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7, April 2020 – Keynote Speaker Disaster Recovery conference 2020
Vic Grosjean Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Innovations in Disaster Recovery and Rescue for Bushfire, Flood, Hurricanes and Earthquake – April 7-8 , 2020 , Melbourne, Australia
Disaster recovery & Unmanned Vehicles
Saving Flood Victims With Remote-Controlled Rescue Boat Emily
Emily, which stands for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, is essentially a remote-controlled rescue boat. Since 2010, Emily robotic rafts have been used to rescue people. Thermal cameras can help Emily spot people in the water and slow down before arriving at their location, even turning itself the long way for an easier rescue. The idea is to make it possible for someone to call off the coordinates of a victim far away, and have a computer convert those — send them to GPS, to the vehicle, so that the robotic raft can arrive and help someone in the water, while the lifeguard can tend to people who need help elsewhere.
Flood monitoring and prediction with IoT & AI
How technology and Google’s Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms Helps To Revolutionize Flood Prediction
For years Google has warned users about natural disasters by incorporating alerts from government agencies like FEMA into apps like Maps and Search. Now, the company is making predictions of its own. As part of a partnership with the Central Water Commission of India, Google will now alert users in the country about impending floods. These predictions are being made using a combination of machine learning, rainfall records, and flood simulations. Such warnings are particularly important in India, where 20 percent of the world’s flood-related fatalities are estimated to occur.
About the Speaker
Chartered Engineer with 13 years of Ocean experience, Vic is Principal Consultant at OceanX Group, an Engineering Consultancy specializing in Environmental Monitoring solutions.
With a large portfolio of Ocean Projects (including ROVs, AUVs, USVs, Gliders, Drones, underwater instrumentation & sensors), Vic has specialized in integrating technologies and Unmanned Systems applied to environmental monitoring.
Cumulating numerous International Awards, Vic has been named one of Australia’s “most innovative Engineers” by Engineers Australia. He won the “Young Innovator Award” at Rotary day at the United Nations.
As an International Professional Speaker and heavy supporter of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Vic has presented his Ocean Conservation strategies at the United Nations in front of a thousand UN and Rotary Officials.
Holding a leading role in the community, Vic is involved with many groups advancing Engineering and Environment protection including:
- Board Member at the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS).
- Corresponding Member on the National Committee for Mechatronics (NCMech) with Engineers Australia (EA)
- Chair of the Institute of Engineering and Technology Young Professionals Section (IET- YPS) in Victoria. Victorian representative for Australian and New-Zealand Young Professional Forum.
- Volunteer at the Project Management Institute – Melbourne Chapter (PMI).
- Board Member of Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG).
Vic holds a formal qualification in Electronics (Bachelors), in Mechatronics Engineering (Masters in Robotics) and Environmental Monitoring (Masters in Physics). In 2018, he became a Chartered Engineer and integrated the National Engineering Register (NER) for his expertise in Information, Telecommunications, and Electronics Engineering as well as Leadership and Management.
As a leader and community educator, he strives for projects to reduce water pollution on a global scale and make a long-term difference for humanity. His career focus is to build collaboration between organizations in order to advance Engineering and preserve the environment with the ultimate goal of Saving our Oceans & avoid Environmental Disasters.
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