Monday 09.00 – 16.30
Welcome to listen to presentations about:
- Autonomous vehicles – what are the challenges, possibilities and trends?
- Autonomous safety on vessels – an international overview and potential positioning for Swedish industry
- What is the next big step for autonomy in shipping?
Preliminary Programme
09.00 Coffe and registration
10.00 Welcome and introduction -why a higher degree of autonomy for increased safety? – Åsa Burman, Director, Lighthouse
Autonomous vehicles – challenges, possibilities and trends – Azra Habibovic, senior researcher, Viktoria Swedish ICT
Autonomous in the air – Rasmus Lundquist, CybAero
Autonomous safety on vessels – an international overview – Robert Rylander, researcher, Viktoria Swedish ICT and project leader for Lighthouse project on higher degree of autonomy for increased safety
Autonomous safety on vessels – a potential positioning for Swedish shipping industry – Per Stefenson, Marine Standards Advisor, Stena Teknik, Martti Simojoki, Marine Super Intendent, Wallenius
Digital Data Stream: The foundational technology for autonomous ships – Richard Watson, Professor, University of Georgia and Viktoria Swedish ICT
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Presentations on legal, business, operational and technical aspects on higher degree of autonomy for increased safety
Theme: Legal
Cyber-enabled ships: Implications and risks of the use of shipboard digital technology – Anders Höfnell, Lloyds Register
Safety and Regulations for European Unmanned Maritime Systems – Magnus Örnfelt, Project leader, FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Theme: Business
Research on autonomous shipping transition – AAWA and other autonomous development in Finland – Jouni Saarni, Turku School of Economics
So much potential – why the industry need autonomous transformation – Marcus Ejdersten, Director of strategic marketing, MacGregor
Theme: Operational
On the road towards an unmanned bridge: Do we want monitoring or navigating navigators? – Thomas Porathe, Professor, Interaction Design, NTNU
Theme: Technical and information
Safety Qualification of an Autonomous Ship Prototype for Sea Trials – Eetu Heikkilä, VTT Technical Researach Centre of Finland
Technical aspects for remote operated vessels – control loop, sensors, and remote control – Jens-Olof Lindh, Saab Kockums
A navigation equipment maker’s perspective – Timo Kostiainen, Head of R&D, Furuno
Technical solutions for automatic fire system – Mattias Eggert, Unifire AB
Panel discussion: What are the next steps for autonomy in shipping?
- Azra Habibovic
- Anders Höfnell
- Thomas Porathe
- Jouni Saarni
- Martti Simojoki
- Per Stefenson
- Magnus Örnfelt
Panel discussion led by Mikael Hägg, Viktoria Swedish ICT, and Åsa Burman, Lighthouse
16.30 End of conference
16.30-18.00 Afterconference with drinks and snacks
NOTE! The seminar is aimed at industry, academia and the public sector interested in the area. The seminar is free and lunch is included, but registration is required. Deadline for registration is 25 November. No attendance without cancellation is charged with 500 SEK. The seminar will be held in English.
