ICMAR NAV 2023: International Conference on Maritime Autonomy & Remote Navigation Australian Maritime College Launceston, Australia, November 27-30, 2023

ICMAR NAV 2023 is the first-ever International Conference on Maritime Autonomy and Remote Navigation organized by the Australian Maritime College and AMC Search. The landmark conference addresses the theme ‘Driving Forward Autonomy in the Maritime Industry’, with the conference program designed to promote discussion about breakthroughs, challenges, and progression of autonomous systems in the maritime industry. Seminal ICMAR NAV 2023 is the new addition to AMC Search’s Winterfest Autonomous Maritime Systems’ trials.

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.

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. To contact the organizer please email ICMAR.Nav@utas.edu.au

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 (see abstract template) 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 (see extended abstract template). Selected Extended Abstracts will be published in the ICMAR NAV 2023 Conference Book of Extended Abstracts.
• Full papers will be invited from the selected abstracts. Conference papers should be 3000 words in length (extended abstract template to be used for drafting full paper). The papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in the ICMAR NAV 2023 Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for further expansion to be published in the special issue of the Australian Journal of Maritime Affairs.

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
• Chris White
• Lindsey Steers
• Jake Veldums
• Kate Wallace
• Kym Honeychurch
• Estelle Hudson

Scientific Committee

• Dr. GR Emad
• Dr. Samrat Ghosh
• Dr. Aditi Kataria
• Capt. Sarat Kumar Narayanan
• Capt. Asanka Rajapakse
• Ms. Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh
• Ms. Hevi Kurnia Hardini

Publication

ICMAR NAV 2023 Extended Abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Extended Abstracts; the Conference papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings; and selected papers will be invited for further expansion for publication in the special issue of the Australian Journal of Maritime Affairs.

Venue

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

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ICMAR.Nav@utas.edu.au