At the beginning of November SeaTopic, IFAM and Brest Port represented DIOL in Rostock-Warnemünde at Hydro 2024, the Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS). With over 50 stands and over 50 top-class presentations, the event was a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of aligning manned/unmanned aviation in support of offshore energy schemes with the maritime world to ensure safety and better coordination among the sectors.

SeaTopic, IFAM and Brest Port represent DIOL in Rostock-Warnemünde
Tim Strohbach of Fraunhofer IFAM, together with Gunnar Tietze (SEATOPIC) and Fabienne Vallée (BrestPort), represented the Interreg North Sea Programme#DIOL at the #HYDRO2024 - Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition that took place on 5 – 7 November 2024 in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. Their mission: to inform about the innovative merging of unmanned aviation and the maritime world for the development of offshore logistics with the presentation "Fusing Navigation: ECDIS, drones and aviation". A paper on the same subject was submitted to the conference and can be downloaded here. The DIOL team celebrates their participation and the links established by the project with the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS).