Open Simulation Platform (OSP) Conference 2026

Open Simulation Platform (OSP) Conference 2026

10–11 November 2026 | Norwegian Maritime Competence Center (NMCC), Ålesund

GCE Blue Maritime Cluster, together with Norsk Katapult Digital, SINTEF Nordvest, DNV, NTNU and Kongsberg Maritime, welcomes you to the annual Open Simulation Platform (OSP) Conference. The conference is a key meeting point for industry, academia and developers working on maritime system simulation and co-simulation.

Day 1 covers co-simulation, AI and digital twins, and presentations of selected abstracts. It ends with a panel debate and the Blue Maritime Hang Out, with networking and a poster session. Day 2 is a hands-on workshop where participants work in groups on what is needed to make greater use of co-simulation and digital twins, and on ideas for future research and innovation projects.

PROGRAM

Day 1 – 10 November

09:00 – Registration and Coffee

09:30 – Welcome and Opening
GCE Blue Maritime Cluster | Knut Tore Aurdal | Welcome and Opening of the Conference
SINTEF Nordvest | Severin Sadjina | Introduction – Summary of OSP 2025 and Direction for 2026

09:50 – Part 1: Co-simulation
Zeabuz | Gabriel Kapellmann | OSP & Unity for Simulations in 3D and VR Environments
Break
HD KSOE ERC (Europe Research Center) | Kevin Koosup Yum | Co-simulation in the Era of AI Agents: The Specification Is the Model
HD KSOE GRC (Global Research Center) | Yong Woo Choi | Standardizing Digital Assets and Interface Requirements for Digital Twin-Based HILS Pre-Verification of Electric Propulsion Systems
DNV | Siegfried Eisinger | Open the Discrete Event World for Co-simulation

11:30 – Lunch

12:15 – Part 2: AI and Digital Twins
SINTEF | Simen Eidal | Unsupervised Learning of Vessel Operating Modes for Deployment-Compatible Local Models for Maritime Digital Twins
VARD Group | Armin Pobitzer, Lead of Ship Operational Data and analytics | Not just another brick in the wall: from domain tools to integrated system simulation
NTNU | Øivind Kåre Kjærstad, Profesor | Simulation in the new Fjordlab: Ocean Campus

Break

13:30 – The OSP Panel Debate
Topic and panelists

Henrik Burvang, R&I Manager Vard Group | Melih Akdağ, Senior Researcher Ship Autonomy, DNV | Dong Trong Nguyen, Professor Marine Technology NTNU | Kristine Bruun Ludvigsen, Senior Researcher SINTEF Ocean.

Break

14:20 – Part 3: Abstracts
Project: OptiStress | Andreas Raja Goklas Sitorus | Co-simulation-Based Safety Assessment for Black-Box Maritime Cyber-Physical Systems
Project: SeaCo | Magnus Steinstø | Subsystem-Level Causality Adaptation for Explicit Co-Simulation of Shared Velocity Constraints

Break
NTNU | Dong Trong Nguyen | Pipeline from Hydrodynamics to Reusable FMUs for NTNU-MCS
NTNU (TWINVEST) | Zi Dou | Component-to-Farm Co-Simulation for Wind Farm Digital Twins: Integration and Validation
Q&A

16:00 – Blue Maritime Hang Out
Networking with poster session from projects

Day 2 – 11 November: Workshop

08:30 – Introduction
Summary of Day 1 and key pain points

09:00 – Group Work 1
What is needed to enable greater use of AI in co-simulation and digital twins?

10:00 – Break

10:15 – Group Work 2
Future research and innovation projects (output: a one-pager per group)

11:35 – Break

11:45 – Group Pitches
Presentation of one-pagers from each group

12:15 – Lunch and End of Conference

Poster Presentations:

As previous years, there will be poster presentations at the Blue Maritime Hangout. Let us know if you want to present.  

Prices:

Full conference                : 1’490 NOK

Partners, 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!