WMU Maritime Affairs Conference 2025
- Date
- 26-28 August 2025
- Venue
- World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
- Organized by
- World Maritime University (WMU)
- Co-Hosts
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Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO)
Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
- Sponsors
- Korean Register (KR)
The maritime industry is rapidly evolving, driven by digitalization, decarbonization, and the push for sustainability. The WMU Maritime Affairs Conference 2025 serves as a global platform to explore these critical trends through open dialogue and expert exchange.
- Digitalization
- Emerging maritime digitalization technologies such as MASS, Smart Ships, and Digital Twins are driving safer, smarter, and more efficient operations
- Decarbonization
- Pivotal technological factors for shipyards, shipping companies, and various stakeholders, with a range of alternative fuel technologies and carbon reduction technologies
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Case studies of AI applications, which play a crucial role in shaping potential research and development directions and contribute significantly to both digitalization and decarbonization.
- Seafarers and Technology
- Significant challenges for seafarers such as the need for timely integration of emerging technologies by the IMO and global MET institutions, continued attention to traditional seafarer concerns such as well-being and workload, strengthening training systems to meet new KUP (Knowledge, Understanding, and Proficiency) requirements.
