Ship Technology Days

Ulsteinvik Norway 3-4 March 2026.

Ship Technology Days

Welcome to Ship Technology Days in Ulsteinvik 3-4 March 2026!

Advanced Maritime Operations are shaping our Future Naval Capabilities

Ship Technology Days returns for the fourth consecutive year, bringing together leading actors from industry, academia and the public sector to explore how technology and digitalization are transforming the maritime industry. Hosted in Ulsteinvik – at the heart of the Norwegian maritime cluster – Ship Technology Days is designed as a technology-driven conference, focusing on real projects, real challenges and real industrial progress

Autonomous vessels

 

 

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Explore our program

03.03.2026

12:00 - 20:00

Blue Maritime Hangout and Industry Tour

The first day is dedicated to company visits and hands-on insight into technology development in practice. The day concludes with the Blue Maritime Hangout – an informal and open networking arena where professionals from industry, research and education meet to exchange experiences and perspectives.

  • Industry Tour: TBA
  • Blue Maritime Hangout @Skaparhuset

Place: Skaparhuset, Sjøgata 3o 6065 Ulsteinvik

 

04.03.2026

09:00 - 17:00

Conference Day

The conference day addresses key technology themes shaping the future maritime industry:

  • Introduction & Contracting in a Digital Maritime World
    How technological development, digital tools and new risk perspectives are influencing contracting, classification and regulatory frameworks.
  • Autonomous Maritime Projects
    Experiences from advanced autonomous vessel projects – what is needed to move from pilots to scalable operations.
  • Remote Operation Centres (ROCs)
    Design, operation and standardization of ROCs across maritime segments. How can we build safe, efficient and future-proof control centres?
  • Naval Autonomy & Dual-Use Technology
    Insights from naval autonomy initiatives and how civil and naval maritime sectors can learn from each other – both technologically and operationally.

Each session concludes with panel discussions, encouraging open dialogue between technology developers, operators, researchers and authorities.

 

Evening

The conference concludes with a conference dinner, providing a relaxed setting for continued discussions and networking.

Place: Quality Hotel Ulstein

Ulstein Næringsforum, GCE Blue Maritime Cluster and MAFOSS

Ulsteinvik

Welcome to Ulsteinvik!

Beautiful Ulsteinvik is a pittoresque small town situated on the scenic western coast of Norway. To Norwegians, the region is known as “Sunnmøre” and home of the fjords, alpine mountains, and beaches famous for their surf.

Known for its long and strong ship building traditions, Ulsteinvik is the home of two shipyards, Ulstein and Green Yard Kleven, and Kongsberg Maritime’s main location for advanced propulsion systems. In addition, some of the world’s most innovative ship design- and technology takes place at Ulstein Design & Solutions.

In the area surrounding Ulsteinvik you’ll find several shipyards, shipping companies, a diverse constellation of maritime subcontractors and strong maritime technology-research at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

The global shift to renewable energies has sparked the region’s maritime sector’s ambitious goal of leading the way within the green shift. The strong focus on hydrogen and energy, autonomous ships, light weight composites, naval architecture and ship design makes a visit to Sunnmøre and Ulsteinvik a must!

The main conference day takes place in the beautiful hotel Quality Hotel Ulstein, located by the sea in Ulsteinvik.

What is Ship Technology Days?

Ship Technology Days is a two-day conference for the international maritime technological network taking place in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The conference consists of  industry tour and conference and is modeled together with scientists, researchers and the ship tech industry. In addition, it will facilitate both formal and informal meeting places to exchange thoughts and ideas on creative and technological processes.

Ship Technology Days will engage Norwegian and international ship engineers, ship designers/naval architects and technology developers to exchange knowledge as well as cooperate and innovate with different maritime research communities and clusters.

Ship Technology Days is an initiative by Ulstein Business Association and GCE Blue Maritime Cluster.

By creating a yearly maritime happening that addresses advanced technological development and research, we can promote the highly competent maritime cluster in our region and help connect it better internationally.

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Anna Klara Måseide
Dagleg leiar

Ship Technology Days Partners