MARESEC 2026

EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON MARITIME SYSTEMS RESILIENCE AND SECURITY

ADVANCING RESILIENCE, SAFETY, AND SECURITY IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN

JUNE 24-25 2026, BREMERHAVEN

Day 1 – June 24th

Conference Opening

10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome to MARESEC 2025

Frank Sill Torres, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

10:05 – 10:35 | Key Note

Sarah Kirchberger, Kiel University, Germany

Session 1: Resilience & Security

10:40 – 10:55 | Design and Modelling of an Arctic Table-Top Exercise for Maritime Systems Resilience

Isabel Asensio Bermejo JRC – Joint Research Centre, Italy

10:55 – 11:10 | Methodology to Heighten Resilience in Critical Maritime Infrastructure

Manuel Schaefer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

11:10 – 11:25 | SharePort: Enhancing Resilience of Maritime Port Infrastructures through Trustworthy Resource Sharing

Gabriela Middelbeck BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH at the University of Bremen, Germany

11:25 – 11:40 | Operational Synchronization for MASS in VTS Areas

Fynn Pieper, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

11:40 – 11:55 | Simulation and optimisation framework for assessing the role of vessels in crisis management

Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany

11:55 – 12:55 | Lunch Break

Session 2: Data Analytics & Intelligent Systems Part 1

12:55 – 13:10 | Visual AIS Type Verification: A Non-Cooperative Approach to Maritime Security

Jan Lukas Augustin, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

13:10 – 13:25 | On the Feasibility of Transformer-Based 3D Instance
Segmentation for Underwater LiDAR Data

Ashutosh Singh, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany

13:25 – 13:40 | Towards a Holistic Data-Driven Framework for Multi-Domain Threat Assessment and Situational Awareness in Maritime Critical Infrastructure

Peter Abt, Fraunhofer CML, Germany

13:40 – 13:55 | Underwater material identification using cosmic-ray induced gamma spectroscopy

Michaela Murzyniec, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

13:55 – 14:10 | The role of muon-based applications to imaging and PNT in the maritime sector

Lee Thompson, Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations, United Kingdom

14:10 – 15:30 Lunch Break / Exhibition

Session 4: Data Analytics & Intelligent Systems Part 2

15:30 – 15:45 | WaveGuard: Real-Time On-Board Detection of Missing Persons in Side-Scan Sonar Imagery

Sakir Furkan Yöndem

15:45 – 16:00 | Engineering of a High-throughput Multi-Camera
Scale-invariant Collision Avoidance Pipeline

Alexander Klein, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

16:00 – 16:15 | Multi-scale ship detection using high-resolution aerial magery

Thomas Kraft, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

16:15 – 16:30 | Real-Time Impact-Risk Forecasting and Speed Advisory for High-Speed Marine Vessels

Jóel Ingason, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany

16:30 – 16:50 | Coffee Break

Session 6: Data Analytics & Intelligent Systems Part 3

16:50 – 17:05 | Towards fully autonomous ship hull inspection for security relevant attached objects using AUVs equipped with imaging sensors

Michael Ehrhardt, Subdron GmbH, Germany

17:05 – 17:20 | Towards Short-Term Forecasts of Sea Ice Conditions for Ship Navigation in the Baltic Sea

Anja Frost, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

17:20 – 17:35 | Improving Sea Ice Deep‑Learning Models by Refining Training Labels from Ice Services: A Study Using Graph‑Based
Unsupervised Segmentation and Multispectral Landsat‑8 Data
in the Baltic Sea

Stefan Kowalewski, German Aerospace Center | German Remote Sensing Data Center National Ground Segment, Germany

17:35 – 17:50 | Waterside – A Holistic Approach to Munition Clearance In North and Baltic Sea

Tim Clausing, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

18:00 | Evening event

Day 2 – June 25th

Session 1: Modelling and Simulation for Maritime Security

9:00 – 9:15 | From pedestrians to ships: How to model ship traffic using the Optimal Steps Model

Tobias Koch, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

9:15 – 9:30 | Modeling Delay in Maritime Protection Systems: From Static Barriers to Dynamic Processes

Daniel Hofmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

9:30 – 9:45 | Application of the Maximal Covering Location Problem to Study the Optimal Distribution of Intervention Units for
Offshore Infrastructure Protection

Lara Beßmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

9:45 – 10:00 | LiDAR Co-Simulation for Maritime Assistance System V&V

Marvin Bathmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

10:00 – 10:15 | System-Level Modeling of Acoustic and Environmental Sensors for AUV Simulation

Itzel Denisse Olivares Nunez, University of Rostock, Institute of Computer Science, Germany

10:15 – 10:35 | Coffee Break

Session 2: Industrial Solutions

10:35 – 10:55 | tbd

Julien Hansen – TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH Bremen, Germany

10:55 – 11:15 | tbd

Daniel Esser – Subsea Europe Services GmbH (FLANQ), Germany

11:15 – 11:35 | Long-range radar surveillance

Thomas Helzel, Helzel GmbH, Germany

11:35 – 11:45 | Q/A Session

Moderator: Holger Klindt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

11:45 – 11:55 | Coffee break
11:55 – 12:15 | Resilient maritime surveillance: connecting the unconnected – Multi-Domain Sensor Fusion for a robust and persistent operational picture

Sebastian Wagner, in-innovative navigation GmbH, Germany

12:15 – 12:35 | Hardened transmission of maritime situational awareness data

Carsten Hilgenfeld, Germany

12:35 – 12:55 | Maritime Security – Surveillance technology from seabed to space

Gerd Neeland & Morten Wilfred

12:55 – 13:05 | Q/A Session

Moderator: Holger Klindt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

13:05 – 14:05 | lunch break

Session 3: Ethical & Social Aspects Part 1

14:05 – 14:20 | resilient and environmental friendly offshore wind farm projects

Jennifer Mielniczek, Entrawind GmbH, Germany

14:20 – 14:35 | Think deeper: Maritime security´s dominance should allow space for the marine environment

Karoline Schacht, WWF, Germany

14:35 – 14:50 | Limits of safety: Scenario-based analysis of the
distribution of responsibilities and challenges in maritime
emergency management at offshore wind farm

Melina Bischoff, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

14:50 – 15:10 | Closing discussion