Webinar: ESA's upcoming opportunity on VDES technology

Danish companies working with VDES (AIS 2.0) technologies will have an opportunity to participate in ESA's upcoming call for European VDES reference architecture and related standardisation, interoperability and regulatory

The activity was recently approved as an addition to the 2025 workplan for the ARTES 4.0 Strategic Programme Line “Space Systems for Safety and Security” (4S).

The objective of the activity is to support the collaborative efforts of maritime stakeholders in ESA Member States aimed at defining VDES reference architecture, technologies and interfaces enabling the federation of multi-operator systems and at reaching accordingly an appropriate level of service standardisation and system interoperability between European initiatives. This will be complemented by supporting European efforts in regulatory bodies at international level i.e. IMO, ITU, in view of overall enabling the delivery to European maritime communities and beyond, of timely, higher-scale and competitive maritime European solutions and services.

ESA emphasizes the importance of broad cooperation on this activity, so you are recommended to already seek out potential partnerships for your participation.

ESA is inviting interested parties to participate in a webinar about the upcoming activity on Thursday March 20th 10:00 – 12:00 CET. More information about the activity and registration for the webinar can be found on the registration page.

• Sign up for the webinar