The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU: ai-ei-em-ju:) is the global network of leading maritime universities providing Maritime Education and Training (MET) for Global Maritime Professionals (GMP) contributing to the global shipping, ocean, and maritime industries. Founded in 1999, IAMU consists of roughly six dozen members from around the world. Each year, the IAMU holds an annual general assembly and conference at a different location.

Submission Guidelines

This conference accepts submission of abstracts for consideration to be presented at the annual conference. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and may either be accepted for oral or poster presentation. All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference book. Authors of accepted abstracts may submit full papers for peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. See conference website for detailed submission guidelines.

List of Topics

This year's theme is:  Protecting our mariners | Promoting our industry | Providing for the future

Abstracts and papers are typicaly focused on maritime topics and issues.

The following are the theme topics:

• Policy / Legal topics
• Economy / Trade topics
• MET / Social topics
• Technology / Technical topics
• Environmental topics
• Student Conference

International Program Committee (IPC)

• Paul S. Szwed, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (USA) (IPC Chair & Program Editor)
• Boris Svilicic, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies (Croatia) (Chief Program Editor)
• Cassia Galvao, Texas A&M University at Galveston (USA) (Policy / Legal Track Chair)
• Adam Przybyłowski, Gdynia Maritime University (Poland) (Economy / Trade Track Chair)
• Ninna Roos, Santakunta University of Applied Science (Finland) (MET / Social Track Chair)
• Ashok Pandey, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (USA) (Technology / Technical Track Chair)
• Christos Kontovas, Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom) (Environmental Track Chair)
• Bani Ghosh, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (USA) (Student Conference Chair)
• Nafiz Arica, Piri Ries University (Turkey)
• John Belle, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (USA)
• Graham Benton, California State University Maritime Academy (USA)
• Sara Elzarka, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (Egypt)
• Samrat Ghosh, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania (Australia)
• Manel Grifoll, Barcelona School of Nautical Studies – Polytechnical University of Catalonia (Spain)
• Portia Ndlovu, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (USA)
• Matthew Rooks, Kobe University, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences (Japan)

Venue

After roughly a dozen years, the IAMU conference will return to the United States. It will be held on 8-11 October 2024 at Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Cape Cod.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to IPC.IAMU.AGA2024@maritime.edu.