Hosted by the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) and the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at the University of Hawaiʻi

Global Maritime Forum

We are pleased to present this Final Report of the Global Maritime Forum (GMF) 2021 on “Fathoming the Future: Examining Evolutionary Variables in a Multidimensional Maritime Domain,” the result of a partnership between the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) and the Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawai‘i (ARL at UH).  This report offers a look inside these collaborations, including a series of recommendations to enhance maritime domain awareness (MDA).

Please review the GMF 2021 report to learn about science and technology initiatives for MDA. This report presents considerations from a unique gathering of experts and describes advanced technologies in uncrewed systems including how such systems will improve global maritime security.



GMF 2021 Highlights

RADM Curt Copley, USN

Director, National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

Dr. Margo Edwards

Director, Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

ADM Paul Zukunft, USCG

25th Commandant of the US Coast Guard

Tuesday Keynote Speaker

Dr. Charles Fletcher

Author, “Climate Change: What The Science Tells Us”

Wednesday Keynote Speaker

Moku o Loe

Thursday Virtual Technology Demonstration

A Technology Demonstration recorded at the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology on Moku o Loe in Kāne‘ohe Bay, with state-of-the-art facilities and world-class research, presented a special opportunity to virtually tour the island and view demonstrations of technology under development during the last day of GMF 2021!


For a detailed agenda, click below

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