The 5th World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS 2025) is hosted by the Finnish company Bluet Floating Solutions. The Conference is organised in collaboration with the Society of Floating Solutions and a team of educational, academic, and research institutes, such as Finnish state-owned research institutions VTT and Haaga-Helia. The conference will take place in Espoo, Finland, from September 1st to 3rd, 2025.
The Society of Floating Solutions, Singapore (SFSS) initiated the World Conference on Floating Solutions (WCFS) in 2019 to bring international experts and leaders together to disseminate recent research and developments in floating solutions. The second WCFS was held in Rotterdam in 2020, the third in Tokyo in 2023, and the fourth in Hong Kong in December 2024.
The theme of WCFS 2025 is “Floating solutions for sustainable urban waterfront development and blue economy.” The conference will interest architects, engineers, urban planners, biologists, social scientists, consultants, manufacturers, developers, government officials, researchers, academics, and postgraduate students interested in floating solutions. Each conference has had about 250 delegates from all over the world.
Bluet Floating Solutions, a Finnish company founded in 2016, is a global leader in innovative floating construction and is revolutionising the landscape of sustainable urban development. Specialising in the design and implementation of floating solutions, Bluet seamlessly blends cutting-edge technology with eco-friendly practices to create versatile, resilient structures on water.
The Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore) was founded in 2019. Its mission is to facilitate the application of scientific principles and proven offshore technologies to the design, engineering, and construction of floating space solutions.
“It’s an honour to host WCFS in Finland. We are thrilled to provide an interesting conference and showcase the many on-site floating solutions done in Finland,” says Bluet’s MD, Tytti Sirola.
The event will be held at the conference centre Hanaholmen. The official conference program, calls for abstracts and papers, and information about accommodation, hosting partners, etcetera, will be published later on the event’s website, estimated in October 2024.
