9th RGMT | Program
The 9th RGMT brings together leading experts from industry and academia to discuss the future of sustainable propulsion technologies.
The conference will feature 11 technical sessions addressing key challenges in sustainable propulsion, including:
- Next-generation fuels – exploring the potential of ammonia, methanol, and bio-based fuels for sustainable industrial and marine propulsion
- Innovative combustion and injection concepts enabling efficient and clean utilisation of alternative fuels
- Advanced simulation and modelling approaches for deeper insight into fuel injection, combustion processes, and propulsion system performance
- Emission reduction and exhaust gas cleaning technologies on the path toward near-zero environmental impact
- Defossilising today’s fleet through retrofit solutions, hybrid propulsion concepts, and system-level optimisation
For the first time in the event’s history, the second day of the conference will include parallel sessions, allowing us to accommodate the breadth of innovative research and engineering developments in the field of large engines.
Join experts from leading companies such as WinGD, Everllence, Caterpillar, Wärtsilä, and INNIO Jenbacher, alongside R&D service providers and renowned universities from Europe and around the world to exchange ideas and explore the technologies driving the maritime energy transition.
We are currently reviewing the numerous abstracts received relating to these topics:
- Availability and challenges for future marine fuels: availability of green energy/green fuels/green CO2
- Biomass-based low GHG fuels and other drop-in fuels
- Methanol (ethanol) engines: combustion concepts, performance, experience
- Ammonia engines: combustion concepts, performance, experience
- Combustion development and experimental research for renewable fuels: fuel injection, ignition, combustion and emission analysis
- Fuel injector design for targeted combustion control: effects of fuel injection
- Exhaust gas treatment for ultra-low emissions
- Subsystems, components and sensors for marine engines operated with renewable fuels
- Lubricants and additives for future fuels
- Control strategies for engines running on methanol, ammonia and other green fuels
- Simulation of large engines and engine processes: 3D-CFD, system simulation and digital twins, A.I. and machine learning concepts for engine development
- New concepts and basic research for the next generation of energy converters (high-performance single fuel engines, fuel cells, batteries, hybrid systems etc.)
We look forward to presenting the program to you in March 2026!
Tuesday, 13-10-2026
Session 1 | Ground Floor
Defossilising the Existing Fleet - Engine Retrofit Solutions
Dr. Daniel Chatterjee
Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
Session chair
Dr. Christian Schnapp
WinGD
How practical retrofit approaches from WinGD can contribute to decarbonizing the merchant marine fleet
Harald Schlick
Everllence SE
Everllence 51/60R-DF-M – An example of engine retrofit for Methanol Dual Fuel operation
Dr. Michael Sturm
Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
Methanol and ethanol dual fuel conversion for the existing M 32 and M 43 platforms
Session 2 | Ground Floor
Advanced Methanol Combustion Strategies
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Stiesch
Everllence SE
Session chair
Jannik Aldag
Graz University of Technology
Performance potential and limitations of methanol-diesel combustion concept for medium speed engines
Karsten Stenzel
WTZ Roßlau gGmbH
Optimized methanol combustion concepts for marine applications: Impact of mixture formation, ignition and exhaust gas recirculation
Quinten Dejaegere
Ghent University
Experimental validation of prechamber-enabled mixing-controlled combustion of methanol
Session 3 | Ground Floor
Exhaust Gas Cleaning - Path to Zero Impact
Dr. Markus Münz
VDMA | Working Group Large Engines - CIMAC Germany
Session chair
Dr. Daniel Peitz
Hug Engineering
Ultra-low emission vessels field experience
Prof. Dr. Andreas Roppertz
University of Applied Science Niederrhein
Multi-stage catalyst configurations for marine NH₃ engine aftertreatment: Resolving the NOx–N₂O trade-off
Quinten Dejaegere
Ghent University
Experimental validation of prechamber-enabled mixing-controlled combustion of methanol
Dominik Schneiter
WinGD
Chair: Session 3 & Pitches
Dr. Qiyan Zhou
Accelleron c/o Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd
Turbocharging strategies to enable fuel-flexibility over a full operating map in a 4-stroke marine engine
Prof. Grigorios Koltsakis
Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Emission control concepts for large two-stroke ammonia engines
Pitches
Elomatic Consulting & Engineering Oy
CFD investigation of explosion pressure and pressure relief from methane-hydrogen-air mixtures in confined spaces
Schaller - Industrielle Automationstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Development of a modular hydrogen and methane monitoring system for the crankcase of large marine and stationary engines
Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG
Methanol PFI-injector platform for medium speed engines
Rostock University, LKV
The InnoFuels project
Session 4 | Ground Floor
Ammonia Combustion and Emission Control
Prof. Dr. Nicole Wermuth
Graz University of Technology
Session chair
F. Wenig & A. Braun
University of Rostock & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Interaction of engine control parameters and exhaust gas aftertreatment system in ammonia-fueled combustion engines for low-emission power generation
Prof. Dr. Tie Li
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Stratified combustion of ammonia in a medium-speed marine engine enabled by a novel high-pressure dual-fuel injector
Dr. Neeraj Yadav
University of Nottingham
Mono-fuel lean-burn ammonia propulsion enabled by thermo-catalytic cracking and SCR for IMO Tier III compliance
Wednesday, 14-10-2026
Session 5 | Ground Floor
Future Fuels - Optical Diagnostics and Combustion Visualisation
Prof. Dr. Kai Herrmann
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland - FHNW
Session chair
Shota Hayashida
Oita University
A study on the suppression of unburned methane emissions and the enhancement of combustion through flow control
Patrick Albrecht
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland - FHNW
Assessment of ignition promoting measures in an optical engine test facility in view of reliable methanol MCCI combustion
Prof. Dr. Koji Takasaki
Kyushu University, Japan
Visualization studies of diesel-type diffusive combustion using gaseous fuels
Jennifer Lorena Schurr
Aalto University
Auto-ignition and flame characteristics of ultra-high-pressure hydrogen jet flames under wet engine-like conditions
Session 5 | Top Deck
Novel Ignition and Combustion Concepts for Alternative Fuels
Dr. Michael Sturm
Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
Session chair
Dr. Derek Splitter
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Methanol mixing controlled compression ignition enabled via HCCI of DME through catalytic decomposition of methanol
Dr. Alexander Hoth
Dumarey USA
Fuel-agnostic pre-chamber enabled mixing controlled combustion (PC-MCC): A numerical and experimental study
Dr. Panagiotis Karvounis
University of Strathclyde
Fuel flexible dual-fuel variable compression ratio marine engine operating with methanol or hydrogen at 30% load
Maikel Ebert
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) as a bridging approach for high-precision simulation of argon power cycle engines
Session 6 | Ground Floor
ModelLing and Analysis of Methanol Injection Systems
Dr. Christian Reiser
WTZ Roßlau gGmbH
Session chair
Christian Napp-Zinn
Everllence SE
Modelling of the methanol-vaporization for PFI marine engines using 0D/1D methods
Dr. Cemil Bekdemir
TNO
Experimental and numerical investigation of high-pressure port fuel injected methanol in a dual-fuel marine engine
Dr. Marco Ferro
O.M.T. SpA
Design and characterisation of a methanol HPDI fuel injector for high power medium speed engines
Session 6 | Top Deck
Advanced Simulation of Fuel Injection
Dr. Martin Theile
FVTR GmbH
Session chair
Nicolai Arent Quist
Everllence
A one-way coupled simulation strategy for the internal nozzle flow and ensuing spray combustion for large marine two-stroke engines
Xiaotian Bi
Wärtsilä Finland Oy/ University of Vaasa
Enhancing injector rig testing efficiency: AI-based rate of injection prediction from experimental data
Dr. Mattia Pelosin
Politecnico di Milano
A conjugate heat transfer methodology for the thermal assessment of two-stroke marine engines in methanol dual-fuel operation
Session 7 | Ground Floor
ModelLing Ammonia Combustion
Prof. Dr. Christian Fink
Wismar University of Applied Sciences
Session chair
Dr. David Rogers
Kistler Instrumente AG
Challenges in in-cylinder pressure analysis of direct-injected ammonia combustion in reciprocating engines
Melvin Grün
TU München
Numerical investigation of ammonia/diesel dual-fuel combustion in a high-pressure direct injection configuration
Konstantin Schmidt
Dresden University of Technology
Flame supported jet ignition: A novel process for mixing controlled ammonia spray combustion
Session 7 | Top Deck
Alternative and Bio-Based Fuels in Industrial and Marine Engines
Jan Seidl-Zelenka
DS NORDEN A/S
Session chair
Dr. Brian Kaul
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Evaluation of 30% bio-intermediate blends with very low sulfur fuel oil for marine diesel engines
Sai Kirutheka Peram
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Experimental investigation of methanol-lignin blends for marine compression ignition engines
Mario Frischmann
INNIO Jenbacher
Gas engine development for a new CHP plant using Hâ‚‚-based process gas with ultra-low heating value
Session 8 | Ground Floor
Model-Based Optimisation of Hybrid Propulsion Systems
Prof. Dr. Rom Rabe
Wismar University of Applied Sciences
Session chair
Carsten Cosse
Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH
Methodology for data analysis and model based configuration of hybrid fuel cell systems for marine vessels
Dr. Martin Theile
FVTR GmbH
Challenges in hybrid marine propulsion systems addressed through dynamic scenario-based simulation analysis with SimPleShip
Mario Frischmann
INNIO Jenbacher
Gas engine development for a new CHP plant using Hâ‚‚-based process gas with ultra-low heating value
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