2020 Virtual Conference - look out for announcement in July

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2021 Conference - Sea Change: Human and Climate Influences on our Maritime Past

Covid-19 Update (09:00 - 6th May 2020): Based on current global situation we are sorry to announce that the conference partners have determined the best and safest thing to do is to postpone the planned 2020 Conference in Dublin to 2021.  Details to follow.  Please contact your travel agent or airline/ferry company/accommodation regarding cancelling your travel/accommodation. 

With the postponement of the 2020 physical event, we will be in Ireland in 2021, in partnership with the CHERISH Project and The Irish Underwater Council.  The event on the 20th-21st November 2021 will be a two-day conference held at the 4 star "Royal Marine Hotel" in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland and will be titled "Sea Change: Human and Climate Influences on our Maritime Past".

The conference will showcase the diversity within our maritime environment and highlight state-of-the-art technology and methodologies employed in understanding our maritime past and how this might be impacted by future changes. It will include multidisciplinary approaches and how cross-border and community engagement enrich our understanding of coastal, archaeological and climate challenges. Submission of maritime papers exploring and protecting our vulnerable underwater and coastal heritage are encouraged.

Watch out for more information on the 2021 Conference in late 2020.

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2019 Conference - Wooden Walls and Stone Bastions 

Ship and ordnance remains on land and under the sea

In November 2019, the Nautical Archaeology Society and the Ordnance Society co-hosted a two-day conference examining how ship and ordnance remains found on land and under the sea help our understanding of our maritime past.

Couldn't be with us ?

Catch up on the selection of recorded talks on our YouTube Channel, or watch them below:

Shipwrecks and Forts on the Swahili Coast: Maritime archaeological investigations at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, by Richard Bates, from the University of St. Andrews.

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HMS Invincible: Enhancing our understanding of the Georgian Navy’s organisation maintenance and operation of the naval gunnery system, by Daniel Pascoe

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Alderney's Elizabethan Cannons, by Dave Parham, University of Bournemouth 

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Watch our highlights video to find out more

The conference also hosted the 2019 Adopt a Wreck Award, the Honor Frost Foundation IJNA Open Access Prize , NAS Training Education Awards, as well as the second MSDS Marine Awards. 

Don't just take our word for it! 

After only being a NAS member for six months, Neil Cooper decided to dive into the unknown and attend the NAS annual conference. Find out what he discovered here.

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Our 2019 Sponsors

The 2019 event was generously sponsored by DiveMaster Insurance , MSDS Marine, The Sub-Aqua Association, Historic England , Go Dive Scuba Store, BSAC , Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust, Wessex Archaeology, and Valkyrie Diving and Marine Services

Previous NAS Conferences

2018 Conference Building a Future for Our Maritime Past - was held in Newport, Wales with the Friends of the Newport Ship 

2017 Conference Discovery Is Just The Beginning - was held in Portsmouth 

2016 Conference was held in Glasgow in partnership with the SCAPE Trust

2015 Conference was held in Portsmouth in partnership with the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology

2014 Conference was held in London in partnership with the Thames Discovery Programme, MOLA

2013 Conference was held in Portsmouth