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The Past, Present and Future of Shipping

Underwater archaeologist Peter Campbell, biology professor Alex Rogers and naval architect Oskar Levander discuss shipping with ocean-going scientist Helen Czerski.

Ocean-going scientist Helen Czerski is joined by underwater archaeologist Peter Campbell who leads a team which recently discovered an unprecedented 22 shipwrecks around a small Greek archipelago; conservation biology Professor Alex Rogers who says that the beautiful but fragile habitats in the depths of the high seas are under increasing threat from destructive deep-sea bottom trawling; and naval architect Oskar Levander who contends that automated and unmanned ships will dominate 21st century oceans.

(Photo: Computer image map of an ancient shipwreck using rhinophoto 3D. Credit: Peter Campbell/ East Carolina University)

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Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell is an underwater archaeologist who focuses on underwater caves, sunken cities and shipwrecks, Peter combines the high-tech with traditional archaeological methods to uncover the secrets of the maritime past.聽 He is the archaeological director for the Albanian Centre for Marine Research and head underwater archaeologist for the Cave Archaeology Investigation & Research Network. Peter is also a PhD student at the University of Southampton鈥檚 Centre for Maritime Archaeology where he is researching a thesis on 鈥渋nnovation and technological change through the archaeological record鈥.

Alex Rogers

Alex Rogers is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Oxford with special interest in the deep sea, particularly seamounts, cold-water corals and chemosynthetic ecosystems. Alex is also a Commissioner for the International Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems for the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE International), the Marine Invertebrate Red List Authority for the IUCN Red List (Species Survival Commission) and the Scientific Director of the International Programme on State of the Ocean (IPSO).

Oskar Levander

Oskar Levander is VP for Innovation, Engineering & Technology at Rolls-Royce Marine. He has also worked for the Finnish marine engineering firm W盲rtsil盲 where he held various roles, most recently as Director, Concept Design, Marine Lifecycle Solutions. Trained as a naval architect, Oskar has been working mostly on the development of new ship design concepts and propulsion solutions for many different ship types. He has also been deeply involved in the development of more energy efficient ships and an active force in promoting the marine use of LNG.

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