Wednesday Write-up: MTS DP Conference Update
It’s Day 3 of the MTS Dynamic Positioning Conference, and we have been having a great time catching up with industry stakeholders who have taken the time to expand their knowledge and contribute to the industry.
Monday was the DP Workshop, where the industry broke down the concepts of "Holistic Verification Validation of DP Systems" and "SME Practitioner and DPO Competence."
Yesterday (Tuesday) at the opening of the Dynamic Positioning Conference, and Dr. John Thomas, from MIT provided an insightful keynote prior to getting into the technical presentations.
Technical presentations were from industry leaders including:
GATE
Kongsberg Maritime
OneStep Power
MIT
Guidance Marine
DNV GL
And topped off with a cybersecurity panel session.
Highlights included:
Dr. John Thomas (MIT) presented the STPA concept and workshopped an example
OneStep Power’s President, Mark Craig, presented “A more effective DP FMEA power system testing regime”
Several reports from industry leaders on autonomous vessel concept trials
