Underwater Intervention is the combined annual conference of the Association of Diving Contractors International and The Marine Technology Society’s ROV Committee. It is touted by industry insiders as the world’s premier event for those who work with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), commercial diving contractors, manned submersibles, and all other aspects of the underwater operations industry.
A brief history
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Until the early 1990s, the Association of Diving Contractors International and The Marine Technology Society hosted separate conferences: the ROV Intervention and the Diving Symposium. The shared interests between commercial diving and ROV industries led to the merger of the two conferences.
Phil Newsum works as executive director at the Association of Diving Contractors International, an organization dedicated to improving the art and science of commercial diving.
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In 1993, the first Underwater Intervention was hosted in San Diego, California. Nearly two decades later, it has grown to encompass more industries such as manned submersibles, instruments and sensors, sonar and acoustics, ocean engineering, marine salvage and shipwrecks, and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) technologies.
Back to New Orleans
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This year’s conference was held last January in New Orleans, where more than 2,400 people from 35 countries attended. The conference also featured 164 companies that exhibited various underwater instruments and equipment, and 110 technical presentations that discussed topics like ocean engineering and shipwrecks.
Next year, the conference will be held from January 15 to 17, again in New Orleans. More information about the 2013 conference is available here.
To know more about Phil Newsum and his work at the Association of Diving Contractors International, visit www.adc-int.org.
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