Conference chairs
Prof Dracos Vassalos
Professor of maritime safety
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Prof Osman Turan
Professor of marine design, operation, and human factors
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Prof Evangelos Boulougouris
RCCL Professor of safety of marine operations
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Prof Gerasimos Theotokatos
DNV GL Professor of safety of marine systems
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
International standing committee
STAB members
Prof Kostas Spyrou
Chair of the STAB ISC
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Dr Jan de Kat
American Bureau of Shipping, Denmark
Dr Vadim Belenky
David Taylor Model Basin, United States of America
Mr Hendrik Bruhns
Herbert Engineering Corp., United States of America
Dr Frans van Walree
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, Netherlands
Prof Toru Katayama
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Prof Gabriele Bulian
University of Trieste, Italy
Prof Naoya Umeda
Osaka University, Japan
Prof Dimitrios Konovessis
Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
Prof Alexander Degtyarev
St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Prof Dracos Vassalos
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Prof Luis Perez-Rojas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Mr William Peters
United States Coast Guard, United States of America
DfS members
Prof Dracos Vassalos
Chair of the DfS ISC
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Prof Alberto Francescutto
University of Trieste, Italy
Prof Apostolos Papanikolaou
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Dr Rolf Skjong
DNV, Norway
Dr K. Yoshida
NMRI, Japan
Prof Ning Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof Naoya Umeda
Osaka University, Japan
Dr Pierre Sames
DNV, Norway
Mr Alessandro Maccari
RINA Services S.p.A., Italy
Prof Yoshido Ikeda
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Conference theme coordinators
Intact stability
Prof Kostas Spyrou and Prof Naoya Umeda
Damage stability
Prof Dracos Vassalos and Prof Dimitrios Konovessis
Fire safety
Mr Antoine Breuillard and Mr Alessandro Maccari
Evacuation
Prof Evangelos Boulougouris and Prof Nikolaos Ventikos
Operational safety
Dr Jan de Kat and Prof Toru Katayama
Human factors
Prof Osman Turan, Prof Özcan Arslan, and Dr Rafet Emek Kurt
Cyber-physical systems and autonomous vessels
Prof Gerasimos Theotokatos and Mr Ørnulf Jan Rødseth
Structural integrity and crashworthiness
Prof Jeom Paik and Prof Spyros Hirdaris
Design for safety, risk-based design, lifecycle risk management
Prof Apostolos Papanikolaou and Dr Pierre Sames
Ship salvage and emergency response
Mr Hendrik Bruhns and Dr Reddy Devalapalli
Innovative safety concepts, theories, and methodologies
Dr Vadim Belenky and Prof Gabriele Bulian
Local organizing committee
Dr Romain Michalec
Mr Charalampos Tsoumpris
Dr Dogancan Uzun
Dr Donald Paterson
Dr Francesco Mauro
Mr Fotios Stefanidis
Dr Mujeeb Mughadar Palliparambil
Mr Önder Canbulat
Mr Panagiotis Louvros
Mr Paul Lee
University of Strathclyde, Scotland