The 7th session of the International Executive Board meeting was held at Barcelona School of Nautical Studies, Polytechnical University of Catalonia on 18 and 19 April 2018. Captain Agusti Martin, Dean of Nautical Studies, opened the meeting by welcoming all participants. RADM Thomas Cropper, the Chair of IAMU conducted the meeting to discuss and approve the following items. (key items only)
- Progress of the GMP initiative, the task force report
- Approval for two new member universities
- Final approval for research and development projects in FY2018
- Confirmation of the budget of FY2018
- Approval for activities of working groups in FY2018
- Progress report of AGA19 in 2018
- Organization of AGA20 in 2019
