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: Protection of Critical Maritime Infrastructures
Frank Sill Torres, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 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 Schäfer, 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 | Underwater material identification using cosmic-ray induced gamma spectroscopy
Michaela Murzyniec, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
13:40 – 13:55 | The role of muon-based applications to imaging and PNT in the maritime sector
Lee Thompson, Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations, United Kingdom
13:55 – 15:30 Cake 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
Benedikt Schlereth-Groh, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm
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 | Towards a Holistic Data-Driven Framework for Multi-Domain threat assessment and situational Awareness in Maritime critical infrastructure
JPeter Abt, Fraunhofer CML, 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
19:00 | 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
Martin 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 | Protecting maritime critical infrastructures: Assessment and optimization of technical approaches
David Hergert, TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH Bremen, Germany
10:55 – 11:15 | A Holistic Approach to the Surveillance of Maritime Critical Infrastructure
Jannik Sauer, 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, Ship Monitor by JDS, Germany
12:35 – 12:55 | Maritime Security – Surveillance technology from seabed to space
Jon Reiel Endal & Gerd Neeland, KONGSBERG, Norway
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 2
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 | Societal Resilience at the Waterfront: Human and Community Dimensions of Countering Russian Maritime Hybrid Operations in the Euro-Atlantic and Beyond
Marcel Kolb, Nexmaris GmbH & CASSIS – Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies, Germany