The 26th annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) will be held in Mombasa (Kenya) on 11-14 September 2018. With the organization of the IAME 2018 conference, the Maritime Economists community not only opens up for the African continent as a major vector of the future development of its sub-discipline within the broader field of transportation and logistics, but also towards the other areas of application that can now be considered and integral part of the maritime (or blue) economy. In sum, the IAME 2018 conference intends to provide intellectual enriching interfaces on various levels: i) between scholars from developed and emerging economies; ii) between scholars from multiple disciplines gathering around the concept of sustainable blue growth; iii) between scholars, practitioners and policy makers in the field of blue growth. For more information, http://iame2018.com/