Announcement

The 32nd International Research Ship Operators (IRSO) meeting occurred October 7-11, 2019 in Hobart, Australia

Meeting Events:

• Monday 7 October 2019 – IRSO Icebreaker & Optional Workshop
• Tuesday 8 October to Thursday 10 October, 2019 – IRSO Meeting
• Friday 11 October, 2019 – Participants Event (TBC – scenery / wine tour)
• There is also an optional visit to RV Investigator, which is planned to be berthed in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) on Thursday, 3 October, 2019

Meeting Information:

• IRSO 2019 Agenda (final v11) (PDF)
• IRSO 2019 – First Information Hobart (PDF) (Updated July 15, 2019)
• IRSO 2019 Attendee List (PDF)
• IRSO 2019 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Presentations:

Day 1:

• Welcome to IRSO 2020 (PDF) – Nieuwejaar
• Introduction to the Australian Institute of Marine Science (PDF) – Bunday
• University of Hawai’i Marine Center (PDF) – Lopez
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (PDF) – Munier
• RV Aranda – Life after refit (PDF) – Flinkman
• US Navy Research Facilities Renewal – Building a Lasting Fleet (PDF) – Prince
• Roger Revelle Midlife Refit (PDF) – Applegate
• RV Thuwal – Selecting a shipyard and refit (PDF) – Uberti
• RV Belgica a new RV for Belgium (PDF) – Naudts
• Replacing the research fleet in the Netherlands (PDF) – Koning
• NOAA Fleet Maintenance (PDF) – Hann
• RSV Nuyina Update (PDF) – Reeve
• Canada Update – Increasing Ocean Science Capability (PDF) – Vollrath
• Recent New Builds in China and the Operation of RV Tan Kah Kee (PDF) – Wang
• MarE3 – New institution for JAMSTEC Fleet Operations (PDF) – Eguchi
• Marine Autonomous Systems vs Traditional Oceanographic Research (PDF) – Storey
• PIRIOU Designing and Building an RV (PDF) – Bousquet

Day 2:

• NSF Facilities Update (PDF) – Houtman
• NSF White Paper on Logistics for Ocean Operations (PDF) – Dufour
• Update on Marine Scientific Research (MSR) Diplomatic Consent (PDF) – David
• Admiralty Law and Marine Insurance Update (PDF) – Nixon
• Hull Optimization bubbles and resistance (PDF) – Fitzgerald
• ERVO Update of Activities (PDF) – Naudts
• Ship coordination Global Ocean Obs system (PDF) – Kramp
• SOI 2020 Around Australia (PDF) – King
• EUROFLEETS Update (PDF) – Fitzgerald
• French Oceanographic Fleet in the Pacific Ocean (PDF) – Peltier
• Seabed 2030 Project (PDF) – Lamarche
• Current status and prospective of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Fleet (PDF) – Diao
• CSIRO Facilities Tour Tech Talks
  • Data Acquisition and Processing Overview (PDF) – Hawkes
  • Hydrochemistry on the RV Investigator (PDF) – Ree
  • MNF Information and Data Centre (PDF) Tattersall
  • GSM Geophysical Survey Mapping (PDF) – Vandenbossche

Day 3:

• Philanthropic Ocean Research Vessel Operators Working Group Meeting (PDF) – King
• EMSO European Large-scale Research Infrastructure (PDF) – Magnifico
• South African Maritime Safety Authority (PDF) – Calvert
• Satcom for RVs from GEO to LEO (PDF) – Calvin
• Staying in the Loop Australian Antarctic Programme (PDF) – Symons
• Vessel Operations – Greening Ships (PDF) – Abrahams
• Novel Platform and Efficient Operations (PDF) – Goh
• Total Worker Health (PDF) – Hann
• Educator on Board (PDF) – Rae
• Kongsberg Maritime Technology for Research Vessels (PDF) – Gutowski
• Developments in Oceanographic Operations with USV (PDF) – West
• Modernizations of French Oceanographic Fleet (PDF) – Peltier
• INMARTECH 2020 – Barcelona (PDF)