15.12.2022: Seminar on Digital shipping and Advanced UI’s

Date: 15.12.2022 / Location: Visitor Center Joki, Turku, FINLAND

8:30 Light breakfast available at JOKI

9:00 Opening of the seminar

9:05 Session 1: Use cases for autonomous and remotely operated test vessels

The session will discuss the state of autonomous vessels and test environments that are available for developing them further. The session covers different use cases that can be accomplished in a more efficient and safe way with autonomous vessels.

Experiences from the trial operation of milliAmpere2, an autonomous electric passenger ferry for urban waterways

Ole Andreas Alsos, NTNU Norway’s University of Science and Technology

Robotic System Implementation: From simulations to full-system field tests

George Rossides, CMMI Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute

The multi-purpose autonomous robotic vessels

Heigo Mölder, MindChip

Results for autonomous vessels from ARPA and MAST! projects

Jarkko Paavola, Turku UAS and Tommy Valojoki, Novia UAS

11:30 Lunch, networking and demos

12:30 Session 2: Next generation user interface solutions

The session will showcase next generation user interface solutions designed for maritime and for certified virtual training in the technology industry. Speakers invited to this session have extensive experience in establishing virtual training centers and/or utilizing the latest XR technologies to develop UI innovations. This session opens new perspectives for the audience why digitalization will be widely applied in the next generation training and what needs the speakers have identified based on their first experiences. Likewise, the session presents the audience from maritime to the technology industry with insights on how to develop user interface solutions that are designed considering the aspects of usability, user experience as well as efficiency. Finally, our session also envisions how metaverse technologies will be utilized in the maritime and technology industry in the near future.

Opening words

Mika Luimula

Keynote: Workplace Safety Ownership Model in the Singapore Context: Findings, Insights and Lessons Learned

Prof. Yin Leng Theng, NTU Singapore

Vehicle Automation in Partially Automated Convoy Driving for Military Logistic Trucks

Dr. Joscha Wasser, Fraunhofer FKIE

Connectivity for Digital Twin – Mixed Reality Solutions

Prof. Kari Tammi, Aalto University

14:00 Coffee break, demos and networking

14:30 Session 2 continues

Advantages of multi-user environments in big data visualisation and remote control

Timo Haavisto, Turku UAS

15.00 Panel discussion: How advanced UIs for example in metaverse could improve safety in industry?

Moderator: Mika Luimula Turku UAS

Panelists:

Prof. Yin Leng Theng, NTU Singapore

Riku Mäkelä, Business Finland

Pekka Hakala, Nokia

15.30 Networking with coctails