The SSSI NSW Hydrography Commission and Young Professionals invite you to join us as we explore and discover how technology is changing the way we see the oceans. In this event we hear from startups patenting their equipment and young professionals looking to grow in a tough Australian market.
It is the second event in the ‘Captain Planet’ themed series that is aiming to encourage early career professionals in the spatial and surveying sciences to gain exposure to the way the discipline is saving the planet.
EVENT CODE: SSSINSW225
CPD: 1.5 Survey Practice Points
AGENDA
6:00pm Guest arrival
6:30pm Welcome
6:35pm Speaker 1 – Tanya Whiteway
6:55pm Speaker 2 – Andrew Durrant
7:15pm Speaker 3 - TBA
7:25pm Q&A
8:00pm Networking – light refreshments served
9:00pm Event concludes
PROGRAM
Speaker 1: Andrew Durrant, CEO & Founder, Picsea
Autonomous Oceans: Past, Present and Future
A look at autonomous ocean systems in the past, what is currently available and what the future looks like, including how PicSea aims to achieve a step change in ocean data collection and what is possible in the next 10 years. A preview of PicSea's First AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) and how the technology that is being developed now will change the way that we see the oceans in terms of exploration, exploitation, protection and sustainability.
Speaker 2: Tanya Whiteway,Director of Marine Resources, Advice and Information Section, Geosciences Australia
Collaborating to maximise Australian seabed mapping efforts
In Australia and its Antarctic Territory, high-resolution seabed mapping is primarily driven by safety of navigation and environmental management requirements. Data acquisition relies on relatively few players from government agencies, universities and industry, but with considerably more end-users. Until recently, there has been limited coordination of the mapping activity which has resulted in duplication of effort, lack of consistency, loss of efficiency and limited use of the data. To address this situation, Geoscience Australia is facilitating a National Seabed Mapping Coordination Working Group which is a collaboration of Australian and New Zealand representatives from federal and state government, universities and industry. Driven by the principle of “collect once, use many times”, the group is developing a government priority plan for data acquisition in Australia, a national multibeam echosounder guideline and common seabed mapping tools, such as a survey register, that will be available on the web. GA is also collaborating nationally and internationally to develop a common geomorphic mapping approach for the interpretation of seabed data, and field manuals to standardise marine monitoring practices. This presentation highlights the progress of these initiatives and demonstrates how collaboration is crucial to the development of standards and coordination of mapping efforts.
*PLEASE NOTE MEMBER, STUDENT & YP PRICING IS SUBJECT TO RANDOM AUDIT.
**Event program is subject to change.
Venue
Macquarie University, Level 8, 12 Wally's Walk, North Ryde, NSW 2109
Room
Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Level 8)
Contact
SSSI NSW Regional Operations Manager via rom.nsw@sssi.org.au.
SPONSORS
SSSI NSW and the Hydrography Commission would like to acknowledge Event Sponsors: Macquarie University and the Blue Zone Group for their kind assistance and funding with this event.
