FUTURE SEAWORK

Who can enter?


Future Seawork is open to current UK university students and your project must:

  • Demonstrate strong commercial potential or be close to market-ready
  • Be relevant to the commercial marine sector

Please note:

Projects are judged solely on their commercial potential.


What’s in it for you?


Three winning projects will:

  • Showcase their innovation live at Seawork (09–11 June 2026)
  • Exhibit in front of industry leaders, investors, and global marine professional
  • Network with companies actively seeking new ideas and talent
  • Gain industry recognition at the Seawork Awards ceremony

The Seawork Awards take place at 17:30 on Tuesday 09 June 2026, a key moment in the exhibition attended by senior figures from across the sector.


Key dates:

  • Application deadline: 01 May 2026
  • Winners notified: 08 May 2026
  • Exhibition dates: 09–11 June 2026

Judging panel members may visit your stand on the morning of 9 June for further discussion if required.

Future Seawork Judges

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2026

Dr. Kayvan Pazouki

Associate Professor Marine Engineering Newcastle University
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2026 Jake Rigby
Chair of MarRI-UK Technical Group
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2026 Dr. Yuanchang Liu
Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering University College London
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2025 Alan Murphy
Professor in Maritime Engineering University of Southampton
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2025 Jake Rigby
Chair of MarRI-UK Technical Group
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2025 Dr. Yuanchang Liu
Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering University College London

Previous Future Seawork Winners

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2025 Robin Stein
University of Southampton The Assessment of a Reconfigurable Mould Tool for the Production of Foils
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2025 Yongchang Xie
University College London Reliable Situation Awareness of Autonomous Surface Vehicle in Busy Maritime Environments
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2025 Paul Simavari
Newcastle University Decarbonising the Inland Waterways: Modelling Energy Demand and Supply for European Inland Waterway
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2024 Rohan Jha
University of Southampton Propeller Optimisation using a Combined ML-rom Approach
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2024 Kaja Gorska
University of Strathclyde Data Fusion for State Estimation of Autonomous Surface Vehicles
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2024 Silvia Calvo Benthem
University of Southampton Decarbonising tugboats in Southampton harbour