About

The Breaking the Surface – BTS is an international interdisciplinary field workshop of maritime robotics and applications. Ever since 2009, it has served as a meeting place for international experts, university professors, scientists, industry representatives and students from various fields:

maritime robotics
MAROB

marine biology
MARBIO

maritime archaeology
MARCH

maritime security
MARSEC

marine geology
MARGEO

BTS has for the last 10 years brought together the world’s renowned professionals and has encouraged interaction and the exchange of knowledge and experience. The programme consists of:

  • lectures where latest scientific research and results are presented
  • field demonstrations which showcase the latest technology achievements made by research groups and companies
  • tutorials which offer hands-on experience working with complex and modern underwater systems
  • company presentations with insight from company professionals about their company and company products

From 2016 to 2018, BTS also organized an “Innovation day“, a whole-day workshop where robotics experts, ranging from acclaimed researchers to the leaders of successful robotics startups, share their experience in commercializing robotics-related technologies with the rest of the scientific community and aspiring entrepreneurs.

ORGANIZED BY

University of Zagreb

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies

Center for Underwater Systems and Technologies

COMMITTEES

COMMITTEES CHAIRS

Organizing Committee Chair
Technical Committee Chair

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Ralf Bachmayer
University of Bremen

Germany

Prof. Bridget Buxton, PhD
University of Rhode Island

USA

Fausto Ferreira, PhD
NATO CMRE

Italy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. John Folkesson
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

Sweden

Bill Kirkwood
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

USA

Prof. Ivan Petrović, PhD
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Asst. Prof. Irena Radić-Rossi, PhD
University of Zadar

Croatia

Joao Sousa
University of Porto

Portugal

Ivan Stenius
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

Sweden

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Anamarija Miličević
CEPOST

Croatia

Ivan Trubić
CEPOST

Croatia

Barbara Mikašek
CEPOST

Croatia

Luka Manjkas
CEPOST

Croatia

Ivan Đerek
CEPOST

Croatia

Josip Kalafatić
CEPOST

Croatia

Lovro Kunović
CEPOST

Croatia

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Anja Babić
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Nadir Kapetanović
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Nikica Kokir
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Ivan Lončar
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Igor Kvasić
UNIZG FER

Croatia

Filip Mandić
H2O Robotics

Croatia

Đula Nađ, PhD
UNIZG FER

Croatia

SUPPORTERS

FINANCED BY

Financed in the scope of the project EUMarineRobots – Marine robotics research infrastructure network (GA 731103) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Breaking the Surface