International Maritime Geospatial Forum (IMGF)

Organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the theme "Mapping the Future: Geospatial Solutions for Maritime and Port Resilience", the inaugural International Maritime Geospatial Forum (IMGF) aims to highlight the critical role of digital geospatial innovation in addressing the intertwined challenges of maritime and port resilience. The IMGF will connect industry leaders, policymakers, experts, and other key stakeholders to explore collaboration opportunities in maritime geospatial solutions and to address a range of use cases supporting the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of maritime and port operations:

Disaster Preparedness: How can geospatial data and modelling enhance preparedness and adaptive capacity for ports and coastal infrastructure facing extreme weather events?
Preparing for Sea Level Rise: How can new methods in data collection and geospatial reference systems improve the monitoring of sea level rise and its impacts on infrastructure resilience?
Alternative Marine Fuels: How can geospatial data and modelling solutions support the safety and efficiency of alternative fuel bunkering operations in port waters?
Operations Optimisation: How can access to real-time geospatial data and spatial planning tools help improve the safety and efficiency of port operations and vessel navigation, and facilitate information flow in support of use cases such as the reduction of maritime emissions?
Sea-based Renewal Energy Production: How can wind, current, tidal data be leveraged with geospatial data to develop sea-based renewal energy solutions? By leveraging collective strengths and developing innovative solutions, geospatial technologies can offer opportunities to transform maritime operations and secure the future of global seaborne trade.

Join us on 26 March 2025 to drive this transformation forward.

Limited seating available. Register early to secure your spot.

To register for this event, please visit: https://go.gov.sg/registration-imgf2025

For enquiries, please contact: geospace-sea@mpa.gov.sg

26 Mar 2025

9:00am to 5:30pm

Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Level 3. Meeting Room 323

Programme

26 March

Time	Programme
9:00am - 10:00am	Registration
10:00am - 10.15am	Welcome Address
10:15am - 10.30am	Keynote Speech
10:45am - 11:45am	High-Level Panel: Mapping the Future: Geospatial Solutions for Maritime and Port Resilience 1. What are challenges and opportunities from maritime decarbonisation and digitalisation, and the potential role of location-based information to support maritime transformation? 2. What role can ecosystems and partnerships play in supporting data and technology integration, and help implement digital solutions at scale? 3. How can the maritime industry proactively position itself to leverage digital technologies for long-term growth and resilience?
11:45am - 12:45Pm	Lunch Break
12:45Pm - 2:00Pm	Expert Panel 1: Leveraging Digital Twin Technology for Maritime Operations 1. How Digital Twin technology can revolutionise maritime operations by providing actionable insights to improve operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability, while supporting climate adaptation and decarbonisation goals. 2. The current state of adoption in the maritime sector and lessons that can be drawn from other industries such as smart cities, where Digital Twin technology has seen advanced implementation. 3. Barriers to widespread adoption, including data integration and standards. 4. New frontiers for integration, examining how Digital Twin technology can work alongside satellite technology and geospatial analytics to support maritime and port use-cases.
2:00Pm - 2:30Pm	Tea Break
2:30Pm - 3:45Pm	Expert Panel 2: Scaling Geospatial Applications for the Maritime Industry 1. The role of near-real-time sensor networks, robust data infrastructures, and advanced digital platforms in scaling geospatial applications for maritime use cases such as just-in-time operations and voyage optimisation. 2. The future of machine learning and predictive analytics in enhancing the value of geospatial data and enabling advanced insights. 3. Why collaboration and data sharing are crucial to maximising the effectiveness of geospatial solutions in the sea-space. 4. How the maritime sector can leverage on the "collect once, use many times" principle to derive maximum value from geospatial data, promoting efficiency and cost-effectiveness across operations.
3:45Pm - 4:15Pm	Tea Break
4:15Pm - 5:30Pm	Expert Panel 3: Bridging Land and Sea: Challenges and Opportunities in Domain Integration
5:30pm	End of Programme