Category 1: Application case studies of Marine Technology

• • Technology for Aquaculture and fisheries
• • Technology for Marine Biology
• • Operational Oceanography from in-situ observations (including moorings, landers, floats, ROVs, AUVs, ASVs, Gliders)
• • Water management (including Water Industrial Applications and Water Treatment Plants)
• • Remote sensing (including satellites, airplanes and land-based systems like HF radars and videometry)
• • Seafloor and Water Column characterization
• • Integrated technologies in coastal, regional, and offshore platforms and research vessels
• • Technologies for marine pollution (including plastics, chemical contaminants, oil spills)
• • Other Applications

Category 2: Smart Bays enhanced by Marine Technology

• • Test sites and test sites experiences
• • Integrated technology platforms, sensors and facilities
• • Data to products and services
• • Digital twins (DTOs)
• • Joining local needs and international standards
• • Infrastructures predictive maintenance: structural health monitoring (e.g. vibration, corrosion, etc), data-driven maintenance, climate adaptation strategies
• • Renewable Marine Energy

Category 3: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sensors and Communication

• • Instrumentation, Metrology, Signal processing
• • Computer Architectures for AI
• • Marine Robotics: ROVs, AUVs, ASVs, Gliders, including sensors, software and new vehicles
• • Underwater Communications
• • AI for Underwater Technology
• • Seafloor observatories and sensor networks
• • Underwater imaging and communication
• • Marine Geophysics technology and solutions
• • Marine Data Interoperability and data flow
• • Intelligent Control Techniques
• • Simulation, Modelling and Optimization