Sea-Scan made significant contributions to the Maritime Security Conference, held on the 2th8 October at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Opened by Minister Helen McEntee and hosted by the Department of Defence Ireland as part of Ireland’s 2026 Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the event brought together stakeholders from across Ireland and the EU to address maritime security challenges.
Led by Professor Marco Ruffini of Trinity College Dublin’s School of Computer Science and Statistics and Dr John Kennedy of the School of Engineering, Sea-Scan is developing advanced real-time vessel detection technology to strengthen maritime monitoring and security capabilities.
Sea-Scan presented its innovative platform, which transforms subsea fibre-optic cables into sensors for cable protection and maritime domain awareness, to selected delegates. The team also facilitated a tabletop exercise on critical infrastructure security, developed by Dr Camino Kavanagh, Visiting Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and delivered a briefing to the Defence Sector Legal Network on Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), exploring its capabilities and associated legal considerations.
The conference highlighted the importance of collaboration between research, government, defence, industry and the legal community in protecting critical infrastructure beneath our seas.
Sea-Scan is supported by the Department of Defence Ireland and the Irish Defence Forces through the Research Ireland Defence Innovation Challenge.
