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Fourth edition of the Ocyan Waves Challenge focuses on solutions that help improve the experience of company members
Ocyan's open innovation program opens registration for startups
Fourth edition of the Ocyan Waves Challenge focuses on solutions that help improve the experience of company members
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Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2024 – To Ocyan, company in the oil and gas sector, registration opens today (15) for the fourth edition of Ocyan Waves Challenge, a matchmaking program with startups to solve the company's internal challenges. Interested startups have until May 17th to access program information and register your proposals on the website www.ocyanwaves.com.
“Ocyan is at an important moment to look inward, so this year the focus of the program will be to seek solutions that help improve our member's experience in internal processes by connecting with mature startups.", says Patricia Grabowsky, gexecutive of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Ocyan.
For this edition, ten challenges were chosen that will be presented to the Innovation ecosystem in search of solutions:
· Automation of Historical Tender Analysis
· Agility and Traceability in Contract Management and Subscription Flow
· Optimization of Corporate Travel Requests
· Integration and Intelligence in Ocyan Health, Safety and Environmental Data
· Automation of Warehouse processes
· Visibility and Efficiency in Offshore Staff Management
· Engagement Solution in Health and Wellbeing Practices
· Digital Transformation in Offshore Work Permits
· Optimization in Document Translation
· Ocyan member engagement platform
The Ocyan Waves Challenge schedule is organized into eight phases, to be carried out throughout the year, including Scouting (active search for startups), Pitch Week (presentation of companies and their solutions). Those that stand out the most will be invited to carry out pilot projects lasting three months in partnership with Ocyan to validate its solutions. Then, there will be an evaluation of the results and deliberation on the continuation of projects with the greatest potential and, finally, a pilot-rollout transition.
“It is important to highlight that we are always looking to improve the conduct of our programs in order to maintain Ocyan's reputation as an open organization committed to connecting with startups. Our main focus remains on creating value for everyone involved, this materializes with our rollout conversion rate, which today exceeds 80%” highlights Livia Savignon, Innovation Coordinator at Ocyan.
Demoday Ocyan Waves Booster
Offering solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry is in Ocyan's DNA. On March 26th, the company presented the Ocyan Waves Booster Demoday, which aims accelerate startups so that they can develop as our potential partners in offering innovative solutions for the oil and gas sector.
During Demoday, the four startups selected in the 2023 cycle – Confirm8, IBBX, Aquapower e Endserv – presented their results and challenges of the program alongside their respective mentors, godfathers and godmothers, and received the response that the four will follow to structure a rollout in partnership with Ocyan.
“The Ocyan Waves Booster proves that innovation is one of Ocyan’s main assets. And it shows that we are capable of materializing the ideas that were initiated in pilots. We fulfilled with great satisfaction the purpose of the program, which is to ensure that startups, based on their understanding of the oil and gas industry, can develop solutions for our sector”, concludes Patrícia.
OCYAN WAVES
Created in 2019, it is Ocyan's open innovation platform that encompasses two programs: Ocyan Waves Challenge e Ocyan Waves Booster. With the results obtained with Ocyan Waves, Ocyan has been recognized, since 2021, among the 100 companies that best relate to startups according to the 100Open Ranking, and in 2023, it ranked as the second best company in the sector of Oil & Gas. With the Ocyan Waves Challenge, Ocyan has already mapped more than 550 startups, were executed a total of 28 pilot projects and 23 of them went to the rollout stage.
About Ocyan
With more than two decades providing high-quality maintenance solutions for the offshore oil and gas sector, Ocyan also focuses on decommissioning, subsea construction and gas network revitalization projects through the Ocyan&Mota-Engil Consortium. The only Brazilian operator in the industry of floating production, storage and transfer units – FPSOs, the Company currently operates four offshore units through a 50/50 joint venture with Altera Infrastructure (a Brookfield investee), maintaining long-term contracts with the Libra Consortium (formed by Petrobras, Shell, Total, CNOOC and CNPC), Karoon Energy and 3R Petroleum.
More information: www.ocyan-sa.com.
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