Conference Programme

Time	Programme
8.30am - 10.00am	Conference Registration Morning Coffee and Tea
10.00am – 10.10am	Opening Address Professor Low Teck Seng Chairman, Singapore Maritime Institute
10.10am – 10.20am	Welcome Address His Excellency Leif Trana Ambassador of Norway to Singapore
10.20am – 10.40am	Plenary Talk 1: Quantum Computing in the Maritime Sector: Overhyped or a real Game Changer? Professor Carlos Jahn Head, Institute of Maritime Logistics, Hamburg University of Technology Director, Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services
10.40am – 11.00am	Plenary Talk 2: MODE - Industry-Academia Collaboration for Developing a Simulation Platform to Build Sustainable Maritime Transport Systems Professor Hideaki Murayama Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Project Professor, Maritime and Ocean Digital Engineering Laboratory (MODE)
11.00am – 11.20am	Plenary Talk 3: Dr Sun Sumei Executive Director of ASTAR Institute of Infocomm Research (I²R) ASTAR’s Coordinating Executive Director for Hub of the Future (HOTF)
11.20am – 1.00pm	Networking Lunch and Research Poster Showcase
1.00pm – 3.00pm	Parallel Session 1: Smart Ships Venue: Summit 2, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA Parallel Session 2: Maritime Energy Venue: Room 331, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA
3.00pm – 3.20pm	Coffee/Tea Break
3.20pm – 5.20pm	Parallel Session 3: Smart Ships Venue: Summit 2, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA Parallel Session 4: Maritime Cybersecurity Venue: Room 331, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA
5.20pm	End of Day 1 Conference

Time	Programme
8.00am - 9.00am	Conference Registration
9.00am – 10.15am	Parallel Session 5: Smart Ships Venue: Summit 2, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA Parallel Session 6: Cargo Optimisation Venue: Room 331, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA *Parallel Session 7: SMU Maritime Thought Leadership: Stakeholder Integration – towards a future maritime ecosystem empowered by AI** Refer to the event website for programme and registration details (*Session 7 ends at 12.30pm)
10.15am – 10.30am	Coffee/Tea Break
10.30am – 11.45am	*Parallel Session 7: SMU Maritime Thought Leadership: Stakeholder Integration – towards a future maritime ecosystem empowered by AI** Refer to the event website for programme and registration details (Session 7 ends at 12.30pm)* Parallel Session 8: Smart Ships Venue: Summit 2, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA Parallel Session 9: Cargo Optimisation Venue: Room 331, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA
11.45am – 12.30pm	Research Poster Competition Pitching
12.30pm – 2.00pm	Networking Lunch
2.00pm – 3.15pm	Parallel Session 10: Smart Ships Venue: Summit 2, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA Parallel Session 11: Cargo Optimisation Venue: Room 331, Level 3 Session Chair: TBA
3.15pm – 3.35pm	Tea Break
3.35pm – 3.50pm	Announcement of winners for the Research Poster Competition
3.50pm – 4.35pm	Panel Discussion
4.35pm – 4.45pm	Closing Remarks Mr Kay Endre Fjørtoft Senior Research Scientist SINTEF Ocean
4.45pm	End of Day 2 Conference
7.00pm – 10.00pm	Conference Dinner

*Programme subject to change(s).
*Details of presentation topics and speakers for the Parallel Sessions will be announced soon.