Maritime leaders and professionals are meeting to review and debate the latest technologies available for improved energy efficiency of ships at the two-day inaugural Future-Ready Shipping 2015 Conference (28-29 September). This joint IMO-Singapore international conference on maritime technology transfer and capacity building will also focus on how to facilitate successful technology transfers between countries and increase the take-up of maritime technologies worldwide. IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu opened the conference, which is being held in Singapore, and emphasised the need to institutionalize technology-transfer and capacity-building efforts to meet the unique needs of the maritime industry