MARITIME AI CENTER (MAI) - National Workshop #2-2026 Ålesund

27–28 October 2026 | Campus Ålesund, Auditorium (TBD) | Lunch to lunch

Want to stay ahead as artificial intelligence transforms the maritime sector? Join this year's MAI Workshop, where the Norwegian Maritime AI Centre brings together partners from across the industry for two days of concrete examples, fresh insight, and good opportunities to connect with the Centre's activities.

Purpose: the workshop aims to boost the use of AI within the companies and to help define AI pathways for them – concrete, company-specific routes for how AI can be adopted and scaled.

Who it's for: the workshop is aimed at people working with AI within their companies, with the goal of learning from other maritime businesses tackling the same challenges. The presentations on day 1 are streamed (One-way only) for anyone who can't join in person, while day two is dedicated to the Centre's core partners (Tier 1 and Tier 2 + cluster/interest organizations).

Read more about the Centre and the project here: Norwegian Maritime AI Centre

Day 1 – 27 October: Open to everyone (Tier 1, 2 and 3)

Presentations can be followed online from 12.00 to 15.15.

10.00 - Pre-meeting: New to the AI Center? Maritime AI Center Basic introductions

11.00 – Lunch

12.00 – Welcome

12.15 – The MAI Centre – status update on people and activities in the Centre

• MAI | Tor Arne Johansen Professor NTNU and Maritime AI Center Director

12.30 – Working with AI – insights into how the user partners work

• Utkilen | Leif Gunnar Alvær - Cheif Digital Officer

• DIPAI | Andre Ellefsen - CEO

• The Norwegian Meteorological Institute | TBA

13.20 – DNV | Bjørn-Johan Vartdal - Digital Director - Establishing standards for data sharing within AI services

13.40 - Break

14.00 – Turning your own AI interests into Centre activities – examples of different options for and from industry partners

• MAI | Professor Marte Giskeødegård and Associate professor Marie Haugli-Sandvik NTNU

• Vard Group | TBA

• Neuver Maritime | TBA

14.30 – The ecosystem around the Centre, including the role of the clusters

• GCE Blue Maritime Cluster | TBA

• NEMONOOR | TBA

14.50 - Break

15.15 – Workshop followed by a plenary discussion

16.30 – Summary, workshop closes

Day 2 – 28 October: Tier 1 and Tier 2 only

08.30 – Coffee

08.45 – Welcome

09.00 – Data sharing across value chains – lessons learned from other industries

• Aalto University School of Business Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research | Heini Ikävalko

09.20 – Data management in MAI, digital research infrastructure, digital dissemination and security

09.50 – Mapping and addressing new competence needs created by AI

• MAI and MIDAS| Professor Ole Andreas Alsos NTNU and Co-director MAI

• GCE Blue Maritime Cluster |

10.10 - Break

10.30 – Parallel workshops, choose between:

• PS1: How to integrate your own ideas into the MAI center

• PS2: Mapping of AI competence requirements in the center

• PS3: Defining AI Quality Standards

• PS4: MAI Use-case meetings - Only for those participating in active use-cases

12.00 – Wrap-up

12.15 – Lunch

More details are coming