• - Conference General Chairs
  Junyu Dong, Ocean University of China (董军宇 中国海洋大学)
  William Wei Song, Dalarna University, Sweden
  Anu Gokhale, Illinois State University, USA

• - Conference Co-chairs
  Jia Yu, Qingdao University, China (于佳 青岛大学)
  Zhenxiang Chen, University of Jinan, China (陈贞翔 济南大学)
  Lizhen Cui, Shandong University, China (崔立真 山东大学)
  Jiguo Yu, Qilu University of Technology, China (禹继国 齐鲁工业大学)
  Zhiqiang Wang, Shandong University of Technology, China(王志强 山东理工大学)
  Yanjun Peng, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China(彭延军 山东科技大学)
  

• - Technical Program Committee Chairs

  Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy
  Richard Millham, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
  Guoqiang Zhong, Ocean Univesity of China
  

• - Local Organizing Committee Chairs
  Yuezun Li, Ocean University of China
  Leon Bullock, Ocean University of China

• - Publication Chairs
  Hao Fan, Ocean University of China

  Xuesheng Han, Shandong University, China

• - Workshop Chair
  Xinghui Dong, Ocean University of China

• - Treasurer
  Chunguang Li, Shandong Agriculture University, China

• - Publicity Co-chairs
  Guodong Wang, Qingdao University, China
  Zhongying Zhao, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
  Fabrizio Marozzo, University of Calabria, Italy  
  Lei Wang, Shandong University of Technology, China
  Wenyu Zhang, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, China
  Qing Cai, Ocean University of China
  

Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA
Jianbo Chen, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Congduan Li, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Marina Davidson, the University of Westminster, UK
Sang-Heon Lee, University of South Australia, Australia
Thidawan Klaysri, Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhorn, Thailand
Artem Topnikov, P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Russia
Yanfeng Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Peraphon Sophatsathit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Hirotake Ishii, Kyoto University, Japan
Teodoro A. Macaraeg Jr., University of Caloocan City, Philippines
Jianguo Liu, University of North Texas, USA
Md. Ismail Jabiullah, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh
Amalina Farhi binti Ahmad Fadzlah, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Xiaofeng Lu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Mehmet Hakan Karaata, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Sophia Rahaman, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates
Subarna Shakya, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Shahram Babaie, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Nabil Litayem, Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies, Qatar
Yinglei Song, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China
Ahmed Al-Sa'di, Wellington Institute of Technology, Te Pūkenga, New Zealand
Fei Hao, Nanjing Institute of Technology, China
Chunlei Xia, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Junqi Huang, Xiamen University of Technology, China
Nandha Thulasiraman Kumar, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia
Vladimir Shakhov, University of Ulsan, Korea
Hao Zhang, Ocean University of China, China