Charting the future: How AI is transforming ship design and engineering
Shipbuilders face mounting pressure to deliver complex vessels faster and more efficiently while navigating workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions and sustainability requirements. At the same time, artificial intelligence combined with digital engineering creates opportunities to streamline design, reduce rework, accelerate decisions and build connected digital shipyards.
Join Siemens for a discussion on how leading shipbuilders prepare for AI-driven transformation in marine engineering. We will explore major trends reshaping the sector, challenges facing commercial and defense programs and how digital engineering strategies create foundations for AI adoption.
Drawing on collaboration with one of the world's largest shipbuilding organizations, you'll learn how digital engineering, design-centric workflows and AI-enabled processes help organizations improve productivity, strengthen cross-discipline collaboration and create seamless digital threads from concept through production.
Whether you're responsible for ship design, engineering programs or digital transformation initiatives, this webinar will provide practical insights into how AI is reshaping the future of shipbuilding—and what steps organizations can take today to prepare for the shipyard of tomorrow.
Key takeaways:
- Understand the trends and challenges driving digital transformation across the maritime industry
- Learn how AI is changing the way ships are designed, engineered and built
- Discover the role of digital engineering as the foundation for successful AI adoption
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Greg Arnot
Product Marketing Manager
Greg’s career in marketing began in the 1990s with Hewlett-Packard in Barcelona, Spain. Beginning in 1995, he held various product marketing and global business development roles in the commercial inkjet division before leaving in 2004 to found a wireless startup that developed social proximity applications for Facebook. From there, he went on to run the U.S. operations of GreenPowerMonitor, a leading solar monitoring company. In February 2020, Greg joined the product management team at UltraSoC, which was acquired by Siemens Digital Industries Software in October 2020. In June 2022, he joined the Designcenter team as a product marketing manager.
Dr. Rodrigo Perez Fernandez
Senior Director of Software Engineering
Dr Pérez is Senior Director of Software Engineering for Marine at Siemens Digital Industries Software and a professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, along with advanced qualifications in business administration, information systems, shipbuilding, maritime transport and executive management.
He has extensive experience in marine software, shipbuilding, CAD and PLM and has contributed to projects worldwide. He has authored several books and more than 200 technical papers on marine engineering, software engineering and AI. He also serves as President of the Madrid Branch of the Spanish Association of Marine Engineers and International Region Vice President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.