Mari-Tech 2025

Mari-Tech 2025 Conference & Exhibition – POWERING SHIPS INTO THE FUTURE – invites members of the global marine engineering community to contribute technical presentations at the conference being held in Montreal, QC on 22-24 April, 2025.

Key topical areas for Mari-Tech 2025:

The marine sector has many challenges and therefore opportunities. Although not an exclusive list, Mari-Tech 2025 is looking for presentations that align with the conference theme in the following key process and technology areas:

• Strategies to improve Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) and In-Service Support (ISS) operations:
• Model Based Enterprise (MBE)
• AI, Machine Learning, Digitilization
• Developing marine worker capacity and competency
• including opportunities for recruiting new workers
• Vessel and equipment innovation:
• Corrosion - winning the battle 
• Decarbonization - rising to the challenge 
• Energy handling and storage, including selection of alternate fuels 
• Regulations - compliance and influencing 
• Arctic operations - challenges and solutions

How will the sessions be formatted?

• Most Mari-Tech 2025 technical presentations will follow 45 minutes (35-minute presentation, 10-minute Q&A) format
• As an enabler for discussion and leveraging our 2024 experience, some presentations may be selected to follow a “lightning presentation” format of 20 minutes, including a 5-minute Q&A
• This may include the opportunity for Student / Young Professional presentations
• Note: the four panel sessions may leverage topics / presenters from submitted abstracts

How to submit an abstract?

Authors are invited to submit their abstract of a maximum of 300 words online by 11:59 PM (ET) Friday, November 15^th, 2024.

Submission Deadline extended to December 1st, 2024

Abstract must be written in English. Please identify all speakers who will be in person to present.

·      Target – by 31 December 2024 for notification of selection

Questions regarding submitting an abstract should be directed to the Mari-Tech 2025 program subcommittee. 

Email: papers@mari-techconference.ca