On the morning of 24 June, almost 100 invited representatives of the Federal Government and the State of Schleswig-Holstein, medium-sized munitions clearance companies, sensor and software developers, large-scale industry such as ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and German Naval Yards, representatives of the German Navy, the Schleswig-Holstein munitions clearance service, the Federal Police, non-governmental organisations and the scientific community - civilian and military, such as WTD71 - met at GEOMAR to find out about the launch of the "Munitions clearance in the North and Baltic Seas" Sofortprogramm launched by the BMBF. Representatives of the entire affected steakehodler portfolio came together for the first time at this event. Mr Tobias Goldschmidt, Minister for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature (MEKUN) of Schleswig-Holstein, and Ms Katja Matthes, Director of GEOMAR, welcomed the guests. Afterwards, an exhibition format was offered to the interested public, in which the exhibition "North Sea Wrecks" of the German Maritime Museum (DSM) as well as information booths on techniques and work around the topic of muntition were shown. There was also a series of lectures with various contributions from CONMAR. We are happy to welcome more than 200 people to the afternoon programme for the public.
Daniela Henkel, GEOMAR
