Cruise Ships of the Future – Sustainability for the entire Shipbuilding Ecosystem

Cave theatre, Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki, Turku 23.4.2026 9:00

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.