Programme and Meeting Format

We plan to separate the program into five major themes and will invite a series of keynote speakers to present review papers for each of these themes. We will also issue an invitation for submitted papers. As at Nyborg, we will have a poster session, and will invite those submitting posters to give 2 minute oral summaries of their main findings in order to ensure that all meeting participants are aware of the wide range of work represented by the posters.

Currently, we are proposing the main themes will be:

1. Sound in the everyday lives of aquatic organisms
Sound production, hearing, echolocation

2. Background to acoustic activities
Acoustic conditions, ambient noise, sound propagation, natural sources of sound

3. Human sources of sound
Different sources and their characteristics

4. Impact of anthropogenic sounds
Physiological effects, behavioural effects, tissue damage, masking, TTS

5. Regulatory issues
Creation of standards, observance, control and compliance, mitigation

The format for the meeting will include:

1. Invited oral presentations

2. A limited number of contributed oral presentations

3. Posters which will include each poster presenter giving a 2 or 3 minute oral summaries of their main findings in order to ensure that all meeting participants are aware of the contents of the poster presentations

4. Working group sessions for round-table discussions of various topics. These sessions will generally start with one or two 20-minute papers on the topic, and then extensive discussion, led by two or three moderators. Topics might include: