Meet the Organisers

Technical Program Committee

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Blair Thornton

General Chair

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Alexander Phillips

Technical-Co Chair

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Nick Townsend

Technical-Co Chair

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Sara Bernardini

Technical-Co Chair

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Yvan Petillot

Technical-Co Chair

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Yogang Singh

Technical-Co Chair/Publication Chair

Local Organising Committee

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Sue Brindle

Secretariat / Treasurer

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Ian Folger

Symposium Manager

International Committee

Our international committee plays a critical role to encourage contributions from around the world. If you would like to join our team, please contact auv2026@soton.ac.uk

Stefan Williams, ACRF University of Sydney, Australia

Hanumant Singh, Northeaster University, USA

Chris Roman, University of Rhode Island, USA

Mike Jakuba, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

Katie Skinner, University of Michigan, USA

Oscar Pizarro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Martin Ludvigsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Nuno Cruz, University of Porto, Portugal

Joao Sousa, University of Porto, Portugal

Gabriel Oliver, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

Ralph Bachmeyer, Marum University of Bremen, Germany

John Folkesson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

Toshihiro Maki, IIS University of Tokyo, Japan

Yuya Nishida, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan

Hayato Kondo, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT), Japan

Takumi Matsuda, Meiji University, Japan

Son-Cheol Yu, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea

M A Atmanand, Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Chennai, India

Marco Bibuli, Italian National Research Council Institute of Marine engineering (CNR-INM), Italy

Enrica Zereik, Italian National Research Council Institute of Marine engineering (CNR-INM), Italy

Fausto Ferreira, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Dula Nad, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Irfan Hussain Khalifa University, UAE

Malika Meghjani, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore