On December 22nd, the 6th International Conference on Innovation and Cooperation in Ship and Marine Engineering (ICNAME2022) and the 2nd International High end Forum on Autonomous Navigation Technology for Ships were held online. Famous experts from 11 well-known universities, research institutions and enterprises, including the Russian Malinnet Industry Center, the Russian Shipping and Port Corporation, Transport in Russia University, Ushakov National Ocean University, Indonesia Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS), China Navigation Association, China Classification Society, Shanghai University, Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute, Wuhan University of Technology, Harbin Engineering University Scholars participate in meetings through online means.

The meeting focused on in-depth exchanges between intelligent ships and autonomous and unmanned ship technologies, exploring the acceleration of cutting-edge innovative technologies such as intelligence, unmanned, and digitalization in ships, deepening international scientific and technological cooperation in the field of ships and ocean engineering, and jointly promoting scientific and technological progress in the international ship and sea field.

Alexander Klimov, president of Transport in Russia University, the rotating chairman unit of the forum, introduced the preparations for the forum. Alexander Pinskiy, head of the Russian Malinnet Industry Center, Wang Junli, secretary-general of the China Shipbuilding Engineering Society, and Xia Guihua, chairman of the International Organization for Innovation and Cooperation in Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering delivered speeches respectively

This forum will be held online, and a full English online live streaming channel will also be launched. During the one-day meeting, a total of 11 presentations were given by participating experts and scholars. The reporter shared the current situation and development trends of intelligent ships in China and Russia, as well as relevant research on cutting-edge technologies of unmanned ships. The content covered the industry needs and cutting-edge scientific issues in the field of ships and ocean engineering, such as autonomous navigation ships, surface unmanned ships, and autonomous tugboats. There were 50 attendees and over 300 online live broadcasts.

This forum is sponsored by the China Shipbuilding Engineering Society, the International Organization for Innovation and Cooperation in Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (ICNAME), Harbin Engineering University, Transport in Russia University, Wuhan University of Technology, and is organized by the International Joint Laboratory of Ship Intelligence and Autonomous Navigation Technology, Harbin Engineering University Key Laboratory of Ship Marine Equipment Intelligent Technology and Application of the Ministry of Education Jointly undertaken by the Key Laboratory of High Performance Ship Technology of the Ministry of Education of Wuhan University of Technology.

Since its establishment in June 2015, the International Organization for Innovation and Cooperation in Ship and Marine Engineering (ICNAME), led by our school, has received widespread response and support from the domestic and foreign industries, with an increasing number of council and observer units. On November 16, 2021, at the Fifth International Conference on Ship and Marine Engineering Innovation and Cooperation (ICNAME2021) and the First International Ship Intelligence and Autonomous Navigation Technology Forum held by Harbin Engineering University, Krimov and Xia Guihua jointly launched the initiative of establishing an international joint laboratory for ship intelligence and autonomous navigation technology, and the Institute of Intelligence undertook the joint laboratory construction work. This forum is another in-depth exchange on ship autonomous navigation technology after the successful holding of the first forum, aiming to promote international scientific and technological cooperation in the field of ship and ocean engineering based on the International Joint Laboratory of Ship Intelligence and Autonomous Navigation Technology, and jointly address the challenges brought by the development of unmanned ships.