A free online webinar will be hosted on 6 May 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 CET entitled* “Minimising Ship Strikes on Whales: the OCEAN Approach”. * The webinar will briefly define the issue and the approach to minimising these impacts under the OCEAN project, which is funded by the EU under its Horizon 2020 initiative. During the webinar we will hear from* Rui Prieto *from the University of the Azores on using Predictive Habitat Modelling, *Harvey Stoelinga *of TELEDYNE in Denmark on the use of acoustic detection to locate whales, *Ludwig Houegnigan *from the Technological University, Barcelona on detecting whales from space and *Trea Heapes *of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group on developing an OCEAN App for real time reporting and visualisation. Questions and discussion welcome. *Please find link to webinar here: * *https://streamyard.com/watch/yiQREdSNmWq9* <https://streamyard.com/watch/yiQREdSNmWq9> Note starts at 13:00 Central European Time which is 12:00 British Summer Time The OCEAN Project (Operator-Centred Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation) augments navigator’s capabilities to improve safety, reduce incidents and mitigate whale strikes. *For more information see **Ocean Navigation Awareness - Maritime Navigation Project* <https://ocean-navigation-awareness.eu/> -- -------- Dr Simon Berrow Chief Executive Officer Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare, Ireland, V15 E762 www.iwdg.ie / http://consulting.iwdg.ie Office; 065 9051763 / Mobile: 086 8545450 Charity Number: CHY 11163 Charity Regulatory Authority No. 20029913