ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, COMPANIES

 AMERICAN SOCIETIES

AMERICAN SOCIETIES

• AUVSI, The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is the world's largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems community. AUVSI, with members from government organizations, industry and academia, is committed to fostering, developing, and promoting unmanned systems and related technologies.
• Acoustical Society of America
• American Bureau of Shipping, Two World Trade Center (well thats where it used to be), 106th Floor, New York, NY 10048, USA, Tel: +1 212 839 5000, Fax: +1 212 839 5130
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division (OOAE), c/o Prof RC Ertekin (Webmaster), Dept Ocean Engineering, Univ of Hawaii, 2540 Dole St, Holmes Hall 402, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2333, USA, Tel: +1 808 956 6818, Fax: +1 808 956 3498, E-mail: ertekin@oceaneng.soest.hawaii.edu
• ASNE - American Society of Naval Engineers
• Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (http://www.auvsi.org), Unmanned Systems 2001, AUVSI's annual conference and exhibition, will occur from July 31 through Aug 2 in Baltimore. See the website for meeting details.
• Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute (http://www.ausi.org). Every other year AUSI hosts a symposium on Unmanned, Untethered, Submersible Technology - the oldest continuing conference on AUVs. The next meeting is this fall, August 27-29, 2001, in Durham New Hampshire. They can be reached at: 86 Old Concord Turnpike, Lee, NH 03824, Voice: (603) 868-3221, FAX: (603) 868-3283,
• CCMC online: marine communications, navigation and information technology news.
• Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals
• Hydrographic Society
• IARP - International Advanced Robotics Program
• IMO - International Maritime Organization
• Inland Rivers, Ports, and Terminals
• Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (http://www.ieee.org)
• The Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) of IEEE (http://auv.tamu.edu/oes/) publishes a monthly journal and sponsors a conference devoted to AUVs. Previous conferences were held in 1992, '94, '96 and '98. Contact IEEE for details. IEEE also jointly sponsors the annual "Oceans" meeting with the Marine Technology Society.
• Institute of Navigation
• International Maritime Organization. The purposes of the Organization, as summarized by Article 1(a) of the Convention, are "to provide machinery for cooperation among Governments in the field of governmental regulation and practices relating to technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage and facilitate the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and prevention and control of marine pollution from ships". The Organization is also empowered to deal with administrative and legal matters related to these purposes.
• International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, PO Box 1107, Golden, Colorado 80402- 1107, USA, Tel: +1 303 420 3760, Fax: +1 303 420 8114, E-mail: info@isope.org
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• IBAC (International Bio Acoustic Council)
• MarineTalk has been created by a team of marine professionals who have extensive experience in all sectors of the marine industry and actively continue their involvement. The goal was to provide a single information gateway for the maritime technical and management community based on a good understanding of the industry needs.
• Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network
• Marine Technology Society - The MTS publishes a quarterly journal, and co-sponsors the annual Oceans meetings with IEEE. 1828 L Street, NW #906, Washington, DC, 20036-5104, (202)775-5966, Fax:(202)429-9417, Email: mtspubs@aol.com
• Marine Technology Society of Houston
• NACE International—The Corrosion Society
• National Maritime Museum Association
• NOAA's National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic & Great Lakes (NURC-NA&GL)
• Oceanology International Americas
• Offshore Technology Conference - OTC
• Remotely Operated Vehicle Committee
• SNAME - The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• SNAME at MIT
• The Association of Diving Contractors International
• The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - ASLO Business Office, 5400 Bosque Blvd., Suite 680, Waco, TX 76710; +1 (800) 929-ASLO or +1 (254) 399-9635
• The Society for Underwater Technology, Houston.

• UVS International - Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Association, 86 rue Michel-Ange, 75016 Paris, France, tel.: 33-1-46.51.88.65, fax: 33-1-46.51.05.22, web: http://www.uvs-international.org & http://www.ucare-network.org

• Underwater Robotics Technical Committee IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
• Underwater Intervention - world's premiere underwater contracting conference. It is co-sponsored by the ROV Committee of the Marine Technology Society (MTS/ROV) and the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADC).
• Undersea Defense Technology
• Underwater Mining Institute
• World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON)