GMU Attends 17th IAIN Congress
On 29-30 October 2024, the 17th edition of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress at the Chinese Institute of Navigation (CIN). This year’s Congress is taking place under the slogan: ‘Expanding Navigation Application’; Empowering the Future of Humanity’. Taking part in the Congress are HM The Rector of Gdynia Maritime University, Professor Adam Weintrit, a member of the IAIN Scientific Committee, and the Chair of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) for the term 2021-2024, Professor Krzysztof Czaplewski.
The Chair of IAIN, Professor Krzysztof Czaplewski, took part in the opening ceremony of the Congress. As part of the plenary session, GMU Rector Professor Adam Weintrit, a keynote speaker at the event, presented a paper entitled: ‘A Balanced Reaction of the Maritime Education Sector to Marine Technology Development including Autonomous Surface Shipping’. Topics discussed during the first day of the Congress included navigation of the future as a way to unite the world, the latest developments in the application of navigation technology, and questions concerning MASS.
The International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1975 to promote the development and exchange of academic knowledge in the fields of navigation and related technologies in aviation, maritime navigation, space flight, and land navigation. The association comprises 34 organisations from around the world. IAIN has permanent representatives in ICAO, ICG (UNOOSA), IHO, IMO, ITU, and the US PNT Advisory Board (one of the governing bodies of GPS). The association organises global congresses on a three-year cycle, initiated in 1957 by three institutes: British, French, and German. The development of collaboration among institutes worldwide led to the formal establishment of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation in 1975.
