Reserve your seat here for PIER71^TM Smart Port Challenge Ask-Me-Anything Session – Driving Cyber Readiness & Transforming Carbon! This is your opportunity to innovate to Improve Maritime’s Cyber Readiness; and How Best to Utilise Carbon as a High-Value Waste Stream

This will be an Online event at PIER71^TM office in Singapore, run in a Ask-Me-Anything format! This means your pre-event questions will contribute to the success of this event.

Please submit your questions in advance to for the organisers to prepare their in-depth responses.

Driving Cyber Readiness: https://pigeonhole.at/69R8M3

Transforming Carbon: https://pigeonhole.at/FW93JP

Smart Port Challenge (SPC) is an annual innovation competition to find the best ideas and solutions from technology start-ups to address challenges, or innovation opportunities, put forth by maritime corporates in Singapore.

This year’s Smart Port Challenge offers 12 innovation opportunities supported by 24 corporate sponsors.

Innovation Opportunity #1: Driving Cyber Readiness: How Can We Improve The Maritime Sector’s Cyber Readiness?

As Singapore’s maritime sector digitises, and with the 2030 electrification target, the likelihood of cyber-attacks increases. Attacks are becoming more sophisticated and undetectable, targeting both insecure systems and human behaviour.

With increasing digitalisation, cyber-attacks may spread rapidly and indiscriminately, with severe implications to maritime operations as infamous cases of such attacks have already demonstrated.

Rising Cyber Risks:

– With digitalisation, including the emergence of Operational Technology (OT) with Information Technology (IT), there are new vulnerabilities

– Cyber pirates are targeting ship controls, and malware can spread across the supply chain as well

– Cyber hygiene practices among maritime personnel could be improved as some might be vulnerable to social engineering tactics used by cyber attackers (e.g.: phishing)

Desired Outcome

Solutions may encourage adoption of cyber security solutions, automate compliance assessments in line with upcoming mandatory cybersecurity standards, preservation of system after a cyber attack, and improve cyber hygiene practices through a gamified digital training platform.

Potential Solution Spaces:

– An ecosystem-wide mandatory cyber assessment that improves seafarers’ cyber hygiene and operational readiness

– Automated compliance to the upcoming IEC 62443 requirement that will be mandatory for classed ships and offshore installations contracted for construction from 1 January 2024

– Gamified training simulations for crew that can account for and evolve according to crew’s responses in real time

– A customer focused app or service that detects on a live basis the latest cyber vulnerabilities or attacks, gives guidance on specific cyber response, and automates compliance reporting to HQ

Successful solutions should be able to:

– Utilize on-board systems and consolidate information from other cyber databases with known vulnerabilities for detection of maritime-specific threats

– Support crew with timely alerts and clear steps to deal with threats

– Be accessible (e.g., understandable, easy to implement)

Full details on the Innovation Opportunity can be found here

This event is conducted in a Ask-Me-Anything format: please submit your questions in advance here for the organisers to prepare their in-depth responses.

Innovation Opportunity #2:Transforming Carbon: How Can We Best Utilise Carbon As A High-Value Waste Stream?

For too long, carbon dioxide has been perceived as a waste product, with detrimental effects on the planet. However, with the increasing urgency to reduce carbon emissions, it is imperative to shift our perception and explore how carbon dioxide can be harnessed as a high-value waste stream. By unlocking the potential of the carbon value chain, we can create new opportunities for sustainable and innovative solutions, leading us towards a more resilient future.

Desired Outcome

Solution spaces encompass all products that utilize carbon as a raw material. Successful solutions must be suited to Singapore’s available resources and economic model.

Successful solutions should:

– Generate high value uses without massive carbon imports

– Overcome any concerns with quality, purity, or sufficient and consistent supply

– Be aligned with ship workflows and infrastructure

This event is conducted in a Ask-Me-Anything format: please submit your questions in advance here for the organisers to prepare their in-depth responses.

Full details on the Innovation Opportunity can be found here

For more about PIER71TM: www.pier71.sg

Smart Port Challenge 2023: https://pier71.sg/smart-port-challenge/

Proposal Submission by 31 July 2023, 5pm SGT to: https://pier71.typeform.com/to/bkwkN6ki