2020 CONFERENCE HOME TUE 9/22 WED 9/23 THU 9/24

2020 RTCM Annual Assembly

Virtual Conference Program

Day 1 - Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Session 1 - 10:00 am - 10:30 am (EDT) (Virtual)

RTCM Opening Session

RTCM Chairman of the Board

Welcome and Introduction to

RTCM Annual Meeting

RTCM President

Assembly Overview

and

RTCM Standards Updates

Q/A

Session 2 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (EDT) (Virtual)

RTCM Technical 1 - Autonomous Shipping

Session Introduction by Moderator

Autonomous ships: Why, How and When?

Ornulf is an SME and prolific writer on the subject of autonomous ships
The discussion will include his views on the future of e-Navigation and the interactions of autonomous, remote-controlled and conventional ships

Director, Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) Project and President, Submergence Group, LLC

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship – A New Era In Ocean Research

To discuss the planned trans-Atlantic sailing of this scientific vessel
Focus to be on communications, monitoring and control of the vessel, and edge computing

Chief Technology Officer, ORCA AI

Autonomous Navigation for Ships

Dor served in the Israeli Navy and has led the development of Orca AI’s solutions for safe navigation, collision avoidance and their AI/ML/DL engine
The discussion will include ORCA’s unique approach to dealing with navigation in congested ship traffic, harbor approaches and port entry using ML/DL

ABS Director, Machinery, Electrical and Controls

Classification of Autonomous Vessels

Domenic’s group has been leading the effort by ABS to define industry methods for implementing and classifying autonomous functionality and systems
ABS has published 4 documents on novel concepts, smart functions, qualifying new technologies and autonomy over the last 3 years