Events

Driving Technology Development for Sustainable Exploitation of the rapidly growing Ocean Economy

Do business, collaborate, learn and network

Some of our speakers confirmed so far.. (30 or so more to follow!

Andy Liddell, Head of Maritime Uncrewed and Offboard Systems & Chief Salvage Officer, MOD Abbey Wood
Didde Bjerglund-Martin, Head of JOSCAR (UK)
Neil Skelland, Business Development Director, Atlas Elektronik UK, Chair SW Regional Defence and Security Cluster
Prof Tristan Smith, UCL Energy Institute
Prof Tony Roskilly, UK National Clean Maritime Research Hub
Andy Parkin, MD, Kilo
Mark Wray, Head of Maritime, Connected Places Catapult
James Williams, Head of USV, Ocean Infinity
Drystan Jones, Director Port Development Falmouth and General Manager, FDEC at A&P Group Limited
Laurie Thornton, Director, Mint Tech
Mike Taylor, CEO, Inductive Power Projection
Stephen Jordan, CEX, Eagle Ray Robotics
Arsha Branson, MD, Net Zero Hero
Joyeeta Das, CEO & Cofounder, SamudraOceans Limited

Upcoming events

MUKSW Women in Maritime Network event |Tuesday 10 November 2026 | 10:00am – 2:00pm University of Plymouth

Join us for the next Maritime UK South West Women in Maritime Network event, bringing together people from across the region’s maritime sector to connect,

Maritime Business Scale Up Session, 1 December, 9:00am–1:00pm, + networking lunch, KPMG Bristol Office

Tuesday 1 December | 9:00am–1:00pm, followed by networking lunch KPMG Bristol Office Maritime UK South West is partnering with our sponsor, KPMG to deliver an

MUKSW Clean Maritime Drop-In Meeting – Online – 18th Nov 10-11.30

MUKSW Clean Maritime Drop-In Session Join Maritime UK South West for an informal online Clean Maritime Drop-In – an open, coffee-morning-style session for anyone interested

Find out more about our events

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