PublicOctober 4 – 5, 2027
Kiel, 04.-05.10.2027

Smart Maritime Technologies Conference 2027

Shipping is essential for the economic well-being of the world and handles 80 per cent of international freight traffic. Therefore, the maritime industry needs reliable ship concepts and technologies to fulfil different and typically unique transport tasks with appropriate ship concepts. This conference provides the maritime industry and its stakeholders with the latest insights in research and technology development provided the needed security for investment decisions in new technologies to accelerate the transformation of waterborne transport. Contents range from energy-saving propulsion systems, efficient energy generation on board, fuel cells, optimised ship designs, safe energy storage, solutions for emission-free fuels and their infrastructure in ports and on board to digitalized solutions for navigation, automation and AI- and Software-based waterborne transport. A focus lies on experimental research as well as support to security relevant and critical assets in the waterborne domain.

Smart Maritime Technologies Conference
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Location
DLR- Institute of Maritime Technologies and Propulsion Systems, Falckensteiner Str. 2, 24159 Kiel

Process for paper submission/ acceptance

Format requirements

Abstract

Your abstract must be handed in as a PDF document with a maximum length of one page in A4 format including:

  • the title,
  • the list of authors,
  • the contact details for the corresponding author, and
  • the abstract text where plain text suffices and a figure is welcome.

Full Paper

Please submit your full paper in PDF only and follow the formatting guidelines to be placed here once available. Please use the SMT template that will be provided here in future.

Please submit your abstracts and full papers via e-mail to:

ms-submissions_smt@dlr.de

You will receive a submission confirmation by e-mail within 48 hours. If you have not received a confirmation email, please resend your e-mail to ensure that it has been sent successfully.

International Scientific Committee

To ensure that only high quality papers will be presented at the conference, SMT is very pleased to be backed-up by an outstanding international scientific committee. The committee members will support the abstract selection and the thorough review of the submitted papers. Each paper will be reviewed by two independent experts.

  • Prof. Antti Ahola - LUT University, Finland
  • Prof. Zuheir Barsoum - KTH, Sweden
  • Prof. Anriëtte Bekker - Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Prof. Lindert van Biert - TUDelft, Netherlands
  • Dr. Thomas Brown - NRC, Canada
  • Prof. Stein Ove Erikstad - NTNU, Norway
  • Prof. Hayo Hendrikse - TUDelft, Netherlands
  • Knut Høyland - NTNU, Norway
  • Prof. Pentti Kujala - TalTech, Estonia
  • Prof. Muk Chen Ong - University of Stavanger, Norway
  • Prof. Aditya Rio Prabowo - Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
  • Dr. Albert Rijkens, TUDelft, Netherlands
  • Dr. Jan Schubnell - IWM Fraunhofer, Germany

Institutes Scientific Committee

  • Dr. Gesa Ziemer
  • Prof. Dheeraj Gosala
  • Dr. Lars Baetcke
  • Dr. Marco Klein
  • Dr. Martin Bergström
  • Dr. Moritz Braun
  • Dr. Jan Oberhagemann
  • Prof. Sören Ehlers

Publication ethics and malpractice statement

The Smart Maritime Technologies Conference is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. All submitted papers must present original work and must not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of their submissions, appropriately acknowledging the contributions of all authors, obtaining permission for the use of third-party material, and properly citing sources and prior work.

Submitted manuscripts will be subject to an appropriate review process, and reviewers are expected to evaluate submissions objectively, confidentially, and free from conflicts of interest.

The conference organisers and editors reserve the right to investigate suspected cases of plagiarism, duplicate or redundant publication, fabrication, falsification, undisclosed conflicts of interest, inappropriate authorship, or other forms of publication misconduct. Where malpractice is identified, appropriate action may include rejection or withdrawal of a paper, correction or retraction of a published contribution, and notification of relevant institutions or other appropriate parties.

By submitting a paper, authors confirm their adherence to these principles and agree to cooperate with any reasonable investigation concerning the integrity of their work.

Conference registration information

You can register for the conference in the near future. Please revisit this site for updates.