Blue Conference 2009

December 2 - 3, 2009

Svendborg, Denmark

The Blue Conference is an annual Danish conference on research in the maritime industry. Participants come from universities, nautical schools, the shipping and maritime industries and the maritime administration. It’s a bilingual conference. Some presentations take place in Danish, others in English.

This year the topics are:

1. The development of the Danish maritime cluster
2. Piracy
3. Technologies for the Green Ship of the Future
4. Human factors

The key-note speakers will be:
> Andreas Nordseth, head of the Danish Maritime Authorities
> Jan Fritz Hansen, vice director for the Danish Shipowners’ Association
> Dr. Stig Tenold from the Norwegian School of Business, Bergen
> Prof. Mike Barnett from Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton.

This year, the conference is hosted by Svendborg International Maritime Academy, SIMAC, in Svendborg.

Our Danish NMU partners from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) will be present featuring the project and its activities.

For more information click here (programme only in Danish language available).  

International PhD Seminar “Maritime Economics and Management”
November 30 – December 2, 2009
Svendborg, Denmark

The NMU partner Department of Maritime Research and Innovation at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) organise in cooperation with Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC) and the Centre for Shipping Economics and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) the first international PhD Seminar on Maritime Economics and Management. The seminar will take place at SIMAC in Svendborg, Denmark.

This seminar is a means of facilitating interaction among PhD students and of inviting comments and productive criticism from more experienced researchers within the field as well as industry and public sector representatives. E-learning prior to and after the seminar will support the dialogue and interactions. The organisers encourage students at all stages of their PhD research to submit short papers to the seminar (call for papers).

Professor Thomas Pawlik (University of Applied Sciences Kiel) will contribute to this PhD seminar as keynote speaker and tutor. The German professor’s contribution is a "teaching and lecturer exchange activity” related to the NMU project. It shows clearly the positive potentials of the transnational network of universities in the North Sea Region.

Information Day of the INTERREG IVB North Sea Region Programme
November 4, 2009
Bremerhaven, Germany

Every year the German Federal States of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein invites stakeholders and interested organisations for an information day about the INTERREG IVB North Sea Region Programme. Our NMU partners Thomas Pawlik, Susanne Neumann and Peter Irminger took part in the exhibition. This annual event is organised by the National Contact Point Germany.

For more information please click here.

Symposium on Seaport Innovations and Requirements
October 28, 2009
Hamburg, Germany

The consortium of the EFFORTS project, one of the NMU cooperation partners, organised “The Symposium on Seaport Innovations and Requirements” in Hamburg. Professor Jens Froese and Phanthian Zuesongdham supported the organisation of the symposium and represented NMU at the event.

The Symposium is an expert platform for the exchange of ideas. It helps to prepare the related parties in the maritime business for future challenges. Experts discussed a wide range of topics regarding the challenges and situation of the international seaport industry including:

• Terminal Operation
• Navigation in Ports
• Port Environment
• Shipping Line's Requirements

The high profiled presentations were followed by a panel discussion. It gave the participants the opportunity to exchange ideas with the speakers.
For more information please click here.

26th German Logistics Congress

October 21 - 23, 2009

Berlin, Germany

The German Logistics Congress, organized by the German Logistics Association BVL, is the most important annual logistics event in Europe. During the last 25 years it became the central meeting point for managers in Germany, with an increasing international guests participation in the past few years. After in 2008 about 3,500 participants from 45 nations, 224 exhibitors and 200 accredited journalists were present in the select locations chosen for the congress in Berlin, this year event was a success.

The motto of the congress, "Success comes from within", reflects that operational excellence is more than ever the key to sustainable growth, also in times of crisis.
NMU was represented at the 26th German Logistics Congress in Berlin.

For more information please click here.