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Seabed Mapping and Inspection 2025

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Tuesday 4th March 2025
kl. 20:00–22:00
Dinner in the hotel restaurant
Wednesday 5th March 2025
kl. 08:00–08:30
Registration
kl. 08:30–08:35
Welcome
Session: Regulations
Chair: Jan Arvid Ingulfsen, Fugro and Tor Arne Paulsen, Deep Ocean
kl. 08:35–09:00
National and international development of regulations for autonomous and/or unmanned vessels.
kl. 09:00–09:25
Green Shipping Program - Pilot - Green Seabed Surveys

-Develop uniform green criteria for the procurement of maritime services related to seabed surveying

Session: Seabed Minerals
Chair: Jan Arvid Ingulfsen, Fugro and Tor Arne Paulsen, Deep Ocean
kl. 09:25–09:45
Seabed Minerals - State of play
kl. 09:45–10:15
BREAK
kl. 10:15–10:35
Seabed Minerals & First Concession Round

-status NCS; processes and technology; concession rounds, work programs and expectations

kl. 10:35–10:45
Mineral exploration; the right resolution at the right time

Session: Offshore Wind
Chair: Jan Arvid Ingulfsen, Fugro and Tor Arne Paulsen, Deep Ocean
kl. 10:45–11:10
Seabed characterization of Offshore Wind sites using Deep Learning

-Geophysical data from Offshore Wind Sørlige Nordsjø II - journey experiences by using Deep Learning and advanced visualization tools

kl. 11:10–11:35
Remote ROV-Based Object Detection Survey for Offshore Wind Farm - A Case Study
Session: Innovation
Chair: Jan Arvid Ingulfsen, Fugro and Tor Arne Paulsen, Deep Ocean
kl. 11:35–12:00
Fjordlab – a step up for infrastructure for maritime and marine research
kl. 12:00–15:00
LUNCH

Lunch buffet open to 1330.

kl. 14:30–14:59
Some small snack before the afternoon session
Session: Innovation continues
Chair: Elisabeth Sæther, Fugro and Sigve Halvorsen, AkerBP
kl. 15:00–15:25
The EIVA ViperFish ROTV: Advancements in Autonomous Surveys
kl. 15:25–15:50
Enhancing surveying capabilities

-adjusting the synthetic aperture sonar technology for seabed mapping using Synthetic Aperture Mapping Sonar (SAMS) technology

Session: Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Elisabeth Sæther, Fugro and Sigve Halvorsen, AkerBP
kl. 15:50–16:15
An AI-Assisted System for Rapid Mapping and Transfer of Seabed Data
kl. 16:15–17:00
Exhibitors - Elevator pitches
kl. 17:00–17:29
BREAK/REFRESHMENTS
Session: Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Elisabeth Sæther, Fugro and Sigve Halvorsen, AkerBP
kl. 17:30–18:00
Algorithms for automatic identification of gas leaks for use on AUVs
kl. 18:00–18:30
Detection, identification and retrieval of ghost fishing gear
kl. 18:30
End of program day one
kl. 19:30–22:00
Dinner
Thursday 6th March 2025
Session: Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Julian Bell, Equinor and Fredrik Søreide, Promare
kl. 08:30–08:55
AI-Powered Automation in Marine Geophysics: How Far Are We from Fully Reliable Automated Solutions
kl. 08:55–09:20
Digital Shallow soil analysis for burial assessment or Nexans “Auto BAS”
kl. 09:20–09:45
AI for object detection in acoustic data - MULTIBEAM
kl. 09:45–10:15
BREAK/REFRESHMENTS
Session: Pipeline Inspection
Chair: Julian Bell, Equinor and Fredrik Søreide, Promare
kl. 10:15–10:40
AI assisted Target Picking in Sidescan Sonar Images
kl. 10:40–11:05
Pipeline Inspection from a USV and experiences so far
kl. 11:05–11:30
Experiences with FDIL (Fast Digital Imaging Low-Fly)
kl. 11:30–12:00
Eelume S - All-Terrain AUV: From Pilot Deployment to Its Potential for Transforming Seabed Mapping and Inspection
kl. 12:00–15:30
LUNCH

Lunch buffet open to 1330.

Session: Survey
Chair: Chris Cooper, Statnett and Elisabeth Sæther, Fugro
kl. 15:30–15:55
Inspection of the Ormen Lange Field
  • Ormen Lange Gas Field Inspection, Challenges and New Technologies
kl. 15:55–16:20
Magnetic Surveying for UXO with Fixed-Wing Frames. From acquisition to interpretation- a Deep dive
kl. 16:20–16:45
Separation models - Relationship between reference levels - Standardization and the importance of seamless models valid both on land and sea
kl. 16:45–17:15
BREAK/REFRESHMENTS
kl. 17:15–17:40
ROV based UXO survey - Then and Now

15 years of ROV based gradiometer survey and the impact of survey operations. What does the survey results say and what more can be done?

kl. 17:40–18:00
Towards a new global DTU25 MSS (Mean Sea surface) and DTU25LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide) for off-shore referencing
kl. 18:00
End of day two
kl. 19:30–22:30
Aperitif followed by Conference Dinner
Session: New Technology
Chair Jan Arvid Ingulfsen, Fugro and Fredrik Søreide, Promare
Friday 7th March 2025
kl. 08:30–09:00
Addressing key challenges in subsea environmental monitoring: innovations in long-term autonomous systems and flexible design solutions
kl. 09:00–09:30
HUGIN Endurance: From days to weeks of AUV operations
kl. 09:30–10:00
kl. 10:00
End of conference
kl. 10:30
Bus departure to Geilo train station for train bound for Oslo
kl. 11:00
Bus departure bound for Oslo Airport Gardermoen
kl. 11:30
Bus departure to Geilo Train Station for train bound for Bergen

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