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th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Plenary Sessions will be held in “Brainstorm” 08:30 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:45 Official Meeting Opening Co-Chairs 09:00 – 09:10 Welcome & Opening Remarks Marianne Thyrring (DMI) Diane Campbell (ECCC) Juhani Damski, Director- 09:10 – 09:30 Welcome from the Finnish Meteorological Institute General, FMI 09:30 – 09:45 Participant Introductions All - Roundtable 09:45 – 09:45 Adoption of Agenda Co-Chairs 09:45 – 10:30 Committee Reports Wolfgang Dierking (AWI) 09:45 – 10:00 Applied Science and Research Standing Committee Dean Flett (CIS) Phillip Reid (BOM) Alvaro Scardilli (SHNA) Data, Information and Customer Support Standing 10:00 – 10:15 Penny Wagner (NIS) Committee Chris Readinger (NIC) Mike Hicks (IIP) 10:15 – 10:30 Iceberg Standing Committee Keld Qvistgaard (DMI) 10:30 – 10:45 Health Break John Falkingham 10:45 – 10:50 Report of the Secretariat (Secretariat) Reports from Other Ice Working Groups 10:50 – 11:00 Written reports/presentations to be circulated before the meeting. Presenters will be asked to highlight top issues verbally to save time. Baltic Sea Ice Meeting Antti Kangas (FMI) European Ice Services Nick Hughes (NIS) North American Ice Service Kristen Serumgard (IIP) IAPB / IPAB Kevin Berberich (NIC) Expert Team on Sea Ice Vasily Smolyanitsky (AARI) 11:00 – 11:15 Arctic Regional Climate Centre – PARCOF-1 Report John Parker (ECCC) 11:15 – 11:45 Review of Plenary Action Items Co-Chairs John Falkingham / Shanna 11:45 – 12:00 Introduction of Proposed Press Release Pitter (Secretariat) 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Page 1 of 9 July 13, 2018 th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” 13:00 – 13:05 Introduction to Plenaries 1 and 2 Keld Qvistgaard (DMI) webcast 13:05 – 13:15 “Big Data, Artificial Intelligence: What Do We Mean? Richard Hall st Keld Qvistgaard (DMI) / 13:15 – 14:45 1 Plenary Session: Identifying the Problem - Penny Wagner (NIS) / webcast “So Much Data – So Little Information? The Ice Navigation Dilemma” Richard Hall (Equinor) 13:15 – 13:35 Data Availability Evolution Andrew Fleming (BAS) 13:35 – 13:55 The OODA Loop (observe, orient, decide, and act) Richard Hall (Equinor) 13:55-14:30 Interactive discussion with all participants Penny Wagner (NIS) Poster Introductions 14:30 - 14:45 (3 x 5 minutes each) 14:45 – 15:30 Health Break & Poster Session 15:30 – 16:15 1st Committee Working Sessions – Part 1 Applied Science and Research (ASRSC) Aura Data, Information and Customer Support (DICSSC) Aqua+Terra 16:15 – 17:00 1st Committee Working Sessions – Part 2 Iceberg Committee Aqua+Terra Joint ASRSC + DICSSC Aura 17:00 End of Day Finnish Meteorological 17:00 – 19:00 Icebreaker Reception Institute In front of Brainstorm Page 2 of 9 July 13, 2018 th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Plenary Sessions will be held in “Brainstorm” 08:00 – 08:30 Registration 08:30 – 12:00 webcast Operations Workshop Alvaro Scardilli (SHNA) Welcome from the Co-Chairs of the Data, Information Penny Wagner (NIS) and Customer Support Standing Committee (DICSSC) Chris Readinger (NIC) Session 1: 08:35 – 09:45 Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas Ice Navigation and Shipping Tracks in the Baltic Sea – A 08:35 – 08:45 Klaus Strübing Review The Integrated Baltic Sea Ice Information / Ice 08:45 – 09:00 TBD Management System 09:00 – 09:15 IIP/NAIS Iceberg Limit Product Mike Hicks (IIP) Equinor’s Ice Surveillance Common Operating Picture 09:15 – 09:30 Richard Hall (Equinor) for Newfoundland 09:30 – 09:45 Due South Jan Lieser (UTAS) Poster Introductions 09:45 – 10:00 (3 x 5 minutes each) 10:00 – 10:45 Health Break & Poster Session Session 2: Ice information products for a new breed of 10:45 – 12:00 ice navigator armed with new technology Capt. David (Duke) Snider 10:45 – 11:05 A Mariner’s Views (Nautical Institute) Ice Information Production – the ice analyst in the past, 11:05 – 11:25 Marc-André Lebel (CIS) present and future Panel Discussion on how Ice Services are evolving in 11:25 – 12:00 Ice Service Heads response to user demands and new technologies 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Keld Qvistgaard (DMI) / 13:00 – 16:30 2nd Plenary Session: Solutions - Penny Wagner (NIS) / webcast “Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and the Role of the Ice Analyst” Richard Hall (Equinor) 13:05 – 13:20 Artificial intelligence in ice charting? TBD 13:20 – 13:35 Where can machine learning take us? Mike Hicks (IIP) Cloud based handling and operational use of big data – Andreas Czifersky (BAS) 13:35 – 13:50 opportunity, risk, necessity (TBC) 13:50 – 14:45 Breakout groups discuss the topic Aura, Aqua, Terra, Mare 14:45 – 15:30 Health Break & Poster Session 15:30 – 16:15 Breakout groups report to plenary 16:15 - 16:30 Summary Discussion 16:30 END OF DAY Page 3 of 9 July 13, 2018 th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 Plenary Sessions will be held in “Brainstorm” 08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee & Poster Session 08:30 – 12:00 webcast Science Workshop Wolfgang Dierking (AWI) Welcome from the Co-Chairs of the Applied Science and Dean Flett (CIS) Research Standing Committee (ASRSC) Phillip Reid (BOM) 08:35 – 09:45 Session 1: 08:35 – 08:55 Ice Monitoring : Melting Stage John Yackel (UCalgary) 08:55 – 09:15 Altimetry for Sea Ice Amandine Guillot (CNES) 09:15 – 09:45 Poster Introductions 09:45 – 10:00 (3 x 5 minutes each) 10:00 – 10:45 Health Break & Poster Session 10:45 – 12:00 Session 2: 10:45 – 11:05 Multi-Frequency SAR Classification of Sea Ice Wolfgang Dirking (AWI) 11:05 – 11:25 Sea Ice Drift Anton Korosov (NERSC) Leveraging Historical, Current and Forecast Information Philippe Lamontagne 11:25 – 11:45 to Support Safe Navigation in Ice-Infested Waters (NRCC) 11:45 – 12:00 Workshop Summary and Wrap-up ASRSC Co-Chairs 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 14:15 3rd Plenary Session: Mike Hicks (IIP) / Patrick webcast “Transitioning to Future Satellite/Sensor Conceptions” Eriksson (FMI) 13:00 – 13:20 Micro SAR Satellites (TBC) IceEye (TBC) 13:20 – 13:40 CIRFA: Satellite Information to Program Drone Coverage Torbjørn Eltoft (TBC) 13:40 – 14:00 14:00 – 14:20 Panel Discussion – How do we get from “here” to “there”: 14:20 – 15:00 science and technology developments required 15:00 – 15:15 Health Break 15:15 – 17:00 Technical Tour to the Arctech Shipyard Bus provided by FMI END OF DAY Restaurant Meripaviljonki 19:00 No-Host Dinner Säästöpankinranta 3 Page 4 of 9 July 13, 2018 th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 Plenary Sessions will be held in “Brainstorm” 08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee & Poster Session 08:30 – 09:30 2nd Committee Working Sessions – Part 1 Iceberg Committee Terra+Aqua Joint ASRSC + DICSSC Brainstorm 09:30 – 10:30 2nd Committee Working Sessions – Part 2 Applied Science and Research Brainstorm Data, Information and Customer Support Terra+Aqua 10:30 – 11:00 Health Break and Poster Session 11:00 – 12:30 th 4 Plenary Session: Presentations and Panel Discussion Dave Jackson (CIS) webcast “Maritime Training Centres as Users of Ice Information” 11:00 – 11:15 Vladimir Kuzmin Makarov Training Centre Marine Institute of 11:15 – 11:30 Christopher Hearn Memorial University Marstal Navigation 11:30 – 11:45 Björn Kay Academy Discussion: How can Ice Services work with the Training 11:45 – 12:30 Centres to produce better ice mariners? 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 14:30 th 5 Plenary Session: Feedback Antti Kangas (FMI) webcast “Perspectives from Baltic/Arctic Ice Information Users” TBD (IBnext, Fin Transport 13:30 – 13:40 Finnish Ice Management Information System Agency) 13:40 – 13:50 Arctic Search and Rescue Solutions TBD (Fleetrange) 13:50 – 14:00 Travel Time Estimations in Ice Waters TBD (FIN VTT) Tuomas Niskannen 14:00 – 14:10 EMSA Maritime Safety in Polar Waters (EMSA) Antonio Reppucci 14:10 – 14:20 CMEMS Arctic Service Portfolio (CMEMS) Panel Discussion: Ice Service Report Card – where are the 14:20 – 15:00 most important improvements needed? 15:00 – 15:45 Health Break & Poster Session 15:45 – 17:00 Joint Committee Working Session Brainstorm 17:00 End of Day Page 5 of 9 July 13, 2018 th 19 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP September 24-28, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland AGENDA – Draft 6 “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas” FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 Plenary Sessions will be held in “Brainstorm” 08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee & Poster Session 08:30 – 10:00 3rd Committee Working Sessions Applied Science and Research Aqua+Terra Data, Information and Customer Support Brainstorm Icebergs (if necessary) Mare 10:00 – 10:30 Health Break and Poster Session 10:30 – 12:00 6th Plenary Session: Jürgen Holfort (BSH) webcast “New Concepts for Ice Chart Portrayal and Visualization” 10:30 – 10:45 High Resolution Ice Charts – Fiction or Challenge? Klaus Strübing (BSH Ret) 10:45 – 11:00 Evolution of Vector Ice Charts Jurgen Holfort (BSH) 11:00