Topics & Subtopics

MTEC/ICMASS 2024 will focus on four main topics (with sub-topics):

Green Shipping and Ports

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Decarbonisation approaches
  • Energy-efficiency solutions (design and technologies)
  • Carbon capture and storage
• Renewable and clean energy
  • Low- and zero carbon fuels
  • Safety considerations for emerging fuels (e.g. ammonia and hydrogen)
  • Sustainable and environmentally friendly energy alternatives
• Smart and sustainable operations
  • Intelligent technologies and systems to optimise energy consumption and reduce emissions
  • Analytic tools and methods, data-driven and AI based assessment
  • Green corridors
  • Improving ship and terminal planning and operations to optimise energy demand (e.g. integrated operations, multimodality, just-in-time port operations)
  • Circular economy and resource management

Smart and Autonomous Ship and Port Operations

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Autonomous port and ship operations (terminal equipment, ship, crane)
• Situation awareness systems for safe and efficient operations
• Integrated Planning for Autonomous Operations
  • Operational envelopes
  • Human-machine interaction
  • Decision support
• Management of operations in a mixed environment (varying levels of autonomy)
• Remote Control and Operation
  • New skill sets and assessment standards for operators
  • Requirements for smart and autonomous fleet operations
• Best practices and international standardisation of ROC/Autonomous operators/candidates
• Multimodal transport integration
• Collaborative systems

Maritime Safety

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Risk analysis, modelling and control tools
• Maritime resilience
• Advanced navigation systems
• Smart safety equipment and systems
• Maritime security
  • Monitoring technology, geofencing and security control systems Geofencing and ISPS areas
  • Cargo monitoring
  • Human control and interaction
• Emergency system and equipment for autonomous operations
  • Emergency response, incident analysis and management
  • Emergency towing and rescue
  • Human factors
  • Immersive tools and technologies for training
• Verification and approval methods
  • Test sites
  • Verification and acceptance tests procedures
  • Autonomous technology and operational verification
  • Regulatory development and enablers
  • Rules and standards for approval of technology and operation

Maritime Digitalisation, Connectivity and Cybersecurity

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Optimisation of port operations with digitalisation and data analytics
• Development of digital twins to improve the design of ports and vessels
• Safe and secure ship-to-shore communication
• Digital integration of various stakeholder systems to streamline processes
• Global standards and interoperability
• Big data analytics to support vessel/fleet management
• Artificial Intelligence to support decision-making
• Cybersecurity