Technology Transfer between Space and Deep-Sea Ecosystems: Analogies and Differences in Space and Underwater Innovation

Space and underwater environments share many technological and operational challenges including extreme conditions, remote operations, autonomy, safety, communications, life-support systems, robotics, monitoring systems and mission planning. Despite their different physical and regulatory contexts, both domains increasingly rely on advanced infrastructures, resilient systems and data-driven operational capabilities.
This session will explore the growing technological convergence between space and maritime domains, with a particular focus on deep-sea ecosystems, highlighting how methodologies, technologies and know-how can be exchanged, adapted and integrated across domains. The discussion will also address emerging opportunities for industrial collaboration, cross-domain innovation and dual-use applications.

Programme

Moderator:
Maria Libera Battagliere, Italian Space Agency - ASI

Speakers:
Opening keynote
Operational needs and emerging challenges driving the convergence between the Space and Maritime domains
Francesco Barone, Lieutenant Commander Marina Militare

Opening Address
Strategic Outlook: Geopolitics, Blue Economy and Emerging Maritime Trends
Gabriele Costantini, Journalist at Il Secolo XIX, adriatic.eu and blueeconomy.eu

Space-Based Capabilities for the Blue Domain
Francesca Pieralice, Italian Space Agency - ASI

Technologies and materials for extreme environments: transferring aerospace engineering methodologies to underwater systems
Antonio Concilio, Italian Aerospace Research Centre - CIRA

* Speaker participation subject to confirmation