Industry Liaison Group

The shipping industry requires a cadre of welleducated, trained and skilled professionals to support the moving of 80 percent of world trade. Mutually beneficial relationships between WMU as the preeminent maritime academic institution and the maritime industry are therefore indispensable.

To facilitate the WMU-industry partnership, it was decided that the President, supported by an Advisory Group, should establish an Industry Liaison Group (ILG) involving key industry stakeholders reflecting a wide variety of maritime and oceans industry, value chain actors and expertise. The ILG is to create and strengthen mutually beneficial strategic relationships and partnerships between the University and maritime industry stakeholders, including in the area of research. It is also to serve as an expert information source on key trends and developments in the industry and to further support WMU’s mission and its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Three meetings of the ILG Development Group took place in the final quarter of 2020 and discussions are continuing with that group and the Development Committee to move the ILG initiative forward.