THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Sala delle Compere - Palazzo San Giorgio and on stream

NEXT GENERATION SHIPPING

Simultaneous translation will be provided

The decarbonisation of shipping seems to dominate the innovation scene, but the transformation of the merchant navy is much broader. One clear development trend is that of on-board automation, with different declinations. Autonomous navigation, which started with the aim of further reducing the need for personnel on long ocean voyages, is now also moving into port or roadstead navigation thanks to the spread of low-latency wireless networks such as 5G. Another area is the complex field of on-board management via the IoT, dedicated, high-density on-board wireless networks capable of covering the entire cargo of a large container ship (or passengers on a cruise). Among the cross-cutting technologies in the spotlight: edge computing for data consolidation, blockchain for data integrity, new low-altitude satellite internet connections, augmented reality and teleoperators for maintenance. The increasing level of geopolitical and economic competition and instability on major routes are forcing commercial shipping to no longer take a secure operating environment for granted. In technological terms, this translates into new systems for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing, robotic self-defence systems. And drones and anti-drones everywhere.

Main topics:

  • augmented reality
  • on-board automation
  • cloud platforms
  • edge computing and internet of things 
  • maritime autonomous systems (MAS)
  • cybersecurity
  • self-defence systems
  • space and near space-based services