#ThrowbackThursday: “Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring!”
According to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we welcomed the SEAMLESS family last week for the third General Assembly meeting in #Duisburg.
With the important and fruitful discussions around the #SEAMLESS project and its various work streams, several demonstrations of various DST research facilities and results, and an intriguing social program including a cruise dinner in the port of Duisburg and on the Rhine, it was truly a memorable and highly productive meeting.
Despite (or maybe exactly because of) a packed agenda, we have
- discovered the North Star,
- scripted movies (several ones) and the project shanty (just one for the time being),
- emptied some bottles (not what you think!),
- deciphered hieroglyphs (or something alike),
- worked on bright visions (figuratively), brown sheets and colored cards (literally),
- played with robots (some successfully, some less so), and
- saw numerous inland vessels (of course!) – small and big ones, automated, remotely operated, and manually steered ones.
We have even optimized the logistics of Santa Clause!
Moreover, we have discovered hidden talents for steering inland vessels, modeling for close-up shots, finding your way through a labyrinth disguised as a meeting venue, singing self-penned hits (!!), and educational evening entertainment.
Dear SEAMLESS Project members, we would like to express our gratitude to each and every one of you for your visit and your contribution to the #SEAMLESS project meeting! Special thanks to Nikolaos P. Ventikos, Odd Erik Mørkrid, Jan-Christoph Maass, Jan Brand, Ingmar Müller, and especially Vassilis Podimatas for co-organizing all of this! 🙏
More information about the SEAMLESS project can be found here: www.seamless-project.eu
Btw: We are truly speechless due to the multitude of positive reactions and remarks during and in the aftermath of the event. Therefore, let us reply deepheartedly: Hömma, dafür nich! 😉
📸 DST, ESI
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