AI in Shipping Workshop Event

Time:: 10:00
Date:: 2025-04-04 15:02:00
Venue:: AXIS Conference Centre, Southampton Science Park, Chilworth.

Event details

90% of world trade is seaborn and volumes are continuing to increase. The application of artificial intelligence within the shipping industry is a rapidly evolving field, for example in optimising ship operational performance or improving the efficiency of vessels to aid decarbonisation, informing on better shipping practices.

This event will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools (e.g. machine learning, autonomous systems) in the maritime industry. We will hear from industry professionals and academics during the discussions on the latest practices in AI usage for shipping to gain insight into what advancements are being made, and at what rate. We also aim to better understand the future challenges and opportunities of these applications, and the trustworthiness of the systems themselves.

Provisional Event Schedule

10:00 - 10:20 Arrival and registration
10:20 - 10:30 Welcome from the organisers
10:30 - 11:00 Introductions from industry
11:00 - 11:30 Brief discussion on what is AI in shipping
11:30 - 12:30 Main keynote talk
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 14:00 SeaFlint: A novel data-driven tool for biofouling monitoring
14:00 - 15:30 Small groups discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Reflections and conclusion

Registration

Registration is free and lunch & coffee breaks will be provided during the event. Please click here to register your interest to take part in the event. Considering the very limited capacity of the event, we might not be able to accommodate everyone one who is interested. A confirmation of your participation will be sent to you as soon as possible.

Registration deadline: 21 March 2025.

Background and team

This workshop is part of the project titled "Data–driven Biofouling Cleaning Schedule Optimization tool to reduce the carbon footprint of vessels" funded by a grant from the University of Southampton EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) 2022 – 2025 with Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd as industrial partner. The team of this project and organisers of this workshop are:

Zoe Abbott (Enterprise Fellow)
Marah Thormann (Research Assistant)
Samuel Ward (Research Assistant)
Julian Wharton (Co-Investigator)
Alain Zemkoho (Principal Investigator)

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