4^th Maritime Security Conference, MARSEC COE's diamond event, was successfully held on June 27-28, 2024, by the Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (MARSEC COE), with the participation of 202 attendees from 27 countries.

The conference brought together 19 esteemed panelists and 4 moderators from around the world under the academic advisory of Prof. Dr. Christian Bueger, focusing on the theme of "Protection of Maritime Critical Infrastructures and the Seabed."

The conference featured discussions in four different panels:

• Rising Tides, Rising Challenges: Climate Change, Infrastructures and New Approaches to Civil-Military Cooperation.
• Safeguarding the Seas: Law and Strategy for Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection
• Maritime Cyber Security: Defending Our Critical Infrastructure at Sea
• Underwater Frontiers: Exploring and Protecting the Seabed

We are excited to share the presentations from these invaluable panels with you.

The contributions, shared ideas, and collaborations during the conference emphasized the potential for developing comprehensive solutions to protect maritime critical infrastructure and the seabed.

To reach to the presentations click the links below:

• Prof. Andrew Neal - The Four Security Dilemmas of Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection (CMIP)
• Prof. Sabrina Medeiros - Navigating Inter-Agency Collaboration and the Integration of Customs Security: Insights from the Brazilian Case
• Prof. Sajid Mehmood Shahzad - Safeguarding Pakistan's Maritime  Infrastructure: A Call for Sustainable Protection against Marine Pollution

• Dr. Shahzad Ali Gill - Analyzing Pakistan's National Maritime Policy in Bolstering Maritime Security: Challenges and The Way Forward
• Mr. Can ÖĞÜTÇÜ - Decoding RUS Weaponization of Gas and CUI
• CDR Bagus Jatmiko - The Significance of ASEAN Regional MDA Infrastructure in South China Sea Conflict
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Berat Lale Akkutay - The Regime of UNCLOS on the Protection of Pipelines in the Area

• Dr. Diane M. Zorri - GNSS and AIS Weaponization: Geopolitical Implications for NATO in the Era of Strategic Competition
• Mr. Carl Philipp Wrede - Preliminary Lessons from Current Conflicts about Threats on Critical Maritime Infrastructure by Unmanned Systems
• LT Alexandru C. Hudişteanu - Where Sea and Space Meet: Updating Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection Policies with Space Based Earth Observation (EO) Applications
• Mr. Emre Düzenli - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis for the Maritime Industry: MITRE ATT&CK Framework Approach
• Prof. Stephen McCombie - Maritime IT Security Research Group

• Capt. Francesco Iavazzo - CUI Protection, The Italian Perspective
• Mr. Gary Bagot - New Electromagnetic Technology for the Detection of Underwater Objects: Principle and Results of Tests Carried Out at CMRE
• RAdm. (Ret) Bülent Turan - In the Light of New Developments, Potential Roles and Missions of Submarines and XLUUVs/UUVs in the Seabed Warfare
• Dr. Pooja Bhatt - Data as Sovereign Rights and UNCLOS: Protection of Undersea Cables through Legislative Mechanisms
• Ms. Soojeong Choi - Thematic Approaches to Protection of Submarine Cables on the High Seas as Cyber Infrastructure