Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web
Speakers from Denmark, Germany, France, UK and the US are among leading experts presenting seminal papers at the two day Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre on 29-30 October.
Organised by The Hydrographic Society UK with support from the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), the event is expected to attract a wide international audience according to William Heaps, assistant marine advisor to Associated British Ports (ABP) and UK representative on the IFHS board.
Proceedings are to review progress made, and steps still to be taken, by hydrographers to support moves towards a maritime web, commonly known as e-navigation. Main discussion topics are The User’s Perspective; Products – Quality & Presentation; Survey & Innovation; and Training for All.
Keynote addresses are being provided by Capt Harry Gale of the Nautical Institute; Rear-Admiral Nick Lambert, former UK National Hydrographer; Hydrographer of the Navy, Capt Stephen Malcolm; and Nicolas Seube, chairman-elect of the Joint IHO-FIG-ICA International Board on Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors & Nautical Cartographers.
In addition to a mini-exhibition of industry equipment and services, the agenda also includes a number of joint IHO-IFHS stakeholder forums at which all interested parties are invited to contribute. Among those expected to participate in one of four planned sessions is Capt Peter Kortenoeven, Hydrographer of the Netherlands and current Chairman of IC-ENC, a regional ENC co-ordinating centre with offices in Australia and the UK.
Full programme details together with registration forms and costs for active and retired delegates with reduced rates for IHO and IFHS members as well as bona fide students are downloadable at www.hydroconferences.org/digitalhydro.
