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Workshop: Scientific support to Munition in the Sea

As part of the JPI Oceans action on munition in the sea, the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) organized a workshop in Rome in December 2018.

Workshop: Scientific support to Munition in the Sea


  • 28 February 2019

As part of the JPI Oceans action on munition in the sea, the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) organized a workshop in Rome in December 2018.

Workshop: Scientific support to Munition in the Sea

Ammunition dumped at sea during or after wars constitutes an environmental and safety issue in many European countries. JPI Oceans has initiated a joint action - involving 12 participating countries and led by Italy - on Munition in the Sea to facilitate research coordination and exchange of knowledge across European countries.

As part of this initiative, The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) has organized a workshop in Rome, December 6-7, 2018, addressing key aspects where scientific gaps are identified and research can bring substantial contributions for solutions and/or advances in knowledge. Specifically, the event focused on the following topics:

  • Knowledge-based support to decisions
  • Large scale identification of objects
  • Chemicals sensing and remediation
  • Cost efficient explosions’ remediation

The workshop was jointly organized by The National Research Council of Italy – CNR, Institute of Marine Engineering and the JPI Oceans through the support of the CSA Oceans 2 (Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, Grant Agreement No.696324).

More information: Cecilia Leotardi cecilia.leotardi@cnr.it (+390650299314) and/or Enrico De Bernardis enrico.debernardis@cnr.it (+390650299328).

Presentations
  • Bauer - Digital Support of the Maritime Sector Classification of objects
  • Boettcher - Chemical sensing and remediation the state of the art
  • Cesta - Support to Decisions AI Technology, Knowledge-Based Systems, Agent-Based Modeling
  • Koschinski - Explosions remediation accounting for cost effectiveness & nature conservation needs
  • Ribera - The cross-cutting issues with Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Marine Spatial Planning