Programme 26th June
| What do coastal and marine researchers use/need drones and machine learning for? | |
| 09:00-09:15 | Opening and welcome Professor Raimund Bleischwitz, ZMT Director |
| 09:15-09:30 | Workshop goals and strategy Sonia Bejarano (ZMT) and Alessio Rovere (University Ca’Foscari, Italy) |
| 09:30-09:45 | Drones used to study past and modern coastal processes Elisa Casella and Alessio Rovere (University Ca’Foscari, Italy) |
09:45-10:00 (*online) |
Photogrammetry as a tool for studying coral reef ecosystems Isabel Urbina-Barreto (IRD, La Reunion) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Experiences in the use of remotely-piloted aircraft systems in the characterisation of mangrove ecosystems for restoration and monitoring changes in coastal ecosystems Diana Romero (INVEMAR, Colombia) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Multi-risk intelligence for transformative climate change adaptation in coastal ecosystems Jacopo Furlanetto (CMCC, Italy) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:00 | Monitoring coastal dynamics using drones Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashingah (University of Ghana) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Drones as a cost-efficient tool to monitor tropical coastal ecosystems Gustavo Castellanos (IGB, Berlin) |
| 11:15-11:30 | An integrated approach for benthic habitat mapping based on innovative sensing technologies and measurements of ecosystem functioning Danielle Piazzolla (CMCC, Italy) |
| 11:30-11:45 | Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for hydro-morphological mapping Anette Eltner (Dresden University of Technology) |
| 11:45-12:00 | How do modern digital methods transform science in coastal zones and climate change adaptation? Gabriel David (Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany) |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-13:45 | Mapping cover and counting trees from Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) images of a mangrove forest using artificial intelligence Daniel Schürholz (ZMT, Germany) |
13:45-17:00 (15:30 Coffee Break) |
Interactive work session and synthesis (only speakers and organisers): ● Brainstorm to jointly define structure and scope of joint manuscript. ● Assign manuscript sections and form small manuscript writing teams. ● Draft contents of manuscript sections and share them with the group. |
| 19:00 | Group dinner at the ZMT (inside our main building or outside weather permitting) |
