Overview
This session effectively captures the core technological overlap across F6S Blue Economy projects. We’ll explore how Unmanned Systems from I-SEAMORE and REMEDIES are used for surveillance and environmental monitoring. We’ll then dive into Digital Innovation and Advanced Monitoring with projects like iMermaid, which focuses on preventing chemical pollution, and ADT4Blue, which leverages AI and IoT to accelerate the Blue Economy. The EFFECTIVE project will showcase its Digital Twin for blue parks, and finally, AUTOASSESS will demonstrate its use of AI and robotics for safe vessel inspections. This discussion connects all of these innovations directly to the sustainable management and protection of our Ocean and Waters.
Programme
14:00
Welcome, Ana Faria, BlueMissionAA / AIR Centre
14:05
Project Showcases: Technologies in Action:
■ I-SEAMORE: Focus on integrated maritime surveillance leveraging UAVs, highlighting real-world demonstration and final event insights
■ AUTOASSES: A project co-funded by the EU that leverages AI and robotics to perform vessel inspections, removing human surveyors from dangerous and dirty confined areas, and reducing inspection costs by 80%.
■ Effective: (i) A digital twin demonstrator that provides insight in modelling data, observations and relevant information around selected blue parks, (ii) Seabots (one of the partners) can also present the use of their marine drone units
■ Remedies: Presenting underwater and aerial drones for environmental monitoring, specifically litter detection, and relevant biodegradable solutions
■ iMermaid: Highlighting sensor development for emerging contaminants and their remediation platform solutions
■ ADT4Blue: Discussing their focus on advanced digital ideas and open calls, illustrating how digital innovation can drive blue economy solutions
14:55
Conclusions and Q&A
Speakers
Ali Mohamoud (TNO)
I-SEAMORE
Ali Mohamoud, MSc in Electrical Engineering. He works at TNO as a senior consultant and a project manager. His field of work involves systems engineering, requirements analysis, concept & system development of observation systems and multi sensor data and information fusion for decision making. He worked on multi sensor fusion and autonomous mission planning and execution for autonomous decision support for Ministry of Defense and Homeland Security.
Evangelos Boukas
AUTOASSESS
Evangelos Boukas is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, specializing in perception and machine learning for robotics. He is the coordinator of the AUTOASSESS project (Horizon Europe). His research focuses on autonomous aerial inspection in confined and GNSS-denied environments, with applications across maritime and critical infrastructure. Prior to DTU, he held positions at Aalborg University and the Democritus University of Thrace, contributing to international projects with organizations such as the European Space Agency and the UK’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory. He actively collaborates with industry partners and is committed to bridging academic research with real-world impact.
Tjerk Krijger
EFFECTIVE
Tjerk Krijger is project engineer at MARIS B.V, which is a prominent organization specializing in Marine and Oceanographic Data Management and Access services on a European scale. Tjerk holds a Master’s degree in hydraulic engineering from the Delft University of Technology.
Vesna Kuralt
REMEDIES
Vesna Kuralt is the REMEDIES Project Manager and Leader of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development. In addition to leading a EU Horizon Europe project co-creating innovative solutions and technologies to monitor, collect, and prevent (micro)plastic waste in our ocean, she is experienced in co-designing various green and digital transition projects focused on human-centered innovation and community building contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. As an anthropologist with a PhD in Market Communication, she understands any change starts with people and is thus passionate about co-creating a movement aiming to restore our oceans and waters.
Giasmin Cecconi
iMERMAID
Giasmin Cecconi is an environmental chemist who works in the Research Center Department of the SMAT Group. SMAT manages the integrated water service of the Metropolitan City of Turin which is located in the north-west part of Italy, where is responsible for catching and treating drinking water, its distribution, then of the collection of resulting wastewater in the sewage system and its subsequent treatment. Last spring, SMAT hosted the first iMERMAID Project use case, during which two technologies focused on heavy metal contamination in wastewater were tested.
Serena Laschi
iMERMAID
Serena Laschi is a professor at the University of Florence (UNIFI) in the Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on the development of biosensors, particularly electrochemical biosensors, for a range of applications including environmental analysis, food safety, and medical diagnostics. She has contributed to numerous publications in her field.
Pedro Fonseca
ADT4BLUE
Pedro Fonseca is a Professor and Innovation Manager at Instituto Politécnico da guarda (IPG). He holds a bachelor’s degree in History and a PhD in the History of Science, Technology, and Scientific Culture. Currently, he is pursuing a Post-Doctoral Program in Advanced Digital Technologies and the Blue Economy. He is also the Project Manager and Coordinator of ADT4Blue.
Moderator
SPEAKER
Josipa Arapović
F6S
Josipa Arapović is a Project Manager at F6S, specializing in the development of innovation, open call management, communication and exploitation activities for large-scale international projects funded by the European Union. With over five years of experience, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world application. She holds a Master’s degree in Agribusiness and Rural Development.
Resources
October 1, 2025, Atlantic & Arctic Lighthouse Weekly Hour S03E14: Unmanned Systems & Digital Innovation: Enabling Advanced Monitoring and Sustainable Solutions in the Blue Economy
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