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Conferences and Events
The NOC delivers many of its own world leading events throughout the year, highlighting our ground-breaking, innovative and collaborative work.
Conferences Facilities
The NOC offers aspirational and inspirational experiences at unique locations in the iconic cities of Southampton and Liverpool
30 September & 1 October 2025
AUV2026 Southampton - 1-3 September 2026
Every two years, the IEEE OES AUV Symposium brings the marine robotics community together to share ideas, exchange lessons learned and foster future research and collaboration.
Our focus is on the technologies and applications of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), underwater gliders, and Lagrangian floats, with most papers centered on field robotics or data collected from real-world deployments.
AUV2026 with be held in Southampton, UK between 1-3 September 2026. In addition to standard symposium papers, open access peer-reviewed papers will also be published as an IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Special Issue and presented at the symposium.