
Yutaka MICHIDA, Convener of the UN Decade session at UT23, Professor of University of Tokyo A keynote session entitled ‘United Nations Decade of Ocean Science’…

Are YOU missing out? Opportunities abound at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
Brandy Armstrong, Executive Vice President Offshore Technology Conference Houston Every year IEEE OES is one of 13 sponsoring academic, scientific, and professional organizations dedicated to…

Ocean Remote Sensing Technology Committee Report
Ferdinando Nunziata and Paolo de Matthaeis, Chairs of the Ocean remote Sensing Technology Committee The mission of the OES Ocean Remote Sensing The technology committee…

Underwater Technology 2023 (UT23) with webinar, Tokyo, Japan, 6-9 March, 2023
Masanao Shinohara, Symposium General Co-Chair of UT23, OES Japan Chapter Chair The IEEE OES international symposium on Underwater Technology 2023 (UT23) organized by IEEE Oceanic…

UNIZG SBC activities report 3-6.2023
Igor Kvasić, Vladimir Slošić, Luka Mandić, Juraj Obradović, Kristijan Krčmar, Matko Batoš As we all gladly witness the revival of fieldwork activities and international visits,…

Current, Wave, Turbulence Measurement and Applications (CWTMA) Technology Committee Report
Weimin Huang, Chair of CWTMA Technology Committee CWTMA Technology Committee (TC), is interested in supporting the development and applications of various sensors and methods for…
OES Conference Calendar (June 2023)
Contact BEACON Editors, OES VPWS and VPTA OCEANS OCEANS 2023 Limerick June 5-8, 2023 Limerick, Ireland https://limerick23.oceansconference.org OCEANS 2023 Gulf Coast September 25-28, 2023 Gulf…

Report upon attending the World Ocean Assessment workshop at Belitung, Indonesia in December 2022
Prof. M. A. Atmanand, Senior Member IEEE, AdCom member and Coordinator of Technology Committees Atmanand was recommended to the UN- Division of Ocean Affairs and…

Ocean Decade initiative – into the second year, and gathering steam
Hari Vishnu, Amy Deeb, Laura Meyer, M. A. Atmanand, with inputs from Ocean Decade initiative committee As the UN Decade of Ocean sciences for sustainable…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (March 2023)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S New year, but still busy. As you were able to read in the last edition, 2022 was a very…

IEEE MetroSea 2022
Pasquale Daponte, IEEE MetroSea2022 General Chairman, Maurizio Migliaccio, IEEE OES Italy Chapter Chairman IEEE MetroSea 2022 was the first edition in person after the Covid-19…

The Sixth IEEE OES Underwater Communications and Networking (UComms’22) Conference
João Alves (UComms 2012 General Chair, OES AdCom member) Introduction The sixth edition of the renowned Underwater Communications and Networking (UComms) conference was held from…

The Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge (SAUVC) and workshop 2022: The 8th Edition
Hari Vishnu, Bharath Kalyan, Venugopalan Pallayil, Rajat Mishra with inputs from SAUVC organizing committee, photos courtesy of Manu Ignatius and Hari The 8th edition of…

2022 IEEE OES AUV Symposium, Singapore, 19 – 21 September 2022
Bharath Kalyan, Venugopalan Pallayil (General Co-Chairs) & Hari Vishnu (Publicity Chair) The IEEE OES AUV Symposium is a collaborative symposium sponsored by IEEE OES and…

IEEE OES at Sea Tech Week 2022
René Garello (Life Fellow – IMT Atlantique / IEEE OES), Christophe Maes (IRD), Philippe Courmontagne (Naval Group / IEEE OES) Context The Sea Tech Week…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (September 2022)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S We are now in the busiest trimester of OES Workshops & Symposia as you can see in this article.…

OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads and After
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS The OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach Conference Center, 17-20 October 2022) conference is now almost upon us. You…

Chapter News (September 2022)
Submit Chapter news to Beacon Co-Editors and OES Chapter Coordinator Malaysia Chapter 3rd Multi-Object Collision Avoidance for a Riverine Autonomous Surface Vehicle Reported by Zainah…

The Robotics for Asset Maintenance and Inspection (RAMI) 2022
Gabriele Ferri1, Alessandro Faggiani2, Tommaso Fabbri2, and Fausto Ferreira3 1RAMI 2022 Technical Director 2RAMI2022 Deputy Technical Director 3RAMI 2022 Head Judge, VP Workshops & Symposia…

A Blast from the Past! . . . Student Poster Competitions
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Photographer Stan Chamberlain A major effort in OES is to ensure that we have an excellent Student Poster Competition…

Member Highlights (September 2022)
Contact the editors if you have items of interest for the society International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) and International Congress on Acoustics…

UNIZG SBC half-year activities report March – July 2022
Nadir Kapetanović, Anja Babić, Ivan Lončar, Igor Kvasić, Vladimir Slošić, Allan Badian Introduction It was a busy start of the year for members of the…

OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads is on the Horizon
Ray Toll, OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads Co-Chair OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads is just a few months away, and all the planning since 2017 is about…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S We are now almost in the middle of 2022 and while we had only one major conference (besides OCEANS…

OCEANS Conferences 2022 and beyond
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS The OCEANS 2022 Chennai conference has now been and gone. This was the first time that OCEANS reached out…