Organizers and Advisory Group
The conference organizers are (in alphabetical order)
Dr. Anthony Hawkins , Professor Emeritus, University of Aberdeen, UK
Dr. Arthur N. Popper, University of Maryland, USA
Dr. Peter Tyack, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USADr. Magnus Wahlberg, Fjord & Belt Centre, Denmark
Program organizer: Dr. Lidia (Eva) Wysocki
Each of these individuals has been working on various issues related to the themes of the program, and each has broad experience in the basic science of marine bioacoustics. Dr. Tyack and Dr. Wahlberg have expertise with marine mammals, while Drs. Hawkins and Popper have worked with fish.
In addition to the organizers, we have invited several people to serve on an Advisory Group. These include individuals with expertise in policy and regulation, as well as representatives of industry and funding agencies interested in the issues. The Advisory Group will help us design the conference to ensure maximum effectiveness, and will also assist in selecting many of the participants. They will also serve as session chairs and discussants in various parts of the conference.
The members of the Advisory Group are:
Dr. Douglas Cato, Defence Science and Technology Organisation & University of Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Australia
Dr. Roger Centry, retired from National Marine Fisheries Service, currently ProScience, Inc, Poolsville, MD, USA
Dr. Robert Gisiner of the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, USA
Mary Gray, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Office of Natural and Human Environment, Olympia, WA, USA
Dr. William Lang of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
Dr. Peter Madsen of the University of Aarhus, Denmark
Dr. Lee Miller, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Dr. Sofie van Parijs, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Dr Mark Tasker of the U.K. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK
Dr. Lidia Wysocki, University of Vienna, Austria