Together with Norsk Katapult Digital, SINTEF Nordvest, DNV, NTNU and Kongsberg Maritime we invite for the annual Open Simulation Platform (OSP) Conference — a key meeting point for industry, academia, and developers working with maritime system simulation and co-simulation technologies.
This year’s conference will be 10th and 11th of November 2026 at Norwegian Maritime Competence Center (NMCC) in Ålesund.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM :
Day 1: Full-day conference (with the famous Blue Maritime hang-out at the end!)
Highlights:
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The Latest Breakthroughs in Maritime Innovation Projects
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Digital Twins transforming Maritime Design and Operations
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Maritime Industrial simulation projects
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What Can Maritime Learn from Other Industries?
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The OSP Executive Panel: What’s Next for Offshore Simulation?
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Poster Presentations
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Research Highlights & Technical Abstracts
Day 2: Half-day workshop with interactive sessions and technical deep dives.
The full program will be announced later — stay tuned!
Call for Abstracts – Deadline: September 1st 2026
We invite researchers, developers, engineers, and stakeholders to submit abstracts for presentations at the OSP Conference 2026. Share your experiences, use cases, research findings, or tools related to digital twins based on co-simulation or AI in maritime applications. Whether you’re working on real-world implementations, exploring new methodologies, or developing enabling technologies — we’d love to hear from you!
Submit your abstract to: contact@opensimulationplatform.com
The abstract should be limited to 2000 characters, including spaces.
Poster Presentations:
As previous years, there will be poster presentations at the Blue Maritime Hangout.
Let us know if you want to present.
Register your attendance: Open Simulation Platform (OSP) Conference 2026 – Blue Maritime Cluster
Price:
Full conference : 1490 NOK
PhD Candidates : 490 NOK
Presenters, sponsors and students: Free
We aim to keep the conference open to as many as possible and if we get enough sponsors we will reduce the participation fee.
There are various ways to contribute through sponsorship. If you’re considering it, please feel free to reach out.
We look forward to be seeing you in November!
