Keynote lectures will be complemented by invited sessions organized by recognised experts in targeted research areas.

The talks scheduled are generally invited by the organizers but if you wish to contribute to any of the special sessions, you can contact them.

A preliminary list of the Invited Sessions planned follows:

Buckling Collapse Analysis of Marine Structures
Tetsuya Yao, Osaka University, Japan	
yao@naoe.end.osaka-u.ac.jp
Masahiko Fujikubo, Hiroshima University, Japan
fujikubo@naoe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Prediction of Resistance Coefficients in Ship Hydrodynamics
L. Eça, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
eca@marine.ist.utl.pt
M. Vissoneau, Ecole Centrale de Nantes / CNRS, France
michel.visonneau@ec-nantes.fr

Meshless methods in Marine Engineering
Antonio Souto Iglesias, ETSIN, Spain


Methods for Fluid-Structure Interactions
Tayfun Tezduyar, Rice University - MS 321, USA
tezduyar@rice.edu