Webinar: State-of-the-art Technologies and Oil Spill Response in the Baltic Sea Region (18 Nov 2021)

In this webinar, experts introduced and discussed state-of-the-art technologies in oil spill response. The event was organized by the Klaipeda division of the Fire and Rescue Department of Lithuania on 18 November 2021. Over forty participants from eighteen organizations took part in this international webinar.

Programme:

• 13.00–13.05 (EET) Opening. Marius Garbenis, Chief of Klaipeda division, Fire and Rescue Department of Lithuania
• 13.05–13.15 Welcoming address, prof. Lauri Ojala, University of Turku
• 13.15–13.25 EMSA Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) mission in Lithuania, Igor Kuzmenko, Advisor to Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of Lithuania NAVY
• 13.30–13.50 OSRL technologies for response, James Storey, Duty Manager and Response Team Leader at Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL)
• 13.50–14.10 Drone as a tool in firefighting and rescue works – experience of the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, Kristine Fedotova, Senior Inspector of the Civil Protection Dep’t of the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia
• 14.10–14.30 Environmental solutions and modern technologies, Andrejs Zelenkovs from Delta Green Line EU
• 14.30–15.00 Introduction to fire and rescue service with new possibilities that can deliver fully autonomous UAV (drones) systems, Viktors Bikovs from Atlas Services Group Latvia
• 15.00–15.20 Challenges to be met in the oil spill countermeasures onshore in the Baltic, Jorma Rytkönen, Managing director of Enrocon
• 15.20–15.30 Summary and conclusion