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We look forward to sharing exciting, high-level training, education, speaking, and networking engagements for an incredible OCEANS 2026 Monterey.
Monday
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Registration Open
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Workshops & Tutorials
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Workshops & Tutorials
- Evolution of Sonar and Sonar Signal Processing Fundamentals
- MB-System Tutorial
- Free Vehicles and Ocean Landers: Technology, Applications, and Operations
- Accelerating TB-Scale Multi-Modal Ocean Sensing Workflows: A Hands-On Tutorial on the Geo-Sense DAS Deployment
- AI-Enabled Forecasting Afloat and Ashore
- Detection and Mapping of Marine Oil Spills Using Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery, GeoAI, and Cloud-Based Geospatial Workflows
- Hands-On Marine Species Identification: Training and Deploying Computer Vision Models on Open Ocean Imagery
- A Hands-On Tutorial on the Underwater Acoustic Channel Library
- Build Your Own Open Source CTD (and Other Systems)
- Multi-Domain Open Simulation for Ocean Robotics: State of Practice and a Community Roadmap
- Leveraging Computational Fluid Dynamics for Studies of Marine Life: Establishing Best Practices for the Discovery of Multiphysics Processes
- Seeing in the Dark: Computer Vision for 2D FLS in Underwater Robotics
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Student Poster Competition (SPC) Orientation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Morning Networking Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Networking Break
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Student Mixer
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Ice Breaker Reception
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration Open
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Welcome & Opening Plenary with
Dr. Marcia McNutt
and
Dr. Antje Boetius
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Technical Posters
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Reception
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM*
IEEE Members Reception
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration Open
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday Plenary Session featuring
Dana R. Yoerger, PhD
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
JOE Editorial Board Meeting
Closed to members of the JOE Editorial Board.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Technical Posters
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Gala Reception
Thursday
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration Open
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Student Poster Competition (SPC) - Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Technical Programming & Town Hall / Panels
