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

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