Committees

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