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PROGRAM 2023

The program will be continually updated with new information!

Lecturers

Ana Širović
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Cetaceans in the Adriatic – what can acoustics and machine learning teach us?

Bruno Ferreira
INESC TEC

K2D: Towards A Global Scale Monitoring System for Oceans Using Subsea Cables and Autonomous Sensing Platforms

Paolo Casari
University of Trento

Making underwater communications private and authentic

Aviad Scheinin
Head of Marine Apex Predators Lab

The challenges of apex marine predators research and conservation in Israel

Caesar Bita
National Museums of Kenya

Underwater Archaeology in Africa in the Age of Modern Technological Engineering

Morel Groper
SubSea Engineering Lab, Hatter Department of Marine Technologies

New Technologies to Enhance Subsea Operations and Autonomous Environmental Monitoring

Kortney Opshaug
CEO, Blue Ocean Gear

Using Smart Buoys to turn fishing gear into an ocean data platform

Manos Moraitis
Associate Scientist, Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute

Revitalizing Coastal Ecosystems: The Intersection of 3D-Printed Artificial Reefs, IoT, and Robotics

Krister Blanch
Chalmers University of Technology

An open-source low-cost glider for iterative development

Ted Sjöblom
Research and development engineer, RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden

An open-source low-cost glider for iterative development

Matko Barisic
ABB

ABB

Francesco Fanelli
National Oceanography Centre

Underneath the Antarctic ice, mapping the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean, or in the water for weeks: recent successes for the AUVs of the National Oceanography Centre

Fabio Bruno
University of Calabria

Novel robotic technologies for mapping and sampling the Mediterranean Coralligenous

Miroslav Gačić
Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste

Oceanographic properties and circulation in the Adriatic Sea

Roberto Galeazzi
Head of Centre

Cyber-resilient multi-modal sensor fusion for autonomous navigation

Kay Fjørtoft
Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Ocean

TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN – A NATIONAL TEST AREA FOR AUTONOMOUS VESSELS

George Rossides

Three years of CMMI – Advances in Cypriot Marine Robotics and Maritime Digitalisation

Anja Babić
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Developing a swarm of low-cost floaters to acoustically perform in-situ fish stock assessment in remote areas

AKTI Project and Research Centre

AKTI Project and Research Centre
Xenia I. Loizidou

DeeperSense

DeeperSense: AI Methods for Underwater Visual-Acoustic Perception
Bilail Wehbe, Izakh Fabian, Nuno Gracias, Thomas Vögele

University of Trento

Making underwater communications private and authentic
Paolo Casari

Marine Explorers Society 20000 Leagues

Marine Explorers Society 20000 Leagues
Hrvoje Čižmek and Barbara Čolić

Lobster Robotics

Lobster Robotics
Stephan Rutten

FairScope

FairScope
Pollina Thibaut
Le Guen David
Adam Larson

Biomimetics Laboratory, Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Biomimetics Laboratory, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Iain Anderson, Derek Orbaugh

Blue Ocean Gear

Using Smart Buoys to turn fishing gear into an ocean data platform
Kortney Opshaug

Social programme

Registration
Sunday, 24.09.

16:30 – 18:00

Welcome drink
Sunday, 24.09.

18:00 – 19:30

IEEE OES PARTY
Monday, 25.09.

From 20:30

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
Tuesday, 26.09.

From 20:30

PUB QUIZ
Thursday, 28.09.

From 20:30

Karaoke party
Thursday, 28.09.

From 21:00

Closing ceremony
Friday, 29.09.

19:30-20:00

Gala dinner
Friday, 29.09.

20:00-21:00

Field trip
Saturday, 30.09.

09:00-16:00

Breaking the Surface