9:00 - 10:30 : Parallel Sessions
Theatre hall Grote Post : Session E2 : River and Inland Water Archaeology - Exploring submerged and Watercourse-Linked Cultural Heritage - Cécile Ansieau
- The Early Urban Development of Antwerp: Archaeological Insights in a Riverine Context - Tim Bellens
- Exploring the Maritime Archaeological Potential of Finnish Lakes - David Cleasby
- Preliminary Results of a New Research Project in the Kupa River (Sisak, Croatia) - Anton Divić
- Rivers and Mountains - Navigating the Prehistoric Northern Alpine Forelands - Renate Ebersbach
Theatre hall Kleine Post : Session F1 : Intertidal Cultural Heritage - Jan Trachet
- No Country for Old Ships? First Millennium Qatercraft and Water Transport in the Southern North Sea Region of the European Mainland - Evidence, Challenges and Potential for Nautical Archaeological Research - Mike Belasus
- Aquileia Waterscape. Ships, Routes and Ports of the Northern Adriatic Metropolis - Massimo Capulli
- Beneath the Mud: Reviving a Drowned Medieval Landscape from the Tidal Flats of North Frisia, German Wadden Sea - Hanna Hadler
- Shifting Sands, Ebbing Tides: Investigating Newly Uncovered Wrecks on Portmarnock's Velvet Strand - Jordan Hanson
Room Dactylo : Session K2 : Deep Sea Archaeology - Carlos del Cairo Hurtado
- The Azorean Deep Waters and Underwater Archaeological Sites Management: Survey and Inventory Experiences - Ana Catarina Garcia
- An Excavation Tool for Deep Water Archaeology - Peter Holt
- Archaeology at the Tip of the Pincers: Latest Robotic Research Campaigns on the Lune Shipwreck (2022-2025) - Olivia Hulot
Room Atelier +1 : Session G1 : Analysis of Caulking and Luting Materials - Kristof Haneca
- Using Caulking Material to Determine the Provenance of Ship Timbers - Koen Deforce
- Byzantine-Period Ship Caulking and Hull Waterproofing Methods Based on Archaeological and Textual Evidence - Michael Jones
- A Necessary Sacrifice to Protect the Hull: Early Approaches to the Use of Sacrificial Sheathing by European Powers Between the 16th and 18th Centuries - Habana Sánchez Muñoz
- Or The Importance of Being Scuttled: The Strange Case of Contrecoeur Shipwreck - Aimie Néron
Room Klas : Session O1 : Preserving of UCH - Jordy Moies
- Impacts of Climate Change at Coastal and Shallow Submerged Archaeological Sites in the Aegean and Ionian Sea and Remediation Strategies - Kalliopi Baika
- Integrating Underwater Cultural Heritage and Climate Adaptation Planning: Challenges and Opportunities - Laro Gonzalez Canoura
- ENDURE: Sustainable Preservation of Underwater Archaeological Sites: A Novel Approach to Cultural Heritage Management - David Gregory
- How Long Has THAT Been There?! - The Effects of Historic Shipwrecks on Their Surrounding Environment and Their Implications - Irini Malliaros
Room Telefonie : Session G6 : Ship Iconography from Prehistory to Modern Times - Zaraza Friedman
- Six Ships From the 18th Century in the Portuguese Nautical Iconography - Adolfo Silveira Martins
- Identifying the Presence and Development of Nautical Iconography in Lisbon - Laura S. Castanheira
- Two Ships Graffiti from Jerusalem: Evidence of Pilgrimage from the 4th to the 13th Centuries CE - Zaraza Friedman
10:30 - 11:15 : Coffee Break
Coffee is served in the entrance room Grote Foyer and on the top floor in room Panorama.
11:15 - 12:45 : Parallel Sessions
Theatre hall Grote Post : Session E2 : River and Inland Water Archaeology - Exploring submerged and Watercourse-Linked Cultural Heritage - Cécile Ansieau
- Unexpected! Celtic Ritual Deposit from the 3rd c. BC Found in the Lake Jezuickie (Central Poland) - Bartosz Kontny
- River, Man and Wood... Interaction of River and Man on the Example of the River Hron and Old Royal City Banská Bystrica, Slovakia - Martin Kvietok
- The Island of Rulers - Results of Underwater Archaeological Research of the Island of Ostrów Lednicki (Poland) - Mateusz Popek
- The Search for the Maritime Blockade of Amsterdam 1573 - Wouter Waldus
Theatre hall Kleine Post : Session F1 : Intertidal Cultural Heritage - Jan Trachet
- Archaeological and Paleobiological Heritage in the Intertidal Zone: VESTIGIUM Project - Milagros Alzaga García
- Intertidal Archaeology in the Basque Country: Updating the Knowledge - Jose Manuel Matés Luque
- Estrans et Ports Reliques : Des Paléoports Atrophiés Dans l’Ouest de la France (De l’Antiquité Romaine à Aujourd’hui) - Jimmy Mouchard
- Medieval and Post-Medieval Intertidal Shipwrecks in Northern Norway: Gauging the Benefits and Challenges of a Liminal Context - Stephen Wickler
Room Dactylo : Session K2 : Deep Sea Archaeology - Carlos del Cairo Hurtado
- Planigraphic Analysis of the Complex of 17th Century Sunken Ships Off the Coast of Bulgaria (Based on Materials from the BSMAP Project) - Dmytro Kobaliia
- Underwater Biocultural Landscapes of Deep Waters: New Interpretative Frameworks for the Management and Investigation of the San José Galleon (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia) - Herman Leon Rincón
- Ship or Scrap? Wreck archaeology in the Depths of Lake Constance - Alexandra Ulisch
- Exploring the Depths on a Budget: Photogrammetry with Low-Cost ROVs - Kotaro Yamafune
Room Atelier +1 : Session G3 : Trying Not to Sink: Managing Water on Ships - Thierry Boyer
- Keep the Dauphine Afloat! Pump Parts and Water Management Tools Recovered from the Wreck of a French Privateer Frigate Sunk on the Natière Rocks Off St. Malo (France, 1704) - Elisabeth Veyrat - read by Olivia Hulot
- The British Massey Pump: The Amazing Innovation That Did Not Save Franklin - Thierry Boyer
- Double Checking 'Double Dutch': The Use of Double Hull Planking in the Early Modern Netherlands Reconsidered - Hendrik Lettany
Room Klas : Session H1 : Maritime Archaeology of the Arab World - Lucy Semaan
- The Megalithic Coastal Fortification of the Phoenician Harbour-City of Arwad, Syria: Archaeological and Architectural Analysis - Jafar Anbar
- Reed-Bundled Raft-Canoes: Interregional Trade and Local TranFsport in the Marshes of Iran and the Neighboring Countries from Antiquity to Modern Time - Shadi Kalantar
- Unveiling the Maritime Heritage of Sir Bu Na’air Island, Sharjah Emirate (UAE) - Alexandre Monteiro
- Investigating Abu Dhabi’s Underwater Archaeological Sites - Eric Staples
Room Telefonie : Session G6 : Ship Iconography from Prehistory to Modern Times - Zaraza Friedman
- The Siege of Rhodes of 1480: Textual and Iconographic Sources for an Underwater Archaeological Search - Anna Katarzyna Dulska
- An Interpretation of Drill Construction & Operation Based on Homer’s Description in the Odyssey - Bram Moshe
- Ship Depictions From the Kanli Kula Fortress, Herceg Novi and Other Sites in the Bay of Kotor - Jelena Celebic
Room Telefonie 2 : Session J3 : Offshore Renewables and Maritime Archaeology - Mark James
- Enhancing Ocean Heritage Governance in Egypt’s Exclusive Economic Zone: Bridging Policy Gaps for Sustainable UCH Management - Arturo Rey da Silva
- Offshore Renewables and the management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Australia - Hanna Steyne
- From the Open Sea to the Foreshore: Preventive Archaeology of Large-Scale Linear Projects (France) - Cécile Sauvage & Alex Sabastia
- Curatorial role in the UK - Philipa Naylor
- Cultural Heritage Management in German Territorial Waters (and the EEZ) - Legislation and Practice - Jens Auer
- Renewables on The North Sea and Maritime Archaeology (Netherlands) - Janneke Bos
12:45 - 14:00 : Lunch Break
Lunch is served in the entrance room Grote Foyer and on the top floor in room Panorama.
14:00 - 15:30 : Parallel Sessions
Theatre hall Grote Post : Session D2 : Coastal Marine Landscapes - Soetkin Vervust
- They Came for the Salt. Reconstructing the Effects of Medieval Peat Extraction in the Halligen Area of North Frisia (Germany) - Bente Sven Mahjchczack
- Anchor Points in a Fluid World – Investigating Mesolithic Coastal Landscapes - Kelly Gibbons
- Tracing Lost Landscapes: Integrating Geoscience and Archaeology to Investigate Submerged Upper Palaeolithic Landscapes - Jasmine Mifsud
Theatre hall Kleine Post : Session F2 : Fish Weirs - Paul Montgomery
- The Fish Weirs of Yap and Palau and the Values They Have for Contemporary Communities - Bill Jeffery
- Contrecoeur Unidentified Submerged Structure: Something’s Fishy? - Aimie Néron
- Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs - Paul Montgomery
Room Dactylo : Session M1 : Inventorying UCH - An Old Challenge - Anais Dimeglio
- Recycling Ship Timbers and Ballast Stones in Architecture: The Example of the French Atlantic Coast from the 16th to the Early 19th Century - Pauline Dupont
- Open Access and Legacy Data on Underwater Cultural Heritage Inventories: An Experience on the Tagus Mouth (Portugal) - José Bettencourt
- Reimagining the National Marine Heritage Record for England - Hefin Meara
Room Atelier +1 : Session P1 : Make the 2001 Convention Universal to Address Current Challenges and Emergency Situations - Alison Faynot
- Balancing Growth and Conservation: Advancing the Implementation of the 2001 UNESCO Convention in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Ala'a Otain
- Mapping, Documenting, and Inventorying Shipwrecks off Ireland’s Coast and Inland Waterways - Karl Brady
- Protecting the past, engaging the present: Tourism and Underwater Cultural Heritage - Dolores Elkin
- Enhancing Ocean Sustainability through the UNESCO 2001 Convention: Unlocking the Potential of Underwater Cultural Heritage - Arturo Rey da Silva
- Underwater Cultural Heritage and Global Justice: Ethical and Political Challenges of Universalizing the 2001 Convention - Dela Sorsy
Room Klas : Session O1 : Preserving of UCH - Jordy Moies
- Running a Programme to Manage Dutch Shipwrecks Overseas. A Balance Between Values, Ownership, Policies and So Much More - Martijn Manders
- In-situ Underwater Conservation of WWII Stuka Aircraft Wreck - Mladen Pešić
- Transformations of Archaeological Contexts in Deep Waters in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia): An Archaeological and Conservation Approach to Its Management - L.Victoria Báez Santos
Room Telefonie 2 : Session J3 : Offshore Renewables and Maritime Archaeology - Mark James
- Changing Ends? International Reflections on the Ocean Half Decade - Tim Marples
Round table discussion - Offshore Archaeology: From Unknown Anomalies to 3D Models - Lowri Roberts
Round table discussion
15:30 - 16:00 : Short Break
Short break to allow all participants to return to the theatre hall Grote Post for the closing of the conference.
16:00 - 17:15 : Closing Session (theatre hall Grote Post)
16:00 - 16:45 : Keynote: Bruges and the Sea: The Outer Harbour System of a Medieval Maritime Metropolis - Wim De Clercq
16:45 - 17:15 : Closing of the Conference
- Jessica Vandevelde & dr Marnix Pieters, Flanders Heritage Agency IKUWA8 Team
- dr Beat Eberschweiler & dr Jennifer Rodrigues, IKUWA Steering Committee
17:15 - 18:30 : Closing Reception (room Panorama - 4th floor)
Time to start making plans for IKUWA9, while enjoying a final glass of local Belgian beer or a freshly made lemonade.