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PROGRAMME 2018

LECTURES

MARITIME ROBOTICS - MAROB

Aviad Avni
University of Haifa, Israel

Advanced maneuvering and vision algorithms for surveys with the SPARUS II AUV

Milica Stojanović
Northeastern University

Underwater acoustic communications: Fundamentals and new results

Torsten Jeinsch
University of Rostock

Key technologies towards the vision of complex autonomous underwater operations: From project SMIS to MUM

William Kirkwood
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Shearwater: The future of hybrid autonomous marine vehicles

Alexander Phillips
National Oceanography Centre

Oceanids: Development of next generation marine autonomous systems for ocean science

Tim Mundon
University of Washington

Micro-scale wave energy generation for autonomous sensors and robotics

Walter Caharija
SINTEF Ocean AS

Autonomy and remote control technology in sea aquaculture activities

Xianbo Xiang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Cloud-based Management and Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles: Concept and Demonstration

Iain A. Anderson
University of Auckland

A fast fish-like human-powered racing submarine

MARITIME BIOLOGY - MARBIO

Ivona Cetinić
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/USRA

Chasing ocean carbon – from sky to sea and below

Andrea Gori
Institut de Ciències del Mar - Consejo Superios de Investigaciones Científicas

Submarine technology for the study and conservation of deep coral gardens and cold-water coral reefs

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - MARCH

Bridget Buxton
University of Rhode Island

“We’re (not) going to need a bigger boat”: the tech that will replace traditional research vessels in deep sea and coastal environments

Irena Radić Rossi
University of Zadar

How to protect an outstanding shipwreck site?

Kotaro Yamafune
Texas A&M University

A brief history of ancient ships

MARITIME security - MARSEC

Philip McGillivary
US Coast Guard Pacific Area

Cyber-security solutions for unmanned systems, and their use in conjunction with new technologies to advance port security and maritime domain awareness

Niv David
Tel Aviv University

Cyber security for marine technologies

MARITIME GEOLOGY - MARGEO

Hironobu Kan
Kyushu University

New survey visualization: Merging photogrammetric 3D model with a multibeam bathymetry

Marko Bakašun
GEOmar d.o.o.

ROV inspection

Manuel Bensi
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS

Exploring the ocean and the seabed: oceanographic case studies where marine robotics can be applied

INNOVATION DAY - INNOVA

Scott Reed
SeeByte

The evolution of smart software within maritime robotics

Miriam Rueda
Asociación Emerge

Protoatlantic – a European accelerator program of the marine sector

Yvan Petillot
Heriot-Watt University

The ORCA Hub: Offshore robotics for certification of assets

Iain Vincent
Planet Ocean Limited / ecoSUB Robotics Limited

Democratising the AUV: ecoSUB Robotics – from concept to commercial reality

James Ives
XOCEAN

Unmanned ocean data collection

Enrique Gonzalez Sancho
Nido Robotics

Entrepreneurship in marine robotics

Daniel M. Lofaro
George Mason University

Robots in politics and business

Paul Oh
University of Nevada Las Vegas

Consumer Robotics in the Age of Acceleration

Marin Bek
H2O robotics, Ltd.

Experiences in building an international business

Marc Carreras
IQUA Robotics

IQUA Robotics: past, present and future

António Sérgio Ferreira
Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática (UPorto)

EUMarineRobots: The “Oprah” of Marine Robotics

TUTORIALS

SUBNERO PROJECT

Hands-on with software defined modems & underwater networks

Mandar Chitre; Chinmay Pendharkar; Prasad Anjangi; Manu Ignatius

SubCULTron

subCULTron – underwater measurements using aMussel

Barbara Arbanas; Anja Babić; Ivan Lončar; Milan Marković; Filip Mandić; Goran Vasiljević

ViCOROB

Underwater Optical Image Enhancement Techniques

Nuno Gracias; László Neumann

 

IQUA ROBOTICS

Sparus II

Narcis Palomeras; Natalia Hurtos

WORKSHOPS

IQUA ROBOTICS

Defining a ROS package to standardize underwater messages

Narcis Palomeras; Natalia Hurtos

DEMOS

TORPEX SCOOTER

Underwater scooter Torpex with newly developed hollow shaft motor

Thomas Glotzbach; Sabir Ouchen; Joaquim Pinol Bel

ecoSUB Robotics

Smart network localisation

Iain Vincent; Jeremy Sitbon

GEOmar

ROV inspection

Marko Bakašun; Matej Ćurić; Ivor Meštrović

Nido Robotics

Sibiu Pro, cost-effective and easy-to-use Mini-ROV

Enrique Gonzalez Sancho

COMPANIES PROGRAMME

BLUEPRINT SUBSEA

Blueprint Subsea

Robin Sharphouse; Kevin Webster

Blueye Robotics

Blueye Robotics

Martin Ludvigsen

Sonardyne

Sonardyne International Ltd

Tom Bennetts; Colin Sutherland

EvoLogics

EvoLogics

Konstantin Kebkal; Oleksiy Kebkal

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

Registrations
Sunday, 30.9.

16:30 – 18:00

Welcome drink
Sunday, 30.9.

18:00 – 19:30

Norwegian party
Monday, 1.10.

From 21:00

EXCELLABUST party
Tuesday, 2.10.

From 21:00

BTS karaoke night
Thursday, 4.10.

From 21:00

Gala dinner
Friday, 5.10.

19:30 – 21:00

BTS closing party
Friday, 5.10.

From 21:00

Field trip
Saturday, 6.10.

9:00 – 16:00

Breaking the Surface