Cruise Ships of the Future – Sustainability for the entire Shipbuilding Ecosystem
Lämpimästi tervetuloa englanninkieliseen Cruise Ships of the Future – Sustainability for the Entire Shipbuilding Ecosystem -S4M-seminaariimme torstaina 23.4.2026.
Seminaarissa kuulet risteilyalusten, laivanrakennuksen ja merenkulun tulevaisuudesta sekä siitä mikä rooli laivanrakennuksen ekosysteemillä on alan kestävyydessä. Seminaari on ilmainen ja avoin kaikille kiinnostuneille.
Puhujina muun muassa Markku Ollikainen Helsingin yliopistosta sekä Navonil Mustafee Exeterin yliopistosta. Seminaari järjestetään Cave-teatterissa, vierailu- ja innovaatiokeskus Joessa osoitteessa Lemminkäisenkatu 12b, 20520 Turku.
Ilmoittautuminen osoitteessa https://link.webropol.com/s/s4mcruiseshipofthefuture viimeistään keskiviikkona 15. huhtikuuta.
Ohjelma:
9.00-9.15 Aamukahvit ja pientä purtavaa CAVE-teatterin ulkopuolella
9.15 Welcome words
Heli Aramo-Immonen, S4M principal investigator, Principal Lecturer, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
9.20 Opening remarks – How can shipping promote solutions to climate and biodiversity challenges?
Markku Ollikainen, Professor Emeritus and Research Director, University of Helsinki
9.45 AI driven digital supply chains in shipbuilding
Ari Viitanen, President, Carinafour, Carina Solutions Oy
10.15 Kahvitauko
10.30 Advancing Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Shipbuilding Supplier Network Through a Maturity Model
Heli Aramo-Immonen, S4M principal investigator, Principal Lecturer, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
10.45 Software concepts for sustainable material management in shipbuilding
Kimmo Tarkkanen, Degree Programme Leader, Data Engineering and AI technologies, Turku University of Applied Sciences
11.00-12.00 Lounas viereisessä Ravintola Maunossa
12.00 The role of digital shadows in the value chain – results from the S4M tracking experiment
Janne Siivonen, Senior Researcher, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
12.15 Analysing Trade-offs in Container Loading: Combining Load Plan Construction Heuristics with Agent-based Simulation + Q&A
Nav Mustafee, Professor of Analytics and Operations Management, Centre for Simulation and Analytics, University of Exeter Business School
13.00 Panel discussion on the future of cruise ships and the role of the ecosystem
Moderator: Leena Jokinen, Education Manager, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC), University of Turku
Panelists TBC
14.00 Seminaarin päättyminen
Ohjelma saattaa muuttua
S4M Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model projektia rahoittaa Business Finland.
A warm welcome to the Cruise Ships of the Future – Sustainability for the Entire Shipbuilding Ecosystem S4M seminar on Thursday the 23th of April 2026.
In this seminar you will hear about the future of cruise ships, shipbuilding and shipping and the role the shipbuilding ecosystem plays in the sustainability of the industry. The English language seminar will be held in the Cave theatre at the Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki in Turku and is free of charge to all who are interested.
Speakers include Markku Ollikainen, professor Emeritus and Research Director at University of Helsinki and Navonil Mustafee, Professor of Analytics and Operations Management at Centre for Simulation and Analytics in the University of Exeter Business School.
Register for the seminar at https://link.webropol.com/s/s4mcruiseshipofthefuture by Wednesday the15th of April.
Programme:
9.00-9.15 Morning coffee and light breakfast outside the CAVE theatre
9.15 Welcome words
Heli Aramo-Immonen, S4M principal investigator, Principal Lecturer, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
9.20 Opening remarks – How can shipping promote solutions to climate and biodiversity challenges?
Markku Ollikainen, Professor Emeritus and Research Director, University of Helsinki
9.45 AI driven digital supply chains in shipbuilding
Ari Viitanen, President, Carinafour, Carina Solutions Oy
10.15 Coffee break
10.30 Advancing Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Shipbuilding Supplier Network Through a Maturity Model
Heli Aramo-Immonen, S4M principal investigator, Principal Lecturer, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
10.45 Software concepts for sustainable material management in shipbuilding
Kimmo Tarkkanen, Degree Programme Leader, Data Engineering and AI technologies, Turku University of Applied Sciences
11.00-12.00 Lunch at Mauno
12.00 The role of digital shadows in the value chain – results from the S4M tracking experiment
Janne Siivonen, Senior Researcher, ICT and Industrial Engineering, Turku University of Applied Sciences
12.15 Analysing Trade-offs in Container Loading: Combining Load Plan Construction Heuristics with Agent-based Simulation + Q&A
Nav Mustafee, Professor of Analytics and Operations Management, Centre for Simulation and Analytics, University of Exeter Business School
13.00 Panel discussion on the future of cruise ships and the role of the ecosystem
Moderator: Leena Jokinen, Education Manager, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC), University of Turku
Panelists TBC
14.00 End of seminar
Programme is subject to change
The S4M Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model research project is funded by Business Finland.