Maritime Innovation Week

The free to attend, four-day conference for the whole maritime supply chain aims to take a proactive approach to delivering viable and innovative solutions crucial to the fulfilment of the Maritime 2050 strategy.

Maritime Innovation Week will bring together some of the most innovative minds from both inside and outside the maritime, to address many of the industry’s most pressing topics to become cleaner, smarter, more efficient, data-driven, innovative and sustainable.

Collaborative working

There’s a different theme for each day. The first day will explore clean maritime innovation showcasing ongoing developments in decarbonisation whilst delivering cross industry insights to drive the net zero agenda.

Day two will examine how the industry can adopt the digital skills required to thrive in the maritime industry of the future.

Investing in maritime’s digital future is the focus for day three highlighting the ’Green Industrial Revolution’ positioning the UK as a world leader within the maritime industry.

The last day will look at learning from those continuously on the cutting edge of technology with regards R&D, fostering innovation and tackling technology transfer.

There will also be two hackathons and two Dragons’ Den style ‘Innovation Live’ pitch events taking place throughout the week

Confirmed speakers include Robert Courts, Minister for Maritime, Lord Grimstone, Minister for Investment, the UKSHORE team, as well as industry pioneers Equinor, Rolls Royce, Artemis Technologies, leading US aerospace experts and more.

Maritime Innovation Week is being delivered by the Maritime 2050 Innovation Hub at Port of Tyne, alongside event partners The UK Department for Transport, Connected Places Catapult, Maritime UK, the British Ports Association, Digital Catapult, the North East England Chamber of Commerce and is in conjunction with London Tech Week.

The event takes place in Newcastle and London from 13-16 June 2022. Book here: https://hopin.com/events/maritime-innovation-week-2022/registration