Dec. 1, 2017 is the deadline to submit abstracts in the call for papers from OTO’18 (OCEANS’18 MTS / IEEE Kobe / Techno-Ocean 2018), which will be held May 28-31, 2018 in Kobe, Japan.

The event is hosted by three joint-organizers — the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE/OES), the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Japanese Organization of the Consortium for Techno-Ocean 2018 (CJO) — and will cover every field related to marine technology and ocean engineering.

Local topics for OCEANS‘18 include:

• Ocean and space technology collaboration
• Ocean natural hazard monitoring and social implementation
• Acoustic and optic cooperative application for underwater sensing and communication
• Fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic life related technologies
• Marine renewable energy and environmental assessment
• Ocean resource exploration technologies
• Sub-seafloor engineering and operations (drilling, coring, monitoring and mining)
• Coastal zone management applications
• Marine law and policy for sustainable ocean development

General OCEANS conference topics include:

• Underwater acoustics and acoustical oceanography
• Sonar signal / image processing and communication
• Ocean observing platforms, systems, and instrumentation
• Remote sensing
• Ocean data visualization, modeling, and information management
• Marine environment, oceanography, and meteorology
• Optics, imaging, vision, and e-m systems
• Marine law, policy, management, and education
• Offshore structures and technology
• Ocean vehicles and floating structures

Learn more about the event here.