Special sessions have the main aim of creating a mini-workshop on a specific topic, where researchers working on the same argument can make knowledge, familiarize, exchange ideas, create cooperation.
Special Sessions are being developed by designated chairs.
If you, as an author, have a paper that could be included in one of these sessions, you may submit an extended abstract selecting your favourite session. If the abstract is not selected for the session, it may be included in another part of the technical program.
To submit extended abstracts to the special session, follow the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the special session to which the paper is directed.
List of Special Sessions
Special Session #1: Geomatics Techniques for Navigation, Positioning and Monitoring in Coastal Enviroments
Organized by: Antonio Angrisano, University of Messina, Italy, Silvio Del Pizzo, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, Franc Dimc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Salvatore Gaglione, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
Special Session #2: Towards Transparent Ocean using Underwater Sensor Networks
Organized by: Nazila Fough, Somasundar Kannan, Jinchang Ren, Robert Gordon University , UK, Wai Keung Fung, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, Naoki Motoi, Kobe University, Japan
Special Session #3: Toxicity and Ecological Risks of Contaminants in the Marine Environment
Organized by: Ermelinda Prato, Francesca Biandolino, Isabella Parlapiano, National Research Council, Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Taranto, Italy, Asia Grattagliano, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
Special Session #4: Advanced Modelling Analysis on Priority Species, Habitat and Marine Environment
Organized by: Giulia Cipriano, University of Bari, Italy, Rosalia Maglietta, National Research Council, Carla Cherubini, University of Bari, CNR-STIIMA, Italy, Aylin Akkaya, Marine Mammals Research Association, Turkey and Montenegro, Clara Monaco, University of Catania, Italy
Special Session #5: Benthic Metrosea: Exploration and Monitoring of Marine Habitats
Organized by: Giovanni Chimienti, University of Bari, Italy
Special Session #6: Methodologies, techniques, and ecological indicators for the monitoring of anthropogenic impacts in transitional and coastal waters ecosystems
Organized by: Antonella Petrocelli, Santina Giandomenico, Lucia Spada, Water Research Institute - National Research Council, Italy, Matilda Mali, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy, Pasquale Ricci, University of Bari, Italy
Special Session #7: Resilient solutions to face the effects of Climate Changes
Organized by: Giovanni Randazzo, University of Messina, Italy, Mauro Bonasera, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Italy
Special Session #8: Geomorphology in the Digital Age
Organized by: Anselme Muzirafuti, Giovanni Randazzo, University of Messina, Italy, Stefania Lanza, Geologis s.r.l, Italy, Meriame Mohajane, Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, Antonietta Varasano, Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, Mohammed El Hafyani, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech University of Liege, Belgium
Special Session #9: Generation of added-value Products from Multi-Frequency and Multi-Scale Satellite Remote Sensing Measurements
Organized by: Andrea Buono, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy, Giuseppe Grieco, Istituto di Scienze Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, Domenico Schiavulli, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Special Session #10: Recent advancements on spaceborne, UAV and floating technologies to implement smart monitoring of coastal seas
Organized by: Giovanna Inserra, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy, Giulia Buttazzoni, Università di Trieste, Italy, Silvia Merlino, Istituto di Scienze Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, Urša Kanjir, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
Special Session #11: Technologies, techniques and methodologies for coastal monitoring
Organized by: Alessandro Pozzebon, Matteo Bertocco, Giacomo Peruzzi, Chiara Favaretto, University of Padova, Italy, Duccio Bertoni, University of Pisa, Italy
Special Session #12: AI Techniques for Marine Environment Preservation and Climate Change Impact Assessment
Organized by: Fabiana Di Ciaccio, University of Florence, Italy, Paolo Russo, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, Roberto Pierdicca, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Special Session #13: Advanced modelling and measurement to reduce risk in port areas
Organized by: Giovanni Besio, University of Genova, Italy, Francesco Castelli, University of Enna, Italy, Luca Cavallaro, University of Catania, Italy, Federico Roman, University of Trieste, Italy
Special Session #14: Remote sensing, in-situ surveys, and GIS applications for marine and coastal areas
Organized by: Claudio Parente, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, Mariusz Specht, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland, Andrea Vallario, Emanuele Alcaras, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
Special Session #15: Marin biochemistry and biotechnology
Organized by: Paola Di Donato, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Special Session #16: New Detection and remediation strategies for studying and protecting water environments
Organized by: Pietro Ferraro, Vittorio Bianco, Istituto di Scienze Applicate e Sistemi Intelligenti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISASI-CNR), Italy, Stefania Federici, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy, Mariacristina Cocca, Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IPCB-CNR), Italy, Uroš Novak, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Special Session #17: Emerging fibre-optic technologies for real-time remote sensing of the ocean environment
Organized by: John Potter, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, Susann Weinecke, Alcatel Submarine Networks, Dag Roar Hjelme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, Steinar Bjornstad, Tampnet
Special Session Proposal
Are you interested in organizing a special session?
Please, contact the Technical Program Chairs, using the form at this page: