The UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group will host the MASRWG Conference 2025 on 15-16 January 2025.  The 10th conference hosted by the UK MASRWG is entitled Maritime Autonomous Ship Systems (MASS) – Next Steps.

The free-to-attend online conference will be produced and directed by UKi Media & Events, the organiser of Autonomous Ship Expo.

Speakers have been hand-picked from leading organisations including the UK Department for Transport, Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), UK Harbour Masters’ Association (UKHMA) and National Physical Laboratory (NPL) as well as industry, the legal profession and academia.

 The opening Keynote speaker will be Mike Kane MP, Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security, Department for Transport, and the conference will include presentations on a range of topics including;

• UK Maritime Policy
• The Use of Simulation in MASS
• Multimodal Operations and How MASS Fits
• Building trust in Autonomous Systems – A view from the sky with the Civil Aviation Authority
• Large Language Models & Machine-Readable Data
• Towards Approving the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Maritime Sector
• MASS and Remote Operations
• Development of a Behavioural Markers System for Human-Machine Team
• MASS Operations in Port Areas
• MASS Legal Updates
• US Update on MASS
• Leveraging AI and ML for Enhanced Human-Agent Teaming in Maritime Autonomous Systems
• Neurodiversity

For more information and to book your place, please click here.