Knowing the Sea. The Prospects of Maritime Domain Awareness

Presentations

Maritime Domain Awareness aims at understanding of what happens at sea. New approaches to information sharing, surveillance and tracking technology, and big data analysis aim at providing a full picture of movements at sea and the identification of anomalies and threats. Maritime Domain Awareness is one of the pre-conditions of better ocean governance and improved law enforcement at sea. Indeed it has been described as the key enabler. Knowing the sea is important for ensuring Blue Growth and the sustainable exploitation of the sea, but also for addressing maritime security. Maritime Domain Awareness is a significant technical challenge, yet, it also raises socio-political questions. It requires to build trust and effective relations across borders and organizational cultures. It also raises concerns over privacy, legality and ethics.
This one day workshop takes stock of the current state of maritime domain awareness. It discusses the technical frontier in surveillance and anomaly detection, the perspective of end users and stakeholders, as well as the political, social and legal questions that emerge.