The Maritime Economist Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 61

THEMARITIME Economist IAME 2015 conference “Maritime 2025: The role of Maritime Clusters and Innovation in shaping future Global Trade www.IAME2015.org The 2015 IAME conference is taking shape and will be held for the first time in Malaysia and South East Asia between 24th & 26th August - Kuala Lumpur. The IAME 2015 conference theme of “Maritime 2025: The role of Maritime Clusters and Innovation in shaping future Global Trade” is part of a current research initiative launched at MISI aiming at understanding the future trends and practices in the different sectors of the maritime industry. The conference will be held in the state of the art facility at the Central Bank of Malaysia in central Kuala Lumpur (KL). It is a superb venue with a multitude of break out rooms, and other facilities such as a restaurant, cafeteria, museum and art gallery. ME Mag In July 2013 the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) successfully bid in Marseille, France to host the prestigious 2015 International Association of Maritime Economists Conference. 61