Session organised by:

IFREMER (France) and the India National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) (India)

Wednesday 28^th September 2022

• 08.30am – Welcome and introduction by the co-convenors NIOT and IFREMER
• 08.35am – Opening speeches by Dr. G.A.Ramadass, Director, NIOT India, and Patrick Vincent, Deputy Director, IFREMER

PART 1 – Underwater vehicles and instrumentation

Chair: Prof. Manell E. Zakharia, French Naval Academy, France
Co-chair: Dr Dhilsha Rajapan, NIOT, India

• 09.05am – Keynote by Jan Opderbecke, Ifremer
  From technological R&D to operational systems - Perspectives for underwater vehicles in the French Oceanographic Fleet

• 09.30am – Mechanical Engineering Challenges in the development of Polar remotely operated vehicle (PROVe)
  D.Sathianarayanan⁽¹⁾, S.B.Pranesh⁽¹⁾, Tamshuk Chowdhury⁽¹⁾, E.Chandrasekar⁽¹⁾, M.Murugesan⁽¹⁾, M.Radhakrishnan⁽¹⁾, S.Ramesh⁽¹⁾, and G.A. Ramadass^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Ocean Technology, India

• 09.45am - Development and sea trials of Ifremer's 6000m depth rated AUV UlyX
  Jan Opderbecke^{(16)
  (16)} IFREMER, France

10-10.30am – Coffee break

• 10.30am – Optimized AUV navigation through USV-borne positioning
  Cyrille Gomez^{(16)
  (16)} IFREMER, France

• 10.45am – Design and development of a dual mode low frequency sonar and its preliminary performance
  D. S. Sreedev⁽¹⁾, K. Arumugam⁽¹⁾, P. M. Rajeshwari⁽¹⁾, M. Sankar⁽¹⁾, Shibu Jacob⁽¹⁾, Dhilsha Rajapan⁽¹⁾, and G A Ramadass^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Ocean Technology NIOT, India

• 11.00am – Habitat mapping of deep-water coral habitats using underwater vehicles multibeam data
  Ridha Fezzani^{(16)
  (16)} IFREMER, France

• 11.15am - Qualification of buoyancy foam for underwater structure
  Maeleen Le Gall^{(16)
  (16)} IFREMER, France

• 11.30 – Challenges in the design and development of electrical systems for deep water manned submersible - MATSYA 6000
  Subramanian Annamalai⁽¹⁾, Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan⁽¹⁾, Vedachalam Narayanaswamy⁽¹⁾, Ramesh Sethuraman⁽¹⁾, Ramadass G.A^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Technology (NIOT), India

• 11.45am to 12.00pm – Discussion and wrap up

PART 2 – Technologies for a sustainable ocean and environment, and Blue Economy

Chair: Dr. G.A. Ramadass, NIOT India

Co-chair: Dr Cyril Lathuiliere, SHOM, France

• 03.15pm – Keynote of Prof (Dr). M.A.Atmanand, IIT-M,Chennai, India on Blue economy

• 03.40pm - Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem functioning: the case of the MAR shrimps Rimicaris
  Marie-Anne Cambon⁽¹²³⁾, Florence Pradillon⁽¹²³⁾, and collaborators
  ⁽¹²³⁾ Ifremer, BEEP UMR6197 Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS

• 03.55pm – Design and development of sampling tools for the deepwater remotely operated vehicle (ROSUB 6000)
  Sathianarayanan.D⁽¹⁾, Pranesh S.B⁽¹⁾, Chanrasekar E⁽¹⁾, Murugesam.M⁽¹⁾, Radhakrishnan⁽¹⁾, S.Ramesh⁽¹⁾, and Ramadass.G.A.^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Ocean Technology, India   

• 04.10pm - Fiber resin composite for underwater structure
  Mael Arhant^{(16)
  (16)} IFREMER, France

• 04.45pm - Coastal zone management through sustainable techniques – case studies on erosion and accretion impacts
  Lokesh Thiagarajan⁽¹⁾, Kiran A S⁽¹⁾, and Vijaya Ravichandran^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Ocean Technology, India

• 05.00pm - Performance of oceanographic sensors used in deep sea moored buoy systems in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during normal and extreme events
  Kesavakumar B⁽¹⁾, Arul Muthiah M⁽¹⁾, Ramesh K⁽¹⁾, Vengatesan G⁽¹⁾, Jossia Joseph K⁽¹⁾, and Venkatesan R^{(1)
  (1)} National Institute of Ocean Technology, India

• 05.15pm to 05.30pm – Discussions and closing remarks