Final event AVATAR
Interested in the results of the AVATAR Interreg North Sea Region project on (highly) autonomous sailing and city freight distribution?(Interested in the review of this event? see here)
🕰 When? 29th and 30th June 2023
👉 Where? Rigakaai 1, Ghent (Visitor Center North Sea Port)
🧐 In the morning, presentations will take place from an industry point of view (29/6) and an academic point of view (30/6). Focus will be on the interaction between engineering, economics and energy; showing the potential of green city freight distribution via water (e.g. Hamburg and Ghent).
⚙ In the afternoon, demonstrations will take place of the developed technologies in AVATAR (e.g. showing the new AVATAR 25 ton vessel steered from the SEAFAR remote control center, showing the KUL Maverick vessel controlled by the UOL mobile bridge, charging the AVATAR vessel with E. Van Wingen's ICE CHP on hydrogen, showing the TU Delft research vessels,...).
4 sessions are organized, registration is possible for the different sessions. Please note that the demonstration sessions in the afternoon are similar on Thursday and Friday, therefore we ask you to register only for one of the demonstration sessions.
Registrations are closed.
The event is organized in cooperation with North Sea Port.
Don't hesitate to contact Tom Pauwels in case you need more info: tom.pauwels@pomov.be
Please note that demonstrations will be dependent on weather conditions!
Agenda:
Thursday 29 June 2023 Morning session: presentations from an industry point of view (lunch included)
8.30-9.00: Registration
9.00-9.10: Welcome (Peter Van Parys, COO, North Sea Port)
9.10-9.35: AVATAR project and overview agenda (Tom Pauwels, Project coordinator, POM Oost-Vlaanderen)
9.35-10.00: Green city freight distribution via waterways (André De Groote, FEMA/UWL)
10.00-10.30: Break
10.30-10.50: Greening of shipping (Tim Berckmoes, CEO, ABC Anglo Belgian Corporation)
10.50-11.10: Energy use case (Jean-Pierre Van Wingen, CEO, E. Van Wingen)
11.10-11.30: Automated sailing (Ghazaleh Kia, R&D Project Manager, SEAFAR)
11.30-11.50: Takeaways business, policy and legal framework (Thomas Brauner, Projectmanager, LIHH)
11.50-12.00: Q&A
12.00-13.30: Lunch
Thursday 29 June 2023 Afternoon session: demonstrations and pilots (reception included)
13.30-13.45: Welcome to demonstrations and pilots (An Vervliet, deputy Province of East Flanders)
13.45-14.00: Sami Souguir (Alderman City of Ghent - Culture, city development and spatial planning)
14.00-16.00: Demonstrations and pilots
16.00-17.00: Network reception
Friday 30 June 2023 Morning session: presentations from an academic point of view (lunch included)
8.30-9.00: Registration
9.00-9.20: Welcome - Overview AVATAR (Tom Pauwels, Project coordinator, POM Oost-Vlaanderen)
9.20-9.40: KUL - Results AVATAR (Peter Slaets/Senne Van Baelen)
9.40-10.00: SSPA/RISE - Results AVATAR - Realtime tracking of ships via AIS (Axel Hörteborn)
10.00-10.30: Break
10.30-10.50: TUD - Results AVATAR (Vittorio Garofano) - "Towards fleet coordination control for autonomous ship system and the application of Computer Vision technology to enhance safety in autonomous navigation"
10.50-11.10: UOL - Results AVATAR RCC (Janusz Piotrowski)
11.10-11.30: R&D trending topics in automated vessel navigation (Ghazaleh Kia, R&D Project Manager, SEAFAR)
11.30-11.50: POM - Economic assessment use case Ghent and general concusions AVATAR (Tom Pauwels)
11.50-12.10: Research gaps in autonomous sailing (Rudy Negenborn, TUD)
12.10-13.30: Lunch
Friday 30 June 2023 Afternoon session: demonstrations and pilots (reception included)
13.30-13.45: Welcome to demonstrations and pilots (Tom Pauwels, Project coordinator, POM Oost-Vlaanderen)
13.45-15.00: Demonstrations and pilots
15.00-16.00: Network reception
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