The institution was a key participant in a seminar held at Asenav in Valdivia, where the Minister of Defense, Adriana Delpiano, participated. Likewise, in the Jorge Millas Hall, the Strategic Naval Construction Advisory Committee session was held.

From the bank of the Calle Calle river, where we have held the naval construction seminar, I send a very affectionate greeting to all the students of the Austral University who are studying Naval Engineering. I want to tell you that you have chosen well, because you are fundamental in thinking about the policy. I am sure you can make a very important contribution to the development of Chile, to the development of this region in particular and for the development of an area that is not very widespread in the academic world. My congratulations to the authorities who created this career; they were really visionaries.

So expressed the Minister of Defense, Adriana Delpiano, who participated in the seminar National Naval Construction Policy: a national and territorial vision, aimed at analyzing the impact of this public policy in the Los Ríos Region, carried out at the Asenav Shipyard in Valdivia. (View image gallery).

The Rector of UACh, Dr. Egon Montecinos, stated that "it was a historic day for our Naval Engineering degree, the Faculty of Engineering, and certainly for the Austral University of Chile. We are very proud of the position that the university has, through its Naval Engineering degree, in this national policy."

"I congratulate the Dean, the Director of the Institute, the Director of the School, who was also recognized and awarded at the seminar held at Asenav, and also the students who participated in this activity. It is a pride that they are representatives of the university in these instances," he added.

The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at UACh, Dr. Enrique Suárez, stated that "we have a long track record, more than 50 years of training in this naval construction specialty, and we are collaborating with this policy as the only higher education institution in the country."

The seminar was attended by the Dean of the Naval Engineering Faculty, Dr. Enrique Suárez; Dr. Gonzalo Tampier, member of the Strategic Advisory Committee on Naval Construction and director of the Institute of Naval and Maritime Sciences; together with academics and students of the Naval Engineering career.

Strategic Advisory Committee on Naval Construction

On the morning of October 30, in the Jorge Millas lounge of the Isla Teja Campus of the UACh, the session of the Strategic Advisory Committee on Naval Construction was held, the objective of which was to articulate the public and private sector to promote a national project that allows to develop a marine industry of high added value and sustainable.Watch video)

Chaired the table Elizabeth Zapata, Director of Technological Development of Corfo, along with the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Fernando Cabrera and Corfo's Executive Vice President, José Miguel Benavente.

Representatives of the productive, public and academic sectors participated. Rector UACh, Dr. Egon Montecinos attended this session with the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Dr. Enrique Suarez and Dr. Gonzalo Tampier, academic who integrates this instance.

At the time, the executive director of the Naval Construction Committee of Corfo, Elizabeth Zapata, said that “it is a pleasure to be sitting the Strategic Advisory Council here at the Universidad Austral de Chile, especially for the link that shipbuilding has with this university, which is the first and only one that has the careers of engineering and naval architecture. It is vitally important for this public policy to continue working with the academy, so we’re very excited.”