‘The Future’s Floating’ (WK-intern) - Today, on the occasion of the Oceanology conference, the Friends of Floating Offshore Wind release their position paper ‘The Future’s Floating’ requesting discussions on a Sector Deal with the UK government on the basis of socio-economic impact calculations. Floating Offshore Wind is on the pathway to become commercially competitive with other forms of electricity generation and has the potential to further reduce the generation cost of offshore wind, particularly in deep water and challenging seabed sites. This creates a new market with the associated supply chain, employment and export opportunities from which first movers and those with experience