Revamping Maritime Travel: When Ships are Equipped with an "Electric Heart" and an "AI Brain" | OpenTalk Live Broadcast Preview
After the gross ocean product exceeded the 10 - trillion - yuan mark in 2024 and marine science and technology was incorporated into the national top - level design in 2025, the marine industry in 2026 is accelerating the transition from "scale expansion" to a new stage of "quality and efficiency improvement".
Driven by continuous policy support and market forces, emerging fields such as deep - sea technology, marine new energy, and smart ocean are showing strong explosive power. Innovative applications such as offshore wind power, subsea data centers, and underwater robots are continuously expanding the boundaries of the marine economy. Modes such as layered and three - dimensional utilization of sea areas and multi - energy integrated development are gradually maturing, promoting the formation of a full - chain industrial ecosystem of "seabed resource exploration - in - sea energy development - offshore equipment manufacturing". The in - depth integration of general technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data with the marine industry is driving the operation mode to evolve towards unmanned, clustered, and intelligent directions, greatly improving the efficiency and sustainability of marine development.
As one of the most technology - intensive and innovative sectors in the marine industry, the shipbuilding industry has attracted much attention.
Since 2010, China has maintained a leading position in the global shipbuilding industry for many consecutive years. At the same time, it is also actively promoting the transformation of ships towards green and intelligent development. At present, ship intelligent systems have achieved breakthrough scenarios such as autonomous navigation in narrow waterways and shore - based remote control. However, the full implementation of intelligent ships still faces multiple challenges: insufficient accuracy of sensors in complex sea conditions, high delay in ship - shore communication, weak network security protection, and the need to improve the decision - making ability of AI in emergencies. At the same time, electric boats also need to solve core problems such as the balance between power and endurance and the safety of high - voltage systems.
At 17:00 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 36Kr OpenTalk will host a live event titled "Reshaping Maritime Travel: When Ships are Equipped with 'Electric Hearts' and 'AI Brains'". We have specially invited two guests, Mr. Dong Jiang, Founder & CEO of Qingbo Exploration, and Mr. Li Bo, Founder & CEO of Boyao Technology. They will focus on two major themes, "Promoting the Global Electrification System of Boats with Innovative Technologies" and "Development and Outlook of Ship Intelligent Navigation Technology and Intelligent Ship Equipment", and share their insights on topics such as high - performance electric outboard motors, new energy going global, full - voyage autonomous navigation tasks, and full - scenario intelligent navigation solutions.
Entrepreneurs, investors, and practitioners interested in marine science and technology are welcome to scan the QR code on the event poster below to sign up, interact with the two guests, and jointly discuss the technological breakthrough points, commercial bottlenecks, and future trends in the fields of ship electrification and intelligence.
