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17th Baška GNSS Conference

11 - 15 May 2025

The 17th Royal Institute of Navigation Baška GNSS Conference


I. Global Navigation Satellite Systems

  • GNSS PNT
  • Alternative PNT technologies
  • Resilient PNT
  • Technologies, techniques and applications across PNT
  • GNSS & SBAS – performance, operation, limitations, vulnerabilities, services and development:
    • BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS, MSAS, IRNSS, EGNOS, WAAS, GAGAN
  • Core satellite navigation developments
  • GNSS signals and spectrum utilisation, management and protection
  • Mathematics of satellite navigation
  • GNSS positioning error budget:
    • Space weather, geomagnetic, ionospheric and tropospheric impacts on satellite positioning, services and performance
    • Intentional and artificial disturbances and disruptions to positioning, performance and operation (jamming, spoofing, meaconing and blocking)
    • GNSS-denied environments: detection and mitigation solutions
    • GNSS resilience against natural, micro-environmental and intentional disturbances: methods of detection, solutions and mitigation
  • Standard, critical, current, planned, and possible GNSS applications:
    • Satellite navigation services in transportation branches
    • Development of MEOSAR space segment
    • Personal navigation and navigation of autonomous vehicles
    • Non-navigation applications
  • GNSS Internet of Things
  • GNSS Augmented Reality
  • GNSS and Artificial Intelligence
  • Data analysis, statistical learning on GNSS-based data
  • Advancements in GNSS receiver design
  • Assisted GNSS
  • GNSS precise positioning: PPP, RTK, DGNSS, PPP Ambiguity Resolution
  • Network RTK
  • Multi-GNSS positioning
  • Triple and quadruple GNSS frequency receivers
  • GNSS SDR
  • GNSS-based remote sensing
  • Space/satellite geodesy
  • GNSS and Earth observations
  • Legal aspects of GNSS utilisation
  • GNSS forensics and risk assessment
  • GNSS research and education
  • GNSS & INS
  • GNSS integration, INS hybridisation and sensor and data fusion


II. Green Navigation and Smart Systems

  • Intelligent guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems
    • On-board measurements and advanced signal processing
    • Computational intelligence and machine learning for data analysis and ship intelligence
    • Advance guidance, navigation, filtering, estimation and control algorithms
    • Marine propulsion systems
    • Dynamic positioning
    • Autonomous systems and navigation
    • Manned vs. unmanned navigation
    • Underwater systems and technologies
  • Decision support systems in navigation
    • Safety of navigation
    • Voyage planning
    • Weather routing
    • Collision avoidance
    • Condition monitoring
    • Polar navigation
    • Risk assessment in marine systems
  • Digital navigation improvements
    • Inertial navigation systems
    • Chart radars and new generation radar and tracking systems
    • Terrestrial and Satellite AIS, AIS ASM, VDES
    • ECDIS concepts, navigation information systems, data fusion and equipment integration
    • Integrated navigation/bridge systems
    • Search & Rescue systems
    • Cloud-based navigation
    • e-Navigation
  • Green and blue technologies and solutions in maritime sector
    • Environmentally friendly shipping
    • Decarbonisation in shipping
    • Alternative fuels
    • Engineering aspects of blue economy
    • Blue technologies and solutions in maritime sector
    • Marine renewable energy sources

Conference topics for both GNSS segments include, but are not limited to above areas. You are kindly invited to propose your contributions in the form of extended abstracts or scientific articles to be considered for publication in our accompanying journals. The latter acts as a possibility, and it will be discussed in one of the announcements, as well at the conference. Please follow the call for papers tab of this site to submit an abstract.

Keynotes

This list will be updated as we confirm additional keynotes.

Bridget Diakun

Maritime risk analyst, Lloyd's List Intelligence

"Unintended consequences of GNSS interference in the maritime domain"

Assoc. Prof. David Brčić, PhD

University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies

“Young GNSS Education and Training (yGET): An Overview”

David Goddard MBE

Marine navigation practitioner and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation

“Are Mariners too dependent on GNSS?”

John Pottle

Fellow and Past Director of the Royal Institute of Navigation

“Latest "best practices " approaches for achieving PNT resilience and preparedness”

Assoc. Prof. Marko Valcic, PhD

University of Zadar, Maritime Department

"Leveraging dynamic positioning technologies for future autonomous ships: operational and educational perspectives"

Thomas Southall

Committee Manager for the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (IALA)

“Building on the Singapore Declaration”

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