Expert sessions

Best practices when configuring a Seapath for a bathymetric survey with an EM

⏰ 10:00-11:00

📌 South Gallery Room 13

This workshop provides a practical, engineer focused walkthrough on how to configure a KONGSBERG Seapath system to achieve optimal performance when paired with an EM multibeam echosounder for bathymetric surveying. Participants will learn about the essential configuration steps, recommended data outputs, and integration considerations needed to ensure high-quality positioning, motion compensation, and timing—key components for generating reliable seafloor mapping results.
 
Through real-world examples and guidance from experienced system specialists, the session will cover:

• How to set up and validate Seapath outputs for the EM processing unit
• Recommended navigation and attitude data streams for robust survey performance
• Integration nuances between Seapath, SIS/K-Controller, and EM multibeam systems

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear understanding of how to confidently configure Seapath for different platforms and survey conditions, ensuring accurate and consistent bathymetric data acquisition.

Logging and Post-Processing Position & INS Data for EM Systems Integrated with Seapath

⏰ 11:00-12:00

📌 South Gallery Room 13

This demonstration driven session provides a clear, end-to-end walkthrough of how to log and post-process navigation and inertial data when operating an EM multibeam system integrated with a Seapath positioning and INS solution. Designed for hydrographers, survey engineers, and technical operators, the workshop will highlight the full workflow—from configuring logging outputs to handling data in post-processing software.

Participants will learn:

• How to correctly configure and capture position, attitude, IMU, and heave data streams from Seapath during EM operations
• Best practices for organizing and managing logged navigation and INS datasets alongside KMALL files
• A step-by-step demonstration of post-processing procedures, including importing data, synchronizing time sources, validating sensor performance, and generating refined navigation solutions
• How processed navigation and INS outputs feed into final bathymetric products for improved accuracy and consistency

By the end of this session, attendees will have a practical understanding of the complete acquisition to post-processing chain and the confidence to apply consistent, reliable workflows in real-world survey operations.

Seamless processing of electromagnetic data in Blue Insight acquired with the Listen sensor system

⏰ 12:00-13:00

📌 South Gallery Room 13

We demonstrate how processing of electromagnetic data acquired with the sensor system Listen can be handled and visualized in the Blue Insight SW. The purpose is to show a seamless workflow from raw data to decision-ready information that is useful for customers. The standalone Listen data processing SW has been integrated into Blue Insight where input, output and visualization is user friendly handled.
Data from a pipeline inspection survey is processed and visualized. Electromagnetic data from contactless data from an AUV survey line along a pipeline is processed with respect to anode material consumption and pipeline defects. 

The session will cover:

• The principles behind electromagnetic CP inspection and how the Listen receiver system captures field signatures
• How the method integrates with HUGIN AUV operations for high‑resolution data collection
• Using Blue Insight (SCOPE) to visualize, interpret, and deliver actionable insights from recorded CP data
• Real‑world examples demonstrating how contactless CP inspection enhances safety, reduces operational complexity, and improves repeatability compared to traditional survey methods

By the end of the workshop, attendees will understand the full workflow—from data acquisition to visualization—and how this innovative technique supports more efficient and reliable cathodic protection monitoring in offshore environments.

KONGSBERG Synthetic Aperture Sonar – High-Resolution Seafloor Imaging with HISAS2020

⏰ 13:00-14:00

📌 South Gallery Room 13

This workshop provides a technical introduction to Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) and presents the new HISAS2020 system. The session covers how SAS achieves high resolution independent of range, how HISAS2020 is engineered for integration on multiple platforms, and how real-time processing tools can be used to optimize data quality. Participants will see how key parameters such as platform alignment, navigation accuracy, and sound velocity structure influence SAS performance, and how these effects can be visualized and corrected during processing.
 
Participants will learn:

• Fundamentals of Synthetic Aperture Sonar and how SAS differs from conventional side‑scan and multibeam systems.
• Architecture and key components of the HISAS2020 system.
• Data‑flow overview from raw acoustic returns to motion compensation, beamforming and image formation.
• How real-time quality assessment tools visualize geometry, alignment, navigation consistency, and sound velocity effects during processing.
• Typical operational scenarios and expected performance envelopes for HISAS2020.

HiPOS - Remote Operations for HiPAP

⏰ 14:00-14:30

📌 South Gallery Room 13

Demonstration of the next generation HIPAP Software enabling remote SSBL acoustic positioning from both crewed and uncrewed vessels. Existing HiPAP 502 systems can be upgraded to benefit from remote alignment calibration, remote survey, monitoring and over the air updates.

cNODE Sensor Logging Transponders for Seabed Deformation Monitoring

⏰ 14:30-15:00

📌 South Gallery Room 13

Presentation of the cNODE SLT designed for long term monitoring of seabed deformation or mean sea level.  cNODE SLT’s monitor changes in elevation to better than 1cm per year, with an in situ calibration technique called A-0-A. 

Periodically the pressure, inclination and baseline data can offloaded via an inbuilt acoustic modem, to HiPAP systems, installed on crewed or uncrewed vessels.