Webinar
Understand how design in maritime is changing, and how companies can use this transformation to face uncertainty with confidence and build for the future.
In 2026, maritime product teams will face even greater pressure with stricter regulations, rising system complexity, and higher expectations from customers. Yet within this lies opportunity, as trends from 2025 converge to create hidden potential.
These trends are reshaping maritime product design:
Development, business, and strategy converging in design thinking
Data-driven methods moving from talk to practice
Human-centered design maturing beyond usability into adoption and trust
AI disrupting workflows with new opportunities and risks
A flood of GUI tools making interfaces more powerful, and more chaotic
So far these shifts have been uneven, but in 2026 they will intersect, creating new ways of working that ease legacy integration, improve crew adoption, and reduce ripple effects across engineering, operations, marketing, and customer support.
Join us to hear from two pioneers who are setting the standard in this new way of working. Dennis Lenard (author, lecturer at King’s College London, and practitioner on 200+ projects) and Kathy Varga (award-winning designer, cognitive scientist, and experienced skipper) will show what maritime design looks like at the leading edge in 2026, with a focus on user interfaces.
This webinar is designed for decision-makers and practitioners shaping the future of maritime devices and software. Whether you lead at the executive level or work hands-on in product, engineering, R&D, or digital transformation, you’ll find insights relevant to your role.
Panellists
Kathy Varga, MsC
Maritime UX Strategist & Skipper @Creative Navy
Dennis Lenard, MsC
Global Marine Product Manager @Creative Navy
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