ICMAR NAV 2024: ICMAR NAV 2024 (International Conference on Maritime Autonomy & Remote Navigation) Australian Maritime College Launceston, Australia, November 26-28, 2024

ICMAR NAV 2024 is the second International Conference on Maritime Autonomy and Remote Navigation organized by the Australian Maritime College and AMC Search. After the success of the seminal conference, this second conference addresses the theme ‘Striving for Safer Autonomy and Remote Operations’, with the conference program designed to promote discussion about breakthroughs, challenges, and progression of autonomous systems in the maritime industry.

The autonomous and remotely navigated shipping industry is fast evolving. Numerous trials have already been conducted on commercial ships. There are several different concepts and applications for maritime autonomy, which could greatly benefit the industry, ranging from smart bridges to unmanned bridges operated from remote operation centers. A spectrum of concepts and applications for maritime autonomy is being explored, offering substantial benefits to the industry. These range from innovative smart ships to unmanned ships operated seamlessly from remote operation centers, all with a primary focus on enhancing safety, only possible through rigorous risk mitigation strategies.

Located at the Australian Maritime College in Launceston, Tasmania, conference attendees have the opportunity to see firsthand the autonomous navigation software in action in our full mission bridge simulators and a technical visit to our Beauty Point campus to see and operate our fleet of uncrewed surface and sub-surface vessels.

To facilitate international participation, the conference will be organized in a hybrid mode.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Abstracts addressing one or more of the conference topics (see below) are invited. Abstracts should be 250 words in length. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers. 
• Extended Abstracts addressing one or more of the topics (see below) are invited. Extended Abstracts should be 500 words in length. Selected Extended Abstracts will be published in the ICMAR NAV 2024 Conference Proceedings.
• Full papers will be invited from the selected abstracts. Conference papers should be 3000-5000 words in length. The papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in the ICMAR NAV 2024 Conference Proceedings. 

List of Topics

The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

• Technological advancements in the design, development, and operation of marine autonomous navigation systems.
• Challenges of regulating and implementing marine autonomous systems/Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in the maritime domain.
• Human Factors, Cognitive Human Factors, and Maritime Human Element in connection with MASS.
• Applications of marine autonomous systems in Defence.
• Autonomy in Ports
• Bathymetry and Positioning

The topics cover the areas of Automation; Automation Technologies; Intelligent Automation; Maritime; Maritime Transport; Maritime Technologies; Autonomy; Navigation; Marine Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV); Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASV); Underwater Marine Vessels (UMV); Marine Regulation

Committees

Organising Committee

• Nicholas Bonser (Conference Organiser)
• Chris White
• Lindsey Steers
• Jake Veldums
• Kate Wallace
• Kym Honeychurch
• Estelle Hudson

Scientific Committee

• G. Reza Emad (Academic Lead)
• Dr. Samrat Ghosh
• Dr. Aditi Kataria
• Capt. Sarat Kumar Narayanan
• Capt. Asanka Rajapakse
• Ms. Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh
• Ms. Hevi Kurnia Hardini
• Ms. Trudi Hogg

Publication

ICMAR NAV 2024 conference proceedings will be published under the Epic Series in Technology.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Australian Maritime College, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Contact

All questions about ICMAR-NAV 2024 submissions should be emailed to the organisers via the EasyChair portal.