Welcome Session

Pedro Lima, ISR/IST U. Lisboa, Massimo Caccia, CNR-INM, David Cabecinhas, ISR/IST U. Lisboa

Session 1: Keynote Speaker Session - Day 1
Chair: António Pascoal, ISR/IST U. Lisboa

Maintaining and Improving Ocean Observation – Miguel Miranda, AIR Centre (Atlantic International Research Centre), Portugal

Towards Persistent Autonomous Underwater Operations – Antonio Vasilijevic, NTNU, Norway

Session 2: EU-funded Projects: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence
Chair: Fausto Ferreira, FER U. Zagreb

UWIN-LABUST, ERA Chair in Internet of Underwater Things at LABUST
– Roee Diamant, University of Zagreb, Croatia
SeaTecHub, Croatia-Cyprus Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Seas – Alberto Sposito, CMMI, Cyprus
MARBLE, Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy – Nikola Mišković, University of Zagreb, Croatia
CMMI – MaRITeC-X Marine and Maritime Research, Innovation, Technology Centre of Excellence – Ioannis Kyriakides, CMMI, Cyprus
LORELEI-X, Long-endurance cooperative Robotic tEchnologies for Localisation of targets during Emergency Incidents – Twinning for eXcellence – Kyriacos Clerides, CMMI, Cyprus
Twilighted, Twinning Laboratory for an Innovative, Global Hub To Explore the Deep – Marko Radeta, University of Madeira, Portugal

Session 3: International Projects
Chair: Kyriacos Clerides, CMMI

TANDEM, Heterogeneous team of Marine Robots for Multipurpose Inspection Maintenance – Andrea Pinto, University Jaume I, Spain
IURBI and ASSIST - Deep Learning for Large Area Mapping and Seafloor Classification using Side Scan Sonar – Nuno Gracias, University of Girona, Spain
GLADIUS and Tow-fish, High Agility Operation of Towed Underwater Vehicles – David Cabecinhas, ISR/IST University of Lisbon, Portugal

Session 4: Industrial projects and Companies
Chair: Rita Cunha, ISR/IST U. Lisboa

BlueOasis (Portugal), Hydrotwin: a novel underwater acoustics Digital Twin  – Guilherme Beleza Vaz
Hertel Robotics (Portugal) – Johannes Hertel
Kongsberg Discovery (Norway), Uncrewed Platforms at Kongsberg, latest developments and R&D projects – Alex Alcocer
HidroMod (Portugal), Bridging Modelling, Digital Twins and Marine Decision Support – José Chambel Leitão
SEA.AI (Portugal), Machine vision for safety at sea – Thomas Degermann
OceanScan (Portugal), The Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Matheus Reis
In2Sea (Portugal), Ocean Wave Energy and Offshore Mariculture - Potential Applications for Marine Robotics – Frank Neumann

Session 5: EU-funded projects: Innovation Actions
Chair: Alberto Sposito, CMMI

FAITH, Fostering Artificial Intelligence Trust for Humans towards the optimization of trustworthiness through large-scale pilots in critical domains – Alberto Topini, University of Florence, Italy
SeaClear2.0, Scalable Full-cycle Marine Litter Remediation in the Mediterranean: Robotic and Participatory Solutions – Demetra Orthodoxou, ISOTECH Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy, Cyprus
SEAGUARD, Sea Environmental Awareness and Guard enhanced with Unmanned AI Robotic Detection – Bruno Ferreira, INESC TEC, Portugal
ARTEMIS, Autonomous Robotic Technology for Environmental Monitoring, Intervention and Safety – Barbara Arbanas Ferreira, MARBLE, Croatia
AXOLOTL, From sky to seafloor observation: Achieving eXcellence in Oceanic surveiLlance and cOnservation Through deep Learning – Marina Loizidou, CMMI, Cyprus

Session 6: Regional EU-funded Projects (I)
Chair: Nikola Mišković, UNIZG-FER / MARBLE

MIMISK, MultI-Modal Robot INspection and monitoring of Sea Kelp – Mirko Kovac, EPFL / EMPA, Switzerland
AMIS, Advanced surveillance systems and digital twins for coastal security and resilience – Roberta Ferretti, CNR-INM, Italy
ROBONETCBC, Developing innovation network for uptake of solutions in robotics and sensors to improve monitoring and prevention of pollution of freshwater and sea ecosystems – Ante Šiljeg, University of Zadar, Croatia
SWARM, Smart Monitoring for Healthier Waters – Slavica Tomović, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

Session 7: Keynote Speaker Session - Day 2
Chair: Antonio Vasilijovic, NTNU

From active to passive underwater acoustics: a (biased) overview – Sérgio Jesus, University of Algarve, Portugal

Monitoring the Portuguese Coastal Ocean – present capacities and future opportunities – João Vitorino, Hydrographic Institute, Portugal

Session 8: Regional EU-funded Projects (II)
Chair: Ioannis Kyriakides, CMMI

BRIGANTINE, Chemico-physical and multispectral Data fusion for Adriatic sea monitoring by autonomous vessel – Luca Gemolotto, University of Udine, Italy
CLEAR, Collaborative Localization and Enhanced Augmented Reality – Đula Nađ, University of Zagreb, Croatia
SMART-WATER, Self-sustainable Multisensor System for Monitoring Water Quality in Inland Waterbodies – Neven Cukrov, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
AEROSUB, Automated Inspection Robots for Surface, Aerial and Underwater Substructures – Andry Pinto, INESC TEC, Portugal

Session 9: EOREA

Elena Paifelman and Massimo Caccia, CNR, Italy

Presentation of the European Ocean Research and Education Alliance (EOREA) and their Collaborative Research and Education Programme (CREP)  in marine robotics

Kick-off of Marine Robotics CREP working group with roundtable discussion

Closing session

David Cabecinhas and António Pascoal