The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) joins a new edition of the Advanced Maritime Technology Expo & Conference, an international leading forum for the uncrewed maritime navigation sector, which takes place this week in the city of Amsterdam within the framework of the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo 2026, expecting around 2,500 attendees, 150 speakers and 300 leading exhibitors in the sector.
PLOCAN contributes to the event agenda by showing its Singular Scientific-Technical Infrastructure capabilities related to marine autonomous vehicles (USV) and uncrewed maritime navigation together with leaders from the international academia and industry field in diverse thematic sessions on the state of the art of the MASS (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship); regulatory framework and legal responsibility; data, connectivity and cybersecurity; test-sites facilities, tests and validation; positioning and perception; training, good practices and operational procedures.
PLOCAN’s contribution to the event is framed as a dissemination action of the activities undertaken in the Red BEAM project (Network of Testing Sites in the Mid-Atlantic: validating new ocean technologies from concept to market), which it coordinates, and which has received funding from the INTERREG VI-D Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) Territorial Cooperation Program 2021-2027 / Priority 1: SMART MAC. Improving the competitiveness of companies through an innovative and smart economic transformation / OE 1.1. Development and improvement of research and innovation capacities and the implementation of advanced technologies (Ref. 1/MAC/1/1.1/0052).
