Announcement
The 31st International Research Ship Operators (IRSO) meeting occurred October 1-4, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain
Meeting Registration:
Please Click Here to Register for the 2018 IRSO Meeting!
Meeting Information:
2018 IRSO Information (PDF) (posted 22 March, 2018)
- this document includes hotel booking and poster submission information
2018 IRSO Agenda (Draft, posted 9/26/2018)
2018 IRSO Attendees (final version, posted 11/26/2018)
Meeting Presentations:
Day 1: Delegate Reports of Activity
- Review of IRSO website – Jon Alberts
- New Zealand Research Fleet (Report of Activity) – Rob Christie
- Research Infrastructures Databases (EurOcean_RID and EurOcean_RV) – Sandra Isabel Oliveira Sa’
- ERVO Group- Cooperation with Eurofleets + European Marine Board – Klas Lackschewitz & Lieven Naudts
Day 1: Delegates Report of Activity
- Australian Marine National Facility-Challenges of scaling up operations from 180 to 300 days per year – Toni Moate
- NOAA Fleet Recapitalization Plan – Nancy Hann
- Xiamen University and its State Key Lab for Marine Environmental Science – Haili Wang
- Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, R/V Bat Galim – Gideon Tibor
- Ifremer and the French Oceanographic Fleet – Olivier Lefort
- JAMSTEC Fleet Management Reborn Plan – Shin’ichi KURAMOTO
Day 1: R/V Builds, Modification, and Performance
- R/V Xiangyanghong 10 operation and management in 2017 – Zhu Yongling
- Renewed Measurements of underwater radiated noise, R/V Simon Stevin after 5 yrs – Dre Cattrijisse
- R/V Kronprins Haakon Ice Trials report – Per Nieuwejaar
- Regional Class Research Vessels – R/V Marcus Langseth Retirement Plans – Ocean Observatories Initiative – Bob Houtman
- AGOR Class Midlife Refit – Mike Prince
- ONR’s Flip & DSV Alvin Upgrades – Tim Schnoor
- R/V Barnes Replacement R/V Rachel Carson – Doug Russell
- Construction of Research Vessel Database for efficient operation – Ken Yatsu
- RSV Nuyina- Exciting Future of the Australian Antarctic Program – Phillip Boxall
Day 2: Manning, Safety and Training
- Civility at Sea – Rose Dufour
- Polar Code Workshop & Update – Per Nieuwejaar
- Polar Code Survival Training Course – Hanna Suutaria
- Medicals & Safety Training for Scientists – Erica Koning
Day 2: Scientific Technology
- Optimizing USBL Positioning from Research Vessels – Geraint West
Day 2: Special Topics
- Way to stable survey using AUVs – Satoshi Tsukioka
- Modern Icebreaker Research Vessel Requirements to Design – Anders Mård
- Zero V Emissions – Bruce Appelgate
- ICES 209 after running URN – Per Nieuwejaar
- Operational strategies for fuel consumption minimization – Aodhán FitzGerald
Day 3: Legal and Insurance
- Risk Management, Insurance, and Admiralty Law – Dennis Nixon
- Craft Risk Management Standard for Biofouling (CRMS) New Zealand – Greg Foothead
- U.S. State Department – Allison Reed & Matt Kastrinsky
Day 3: Coopration & Outreach
- Eurofleets 3 Proposal – Aodhán FitzGerald
- European Research Fleets: options for future management and coordination -Giuseppe Magnifico
- Training Crew, Technicians, Office Staff of Developing Countries in Marine Operations – Per Nieuwejaar
- R/V Investigator- Education and Outreach Toni Moate Activities – Toni Moate
- Research Vessels of New Zealand & Australia ( RVONZA) New Collaborative Forum – Rob Christie
- Improving the EMSO-ERIC Collaboration for the benefit of Marine Science -Juanjo Dañobeitia
Day 3: Special Topics
- Elect. Winches and Non-Hydraulic A-Frames – Ole Aarup Mikkelsen
- Manning Questionnaire Results – Erica Koning
- Spanish Big and Singular Science Infrastructure – Jose Ignacio Doncel/General Director
Day 3: IRSO Business
- Review of Action Items – Bob Houtman & Erica Koning
- Introduction to venue for IRSO 2019 in Australia at CSIRO – Toni Moate