The First International Deep-Ocean Technology (IDOT-96) Symposium and Workshop was held in 1996 and co-sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The meeting focused on the technologies required in the development of underwater vehicles and resources from the world"s four leading countries - USA, France, Japan and Russia. Leading authorities in each field of these technologies from these countries were invited to review the progress made in the past five years. The meeting dealt with technologies at specific water depths of 2,000-10,000 m of the four countries. The participants at the workshop discussed the adequacy of the present technologies and pinpointed the need for the development of new technologies; new research directions in the development of underwater vehicles and the exploitation of deep-ocean resources are being recommended.
The First International Deep-Ocean Technology Symposium and Workshop was held in 1996; it was organized by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (IS OPE) and co-sponsored by NSF, ISOPE, Ifremer (France) and the Colorado School of Mines. The meeting focused on the technologies required in the development of underwater vehicles and resources from the world"s four leading countries: USA, France, Japan and Russia. Leading authorities in each field of these technologies from these countries reviewed the progress made in the past five years. The workshop pinpointed and recommended new research directions that require the development of new technologies. Among them, new research topics in technologies in specific water depths of 2,000-10,000 m through the year 2000 are presented. The invited papers at the Symposium and Workshop were contributed by researchers from: the Naval Research Laboratory, USA; Colorado School of Mines, USA; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA; Ifremer, France; Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC); and ShirshovInstitute of Oceanology, Russia.
