We are pleased to announce "The 2nd OCEANS Symposium — Pursuing 'Down-to-Earth AI Development' with the Maritime Industry: First-Year Outcomes and the Next Steps Expanding through BRIDGE."

Since its launch in April 2025, OCEANS has worked side-by-side with the shipbuilding, shipping, and classification industries to build a framework for putting generative AI into real-world practice, with design automation at its core. This year our work has also been adopted by BRIDGE (the Bridging Program between R&D and Society 5.0), broadening the scope of our activities. The symposium will feature our first-year research outcomes, keynote lectures by Mr. Shin Imai (Senior Deputy Director-General for Engineering Affairs, MLIT) and Prof. Henrique M. Gaspar (NTNU), and a panel discussion with leaders from industry. We would be most grateful for your attendance.

For the full program, the latest information, and registration, please visit the official symposium website.

Pre-registration (free of charge) is required.
In-person registration will close once the venue capacity is reached.

Date

Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 13:00–17:30 (Doors open at 12:30)

Venue

MO Hall, 3F, Convention Center, Suita Campus, The University of Osaka

Admission fee

Free (Pre-registration required)

Capacity

150 (in-person). Online attendance is available without a participant limit.

Organizer

Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka

Co-organizers

Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; Japan Marine United Corporation; ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai); MTI Co., Ltd.

Sponsored by

Kaiji Press Co., Ltd.; The Japan Maritime Daily

Registration

Please register via the official symposium website.

Contact

Advanced Maritime System Design Joint Research Course
oceans.events@naoe.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-6-6879-7419