Apr 10, 2025

[WORKSHOP] Advancing Inland Waterways with Digital Twins – Exploring CRISTAL project innovations and MultiRELOAD project demonstrator

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

Is the digitalisation of inland waterways just a vision for the future, or can Digital Twins truly transform the way we navigate, monitor, and optimise inland water transport?

Join us for a highly interactive and reflective workshop “Advancing inland waterways with Digital Twins” where we will push the boundaries of innovation, challenge assumptions and explore real-world applications of Digital Twins in inland navigation.

In the programme:

Harnessing digitalisation to improve inland waterway transport, insights from the CRISTAL project

Experience a live Digital Twin model in action for real-time water monitoring by the MultiRELOAD project

Expert panel discussion. Industry leaders debate the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in IWT.

Interactive Q&A session via Slido: Your voice matters!

Are Digital Twins a game changer for inland waterways, or are we still stuck in theory? The future of IWT is not just about technology, it’s about building a connected, intelligent ecosystem that requires collaboration between industry, policy makers and researchers. Join the workshop to be part of the movement.

AGENDA

Welcome & Introduction

Elvina Nowak (ALICE)
Giuseppe Luppino (ALICE)
David Cipres (ITA)

Session 1: Cristal – Operational decision support system for navigability

Goals and Expected impact
- Orestis Tsolakis (CERTH)
Digital twin application for water infrastructure monitoring and SCMS
- Orestis Tsolakis (CERTH)
Value proposition and business canvas
- Edwin van Hassel (University of Antwerp)

Session 2: MultiRELOAD – Environmental monitoring tool for ports and water

Introduction to the DT concept in multimodal logistics
Demonstrator showcase: How digital twins improve port efficiency ( live demo)
- José Antonio Clemente Pérez (Prodevelop)

Session 3 – Panel discussion: Overcoming challenges & unlocking opportunities for IWT with DTs

Introduction: Key challenges for both project
- Tammo Märtens (Franhofer IML)

How can Digital Twins unlock new opportunities for IWT resilience and efficiency?

Panelists:

- Jan-Christoph MASS (Duisport)
- Peter Rojko (HafenWien)
- Salvador Furio (Fundación Valencia port)
- David Cipres (ITA)
- José Antonio Clemente Pérez (Prodevelop)
- Orestis Tsolak (CERTH)

Wrap-up & Next step

Giuseppe Luppino (ALICE)

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The recorded session videos and presentations will be made available in the ALICE Knowledge Platform Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality group event page:

MultiRELOAD is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101069796. The views represented in this document only reflect the views of the authors and not the views of the European Commission. The dissemination of this document reflects only the author’s view, and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

CRISTAL is funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101069838. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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