About the event
IX INTERNATIONAL SHIP DESIGN AND NAVAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS
Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center, Cartagena de Indias
March 12, 13 and 14, 2025
The International Ship Design and Naval Engineering Congress, will be the main regional academic and scientific event of technology transfer to strengthen the naval, maritime and fluvial industry through the participation of different players from scientific, production, technological and financial environment that integrate the innovation system of the global shipyard industry.
In 2021 The Congress will be held in the framework of COLOMBIAMAR Fair, a commercial space for relations with shipyards, ship owners and suppliers from the naval industry gathered in one place, where opportunities for negotiation, visibility and brand positioning are promoted.
Topics:
Main Topic: Navigating towards a sustainable future in the naval, maritime and fluvial industry.
Day 1:/ Challenges in naval design and construction projects.
Day 2:/ Emerging technologies applied to digital transformation processes in the naval, maritime and fluvial industry.
Day 3:/ Advances and development opportunities focused on the energy transition in the shipbuilding industry
Key dates:
Jul 01 2024 – First call for abstract submission
Sep 15 2024 – Deadline for submission of abstracts
Sep 30 2024 – Abstract approval notification
Dec 15 2024 – Deadline for delivery of complete works
Jan 15 2025 – Completed works approval notification
Submit your abstract by clicking Here
DAY 1
Topic: Challenges in naval design and construction projects
Subtopics:
- Advanced materials for shipbuilding
- Ergonomics and Human Factors (Human Machine Interface)
- Naval architecture
- Hydrodynamics
- Structures
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Best practices in the management of ship design and construction projects.
- Noise and vibration
- Survivability (detectability - recoverability - vulnerability)
- Design for constructability and support.
DAY 2
Topic: Emerging technologies applied to digital transformation processes in the naval, maritime and fluvial industry.
Subtopics:
- Cybersecurity
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big data
- Data science
- Digital twins
- Robotics
- Automation
- Machine learning
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Biotechnology
- Internet of things
- 3D technologies
- Blockchain
- Metaverse
- Digital Engineering
- Use of autonomy: partially or fully autonomous vessels.
DAY 3
Topic: Advances and development opportunities focused on the energy transition in the shipbuilding industry.
Subtopics:
- Renewable energies
- Control of environmental impacts
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Decarbonization
- Sustainable fuels
- Alternative fuels
- Carbon footprint reduction
- Opportunity in the wind and offshore industry


