On 20 September 2022, WMU participated in an online maritime webinar with Shenzen, China. Partner Tafsir Johansson presented his paper “BUGWRIGHT2 Overcoming Regulatory Barriers for Service Robotics in an Ocean Industry Context”.
The webinar was mostly for stakeholders and decision makers in the maritime industry, and it included Shenzhen University, Department of City Planning, Business development bureau, Environmental protection department, Department of Natural resourcing, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Maozhou River Basin Administration Center, Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China, Shenzhen Customs Office of Postal Supervision, Agriculture, Rural and Marine Fisheries Bureau of Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone, Harbin University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Marine Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment etc. but also staff members including Maritime Professors and researchers.