Conference Program

Find the detailed program for the ICMTI & TSCRDT 2026. All times are displayed in UK time (BST/GMT).

Associated event on supply chain resilience and sustainability - BNBU London Centre

9:30

Welcome Remarks

9:40

Presentation: The Importance of Resilience on Maritime Transport and Supply Chains

10:00

Presentation: Maritime transport resilience: A systematic literature review on the current state of the art, research agenda and future research directions

10:20

Break

10:35

Presentation

10:55

Presentation

11:15

Presentation: Introducing TRD's Special Section 'Disasters and Resilience'

11:30

Roundtable discussion on setting up an agenda on the future research of maritime and supply chain resilience

12:15

End of the Workshop

12:30

Networking Lunch

All Day

Welcome and Registration in Liverpool (Delta Hotels Liverpool City Centre)

Special Sessions

If you are interested in organizing a special session/panel, please send your proposal to the conference secretariat at info@icmti.com as early as possible. The proposal should include the session/panel title, the scope and motivation of the session/panel, and the organizers and their brief CVs.

Both full papers and extended abstracts can be submitted to the conference, and the special session should include more than 4 submissions.

Special Session on Application of Advanced Technologies in Maritime Safety Management

Chair: Dr. Chengpeng Wan (cpwan@whut.edu.cn), Professor with the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, China.

Co-chair: Ms. Lei Yang (yang.lei67@coscoshipping.com), Senior Engineer, and General Director of the Digital Waterway Business Office at COSCO Shipping Technology Co., Ltd.

Special Session on Navigating the Transition to Maritime Unmanned Vehicles: Socio-Technical Perspectives

Chair: Dr. Chia-Hsun Chang (c.chang@ljmu.ac.uk), Reader in Maritime Logistics, Liverpool John Moores University.

Special Session on N0MES CDT Annual Conference - Powering the Future of Maritime

Chair: Professor John Bridgeman (john.bridgeman@liverpool.ac.uk), N0MES CDT Director, University of Liverpool.

Co-chair: Professor Zaili Yang (Z.Yang@ljmu.ac.uk), Co-I, Liverpool John Moores University.

Co-chair: Dr Matt Fulton (mfulton@liverpool.ac.uk), CDT Manager, University of Liverpool.

Co-chair: Sara Parker (Sara.Parker@liverpool.ac.uk), CDT Coordinator, University of Liverpool.

Special Session on LOOM alumni - Maritime safety and risk management.

Chair: Zaili Yang (Z.Yang@ljmu.ac.uk), Professor of Maritime Transport at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK.