FSI academics Professor Penny Temarel and Dr Jon Downes attended the 19^th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2015) which was held in Cascais, Portugal 6-10^th September 2015.
The congress is a forum for the exchange of information by experts undertaking and applying marine structural research. The aim of the ISSC is to facilitate the evaluation and dissemination of results from recent investigations, to make recommendations for standard design procedures and criteria, to discuss research in progress and planned, to identify areas requiring future research and to encourage international collaboration in furthering these aims. Ships and other marine structures used for transportation, exploration and exploitation of resources in and under the oceans are in the scope of the ISSC.
 FSI academics significantly contributed the writing of the following Committee Reports:
 Penny Temarel (Committee Chairperson) – Committee I.2 Loads.
 Yeping Xiong – Committee II.2 Dynamic Response
 Jon Downes – Committee IV.I Design Principles and Criteria
 James Blake – Committee V.7 Structural Longevity
 The 20^th Congress will be held in 2018 jointly between Belgium and the Netherlands and FSI academics were elected to the following committees:
 Jon Downes – Committee II.2 Dynamic Response
 James Blake – Committee V.7 Structural Longevity