The  IW-NET Final Event took place on 12 October 2023 at the Visitor Center North Sea Port, Gent.

This interactive event featured real-life demonstrations with context and theoretical explanations. Here are just some of them:

Visit of an urban vessel, platooning, the IW-NET box in action, shore power solution, demonstration of intermodal urban last mile transport with track & trace, simulation-based optimisation of inland waterway transport flows on the rivers Weser and Danube, and much more…

To review the presentations, click on presentation titles. Only presentations highlighted in bold are available.

PROGRAMME

8:30 Registration & welcome coffee
Meeting room:
9:00 Welcome by Karel Saey, North Sea Port
9:10 Introduction by Nils Meyer-Larsen, IW-NET Project Coordinator
9:30 IW-NET decision support analytics, Zisis Palaskas
9:50 Simulation-based optimisation of IWT flows on river Weser, Patrick Specht
10:20 Intermodal urban last-mile transport with track & trace, Yves de Blic
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Expo area in the tent:
10:50 Coffee break and permanently running demonstrations in the exhibition area
Organised presentations by AS1A “Intermodal urban last-mile transport with track & trace”:
11:05 – 11:20
11:30 – 11:45
Meeting room:
11:50 Innovative vessel design and IWT optimisation on the river Danube, Matthias Prandtstetter, Bianca Duldner-Borca, and Bernhard Bieringer
12:20 Port call digitalisation and shore power solution, Arne Gehlhaar
Expo area in the tent:
12:50 Lunch and permanently running demonstrations in the exhibition area
Organised presentations by AS1A “Intermodal urban last-mile transport with track & trace”:       
13:20 – 13:35
13:50 – 14:05
Meeting room:
14:30 Autonomous shipping and platooning, Peter Slaets
Using Galileo services for highly automated inland vessels, Ralf Ziebold
An horizontal IoT environment for unmanned barge digitalisation, Claudio Salvadori
15:10 Explanations of the upcoming demonstrations on the water, Senne Van Baelen and Ralf Ziebold
15:10 Live demonstrations to be seen from the windows of the meeting room and expo area or from the quay, including:

  • Maverick KUL vessel demonstration of autonomous sailing based on the sensor box
  • Maverick KUL vessel demonstration of platooning with IW-NET urban vessel I
  • IW-NET urban vessel II visit
16:25 Closing of the event, by Nils Meyer-Larsen, IW-NET Project Coordinator
Expo area in the tent:
16:30 Networking cocktail and permanently running demonstrations in the exhibition area
17:30 End of the event

When:
12 October 2023

Where:
Visitor Center North Sea Port
Rigakaai 1
9000 Gent