Society of Floating Solutions

What Society of Floating Solutions does

Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore) is a non-profit professional society incorporated in Singapore on 14 December 2017 (UEN T17SS0238L) that advances the design, engineering, and construction of floating space solutions for residential, commercial, recreational, industrial, energy, aquaculture, and coastal-defense applications. The society operates an interdisciplinary platform spanning engineering, architecture, law, policy, and ecology, serving researchers, businesses, public agencies, and regulators across Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Europe. Its core products and offerings are the annual World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS), a membership program, a webinar series, and scholarly publications including 'Large Floating Solutions' (Springer, 2025) and 'Earth's Amphibious Transformation' (Cambridge University Press, 2026).

The organization is led by President Stefan Huebner and First Vice President Professor C.M. Wang (University of Queensland), supported by an International Scientific Committee with members drawn from multiple countries. SFSS owns the WCFS brand and rotates the conference across host cities — Singapore (2019, 2026), Rotterdam (2020), Tokyo (2023), Hong Kong (2024), and Espoo/Finland (2025) — establishing recurring global presence. The society holds UN-Habitat Partner Organization status and engages with industry events such as OTC Asia and World Offshore Week / Floating Solar Asia. Headcount stands at 51-100, based at 7 Temasek Boulevard #12-07 SUNTEC Tower One, Singapore.

The business model is that of a professional membership society rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue mechanics rely on membership fees, conference registrations, and partnership support, with no disclosed pricing. Customer segments are deliberately horizontal: academia, industry, and government are all primary targets rather than a single commercial vertical. SFSS's competitive position rests on brand authority (UN-Habitat affiliation, WCFS ownership), an interdisciplinary talent bench, and a recurring global convening platform that is unique in Southeast Asia for floating structures.

Name

Society of Floating Solutions

Legal name

Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore)

Website

https://floatingsolutions.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore) is a non-profit professional society that advances floating-structure engineering and design, serving researchers, businesses, and regulators worldwide via its annual World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS), publications, and membership programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Society and Maritime Engineering Knowledge Platform

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Wind & Marine Spatial Planning Regulation (EUAMANAM)

Keywords

• Floating structures research
• Offshore aquaculture engineering
• Blue economy conferences
• Floating city planning
• Marine engineering society

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SFSS is a non-profit professional society that operates the annual World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS) and curates scholarly publications, webinars, and membership services advancing floating structures research. Its activities connect researchers, businesses, and public agencies working on floating cities, offshore aquaculture, renewable energy harvesting, and climate adaptation solutions. Revenue derives from membership fees, conference registrations, sponsorships, and book sales through Springer and Cambridge University Press.

Product overview

The Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore) is a professional society (not a product company) that facilitates the application of scientific principles and offshore technologies to floating space solutions. The organization's core offerings include the annual World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS), scholarly publications (books, conference proceedings), webinars, and a membership program. SFSS focuses on advancing floating solutions for climate adaptation, sea-level rise, energy harvesting, food and water production, and sustainable urban development. The society serves as a knowledge platform connecting researchers, industry, government agencies, and regulators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS): Annual flagship gathering of the Society, founded and owned by SFSS, bringing together researchers, businesses, public agencies, and regulators for theoretical and practical exchanges on floating structures. Launched in 2019 in Singapore, hosted in different countries each year.

Products and services

• World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS) Annual flagship gathering founded and owned by SFSS since 2019, bringing together researchers, businesses, public agencies, and regulators for theoretical and practical exchanges on floating structures across architecture, climate change, blue economy, food security, renewable energy, and urban planning. Hosted in rotating global cities including Singapore, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Espoo, and Singapore.
• SFSS Membership Program Organization membership offering access to publications, webinars, site visits, seminars, courses, annual dinners, member spotlight features, and networking opportunities within the floating solutions community for individuals and organizations engaged with floating solutions.
• SFSS Webinars Online webinar series covering floating solar PV systems, floating city digital twins, floating leisure design, nuclear maritime technology, and other topics related to floating solutions and sustainable infrastructure, including sessions like the Floating Solar Asia webinar.
• Earth's Amphibious Transformation Book Monograph by SFSS President Stefan Huebner, published by Cambridge University Press, covering the history of the oceanic Anthropocene, twentieth-century extension of human habitats into oceanic spaces, floating cities, climate change, and sea level rise. Digital format published June 25, 2026, hardback/paperback June 30, 2026, available open access on Cambridge Core.
• Large Floating Solutions Book Scholarly book published by Springer in 2025 and co-edited by SFSS First Vice President Professor C.M. Wang and members of the International Scientific Committee. Examines technological, environmental, legal, and governance challenges in designing and delivering very large floating structures and buoyant urbanism.
• Seafisher Novel Fish Cage for Offshore Aquaculture Innovative offshore aquaculture solution designed to support sustainable fish farming in open seas with advanced engineering structures that improve resilience, safety, and environmental sustainability. Conference publication by SFSS First Vice President Professor C.M. Wang and collaborators presented at ICES 2024 (First International Conference on Engineering Structures), November 8-11, 2024, Guangzhou.

Quantifiable outcome

• Six world conferences held across Singapore (2019), Rotterdam (2020), Tokyo (2023), Hong Kong (2024), Espoo/Finland (2025), and Singapore (2026)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Blue21: Blue21 is a Dutch company developing floating architecture and buoyant urbanism. It is comparable as an active commercial actor in the same floating-structures category that SFSS researches and convenes.
• Oceanix: Oceanix develops sustainable floating city platforms. It directly overlaps with SFSS's buoyant-urbanism scope and represents a well-funded commercial counterpart pursuing the same end-market.
• Principle Power: Principle Power is a floating offshore wind specialist. It overlaps with SFSS's renewable-energy and offshore-structure agenda and represents a commercial scaling story in floating offshore energy.

Direct peers

• Marine Technology Society (MTS): MTS is a non-profit professional society promoting marine technology research and education. Its conferences, publications, and member programs closely mirror SFSS's operating model across ocean engineering and policy.
• Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA): RINA is an internationally recognized professional society for naval architects and marine engineers, and is a confirmed supporter of WCFS 2026. It is closely comparable to SFSS as a similarly structured learned society.
• Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME): SNAME is a professional society for naval architecture and marine engineering. As a confirmed supporter of WCFS 2026, it is directly comparable as a member-driven society convening research and industry in adjacent marine-engineering domains.
• ASCE Coasts, Oceans, Ports & Rivers Institute (COPRI): COPRI is ASCE's institute for coastal, ocean, port, and river engineering. It is comparable as a learned society advancing applied engineering research in domains that overlap directly with floating infrastructure.
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST): IMarEST is a global professional society for marine engineers, scientists, and technologists. As a supporter of WCFS 2026, it shares SFSS's society/membership-driven model in an adjacent technical domain.

Broad incumbents

• Ciel & Terre: Ciel & Terre is a leading global developer of floating photovoltaic solar systems. It is comparable as an established incumbent in one of SFSS's core application areas (floating solar / renewable energy).

Others

• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): BIG is the architecture firm that designed the Oceanix City floating-city concept. It is comparable as a high-profile design participant in the same buoyant-urbanism conversation SFSS convenes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FloatingSolutionsSG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/floatingsolutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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