Programme 27th June

Photo: Alessio Rovere
What is the state of the art in drone technology/capabilities and machine learning and how do these fit support/limit scientists needs/aims?

09:00-09:45

KEYNOTE

Drone mapping the Great Barrier Reef

Karen Joyce (Geonadir / James Cook University / She Maps)

09:45-10:15

(*online)

Effective mapping and data collection with user-friendly ROVs - from icy Svalbard to the Great Barrier Reef

Oda Ryggen (Blueye, Norway)

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
What is the current status of legislation regulating drone use in EU projects and in the tropics?
10:30-11:00

A brief overview of European drone legislation

Jan Evers (Copteruni, Germany)

11:00-11:15

(*online)

Globhe: An on-demand drone data marketplace

Mikael Costa Pinto (Globhe, Sweden)

11:15-11:30

IMFACT: Integrated monitoring of fish abundance using a combination of optical and acoustic sensors

Giovanni Romagnoni and Tim Dudeck (ZMT, Germany)

11:30-12:00

The use of drones for species and habitat mapping in the German Wadden Sea – insights from the R&D project APIS

Anna Kersten and Marc Schnurawa (Bioconsult SH, Germany)

12:00-12:30

(*online)

Future drone- and true multi-sensor-based remote sensing of near-coastal ocean regions for improved oceanographic parameter extraction

Frank Lehmann and Martin Nägele (OptoPrecision)

Markus Peichl  and Thomas Jagdhuber (Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Centre).

12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15

Long-term drone monitoring of multisource impacts on Maldivian coral reefs: the MaRHE Centre Experience

Luca Fallati (MARHE, Maldives)

14:15-14:30

A brief overview of Colombian drone legislation

Diana Romero (INVEMAR, Colombia)

14:30-17:00

(15:30 Coffee Break)

Interactive work session and synthesis (only speakers and organisers):

● Manuscript writing

● Discussion on progress

19:00 Group dinner by the river (speakers and organisers only).