Engineering the Triple A Navy: Active, Adaptive, Affordable

Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 April 2016The Passenger Shed at Brunel’s Old Station, Bristol, UK

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The AimThe International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition is the foremost professional event in the naval engineer’s calendar and in 2016 seeks to build on previous successes and expand its international credentials.

As national economies strive to emerge from a deep global recession, pressures on defence expenditure and the need to achieve true value for money are ever present. With financial insecurity there also lies geo-political uncertainty, international terrorism, trafficking, piracy and conflict to which navies from across the world provide presence, assistance and at times direct intervention. Warships and submarines must operate in the littoral and at reach around the globe, remaining active and effective at all times and in all punishing maritime environments. They must be flexible and adaptable to meet emerging crises, asymmetric threats and human disasters whilst retaining interoperability and full scale war fighting capability. Above all they must be cost effective; harnessing technology, innovation and remaining environmentally compliant to project power and influence at best cost to the taxpayer and least cost to the planet.

The INEC theme this year is Engineering the Triple A Navy: Active, Adaptive, Affordable and provides a unique and uncompromising forum for professional engineers and technologists from across the world’s navies, defence industries and academic establishments to share the very latest thinking and developments in warship and submarine design and operation. A truly international event, INEC consistently attracts attendees from over 18 countries and with a growing appeal based on an unrivalled track record seeks to expand this global interest. The Passenger Shed at Brunel’s Old Station will provide both a historic backdrop and an exceptional networking facility that will enable the best minds in naval engineering to challenge and debate the issues of today and tomorrow.

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INEC at a glancen Over 300 expert participantsn Over 75 peer-reviewed technical

papersn The Sir Donald Gosling Awardn Continuing Professional

Development (CPD) approved by IMarEST

n 15 plus focussed exhibition standsn International attendance from over

18 countriesn Excellent networking opportunities

and social programmen Industrial visits

INEC 2016 is organised by FIGS Events Limited on behalf of IMarEST

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Call for PapersPapers will be reviewed and selected on the basis of technical quality, relevance and their potential for generating discussion. Papers will be presented either by poster or lecture in English. Prospective authors are invited to submit titles of papers, keywords and synopses of between 250 and 500 words (TEXT ONLY – please do not submit pictures, figures, graphs, equations etc) to the INEC Technical Advisory Committee. Selected authors will be invited to submit final papers of up to 4000 words. Please note that all papers are peer reviewed and certain papers may be included in other IMarEST publications after the event.

Key DatesClose of Call for Papers Friday 23 October 2015Notification to successful authors November/December 2015Receipt of full technical papers Friday 29 January 2016

Who will attend?Navies, commercial and military ship operators, designers and shipbuilders, classification societies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, universities and other defence related organisations.

Sir Donald Gosling AwardThe INEC 2016 Technical Advisory Committee is delighted to announce the 2016 Sir Donald Gosling Award in association with the 13th International Naval Engineering Conference. The award consists of three prizes (first prize £5,000; second prize £2,500; third prize £1,500). Financial awards will be shared equally between named joint authors and a certificate will be awarded for each individual author. All named joint authors must be 35 years of age or under at the time of the conference. In the first instance, authors are asked to submit a synopsis via the Call for Papers process. All authors must provide proof of their date of birth, such as a copy of their passport, at the time of synopsis submission. Selected authors will be invited to submit technical papers as outlined; eligible winners must present their paper at the conference, where the award ceremony will take place. The Sir Donald Gosling Award is subject to terms and conditions – visit www.inec.org.uk

Acti ve

Adapti ve

Aff ordable

Economics and global trendsEngineering resources

Demographic pressuresTraining

Manning models

Design and buildRepair and maintenanceSupportability and support solutionsHealth monitoringLife extension, upkeep, upgrade

Legislation and regulationFuels and emissions controlIMO/environmental complianceSafety, care and protection

Current and future operationsGlobal access and underwater operationsAnti piracy, international terrorism and internal conflictsCounter narcoticsDisaster relief

New technologiesInnovation

Smart technologiesNovel materials

Information and knowledge managementKnowledge and technology transfer:

oil and gas, cruiseModelling, simulation and Hardware In the Loop

De-risking, tests and trials, commissioning

Open architectures and system integrationAutonomous systems:

UUV, USV, UAVOff-board systems,

launch and recoveryModularity and

mission baysInteroperability

Warships, submarines and support vesselsMission systems: weapons, sensors, command systems

Naval aviation and the ship/air interfaceCommunications and cyber

Damage control, signature control and survivability

Propulsion and auxiliary equipments, systems and architecturesEnergy storage and recovery systems

Integrated Platform Management SystemsHuman factors and Human Machine Interface

Automation

Submit your synopsis online: www.inec.org.uk