Seabed Mapping and Inspection 2025

Robert has more than 20 years’ experience from the survey and seismic industry. During the last 8 years, he has managed Fugro’s Geophysical Service Line here in Norway. He holds a M.Sc. in GIS and Mapping science from NMBU and has a passionate interest in GeoData, Visualization and Deep Learning.

Ole is Professor in geodesy and head of the hydrosphere research section. Author of DTU high-resolution geophysical reference fields

After a survey & geomatic degree, Bazin worked 20 years in the Seismic for CGG & Seabed Geosolutions in various Positions, first offshore as Land Surveyor and then Navigator / Chief Navigator on Shallow Water and OBC acquisition. He joined the back office as Navigation Field application Engineer (Marine Streamer acquisition), and finally as Navigation & Positioning Technical Manager (OBC and Node seabed acquisition). He then moved for 7 years to SBG Systems as Technical Support Director, before joining Exail 3 years ago as Subsea Solutions Manager.

Pelle Boye is educated in Oceanography and GIS at University of Tromsø, University in Bergen, and USN.

He primarily work with recording ghost fishing gear with ROVs, but works also with GIS/navigation programs/registration and development/improvement of equipment and methods.

Nils Haktor has a master's degree in marine engineering from NTNU with a specialization in marine cybernetics. Since 2016, he has worked at the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, most of the time following up on new technology projects with a focus on autonomy/automation.

Since January 2023, he has been head of Norwegian Maritime Authority section for New Maritime Technology, which was established at that time. The section Nils Haktor is responsible for following projects on automation and new fuels and ensuring that such technologies are introduced in a safe manner, while also being a point of contact for the industry when introducing new technology on vessels.

Dino is the CEO and founder of Hidrocibalae, a marine geophysical data centre, with over ten years of experience in the offshore industry, covering geophysical surveys to offshore construction projects. He holds a Master’s degree in Geodesy and Geoinformatics.

Dinos professional approach focuses on continually seeking advancements in offshore data processing solutions and management.

Eivind has 20 years experience with focus on asset integrity management of hydrocarbon production systems from well to terminal for multiple Shell assets in different regions. MSc. Pipeline Engineering - Newcastle University BSc. Marine Engineering - Ålesund University College

Vinicui has an BSc in Petroleum Engineering and MSc in Marine and Offshore Technology. Passionate pipeline engineer with experience in leading Pipeline Design & Analysis projects and currently responsible for Ormen Lange pipelines, spools and umbilical Integrity & Maintenance.

Kristian has a Master's in Cybernetics and Robotics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and has experience with applied AI in the realm of acoustics for the use of environmental monitoring and autonomous navigation.

Nicolien has master degree in Geodesy of the University of Delft, the Netherlands. Ever since she moved to Norway, for more than 25 years ago, she has been working with Hydrography in several aspects; Data processing, Chart production, Data management, Oceanography. She is involved in the procurement of hydrographical survey in the Mareano project. She leads the pilotproject in the Green Shipping Program to develop uniform green criteria for the procurement of maritime services related to seabed surveying. And she is interim head of the oceanography section.

Per Espen Hagen received his MSc degree in Electronics Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1989. After graduation, he was employed as a Scientist at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). From 1994, Hagen was a member of the HUGIN AUV development team, from 1999 Project Manager for the AUV and SAS related research at FFI. In 2008, Hagen moved to Kongsberg Maritime/Kongsberg Discovery where is currently Product Manager for Long Range AUVs.

Jon has 20 years of experience from R&D in the intersection between industry and applied research. He has a master's degree in physical electronics from NTNU. He has previously worked with subsea controls at TechnipFMC (formerly FMC Technologies) and applied research within measurement science at CMR/NORCE.

Jon has been involved in different roles and engagements in GCE Ocean Technology since 2007 and full time as R&D Manager since 2022. Jon main responsibility is establishing new joint R&D projects within the cluster.

Arne John has a Master of Technology from Norwegian University of Technology and science within the field of hardware accelerated machine learning. Experience in software systems for Robotics, Finance,Telecom and Military applications. Currently working as Director Digital Technology at Kongsberg Discovery with a desication towards ocean sensing, robotics and connected software systems.

Kristian has been working as a software engineer for several years, developing systems for storing and visualizing large volumes of seabed data. Holds a M.Sc. in Applied Physics from NTNU

Helga brings nearly 20 years of experience in the offshore survey industry. During the past four years, she has managed the GIS team in Fugro Norway, in addition to being the Regional Enterprise GIS Manager in Europe. She holds an M.Sc. in Oceanography from the University of Southampton and is passionate about data management, automation, and visualization.

Frederic studied (Marine) Geosciences in Bremen (DE) and Utrecht (NL). Further Frederic worked for over 5 years in a survey company, key tasks: conducting UXO Surveys, Data Analysis of UXO data, Survey Project Management. Now working in Vattenfall since end of 2023 as Geophysicist with an emphasis on UXO Survey Management.

Stig-Morten has a PhD in geology from UiT the Arctic University of Tromsø. He has more than 30 years’ experience with oil and gas in Norway and from several international assignments. He is currently Chief Geologist with the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, working with seabed-minerals, CCS, oil & gas resource management, environmental management plans and offshore wind. Stig-Morten is Vice Chair of the Bureau of Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM at UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe).

Martin is VP Hardware Development at EIVA a/s and has been with the company since 2012. Martin has been involved in development of EIVA’s hardware platforms such as ScanFish ROTVs and Toughboy data buoys for offshore wind site monitoring and more, as well as tailoring these sensor platforms to customer specifications. Martin leads a team of engineers (mechanical, mechatronic, electronic and more), together applying input from customers into hardware solutions, as well as working with EIVA’s software team to create streamlined total solutions. EIVA’s most recent development projects, created under Martin’s guidance, include the ViperFish ROTV, which can be towed by USV to enable fully autonomous UXO survey setups. Martin has a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Technical IT from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Åsa is a Quaternary Geologist, experience in marine survey, geophysical and geotechnical, including geophysical interpretation. Currently working as discipline lead for survey, at Nexans marine power cables, installation department

Martin is a Professor at the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU. His research interests are within the field of underwater vehicles and its applications. This includes perception and interpretation of cameras and sonar data together with autonomy. Underwater vehicles for marine observation systems, adaptive mission planning for one or more vehicles for ocean column mapping has also been a focus point for his research group.

Dmitry, a Master of Physics, brings nearly 10 years of experience in subsea oil and gas engineering. He began his career as a mechanical design engineer and advanced to lead the subsea controls and power distribution department. Since joining Develogic, Dmitry has been dedicated to project delivery and business development, specializing in subsea environmental monitoring and acoustic communication technology.

José is a Senior AI Researcher with 15+ years experience in developing innovative AI-based solutions applied to some of the most challenging problems of the marine and offshore industry.

Thomas has over 20 years of experience in the marine survey industry. His work for the last ten years has been focused on developing new solutions and bringing them to the market. Whether it's USVs, ROVs, acoustic or optical systems Thomas has something to bring to the table with the ambition to improve survey methods and meet the evolving needs of the maritime sector.

Thomas has a solid track record in marine drone technology, specializing in AUVs. As CEO of Eelume since 2023, he leads groundbreaking innovations. Previously, he spent 15 years at Kongsberg Discovery in several key leadership roles, driving advancements within the Hugin AUV division to enhance ocean data quality, safety, and cost efficiency—all while maintaining a strong commercial and financial track record.

Stian is a data scientist working with GIS, machine learning and data analysis in Nexans. Masters degree in Geomatics from Norwegian University of Life Sciense (NMBU)

Russel graduated in 1993 with a BSc with Honours in Topographic Science from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Russel worked offshore for over 20 years as a surveyor on survey and construction vessels, before coming onshore as a Project Surveyor. Russel has currently the position of a Principal Surveyor at DeepOcean based in Haugesund where he leads the technical discipline of survey.

Nick started his career in marine technology straight from leaving school, working on submarine sonars. He then studied Physics at University before continuing his career in the maritime industry working on seismic vessels. He has spent the last 30 delivering solutions for underwater positioning, communications and imaging. Nick is now a business development consultant for some of the Covelya group companies, including Sonardyne and Wavefront Systems, focusing on global Ocean Science markets. The presentation will explore the use of automatic feature recognition using a multi-aperture sonar on AUVS to enable fully autonomous underwater operations.

Lars-Kristian is the Cheif Sustainabillity and Operations Officer in Adepth Minerals. He holds a PhD in Deep Sea Minerals and emerging Deep Sea Industries. He has 20 years experience in the offshore industry, focused on deep-sea operations and innovation.

Sara has an PhD Magnetics & AI, M.Sc. Geophysics, and a B.Sc. Earth Science

Nico is Regional Sales Director – Marine Europe for Teledyne Instrument and Imaging EMEA.

Nico is also the software application specialist for PDS constructions and multibeam software and working over 40 years in the business.