s products. These sessions addressed subjects within design of maritime and offshore structures. In addition, workshops provided the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the current versions of various Sesam and Nauticus products. The workshops also acted as a forum to supply users with detailed information on the new features and functionality of recently released products.

The workshops handled the following topics:

• Modelling and analysis of floating offshore structures using GeniE
• HydroD for hydrostatics and dynamics of offshore floating units
• Improving productivity by using Brix Explorer
• Improving tendering with the use of TenderSuite
• GeniE for ship strength assessment