Event Description

Maritime Research Alliance Research Festival 2025

GRAND CHALLENGES, SECTORAL TRANSITION, AND THE ROLE OF RESEARCH

On 15 May 2025 Maritime Research Alliance is organizing a maritime research festival at University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

This is your chance to get inspired by the state-of-the-art in maritime research in Denmark:

• Meet the researchers at the 35 poster sessions and learn about ongoing research projects (see presentations below)
• Attend panel debates with experts from the maritime research community on hot topics such green transition, geopolitics and digitalization.
• Join us for the keynote speak by economist, historian, and journalist Marc Levinson  - author behind the book The box: How the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger
• Participate in the Maritime Research Alliance 5 years anniversary reception and the conference dinner.

Participation is free

When: 15 May 2025 from 9.00-16.15

Where: SDU, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, by the main entrance

PROGRAM: 

Grand challenges, sectoral transition, and the role of research

9.00 - 9.30       Registration and light breakfast

9:30 - 9:50       Welcome by Thomas Roslyng Olesen (MRA)

9.50 - 10.00     Introduction by Charlotte Harder (Shippingwatch)

10.00-10.30    Keynote speak by Marc Levinson

10.30-11.15    Poster session

11.15-12.15    Panel 1: Geopolitics - impact on the maritime sector

Panel: Kristina Siig (SDU), Jessica Larsen (DIIS), Annette Skovsted Hansen (AU) and Marc Levinson (US) 

12.15-13.15    Lunch

13.15-14.15    Panel 2: Bio-diversity and the green transition in shipping

Panel: Henrik Sornn-Friese (CBS), Morten Tinning (M/S), Mary Wisz (DTU), Signe Jensen (MARIKO) 

14.15-15.00    Poster session

15.00-16.00    Panel 3: Digitalization and AI in shipping - challenges and potentials

Panel: Agnieszka Nowinska (AAU), Christian Hendriksen (CBS), Roberto Galeazzi (DTU, Rune Møller Jensen (ITU), Line Reinhardt (RUC)

16.00-16.15    Concluding remarks

16.15-17.30    MRA 5 years reception: Drinks, snacks and music

17.30-             Conference Dinner

At the poster sessions you can meet:

Adolfo Damiano Cafaro (DTU) presenting: “Collaborative autonomous surveillance of critical maritime infrastructure in GNSS degraded environments”

Agnieszka Nowinska and Gisele Msann (Aalborg University Business School) presenting "AI disruption in chartering"

Annette Skovsted Hansen (Aarhus University) presenting: "Working With the Global South: Impact of a Port Research Project (PEPP) in Ghana, 2019-2025"

Asli Arda (University of Copenhagen) presenting "Digital Pilotage"

Aurelian Dodis (SDU) presenting "Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring for marine combustion engines"

Casper Aaskov Drangsfeldt (SDU) presenting "A probabilistic machine learning framework for vibration-based structural health monitoring of ship gearboxes subjected to variable operational conditions"

Casper Raahede (Aarhus Maskinmesterskole) presenting "Alarms onboard ships"

Cemile Solak Fiskin (CBS) presenting “International and regional shipping indices”

Elma Ramic (SDU) presenting "Motion Sickness Among Wind Turbine Technicians Onboard Smaller Working Vessels"

Hans-Henrik Hvolby, Sven Vestergaard and Kenn Steger Jensen (AAU/UCN) presenting ”Value4Sea”

Henrik Sornn-Friese (CBS) presenting "Port Innovation for the green transition"

Igor Kozin (SDU) presenting: “GREENition - Facilitating the transition from fossil fuels to green alternatives to power ferries”

Jaike van Twiller (ITU) presenting: “Navigating Demand Uncertainty in Container Shipping: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive and Feasible Master Stowage Planning”

Janne Fritt-Rasmussen (AU) Environmental risk related to climate-neutral fuels in the shipping industry"

Jonas Palmgren (SDU) presenting "Definition of optimum Electrical load balance"

Jonathan Schmidt (DTU): “Assurance of AI-based Multi-modal Perception Systems for Situation Awareness”

Julia Pahl (SDU) presenting "The MISSION Project"

Julian Priest (ITU) presenting” The Ohanda.One project”

Julius Wirbel (DTU) presenting “AI Navigation and Decision Support: Where are we and how to proceed?”

Kate Markhvida (CBS) presenting "Why does collaboration fail? Learnings from TradeLens in container shipping"

Komeyl Baghizadeh (SDU) presenting "Data-driven optimization od vessel operations for offshore windfarm maintenance"

Kristina Siig (SDU presenting"Blue Security in the Baltic"

Line Reinhardt and Agnieszka Sivertsen (Roskilde University) presenting "Stowage Algorithms and AI for Energy Efficient Liner Shipping"

Lisa Froholdt (SDU) presenting "If Popeye can do it, can Olive too? A case study of diversity at sea in the cargo segment"

Luisa Giuliani (DTU) presenting "Vessel safety against vehicle fires"

Martin Jes Iversen (CBS) presenting "The great integration - maritime digitalizationand strategy

Michael Barfod (DTU) presenting "Transforming portsinto sustainable energy transition hubs: A technical review of renewable energy systems integration and alternative fuels"

Michele Acciaro (CBS) presenting "Managing biodiversity in the port sector - experiences from three world ports"

Petar Sofev (CBS) presenting "Stakeholder dynamics in port cities"

Signe Jensen (SDU) presenting “Treaty Sanctioned Regulatory Capture?”

Tom Børsen (AAU) presenting “Promoting participatory approaches in civil and military maritime research”

Yanan Li (CBS) presenting “The Moderating Role of Power Asymmetry in Cargo Owners' Green Commitment and Ship Owners' Green Transition: The Impact of Power Type”

Yaqub Aris Prabowo (DTU): ” AI Navigator: A Data-Driven Approach to Safe and Compliant Maritime Navigation”

And many more...