The 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development

Dr. Sanja Bauk is a professor at Durban University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Maritime Studies Department. She obtained her PhD at Faculty of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, University of Belgrade (Serbia) in 2005. In 2013 she completed the post-doctoral studies in the field of didactic informatics at Academy for New Media in Knowledge Transfer, Karl Franzes University of Graz (Austria). In 2017 she completed another post-doctoral studies in the field of wireless sensors' network optimization at Institute for Theoretical Information Technology, RWTH-Aachen University (Germany). In 2019 he received the award "Researcher of the year at Maritime Studies" at Durban University of Technology (South Africa). She is the author of three scientific monographs and several university textbooks. As an author and co-author, she published a significant number of papers in scientific journals indexed in reference databases (more than 50), and in other international scientific journals (more than 100).

Introduction.- The 4 Industrial Revolution (4IR).- Unmanned air/sea surface/underwater vehicles (UxV).- Digital divide and Internet accessibility.- Digital infrastructure.- Adopting new technologies: Concerning real needs and preferences.- Digitalization of Maritime Cluster.- Maritime education and training in digital age.- Curriculum should meet the challenges of the 21st century.- Sea Traffic Management (STM).- IMO E-navigation strategy.- Smart-ship concept (nautical and engineering).- Energy management on board (nautical and engineering).- Automation and digitalization (nautical and engineering).- Safety and security (nautical and engineering).- Environmental awareness and protection (nautical and engineering).- Cyber security (nautical and engineering).- New business models in the context of Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Everything (IoE).- Digitalization and labour market.- Marine environment issues.- Human or "post-human" seafaring.- What seafarers have to say.- Could "non-users" survive in maritime domain.- Women in maritime.- Maritime future.- Conclusion.