Kotka Maritime Research Conference (KoMaReC)
The Kotka Maritime Research Conference aims to generate dialogue between the academia and other sectors of society, creating rich pictures of the potential pathways to more sustainable maritime practices.
Collaborative Science for Sustainable Maritime Practices in a Changing World
Merikotka organizes the Kotka Maritime Research Conference (KOMAREC) every two years. Merikotka is a society of researchers and experts from the leading Finnish universities and research organizations with a shared mission to advance the sustainable development of maritime activities through interdisciplinary research and active societal dialogue, closely interacting with the other sectors of the blue economy.
KOMAREC will launch a new event to promote this mission. The conference aims to generate dialogue between academia and other sectors of society, creating rich pictures of potential pathways to more sustainable maritime practices. The event will provide researchers studying maritime sustainability-related themes with an opportunity to present their results and ideas and discuss them with stakeholders, whose representatives are invited to act as keynote speakers and commentators.
We hope the event will increase the societal impact of scientific research, generate novel ideas, and generate interdisciplinary and sectoral collaboration. Abstracts are invited from researchers representing a wide variety of disciplines, including social, natural, and technical spheres.