On 5th of March at the Maritime Research and Development Centre at Maritime University of Szczecin, the IEEE Poland Section Oceanic Engineering Seminar took place. The event was organized by Mechatronics – Maritime University of Szczecin, the Academic SEP Student Chapter at the Maritime University of Szczecin, the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, and the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP) – Szczecin Branch. The seminar was devoted to current challenges and future directions in ocean engineering and maritime technologies. 

The main goal of the event was:

• ntegrate the academic community with the maritime industry,
• facilitate the exchange of experience,
• identify potential areas of cooperation in research, innovation, and education for the maritime economy

The thematic scope included, among others:

• marine systems and technologies,
• robotics and autonomous platforms,
• underwater sensing and acoustics,
• offshore engineering,
• marine renewable energy,
• marine environmental monitoring.

The program featured presentations by representatives of several faculties of the Maritime University of Szczecin, including the Faculty of Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering, the Faculty of Navigation, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Centre for the Operation of Floating Objects, the Faculty of Geoengineering and Environmental Protection, the Faculty of Computer Science, and the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport.

We would like to thank all participants for their visit. Cooperation with industry is very important to us, which is why we highly value the opportunity to organize such events.