Speakers listed below have agreed to present at the meeting
We have initially divided the program into six major themes and have invited a series of speakers to present review papers. We have also contacted additional invited speakers.1. How animals use sound
a. Echolocation Whitlow Au
b. Scene analysis Richard Fay
c. Masking Robert Dooling
d. Fish vocalizations Friedrich Ladich, Anthony Hawkins
e. Marine mammal non-echolocation vocalization Christopher Clark
2. Detection of sound by aquatic organisms
a. Marine mammals Paul Nachtigall, David Kastak, Colleen Reichmuth Kastak
b. Fish Olav Sand, Frank Reier Knudsen
c. Lateral Line Sheryl Coombs, Joachim Mogdans
d. Turtles Saroya Bartels
e. Amphibians Jakob Christensen-Dahlsgaard, Andreas Elepfandt
f. Invertebrates To be announced
3. Underwater acoustics and ambient noise
a. Ambient environment Douglas Cato
b. Major natural underwater sound sources Magnus Wahlberg
c. Sound propagation (inshore) To be announced
d. Metrics William Ellison
4. Anthropogenic sources (operational and source characterization)
a. Comparison of underwater sources To be announced
b. Pile driving Richard Rodkin
c. Shipping Richard Hazelwood
d. Wind farms Jakob Tougaard
e. Seismic air-guns To be announced
f. Sonar To be announced
5. Effects of anthropogenic sound on aquatic animals
a. Physiological effects, mammals and turtles Darlene Ketten, James Finneran
b. Behavioral effects on marine mammals Peter Tyack, Lars Bejder, Peter Madsen, Bruce Mate
c. Effects on fishes Arthur Popper, Svein Loekkeborg
d. Tissue damage Diane Dalecki, Mardi Hastings
e. Barotrauma Tom Carlson
f. Invertebrates Rob McCauley
6. Regulation
a. General issues for regulation Roger Gentry, Anthony Hawkins
b. Creation of human standards Roger Hamernik
c. Overview of US regulations Brandon Southall
d. Overview of European regulations Mark Tasker
e. Regulatory compliance in Australia Stephen Cole
f. Mitigation Charles Greene