1. June 2014
Google hosted a workshop on Maritime Domain Awareness in its headquarters in California on April 23-24th. The workshop aimed at developing solutions and a concrete plan to address Maritime Domain Awareness. The workshop focused on the best technology solutions, specifically with a mind to setting a legal precedent for using new technology to successfully enforce protection of fish and whales, in particulary within the Marine Protected Areas.
Trackwell´s Role at Google WorkshopKolbeinn Gunnarsson, head of Trackwell Maritime solutions gave a speech on how Trackwell has played an important role in monitoring, control and surveillance of the North Atlantic from 1996 and went through the technical challanges that are there.
The President of Iceland was among Speakers
Among other speakers at the workshop were the President of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, representatives from the US Navy, US Coastguard, Standford University, UCLA, NASA, various environmental bodies and as well as leading persons within Google.
For further information, please contact Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, Head of Trackwell Maritime, kolbeinn@trackwell.com, mobile: 860 0604.