International Conference in Shallow-Water Acoustics

Abstract

The International Conference in Shallow-Water Acoustics (known as SWAC '97) was successfully held in Beijing, China, from April 21 to 25, 1997. There were many participating countries. The conference consisted of invited and contributed papers on important topics of shallow-water acoustics. A major accomplishment is that SWAC '97 and the post-conference tour have led to a strong dialog with the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Russian and Indian scientists. An international steering group workshop to investigate the scientific, engineering and logistic rationales that might form the basis for a collaborative international experiment in the seas of China is now in the planning.