Name: ITTC 2024
Start: 2024-09-22T08:00:00+10:00
End: 2024-09-27T18:00:00+10:00
Location: Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart

Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian mainland, separated from it by the Bass Strait, with the archipelago containing the southernmost point of the country. With the Indian Ocean to the West, the Pacific to the East and the Southern Ocean to the South, Tasmania is no stranger to all things maritime. Laying smack bang in the path of the roaring forties, Tasmanians have a strong relationship and respect for the sea.
The Australian Maritime College, at the University of Tasmania is the national institute for maritime education, training, and research. Following nearly two decades of dedicated work, legislation to establish AMC was passed in 1976 and the doors were opened in 1980. Initially formed to service Australia’s merchant fleet and fishing industry, it evolved to deliver Australia’s tertiary education and maritime research needs. The first hydrodynamic facility was a circulating water channel, established in 1982. It was followed by a 60-metre Towing Tank in 1984 that was extended to 100-metres in 2005. A 35- by 12-metre shallow water Model Test Basin was added in 2001. AMC’s first Cavitation Tunnel was established in 1996 and later replaced with the existing tunnel in 2008. Delivering both a tertiary education and vocational training, the AMC has, over the years, owned and operated various ships. It also has a comprehensive suite of contemporary maritime ship-handling simulators. More recently, the AMC has pushed the boundaries of maritime research, innovating, and building an underwater collision experimental facility and developing autonomous underwater vehicle capabilities for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research.
Being the national and sovereign hydrodynamic testing facility AMC has, since establishing its first towing tank, been involved with the ITTC. AMC representative(s) have attended all full conferences since the 17th term in 1984. AMC has been an ITTC member organisation since the 18th term, and had continuous representation on the Advisory Council since the 26th term. There have been AMC technical contributions since the 21st term, with over the years, members contributing to a total of seventeen individual committees.