Governance Node Seminar - Andre Burgess, National Physical Laboratory

NPL in collaboration with leading international and national maritime organizations, has identified the importance of developing an internationally accepted assurance framework for maritime autonomy. The presentation will show how such an assurance framework must bring together a diverse range of competencies and expertise, including the development of reliable virtual testing environments alongside the associated tools, test methodologies, data standards, curated assets and infrastructure to assure MAS at scale. Such a framework is required to ensure the safe and reliable operation of maritime autonomous systems as well as enabling the integration and interoperability of these systems with those of international partners and operators.