8:00 - 9:30 : Registration
9:30 - 11:50 : Official Opening & Keynote Presentations (theatre hall Grote Post)
9:30 - 10:15 : Official opening
- Dr John Crombez, Mayor of Ostend
- Dr Jennifer Rodrigues, Vice Chair, IKUWA Steering Committee
- Prof Dr Jan Mees, General Director, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- Sophie Denoël, Inspector General, Agence wallonne du Patrimoine (AWaP)
- Dr Peter De Wilde, Administrator-General, Flanders Heritage Agency
- Carl Decaluwé, Governor of the province of West Flanders, Belgian Recipient of Underwater Cultural Heritage
10:15 - 11:00 : Keynote: “Is Marine Archaeology Even a Thing?” Ocean Heritage and the Sustainable Development Agenda - Jon Henderson
11:00 - 11:45 : Keynote: Quantum Entanglements: Tangible and Intangible Underwater Cultural Heritage in Africa - Rose Boswell
11:45 - 11:50 : Group picture
11:50 - 13:00 : Lunch Break
Lunch is served in the entrance room Grote Foyer and on the top floor in room Panorama.
13:00 - 15:15 : Parallel Sessions
Theatre hall Grote Post : Session A1 : Bringing the UCH to Life - Alison James
- Expanding Public Engagement in Maritime Archaeology: Digital Storytelling and Volunteer-Led Initiatives - Jasmine Noble-Shelley
- The Maritime Archaeology Research Exchange (M.A.R.E.) Project -Bringing Students to the Table - Maurice Thurn
- Reimagining Underwater Archaeology Through Contemporary Art: A Co-creational Experiment - Ellen Hsieh
- Including Maritime Archaeology with History in Maritime Museums - Charlotte Jarvis
- D-ESCARS PROJECT: Digitalization and Systematic Study of the Maritime Cultural Value of the Boat Shelters on Formentera Island (Spain) - Jesús Alberto Aldana Mendoza
Theatre hall Kleine Post : Session L2 : Underwater and Maritime Heritage Management - Pedro Barros
- Inventory and Georeference of Maritime Cultural Heritage in Portugal - Pedro Barros
- Tenerife Underwater Archaeological Map Project - Alberto García Montes de Oca
- Management and Protection of Underwater Archaeology: A Perspective from Ireland - Karl Brady
Room Dactylo : Session C1 : UCH in the UN Ocean Decade - Arturo Rey da Silva
- Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Project Results and Experiences with the UN Decade - Charlotte Jarvis
- Extreme Climate Events on Marine Biodiversity: Possibilities for Understanding Based on the UCH Present in Brazilian MPAs - Fabiana Dallacorte
- Integrating Cultural Heritage into the UN Ocean Decade: The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme - Georgia Holly (read by Arturo Rey da Silva)
- The RUSH Project: A Tool to Improve Strategies for Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Context of the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP) - Crescenzo Violante
Room Atelier +1 : Session D1 : Underwater Landscapes of the Ancient Meditterranean - Mari Yamasaki
- The Canopic Branch of the Nile: A Key Trade Route Linking Egypt and the Mediterranean until the End of the Late Period - Mona Aly
- Investigating the Existence of Roman Sailortowns: A Comparative Archaeological Study - Brooke Boyd
- Submerged Settlements and the Historical Harbour in the Bay of Sozopol, Bulgaria: Six Thousand Years of Dynamic History on the Western Black Sea Coast - Nayden Prahov
- Water Supply Points and Sanctuaries Related with Sea Trade and Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean Coasts - Manuel Fumás-Soldevilla
- The Un(fore)seen Divers: Approaches to Explore Freediving in Antiquity - Eirini Kapogianni
Room Klas : Session H3 : Early Watercraft, Traditional Navigation Practices, and Indigenous Maritime Landscapes in the Americas - Elena Saccone
- Marine Species and Sea-Related Representations in Casma Iconography - North-Central Coast of Peru (9th-14th c., CE) - Noémie Galland
- Navigating Paradigms: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Watercraft Performance and Seafaring Strategies in the Rugged Coastlines of the Pacific Americas - Alberto Garcia Piquer
- Technology Transition in a Guyana Canoe Society - Robert Holtzman
- Las Cuatro Etapas de la Historia de la Balsa de Cuero de Lobo Marino: Un Caso de Los Andes del Sur - Dominique Mercier-Häfelin
- Navigating Encounters: Indigenous Watercraft and European Shipwrecks on the 18th-Century Uruguayan Coast - Elena Saccone
- Traditional Wayúu Navigation in the Colombian Guajira and the Wider Caribbean - Juan David Sarmiento Rodríguez
Room Telefonie : Session N1 : Scientific Contribution of Archaeology in the Context of Territorial Planning in the Maritime Sector - Results, Methods and News - Nicolas Bigourdan
- Two Decades of Contributions from Preventive Archaeology in the French Maritime Space - Nicolas Bigourdan
- Safeguarding the Past, Planning the Future: Underwater Cultural Heritage in Italy’s Maritime Spatial Plans - Barbara Davidde Petriaggi
- Mobilising Heritage Information in Marine Spatial Planning: The MDE Heritage Accelerator Project - Antony Firth
- Examining the Impact of the Application of Planning and Curatorial Frameworks - Christin Heamagi
- Challenges in the Search for Denmark’s Submerged Landscapes - John Howorth
- Balancing Marine Development and Underwater Cultural Heritage Preservation in Taiwan - Chenghwa Tsang
15:15 - 16:00 : Coffee Break
Coffee is served in the entrance room Grote Foyer and on the top floor in room Panorama.
16:00 - 18:15 : Parallel Sessions
Theatre hall Grote Post : Session A1 : Bringing the UCH to Life - Alison James
- Marine Cultural Heritage and Ocean Literacy: The (Mental) Path towards Behavioural Change - Vera Noon
- Balancing Stakeholders: Rethinking the Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage - Paraskevi Athanasia Papadimitriou
- Low Cost High Resolution Multibeam Recordings of Historical Shipwrecks - Johan Opdebeeck
- The Gislinge Boat Open Source Project: From Boat-Find to Communities of Maritime Craftwork - Tríona Sørensen
Theatre hall Kleine Post : Session I1 : From Local to Global - Sarah Ward
- From Cargo to Culture: The Role of Merchant Ships in Shaping 18th Century Consumption Patterns in the Baltic Sea Area - Riikka Alvik
- Chinese Porcelain from Shipwrecks as a Tool for a Chronological Framework for Cultural Exchanges: A Case Study from the South of the Netherlands - Jordi Bruggeman
- Imitation, Counterfeiting, and Ontological Appropriation - Cultural Exchange through Chinese influences in European ceramics (1560-1780) - Tania Casimiro
- From Aniseed to a Wedding Dress - The research of an Exceptionally Well-Preserved 17th Century Dutch Merchant Vessel (Wadden Sea, Netherlands) - Thijs Coenen
- Tracing a Ship’s Provenance through its Timbers: The Case of “Levante Shipwreck”, Formentera Island (Spain) - Marta Domínguez Delmás
- Writing the Story of an Early 16th Century Dutch Water Ship in its Regional Context - Marta Domínguez Delmás
Room Dactylo : Session E1 : River versus Climate Change - Marion Foucher
- Adaptation des Sociétés aux Evolution Hydromorphologiques de la Basse-Loire en lien avec les Changements Climatiques - Remy Arthuis & Jimmy Mouchard
- Adaptation of Riparian Communities to the Hydrogeomorphological Dynamics of the Loire River during the Little Ice Age (14th-18th c.): Insights from Municipal Accounts - Evan Mesmin
- Taphonomic and Paleoenvironmental Evolution of the Île des Bois Neolithic site (Saint-Simon, Charente, France): Geoarchaeological Analysis and Preservation Issues - Simon N'tela
- Those Flowering Waters: Reconstructing 1,200 Years of Human / Rivers Entanglement in Central Nicaragua Through Multi-Proxy Palynological Analysis, Archaeological Excavations and Local Knowledge - Irene Torreggiani
- In the middle of the Danube - river archaeology in the changing environment of Danube islands - Attila Janos Tóth - read by Marion Foucher
Room Atelier +1 : Session D3 - Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes in the Face of Development - Simon Fitch
- Data quality over quantity: Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic assemblage and modern inventories - Carley Divish
Submerged Lake Deposits in the Shallow Coastal Areas of the Baltic Sea - Preservation Conditions and Implications for Archaeological Research - Agata Feldens - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities (Wei Ji) for the Study of Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology - A Perspective from the LOTE Project - Simon Fitch
- Taken At The Flood: Supporting Submerged Heritage and Green Futures - Jess Cook-Hale
- Sustainable Development in the Great Lakes: Balancing Partnerships & Prehistoric Archaeology - Christina Giudici
- Offshore Development as a Catalyst for Submerged Palaeolandscape Research - Hanna Steyne
Room Klas : Session J2 : Maritime Heritage in the Service of Environmental Action - Katerina Velentza
- Community Waterscapes: A Heritage-Based Interdisciplinary Initiative to Improve Water Awareness in Hull, UK - Edward Brookes
- Climate Chance: Resilience and Adaptation in the Maritime Heritage of Tierrabomba and the Rosario Islands (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia) - Gabriela Caro
- If No One Knows, then Nobody Can Care – The Role of Maritime Cultural Heritage Education and Outreach in Sustainable Development - Irini Malliaros
- Protecting Coastal Cities: Using the UCH to Decipher Long Term Patterns of Change - Garry Momber
- The Breakthrough: Marine Biodiversity Surveys on Historical Shipwreck Sites - Rasika Muthucumarana (read by Vishmi Gunasinghe)
- Combining Archaeological and Salvage Expertise to Better Understand Potentially Polluting Wrecks, Their Heritage Significance and Research Opportunities - Lauren Tidbury
- Integrating Cultural Heritage and Ecological Conservation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Protecting the British Sergeant Shipwreck off the Eastern Coast of Sri Lanka - Vishmi Gunasinghe
Room Telefonie : Session G4 : Archaeology and History of Medieval and Early Modern Cargo Ships in Baltic Sea - Riikka Tevali
- The 17th century ‘Ore-shipwreck’ in Gdańsk harbour fairway area and its cargo - Tomasz Bednarz
- Lessons From the Galley: Foodways on Merchant Ships in the Baltic Sea 1400-1700 - Matilda Jarl
- Two Medieval Ships, Their Inventary and Cargo - Priit Lätti
- The Lübeck Ship Find. A Unique Vessel Type from the 17th Century? - Felix Rösch
- Tracing Trade Systems – Shipwreck Connectivity in the Finnish Archipelago - Riikka Tevali
- Cogs (?) in Context. A Further Interpretation of the 14th Century Doel 1 & 2 Ships (Belgium) - Jeroen Vermeersch