UNIGE hosts GMS Team
March 9, 2023
SafeNav Project 2nd General Assembly – Summary
March 21, 2023SafeNav Project 2nd General Assembly – Day 1 & 2 Summary
The Faculty of Maritime Studies
at the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) welcomed the SafeNav Consortium to their
campus for the project’s 2nd General Assembly meeting on Wednesday
15th March. The meeting began with a note by Project Coordinator
Jacek Gruszka of Offshore Monitoring Limited (OSM) followed by a few remarks by
the Dean of UNIRI, Ana Peric Hadzic.
Technical Team Lead Waqas Qazi (OSM) delivered an overview of the project and the overall technical status followed by the Project Coordinator’s detailed presentation on the Project Coordination and IPR Management Work package. Next, Captain Igor Toncic and Marko Stokov of Global Maritime Services Limited (GMS) shared updates relating to the User/Tech Specifications & Marine Standards Work Package, which included insight from Rolf O. Jensen of Safyr (SAF) on Risk Assessment, Mitigation Measures, and Compliance with Standards, etc.
Afterwards, Jensen (SAF) led a
detailed session on the safety, human and organizational factors work package
supported by inputs by Igor Rudin (UNIRI). Next up, Charlotte Le Coz of Naval Group (NAG)
presented on the collision avoidance system and Rudin (UNIRI) contributed to
the presentation as a task leader. David Van Hamme of IMEC introduced the Data
Fusion Work Package after which Task Leaders shared progress from their
individual tasks – ranging from hardware adaptation, the development of
proprietary SafeNav GUI, VR simulations, and much more. Next, Romain Jan of
Greenov (GRE) shared progress on the marine mammal collision avoidance work
package. Qazi (OSM) delivered the final presentation of the day on Work Package
7 along with colleague Shahbaz Baig (OSM).
On the second day, the meeting
resumed with Work Package Leaders delivering updates on their relevant work packages
followed by a brief Q & A session. The presentations covered project
progress on the following: Testing and Validation, Project Impacts & Environmental
Assessments, Dissemination, Communication & Business Development. Lastly, Qazi (OSM) and R&D Lead Jas Powell
(OSM) moderated two interactive sessions on Software Architecture with all Partners
present.
The Faculty of Maritime Studies at the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) welcomed the SafeNav Consortium to their campus for the project’s 2nd General Assembly meeting on Wednesday 15th March.