11 November – Conference Dinner was held at Chef’s Quarter starting at 7.00 pm
9-11 November – Conference sessions
8 November – Conference opening and welcome hosted by the National Museum of the Philippines.
4 November – The Conference Dinner will take place on Friday evening at a location to be advised.
3 November – The National Museum will generously be providing a cocktail evening from 6.30pm on Tuesday 8 Nov after the Welcome and official opening in Marble Hall. Transport back to hotels afterwards is included.
1 November – One of our keynote speakers, Dr Emad Khalil, is unable to travel due to a health issue in his family and his paper will be presented by his colleague Dr Lucy Blue from the University of Southampton, UK.
30 October – The final Conference program is now available here.
20 October – Preliminary information about the optional tours that will be available on Saturday 12 Nov are now available here.
18 October – Unfortunately, as a result of health issues, one of our keynote speakers, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, will not be able to travel to Manila. Her keynote presentation will be given by her colleague Professor Roberto Junco from Mexico.
17 October – Titles and brief abstracts of posters that will displayed at the Conference venue during the Conference are available here.
14 October – There is a map of showing the hotels and venue here.
7 October – The deadline for poster title and abstracts has been extended to Friday 21 October.
26 September – A call for posters has been issued – anyone interested in displaying a poster of their work at the conference should email: Mark.Staniforth@flinders.edu.au
15 September – Conference venue, visa and flight information for the conference has been updated.
1 September – Papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings are due today
15 August – for information about a visa for the Philippines click here
29 July – Thanks to the Conference patron UNESCO and our wonderful sponsors (the Wenner Gren Foundation, the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the Australian Government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, SEAMEO-SPAFA, the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) and the Korean National Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage) the Conference Organising Committee are pleased to announce that we have been able to arrange financial assistance for 30 paper presenters from 12 countries (Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Palau, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam) to attend the Conference in November.
18 July – Looking for a cheap return airline flight to Manila? Click here.
16 July – Applications for financial assistance have now closed – more than 50 applications for financial assistance were received and successful applicants have been informed.
8 July - The Conference is now supported by 50 supporting organizations comprising of 4 IGOs, 20 NGOs, 10 government agencies and museums and 16 universities see: http://www.apconf.org/supporters/
4 July - The Conference organizers are pleased to announce that more than 300 people from more than 45 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest go to: http://www.apconf.org/register/
3 July – More than 120 paper proposals from 35 countries have been submitted and more than 100 paper proposals (abstracts) have been accepted for sessions 1 to 12 with about 10 still under review and 10 rejected. The accepted paper proposals are now available here.
2 July 2011 – Dr Tim Curtis, Head of the Culture Unit at the UNESCO Bangkok office in THAILAND, has agreed to be a keynote speaker at the Conference see Keynote Speakers.
30 June – The deadline for paper proposals has now been reached and it will no longer be possible to propose papers through the website. Email Mark.Staniforth@flinders.edu.au if you have any questions.
8 June – The Conference Organisers are now accepting applications for financial assistance for paper presenters to attend the conference. In order to be eligible for financial assistance you must have proposed a paper and had it accepted for presentation at the conference. To apply for financial assistance click here.
6 June - The Conference organizers are pleased to announce that more than 250 people from more than 40 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest go to: http://www.apconf.org/register/
1 June – The 43 accepted paper proposals for sessions 1 to 11 are now available here.
31 May - The Third and Final Call for Papers is now available on the Conference Organisation page click here.
27 May – The Conference registration fees are now available click here.
22 May – The Scientific Committee have started to evaluate 65 proposals from presenters in 18 countries received to date for inclusion into one of the Conference sessions – 43 paper proposals have been accepted, 14 are still being evaluated and 8 have been rejected. If you wish to propose a paper for inclusion in the Conference program click here.
18 May – To see the list of the Conference Organising Committee and the Scientific Committee click here.
16 May - The Conference is now supported by 44 supporting organizations comprising of 4 IGOs, 18 NGOs, 8 government agencies and museums and 14 universities see: http://www.apconf.org/supporters/
5 May - The Conference organizers are pleased to announce that more than 210 people from more than 40 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest go to: http://www.apconf.org/register/
29 April – The Scientific Committee are currently evaluating 32 paper proposals from presenters in 13 countries for inclusion into one of the Conference sessions. If you wish to propose a paper for inclusion in the Conference program click here.
25 April 2011 – the Conference Organisers are very pleased to announce that the Conference now has a new Bronze Sponsor - the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage in KOREA see Sponsors.
12 April 2011 - the Conference organisers are pleased to announce that more than 180 people from more than 40 countries have registered their interest in attending the conference – to register your interest click here.
6 April 2011 – Pilar Luna Erreguerena, Head of the Underwater Archaeological Division in MEXICO’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), has agreed to be a keynote speaker at the Conference see Keynote Speakers.
5 April 2011 – the Conference Organisers are very pleased to announce that the Conference now has a new Silver Sponsor – SEAMEO-SPAFA see Sponsors.
31 March 2011 – The Second Call for Papers is now available on the Sessions page click Second Call for Papers.
30 March 2011 – the Conference Organisers are very pleased to announce that the Conference now has two new Gold Sponsors – the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the AUSTRALIAN Federal government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) see Sponsors.
23 March 2011 – Dr Emad Khalil, Director of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the Alexandria University in Alexandria, EGYPT, has agreed to be a keynote speaker at the Conference see Keynote Speakers.
21 March 2011 - The Conference organisers are pleased to announce that more than 140 people from more than 35 countries have registered their interest in attending the conference – to register your interest click here.
1 March 2011 – The Conference Organising Committee is proud to announce that the Conference has recently been granted UNESCO patronage.
25 Feb 2011 - The Conference organisers are pleased to announce that more than 100 people from more than 30 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest click here.
18 Feb 2011 – The Conference is now supported by 40 supporting organisations comprising of 4 IGOs, 17 NGOs, 6 Government Agencies and Museums and 13 Universities. See the Supporters page here.
16 Feb 2011 – The first eight Conference sessions are now available on the Sessions page and the Scientific Committee, which has grown to 27 members from 11 countries, is now available here
9 Feb 2011 - The Conference organisers are pleased to announce that more than 80 people from more than 25 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest click here.
31 Jan 2011 – the Scientific Committee comprising of 18 members from 6 countries is now available here.
27 Jan 2011 – The first five Conference sessions are available on the Sessions page.
25 Jan 2011 - The Conference organisers are pleased to announce that more than 50 people from more than 20 countries have registered interest in attending the conference – to register your interest click here.
3 Jan 2011 - The First Call for Papers is now available on the Sessions page click here.
1 Dec 2010 - If you are interested in being a Session organiser click on the Theme and Session Organisers link.
