Volos, Greece | 27 June – 2 July 2027

Overview

UACE 2027

The 9th Underwater Acoustics Conference & Exhibition, bringing together the global underwater acoustics community in Volos, Greece.

Period

Sunday 27 June – Friday 2 July, 2027

Venue

Valis Resort Hotel, Volos
Magnesia, Greece

Target Groups

Scientists & Engineers · Universities · Research Institutes · Government & Industry · Naval Commands

Conference Chairman Michael Taroudakis University of Crete & F.O.R.T.H., Greece

Honorary Chairmen

David Bradley ARL, Penn State University, USA

Ross Chapman University of Victoria, Canada

Conference Structure

Structured and regular oral sessions plus poster sessions, organized by leading researchers. Invited papers from prominent international scientists alongside contributed papers presenting the latest findings in underwater acoustics.

Awards

The John Papadakis and Leif Bjørnø award competitions will be formally organized during UACE2027 to recognize excellence in research by young acousticians and students.

Exhibition

Leading international manufacturers will exhibit state-of-the-art technologies, equipment and services for underwater acoustic measurements, surveys and control of underwater processes in the central conference area.

Overview

Committees

Honorary Advisory Committee

David Bradley

ARL · Penn State University
USA

Ross Chapman

University of Victoria
Canada

Mike Buckingham

MPL · Scripps
USA

Qihu Li

Institute of Acoustics · Acad. Sinica
China

Organising Committee

Michael Taroudakis (chairman)

University of Crete & FORTH
Greece

Philippe Blondel

University of Bath
UK

Nick Chotiros

University of Texas at Austin
USA

George Haralabus

CMRE
Italy

Anthony Lyons

CCOM/JHC · University of New Hampshire
USA

Stan Dosso

University of Victoria
Canada

Eliza Michalopoulou

NJIT
USA

Emmanuel Skarsoulis

IACM · FORTH
Greece

Scientific Committee

Michael Taroudakis University of Crete & F.O.R.T.H. Greece

Michael Ainslie Jasco Applied Sciences Germany

Philippe Blondel University of Bath UK

Julien Bonnel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute USA

Andrea Caiti ISME / DII Italy

Chi-Fang Chen National Taiwan University Taiwan

Nick Chotiros University of Texas at Austin USA

Paul Cristini University Aix Marseille France

Stan Dosso University of Victoria Canada

Victor Espinosa Polytechnic University of Valencia Spain

Alexander Gavrilov Curtin University Australia

Peter Gerstoft MPL, Scripps USA

Roy Edgar Hansen NDRE Norway

George Haralabus CMRE Italy

Sergio Jesus University of Algarve, Faro Portugal

Tony Lyons University of New Hampshire USA

Alain Maguer CMRE Italy

Eliza Michalopoulou NJIT USA

Jennifer Miksis-Olds University of New Hampshire USA

Konstantinos Pelekanakis TNO Netherlands

Pavel Petrov V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute Russia

Purnima Ratilal Northeastern University, Boston USA

Jean-Pierre Sessarego CNRS-LMA, Marseille France

Martin Siderius Portland State University USA

Emmanuel Skarsoulis F.O.R.T.H. Greece

Alessandra Tesei CMRE Italy

Committees

Conference Topics

UACE 2027

The topics of the UACE2027 include:

Acoustic imaging

Acoustics in Oil and Gas Production

Acoustic studies of marine mammals

Ambient noise: sources, monitoring and long term trends

Arctic acoustics

Bioacoustics and Biosonar

Calibration of sonar and hydrophones

Detection and remediation of objects on the seafloor

Environmental protection

Experimental facilities

Fisheries

Flow generated noise

Geoacoustics

Harbour and sea lane protection

Impact of noise on marine life

International regulations and their impact

Inversion methods in underwater acoustics

Marine ecology

Marine GIS

Marine renewables

Marine soundscapes

Marine surveys

Metamaterials

Mine countermeasures

Multibeam Sonar and Technology

New transducer materials

Noise and vibration from marine piling

Nonlinear underwater acoustics

Ocean observatories

Ocean technology policy

Oceanographic instrumentation

Radiated noise from ships and surface platforms

Risk assessment in underwater acoustic measurements

Research vessel facilities and instrumentations

Reverberation and clutter

ROVs and AUVs and their use in underwater acoustics

Scattering and fluctuations

Seabed interactions

Seafloor characterization

Seismic acoustics

Signal and image processing

Single- and multi-beam sonar advances

Sound propagation modelling in shallow and deep water

Sonar performance measurements and modelling

Synthetic aperture sonar

Tank experiments

Target recognition

Tectonic plate movement monitoring

Tomography

Transducer and array technology

Tsunami detection

Underwater archaeology

Underwater communication, navigation and positioning

Vector sensors

Volume scattering and bubbly media

Waterside Security

Conference Topics