CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

The following Technical Sessions are planned:

• Warship Design and Technology (Chairperson: Stefano Tortora, Italian Navy)
• Offshore Vessels & Floating Plants Time (Chairperson: Roberto Faldini, Saipem)
• Conceptual and Practical Ship Design (Chairperson: Paola Gualeni, University of Genoa)
• Maritime Sustainability Time (Chairperson: Carlo Podenzana Bonvino, University of Genoa)
• Maritime Economics and Logistics (Chairperson: Alessandro Panaro, Head of Maritime and Mediterranean Economy, SRM, Italy)
• Human Factor and Comfort On Board (Chairperson: Enrico Rizzuto, University of Genoa)
• Aesthetic and Interior Design of Passenger Ships (Chairperson: Silvia Piardi, Politecnico di Milano)
• Ship Energy Efficiency (Chairperson: Alberto Gauzolino, Italian Navy)
• Seakeeping, Stability and Manoeuvrability (Chairperson: Alberto Francescutto, University of Trieste)
• Numerical and Experimental Hydrodynamics I and II(Chairperson: Alexandre Pustoshny, Krylov Institute)
• Numerical and Experimental Hydrodynamics III (Chairperson: Marcelo Santos Neves, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
• Ship Propulsion and Machinery (Chairperson: Gian Piero Repetti, Vulkan Italia)
• Structural Design (Chairperson: Eugenio Gugliemino, University of Messina)
• Ship Management, Safety and Security (Chairperson: Maurizio D’Amico, Società d’Amico di Navigazione)
• Fishing Vessel (Chairperson: Gaetano Messina, ATENA-Marche)
• Inland Navigation (Chairperson: Marcello Coppola, Navigazione Laghi

Parallel workshops are organized to discuss issues of interest. In detail: 

Symposium on “Advanced Solutions for Yachts Efficiency”

Session: FRAMEWORK

• AMERICA’S CUP: FROM THE DISPLACEMENT BOATS TO THE FOILS  (A. Vallicelli)
• DESIGN & ENVIRONMENT (G. Ceccarelli)

Session: SESSION: TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER FROM RACING

• POWERBOATING, ENVIRONMENT, NEW TECHNOLOGIES (S. Abrami)
• CFD APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SMALL BOATS (S. Bartesaghi)

Session: INTERIORS AND INSTALLATIONS EFFICIENCY

• PROJECT AMERIGO: THE MOTORSAILER AS A PARADIGM OF THE"PASSIVE SHIP" (M. Franchini, M. Ansaloni)
• INTERIORS AND LIGHTNESS ON YACHT DESIGN (A. Liuni)

Session: PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

• LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENCY (A. Vismara, L. Zucchelli)
• WEIGHT SAVING CONSTRUCTION METHODS TO ACHIEVEEFFICIENCY (A. Gatti)

Session: EFFICIENCY DURING USE

• EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ASSESSMENT OF MEGA-YACHTAERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES AND CHARACTERISTICS (F. Fossati, F. Robustelli)
• NEW SOLUTIONS FOR BIOFOULING PREVENTION (A. Ratti, A. Bionda)

Workshop on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Chairperson: Gaetano Messina - ATENA Ancona)

• POTENTIALITY OF MARICULTURE IN OPEN SEA (Corrado Piccinetti - University of Bologna)
• WILL PARTICIPATION SAVE FISHERY RESOURCES AND FISHERMEN? BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND ACTIONS INVOLVING FISHERS, SCIENTISTS AND STAKEHOLDERS (Otello Giovanardi, Saša Raicevich - ISPRA)
• STRATEGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE NEW EU PROGRAMMING (Gilberto Ferrari - Confcooperative)
  
• THE EU COMMON FISHERIES POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES (Franco Biagi - European Commission)
  
• NUTRITIONAL ROLE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF FISH FROM AQUACULTURE AND FISHERY (Elena Orban - CRA-NUT)
  
• HEALTH BENEFITS FROM FISH (Anna Maria Giusti - University La Sapienza, Rome)
  

Workshop on Marine Renewable Energies (Chairperson: Alberto Moroso - ATENA Naples)

• OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY (G. Gaudiosi - Owemes)
• RESEARCH CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHIP MODEL BASINS (F. Salvatore, F. Di Felice, L. Fabbri - INSEAN)
  
• WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY: NEWS FROM THE NORTH (Neil Kermode - EMEC)
• MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY – Certification Body View (Fabio Pollicino - DNG GL)
  

Workshop on More Efficient and Greener Ships (Chairperson: Umberto D'Amato - Perseveranza di Navigazione, Naples)

• CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC) FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS (Ernesto FASANO, Simone MANCINI, Raffaele SCOGNAMIGLIO - University of Naples Federico II)
  
• CARNIVAL CORPORATION'S ENERGY SAVING INITIATIVES (Franco PORCELLACCHIA - Carnival Corporation)
  
• HOW TO MEET DEMANDING OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS AND COMPLY WITH EMISSIONS LIMITS (Guido G. CECCHERELLI - Ecospray)
  
• SMART MONITORING AND EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT IN D’AMICO FLEET (Ivana MELILLO, Alessandro PESCETTO - D'Amico Società di Navigazione)
  
• STAGE AIR COMPRESSORSECO-SOLUTION FOR ECO-SHIPS (Harald SCHULZ - Sauer Compressors)
  
• ENERGY SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS DURING VESSEL OPERATION AT SEA AND HARBOUR (Walther BAUER - Becker Marine Systems)
  
• HIGHER EFFICIENCY BY ADVANCED INTEGRATION OF HEAT RECOVERY TURBOGENERATOR AND SHAFT GENERATOR SYSTEM (Uwe HEINE - SAM Electronics)
  
• WARTSILA LOW-SPEED ENGINES TIER III SOLUTIONS (Carmelo CARTALEMI - Wartsila Winterthur Gas & Diesel Win GD)
  
• ADVANCEMENT IN PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL MARINE APPLICATIONS (Elias BOLETIS - Wartsila)
  
• INNOVATION IN COATINGS AIMED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT (Stephen RILEY - SIGMA PPG)
  
• THE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT COATING COMPANIES CAN HAVE ON MEASURING AND IMPROVING SHIPS’ ENERGY EFFICIENCIES (Giorgio FABBI - Akzo Nobel, Inernational Paint)
• CO2 EMISSIONS: MARKET DEMAND (Dario Bocchetti - Grimaldi Naples)

Workshop on LNG: where we are? (Chairperson: Giuseppe Balzano - CONSAR, Naples)

• THE RELEVANCE OF FOCUSED EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUPPORTING LNG EU-WIDE DEPLOYMENT (Giacomo BENEDETTI- Regione Liguria)
• THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY AND REGULATORY BODIES IN THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS (EXAMPLES RELATIVE TO TRANSPORTATION OF GAS AT SEA AND ITS USE AS MARINE FUEL) (Raffaele PICIOCCHI- ABS)
  
• LNG FUELLED VESSELS: WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THEM, INSTEAD OF SAILING THEM? (Mattia RAIMONDI- Rosetti Marino)
  
• W46DF - THE ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ON DF ENGINES (Andrea NOBILE - Wartsila)
• ITALIAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LNG AS FUEL (Andrea Cogliolo - RINA Services)

Workshop MOSAIC (Chairperson: Carlos Guedes Soares - IST Lisbon)

•  Materials On Board: Steel Advancements And Integrated Composites (Giovanni RISSO, Carlo CAU - CETENA)

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Prof. Alberto Francescutto - Chairman (University of Trieste, Italy)

Prof. Ahmet Dursun Alkan (Yildiz Techical University, Turkey)

Prof. Mehemet Atlar (University of Newcastle, UK)

Adm. Claudio Boccalatte (Italian Navy, Italy)

Prof. Carlo Bertorello (University of Naples, Italy)

Dr. Stefano Brizzolara (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Dr. Elena Ciappi (INSEAN, Italy)

Prof. Massimo Corradi (University of Genoa, Italy)

Prof. Alexander Degtyarev (University of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Prof. Claire De Marco (University of Malta, Malta)

Prof. Soren Ehlers (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)

Prof. Gregory J. Grigoropoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Prof. Eugenio Guglielmino (University of Messina, Italy)

Dr. Spyros Hirdaris (Lloyd's Register Strategic Research, UK)

Prof. Carl Erik Janson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Prof. Rumen Z. Kishev (Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre, Bulgaria)

Prof. Pentti Jouko Kujala (Aalto University, Finland)

Prof. Jean Marc Laurens (ENSTA-Bretagne, France)

Prof. Moustafa Abdel Maksoud (Technical University of Hamburg, Germany)

Dr. Anton Minchev (Force Technology, Denmark)

Prof. Marcelo Santos Neves (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Prof. Apostolos Papanikolau (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Prof. Silvia Piardi (Technical University of Milan, Italy)

Prof. Alexander Pustoshny (Krylov State Research Center, Russia)

Dr. Arthur M. Reed (David Taylor Model Basin, USA)

Prof. Cesare Rizzo (University of Genoa, Italy)

Prof. Enrico Rizzuto (University of Genoa, Italy)

Prof. Antonio Scamardella (University of Parthenope, Italy)

Prof. Pandeli Temarel (University of Southampton, UK)

Dr. Tahsin Tezdogan (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Prof. Eddy Van Der Voorde (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Dr. Nikola Vladimir (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Prof. Reza Ziarati (Centre for the Factories of the Future, UK)

Prof. Igor Zotti (University of Trieste)