INVITATION TO SUBMIT PAPER AND POSTER ABSTRACTS

The conference technical committee invites paper and poster proposals in the broad areas of marine electromagnetics concerned with theoretical development and modelling, measurement and analysis, together with case histories where appropriate.

Potential applications in the marine environment include: autonomous vehicles, marine biology, underwater communications, hydrocarbon exploration, harbour protection, materials, survey, naval applications, geophysics, geotechnical engineering and oceanography.

The topics of interest outlined below are not exclusive and the session headings will be confirmed once the Committee has reviewed the balance of abstracts received.

Authors are requested to submit a written abstract of a minimum of 250 words. Please select if the abstract is for consideration for a paper and/or poster submission. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 9th February 2009.

The language of the conference is English. Abstracts with an overtly commercial content will not be accepted. A CD-Rom of all the papers (in either full text format or power point presentations with notes) will be produced after the show and distributed to all delegates.

The Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Measurement & Instrumentation
• Remote Sensing
• Survey
• Oceanographic
• Atmospheric
• Magneto-telluric
• Borehole
• Small scale for pipelines or cables

Computational Methods

Marine Electromagnetics and the search for Hydrocarbons

Electromagnetic Fields
• Propagation
• Scattering
• ULF/ELF
• IR/Lasers/Radar
• Underwater visible band
• AC Modelling

Environmental Noise
• Geomagnetic/Geological
• Oceanic
• Atmospheric
• Anthropogenic

Electromagnetic Survey
• Shallow Water
• Sea/Seabed Interface
• Coastal Effects

Underwater Surveillance
• Detection
• Classification
• Localisation

Inverse Modelling
• Anomaly Resolution and Uniqueness
• Optimisation
• Mathematical Tools

Data Analysis and Presentation

Hydrographic Research
• Electromagnetic Survey

Field Computation
• Electrical Equipment
• Stray Fields
• Signatures
• State-of-the-Art CAD Techniques

MHD
• Motional EMFS
• Fluid Boundary Layer Control
• Propulsion
• Biological EM effects

High Energy Applications
• Efficiency

Induced Polarisation

Electric Fields
• Electrolytic Effects
• Corrosion
• Fluid Boundary Layer
• AC Modelling

Electromagnetic Seismic Effects
• Precursors

All Electric Ship
• EMI
• EMC
• Health & Safety
• Environmental Issues
• Biological & Health Issues

Electric Applications
• Actuators
• Electric Drives

Geophysical Exploration
• Hydrocarbon
• Hydrothermal
• Methane Hydrates
• Oil & Gas

New Visions
• New Ideas/Concepts

MARELEC 2009 will be held at the Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken in Stockholm, Sweden from 7 – 9 July 2009.