SUMARE meeting and workshop [view pictures of this meeting]

Wednesday 15th October 2003

9:00 Presentation of the Sumare Project. G. Pichot, Coordinator - Mumm- Belgium.

9:30 Maerl mapping. (PPT, 4876KB) M. Thomson, Herriot-Watt, UK

10:00 Volumetric evolution of an exploited sandbank, added value by the use of an AUV. (PPT, 28734KB) A. Norro, Mumm, Belgium

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Signal processing and control for navigation and mapping: a summary of SUMARE achievements. (ZIP, 292096KB) M. J. Rendas, CNRS/I3S, France

11:30 The hardware and software architectures of MAUVE and of the Phantom. (ZIP, 6775KB) M. Masoni, THALES/TUS, France

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Demonstrations with the ROV Phantom

15: 30 Coffee Break

15:45 Discussion and poster presentations

20:00 Dinner

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Thursday 16th October 2003

9:00 The potential applications of SUMARE technology to coral reef monitoring. (PPT, 485KB) Emily Corcoran, Programme Officer, UNEP-NCMC Marine Programme/ Assistant to UNEP Coral Reef Unit

9:35 Dredged material application. (PPT, 1465KB) Ir. Dirk De Brauwer, Waterways and Marine affairs administration of the Flemish Government, Maritime access ways division, Head of the dredging and wreck removal works.

10:10 Coffee break

10:40 Marine technology for water-column investigation. (PPT, 18516KB) Gabriel Gorsky, LOV

11:15 Military applications of underwaters robots. (ZIP, 27778KB) Frédéric Dabe, GESMA

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Multi sensor Seabed analysis. Applications to terrain based navigation and marine science. (PPT, 16205KB) Yvan Petillot, Heriot Watt University

14:35 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles AUVs: Ocean Observation Systems for the 21st Century. (PPT, 34P81KB) D. Richard Blidberg Director, Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute, Lee New Hampshire, USA

15:10 The Underwater Systems Program at the Porto University.(ZIP, 91834KB) Nuno Alexandre Cruz, FEUP-DEEC, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

15: 45 Coffee Break

16:15 Round Table - Conclusions