Meeting Information:

Please visit the IRSO 2025 Meeting Website for more details on Registration, Social Events and the Program.

• 2025 IRSO Agenda
  • Workshop Agenda
• 2025 IRSO Attendee List
• Planned Activities – 26 Sep 25

Meeting Presentations

Day 1

• No Man is an Island / Per Niuwejaar
• Kaharoa II Pt. 1 – First year of operation – Greg Foothead / NIOZ
• Kaharoa II Pt. 1 – First year of operation – Sol Fergus – New Zealand Research Vessels Ltd
• A new research vessel for the Pacific – Robert Christie – Pacific Community
• I-MASTER project: the Italian MASS Test Area at the Lake of Nemi -Salvatore Mauro & Massimo De Lauro – CNR
• JAMSTEC’s New Research Vessel – Ken Yatsu – JAMSTEC
• Enhanced Ocean Observations of Ocean Carbon uptake from Research Vessels – can you help -can you help – Richard Sanders – ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre
• RV Investigator Mid-Life Refit: Lessons Learned from a Major Modernisation – Toni Moate – CSIRO
• Updates from NOC: vessels, schedules, and autonomy – Eleanor Darlington – NOC
• Remote & Autonomous Research & Survey vessel(s) -Erik Leenders – Kongsberg Maritime AS
• Aquarius and Polarin projects updates – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Marine Institute
• Sailing Beyond Borders: EurOcean RID’s Global Reach – Sandra Sá – EurOcean
• Transforming Research Ship into a Smart Ship: How Seadronix’s AI Navigation Assistant Enhances Exploration – Kyongsoo Noh – Seadronix
• Deep-sea SMART cables: an innovative approach to Global Ocean monitoring  – Juan Jose Dañobeitia – CSIC-UTM
• Natural Refrigerants – Back to the Future -Jan Nordvik & Björn M. Holo – Teknotherm Marine

Day 2

• Maritime Comms and Cyber Security: Key updates for operational readiness – Marwan Chartouny – OmniAccess
• Learning Partner & New Fuel Advisor – Mustafa El Zein – Glander International Bunkering
• What Will the French Oceanographic Fleet Look Like in the Future? – Maximilien Simon – IFREMER
• MFP – from Application to Post-Cruise: Managing Data Flows and Science Opportunities – Beiko Maas – MFP
• From cruise planning to database. Example from NIOZ operations – Zeynep Erdem – NIOZ
• CNR RV Gaia Blu update – Lorenza Evangelista – CNR, Pietro Rosiello – Argo
• Icebreaker Laura Bassi – status of the art after six years of operations – Franco Coren – OGS
• Development and Application of an Integrated Planned Maintenance System (iPMS) for Research Vessel Operations – Haili Wang – Xiamen University
• Canada’s new Major Research Facilities Framework – Implications for Ocean Sciences and Ship-Time – Alexandre Forest – Amundsen Science
• ABB Dynafin Model Test Results – Sampo Vihriälähto & Mikael Lindfors – ABB
• JAMSTEC’s Latest and Upcoming Operational Activities – Gupta Lallan Prasad – JAMSTEC
• Progress report on the construction of a zero-emission hydrogen hybrid research vessel at Scripps Oceanography – Bruce Applegate – SCRIPPS
• Planning for the refit of the RV Simon Stevin – André Cattrijsse – VLIZ
• USBL optimisation – Duncan Rigg – Sonardyne
• Trends in vessel technology – Are we building for the future? – Santiago Sío Dopeso – DNV
• The carbon footprint of oceanographic fleets – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Marine Institute, Maximilien Simon – IFREMER

Day 3

• Swedish Research Vessel Infrastructure for Marine Research – Louise Newman – University of Gothenburg
• Evolution of Power systems – Gaute Augestad – Kongsberg Maritime AS
• Research and Practice on Autonomous Navigation for RV Zhuhaiyun – Yongling Zhu – Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR
• Charting the Course: A Strategic Framework for Science Systems Uplift on RV Investigator – Andrew Martini – CSIRO
• MOL’s Initiatives for Japan’s Arctic Research Vessel MIRAI II – Emi Watanabe & Haruki Anzai – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
• OceanOPS Ship Coordination Update – Martin Kramp – WMO/OceanOPS
• The Challenges in Operation and Management of the R/V Legend: A Case Study on Propeller Repair – Shu-Heng Wu – Taiwan Ocean Research Institute
• Forward look sonars for safe navigation and obstacle avoidance – Nick Swift – Wavefront Systems Ltd
• EUROFLEETS AISBL – Olivier Lefort – IFREMER, Giuseppe Magnifico – CNR
• French new projects update – Olivier Lefort – IFREMER
• New Research Vessel “Dohrn” – Simonepietro Canese – SZN
• Update from Canada on Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel – Anthony Redican – Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• R/V FALKOR (too) – a new Science Bow and 6000m AUV – Eric King – Schmidt Ocean Institute
• Experiences and lessons learned after the first year of operation of the Odón de Buen, and prospects for new vessels in Spain – Jordi Sorribas Cervantes – CSIC
• The Role of the Technical Advisor in the Research Vessel New Build Process – Paul Read – Gelen Marine
• INMARTECH 2025 – Eleanor Darlington – NOC
• Experiences and ideas for data sampling with unmanned surface vehicles – Inge André Utaaker – IMR
• CLOSED SESSION FOR RV OPERATORS ONLY – Presentation: IRSO 2.0 – Advancing IRSO’s Future
• IRSO_2026 – Eleanor Darlington – NOC

Workshop

• Emerging technologies: remotely operated & autonomous platforms, sensors, and digital tools. – FMRI / NERC
• AI, machine learning, satellite communications.
• PROPULSION AND FUEL ALTERNATIVES – Einar Vegsund – Kongsberg

Posters

• Polar Research with The Korean 2nd Icebreaker – Dong Seob Shin, ChunSik Kim – Korea Polar Research Institute
• Providing Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures and Training the Next Generation of Researchers for healthy and sustainable marine and freshwater ecosystems – Aodhan Fitzgerald – AQUARIUS
• MI Research Vessels Activity Overview – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Foras na Mara Marine Institute
• A Polar Research Infrastructure Network for Global Ocean Sustainability – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Polarin
• Handling made easy – Arctic research – EVOTEC
• Sweden’s new climate-neutral research vessel for the polar regions – Björn Lindell – Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
• Marine Design and Consultancy – Chris Fisher – HOULDER
• MOL’s initiatives for Japan’s Arctic Research Vessel “MIRAI II” – Emi WATANABE – MOL
• How to design a research vessel for the next 40 years – A DESIGN JOURNEY – Gary Brinkman – AIMS
• Tomorrow, the French Oceanographic Fleet – Goulwen Peltier – Flotte Océanographique
• Specialist in research vessel design, ST design – Hans Ove Holmøy – Skipsteknisk
• R/V Aranda– modern multipurpose research vessel – Jarkko Moberg – Syke
• Updates on Reederei F. Laeisz shipping activities – Johannes Rogenhagen – Reederei F. Laeisz
• True-AI Solution Provider for Errorless Navigation – Kyongsoo Noh – Seadronix
• Sayonara R/V Mirai – Lallan P. Gupta – MarE3
• Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office: A New Phase of Operations in the United States – Leah LeVay – Scientific Ocean Drilling
• Maritime Comms and Cyber Security – Marwan Chartouny – OMNIACCESS
• FEATURED LATEST OCEANOGRAPHIC PROJECTS – Miguel Riveiro – Ebercisa Deck Machinery
• Your technical advisors for your next research vessel – Paul Read – Gelen Marine
• Marine science and technologies for all, KIOST all around the world – KIOST
• GENAVIR, SERVING OCEANOGRAPHY since 1976 – Remy Balcon – Genavir
• LAGO-ON aims to use optical wireless (OW) technology in the range of visible light for an accurate and eco-compatible underwater positioning system for moving platforms, like AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) and divers – Salvatore Mauro – LAGO-ON
• RV Anna Weber -van Bosse – The new Dutch ocean-going research vessel, Sustainability measures – Zeynep Erdem – NIOZ