Frank Neumann

Frank studied Public Administration at Leiden University and at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana U.S.A.) and was a trainee with the European Commissions’ DG Environment, at the taskforce Environment/Internal Market. He holds a doctorate in Environmental Management and Public Administration from Erasmus University (Rotterdam) and was a visiting scientist at MIT’ s Sloan School and at Princeton University.  He has worked as a project consultant with the Environment Directorate of the OECD in Paris on issues of packaging waste and for the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Public Works on the strategic extension project for the Port of Rotterdam (Maasvlakte II) and is currently director of the Institute for Infrastructure, Environment and Innovation in Brussels.

He publishes on European Nature Protection Policy and is a coordinator of the Paralia Nature project, as well as the INES project on salinity gradient power. Since 2014 he is also a member of the Environment and Planning Committee of the Ocean Energy forum of DG Mare and DG Research of the European Commission. In addition, he also participates in the Estuary Guidance Group of DG Environment of the European Commission. In assignment with the Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) he completed a complete update of all ocean energies in 2014.  Following some of this work since 2016, he is advising the Water Department of the European Investment Bank (EIB) regarding water innovations. 

 In 2015 an exploration for a European and international Platform on Lighter Than Air’ (LTA) vehicles and drones was started. Since December 2016 he is involved in project development for HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo Satellite) platforms and takes part in the ESA Artes Network. In 2018 he initiated the International Platform (U-LTA) focused on the financing of Lighter-Than-Air technology with co-operation of DG RTD of the European Commission, DG GROW, the DLR and EASA.

About IMIEU

IMIEU is an independent non-profit organisation with locations in Brussels and Amsterdam. IMI wants to prove that development of infrastructure can go hand-in-hand with environmental protection and environmental improvements. IMI has two important main activities. - Initiating and developing European projects, focused on demonstrating that economical development can go hand-in-hand with improving the environment. - Giving environmental advice for marine infrastructure projects.