
Yang Weng (The University of Tokyo), OCEANS 2022 Chennai SPC winner The OCEANS Conference is a worldwide event for maritime professionals to share their research…

Offshore Technology Conference Showcases the Energy Evolution
Brandy Armstrong, VP for Professional Activities and OTC Marketing IEEE OES Senior past president and OTC board director Jerry Carol, President Christopher Whitt and Vice…

OTC Asia 2022 Report
Mal Heron, OTC Asia Oversight Committee Member OTC Asia 2022 was held as a hybrid event in Kuala Lumpur on 22-25 March on the theme…

A Report on the IEEE OES Sponsored Sessions at Oceans Sciences Meeting 2022 (OSM22)
Venugopalan Pallayil, Jay Pearlman, René Garello OES has been a technical sponsor for the OSM22 Meeting held during Feb 27th to Mar 4th. This is…
From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (March 2022)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S As mentioned in the last Beacon, the Guidelines for Workshops & Symposia Organization have been updated and approved. Thanks…

OCEANS Conferences 2022
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS By the time you read this OCEANS 2022 Chennai (https://chennai22.oceansconference.org ) will, in all probability, be over. The impact…

University of Victoria Submarine Racing Club
Josh Fernandes (OES student member), and team members The members of the University of Victoria submarine racing club (UVSRC) are a diverse bunch, ranging from…

Underwater Robot Competition @ Techno-Ocean2021
Co-chairs: Masakazu Arima (Osaka Prefecture University) and Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology) Introduction The Underwater Robot Competition was held at Kobe Port Island Sports…

2021 International Symposium on Ocean Technology (SYMPOL 2021)
Supriya M.H., Chairperson, SYMPOL 2021 Arun A. Balakrishnan, Coordinator, SYMPOL 2021 Introduction The 2021 International Symposium on Ocean Technology (SYMPOL 2021), addressing the Global Oceans,…

The Fifth IEEE OES Underwater Communications and Networking (UComms21) Conference
João Alves (UComms 2021 General Chair), OES AdCom member The UComms conference series, Organised by the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), is…

OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto Report 1
In Person component, San Diego Conference report Introduction The OCEANS 2021 San Diego portion of the hybrid conference, held at the Town and Country Resort,…

The Student Poster Competition at OCEANS 2021
Shyam Madhusudhana, OES Student Poster Competition Chair On-site photographs by Stan Chamberlain A flagship event of the MTS/OES OCEANS conferences is the Student Poster Competition…

Background on OCEANS 2022 Chennai
M. A. Atmanand, General Co-Chair of OCEANS 2022 Chennai As the OCEANS 2022 Chennai, one of the long-cherished aspirations of the entire OES communities in…

OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads is on the East Coast Horizon
Conference Co-Chairs – Ray Toll, Laura Rogers, Daniel Sternlicht The OCEANS conference is returning to Hampton Roads after 10 years. The conference theme, Resilient Coasts,…

Breaking the Surface 2021
Nadir Kapetanović, Anja Babić, Ivan Lončar, Igor Kvasić, Barbara Arbanas, Matej Fabijanić, Jura Vuković, Maja Magdalenić, Goran Borković OCEANS 2021 activities In the week leading…

ARIEL, the AUV Won First Place in Underwater Robot Convention in JAMSTEC 2021!
Kazushi Yamamoto, Sehwa Chun, Yuki Sekimori, Chihaya Kawamra Introduction On August 28 and 29, students and enthusiasts gathered online to take part in the Underwater…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (December 2021)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S As the last issue in 2021, it is now time to make a balance of this year and look…

A Blast from the (recent) Past! . . . Face-to-Face Again!
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Photographer Stan Chamberlain In our last Blast, we took a look at the prior Singapore and Gulf Coast conferences,…
Did You Know – OCEANS Photo Gallery???
The photo gallery for the OCEANS conferences is on line in the OES website. There are decades of photos. Scan down the list, select a…

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Forum – ASOF 2021 Workshop Summary
Andreas Marouchos – Chair, Polar Oceans Technology Committee On August 5-6th the Polar Ocean Technology Committee hosted the third polar technology workshop–the Antarctic and Southern…

A Blast from the Past! . . . A Vision of the Future?
Bob Wernli – Beacon Co-Editor-in-Chief and Stan Chamberlain Well, thanks to the pandemic, our 2020 Singapore and Gulf Coast OCEANS conferences went virtual, and most…

OCEANS Conferences 2021 – Where are we now?
John Watson, OES Vice-President for OCEANS So here we are, very close to OCEANS 2021 San Diego – Porto. Some features make this conference and…

From the OES BEACON Editors (September 2021)
Harumi Sugimatsu and Robert Wernli Welcome to the September 2021 issue of the Beacon. Although we seem to be living in a virtual world at…

Underwater Technology 2021 Online (UT21 Online) – Underwater Video Competition, Tokyo, Japan, 2 March, 2021
Katsunori Mizuno, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of UT21 Online, Beacon Associate Editor The IEEE OES International Symposium on Underwater Technology 2021 (UT21) was postponed till…

From the Vice President for Workshops & Symposia (June 2021)
Fausto Ferreira, Vice President for W&S Since the last Beacon, a lot has been happening in my portfolio. While the COVID-19 pandemic still affects our…