Dear Colleagues!

We invite you to take part in the XII All-Russian Conference with international participation
“Modern problems of optics natural water” (ONW’2023) with an oral (including online) or poster presentation, as well as a listener.

Date and place of the conference
October 25 — October 27, 2023, St. Petersburg

Conference organizers:
St. Petersburg branch of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod.
Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol.
Ilyichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Vladivostok.
Rozhdestvensky Optical Society, St. Petersburg.
​Scientific Council on Problems of Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics of the St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

Conference Organizing Committee:
Rodionov M.A. (SPbB IO RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia) – Chairman

The main directions of the conference:

• Fundamental problems of the theory of radiation transfer.
•  Optical properties of natural waters.
• Propagation of light in water and underwater photography.
• Remote sensing, including lidars and satellite optical and microwave sensors.
• Optics of the marine atmosphere and sea surface.
• Instruments for measuring the optical properties of water.
• Optics of the polar seas.
• Variability of optical characteristics of sea water depending on hydrophysical processes.

Main dates
Until July 1, 2023 - submission to the address of the conference This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. of a completed registration form, abstract (no more than 35 words), keywords (no more than 10) in Russian and English, indicating the form of presentation of the report.

Until August 1, 2023 - notification of the acceptance of the report and the required revision of the reports.

Until August 15, 2023 - submission of finalized reports.

Information and communication
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Maxim Anatolyevich Rodionov (SPbB IO RAS)
199004, St. Petersburg, V.O., 1st line, 30.
Tel/Fax: +7 (981) 812-2875
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Secretary:
Bashmakova Natalya Vasilievna (SPbB IO RAS)
199004, St. Petersburg, V.O., 1st line, 30.
Tel/Fax: +7 (812) 305-0836
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Conference page: https://spb.ocean.ru/en/