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Upcoming National Events

Cheseapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium 2025

14-25 MARCH, 2025 | Annapolis, MD

 

The Organizing Committee of the 25th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium invites researchers, practitioners, and students to Annapolis as we celebrate half a century of excellence in sailing yacht research, we seek contributions that will shape the next 50 years of sailing technology. 

 

The Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium is the world's longest-running technical forum dedicated to advancing the study of the art and science of sailing yacht design technology. Professional yacht designers and a wide variety of sailing enthusiasts travel from around the world to attend the CSYS Symposia to present papers and exchange ideas on sailing.

Mari Tech 2025

22-24 APRIL, 2025 | Montreal, QC

 

Mari-Tech was created by the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering (CIMarE) in 1976 and is the premier event for the marine engineering community in Canada. The conference has earned a respected position as a neutral, non-political event devoted to engaging the private sector, government and academia.

 

Held annually, Mari-Tech is hosted in turn by each of CIMarE’s seven branches; Mari-Tech 2025 is a collaboration between the CIMarE St. Lawrence Branch and the SNAME Canadian Eastern Canada section and will take place in Montreal, QC.

SNAME Maritime Convention (SMC) 2025

29-31 OCTOBER, 2025 | Norfolk, VA

 

Celebrating our 132nd year, we invite you to join us in Norfolk for our premier event, the SNAME Maritime Convention. SMC offers a robust technical program covering technologies and processes relevant to the needs of the maritime industry such as decarbonization, green energy and propulsion systems, manufacturing, construction, and repair processes.

International Conference on Fast Sea Technology (FAST) 2025

29 OCTOBER, 2025 | Norfolk, VA

 

The International Conference on Fast Sea Technology (FAST) is the premier global conference for high performance ships and craft that brings together experts in their research, design, manufacturing, and operations from around the world to share the latest knowledge and experiences with these vessels and their supporting technologies. 

FAST 2025 will be held 29 October 2025 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, ahead of the annual SNAME Maritime Convention. The theme of the 2025 conference is Connecting the Dots in High-Speed Craft Digital Design, with papers concerning the digital thread running through all phases of the system lifecycle. Advanced computational, experimental, and machine learning techniques to facilitate individual elements of the digital thread, and methods to link the elements together to integrate the thread are welcomed.