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TECH EVOLUTION SYNCHRO

Synchro: Helping to Pull Emerging Tech through the “Valley of Death”

Taking subsea technology from the workbench to commercialization has always been fraught with hurdles and sinkholes. Synchro is a new co-designed testbed to synchronize and evolve tech solutions. Henry Ruhl, Director, and Amy West, Program Manager of Synchro discuss with the possibilities for technology developers. – By Greg Trauthwein s anyone in the subsea sector can attest, new tech chro. “Ultimately, in some years’ time, we’ll have access to can have its growth trajectory stunted or killed by some of the really promising technologies that are out there, but lack of facilities, funding [or both]. Enter Synchro, are still not broadly available or trusted.” which is a co-design lab to synchronize the evolu- The ‘synchronizing’ part of the program importantly includes

A tion of technology for industry, aiming to accelerate the devel- “involving those resource managers and decision makers from opment, adoption and market use of emerging technologies in the beginning with the testing,” said Amy West, Program Man- the subsea space. “The facets that we’re particularly focused ager. “So ideally there’s an increase adoption of all of this; on are for sustainably managing ocean resources and access that’s our synchronizing part.” to those resources … that marine protected area