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Annual Report 2016
SAMCoT
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING
HEALTH SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (HSE)
HSE is a key item for all SAMCoT activities, especially
those carried out in the field. HSE was the special focus
of the Board’s meeting in April 2016. Led by Fred S.
Hansen, SAMCoT Board Member and Director of HSE and
infrastructure at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS),
and Sveinung Løset, SAMCoT’s Director, SAMCoT Board
members and a representative from the Research Council
In 2016 the Sustainable Arctic Marine and Costal Technology SFI (SAMCoT) continued to
pursue its vision to develop key knowledge and innovative tools to promote safe, en-
vironmentally sound operations in the Arctic. SAMCoT currently counts 23 partners after
adding the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) as a Public Partner in 2015 and the
Technical University of Denmark as a Research Partner in 2016. The SPRS’s contribution was
fundamental to SAMCoT`s field activities in 2016.
of Norway embarked on a three-day meeting in Svalbard
that encompassed field visits and an HSE-focused
snowmobile trip.
All activities were designed to provide SAMCoT’s Board
with firsthand fieldwork experience and an important
opportunity to discuss HSE-related issues.
From left to right: Astrid Vigtil (NTNU), Berit Laanke (SINTEF), Erik Schiager (ENGIE), Øystein Braathen (Statoil), Hilde Benedikte Østlund (Kværner), Erik Holtar (Aker BP),
Fred S. Hansen (UNIS), Per Olav Moslet (DNV GL), Kimberly C. Mayes (observer, RCN), Ole Kristian Sollie (Shell), Sveinung Løset (Board Secretary, NTNU), Rune Teigland
(Total) and Maria Azucena Gutiérrez Glez. (Board Secretary, NTNU)