Navigate Maritime Trade Fair 2020, in Turku, Finland
January 22, 2020 - January 23, 2020
NaviGate expo 2020 was an interesting and interdisciplinary look into the sector’s industry and logistics in Turku, Finland on the 22nd and 23rd of January, 2020. Navigate 2020, organized bi-annually, featured topics such as maritime industry, maritime logistics and shipping. The event in January 2020 attracted 2024 visitors to meet and collaborate.
NAVIGATE 2020 brought together shipowners and operators, terminal operators and regulators, and importantly the next generation of industry into one room to collaborate and discuss the future challenges and opportunities. The event was an important meeting place that offered participants the opportunity to network and create new contacts and reinforce existing ones. The programme featured two themes that are currently the industry’s hottest topics.
- Day one: Future of knowledge and know-how in marine industries
- Day two: Responsible Maritime logistics
Mr. Harri Pyykkö from VTT, participated in Navigate Maritime Trade Fair in Turku and had some constructive dialog with professor Magnus Hellström. They both shared information about their maritime research activities and projects and discussed for possible cross fertilisation between Åbo Akademi (Swedish language University in Turku) and VTT. 
More information about the program can be found here.
If you missed the event in 2020, you have now the chance to see the live stream from day one on Youtube, here.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no 833389. Content reflects only the authors’ view and European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.