session 8

Title: The use of EO for maritime and coastal protection: technology, systems, policy and applications
type: oral
Description: This Extra Session offers a 360 degree view on the topic of maritime protection leveraging Earth Observation (EO) technologies and data from space. This session is of particular relevance in the Asia-Pacific region and will encompass a combination of preventive measures, policy perspectives, advanced monitoring as well as surveillance technologies which are vital in enhancing maritime and coastal protection against various challenges and/or threats. During the Session industry experts will discuss the capabilities and challenges of EO technologies, and highlight the latest innovations used to prevent pollution incidents, monitor marine biodiversity, support safety and rescue operations, among others. The session delves as well into international regulations and policies that govern such, while promoting responsible and sustainable use of marine resources and protecting economic and environmental interests.
Date: 2025-10-03
Time: 13:45
Room: Room C2.1

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	13:45	The Takahe Mission Concept - Monitoring the Southern Indo-Pacific Ocean from Space	10		Dr. Carl Seubert	SmartSat CRC	Australia
2	13:55	Optimized Coverage Analysis of Distributed SAR Constellations for Enhanced Maritime Surveillance	10		Dr. Kathiravan Thangavel	Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST)	United Arab Emirates
3	14:05	Wake-Driven Motion Compensation for SAR Ship Imaging: Enhancing Maritime Surveillance in Earth Observation	10		Dr. Changqing Ding	School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing	China
4	14:15	Maritime Surveillance Through Space: The Role of COSPAS-SARSAT and Copernicus in Search and Rescue Operations at Sea	10		Ms. Maria Angeliki Gerasimou	National and Kapodistrian University Of Athens	Greece
5	14:25	Laying the Foundation for AI-Based Tip and Cue: Enabling High Spatial and Temporal Resolution in Remote Sensing	10		Mrs. Nadine Duursma	Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands	The Netherlands
6	14:35	Optimal Way to Surveil the Korean Peninsula with Ultra High Resolution Low Earth Orbit Optical Satellite	10		Dr. Gyusun KIM	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Korea, Republic of
7	14:45	An AIS-integrated COSMO-SkyMed Image Dataset for Ship Detection	10		Dr. Maria Daniela Graziano	University of Naples "Federico II"	Italy
8	14:55	ALOS-4: the latest L-band SAR and enhanced AIS with high speed data downlink system – early orbit operation and initial calibration/verification result	10		Mr. Yoshihisa Arikawa	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
9	15:05	VesselSight: A Web-App for Unlocking Insights from Historical AIS Maritime Data	10		Mr. Shubham Tayade	Dfy Graviti Technologies Pvt. Ltd.	India
10	15:15	enhancing oil spill detection in sar imagery: gan-based data augmentation for deep learning segmentation models	10		Mr. Dario Scilla	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	Saudi Arabia
11	15:25	Combined Retrieval of Sea Surface Wind and Oil Slick Distribution Using Polarimetry from the Harbin Satellite	10		Mr. Ducheng Jin	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
12	15:35	Tracking Microplastics & Ocean Health via Satellites	10	confirmed	Mr. Dennis Terry Trevino	Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota	United States
*		Enhancing Oil Spill Detection with ViT and DenseNet: A Case Study on Maritime Regions Near the UAE	10		Ms. Aisha Alowais	Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST)	United Arab Emirates

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