Call for Papers - SpillAsia 2026 Conference

This will be a one-stage abstract submission process with authors interested in speaking at SpillAsia 2026 to submit abstracts (of up to 500-words, max)  by Thursday 29 January 2026.

A selection process will be undertaken by the Conference Committee, before authors are notified of final decisions circa early March 2026.  SpillAsia 2026 will publish its preliminary Conference programme by the end of March 2026.

To assist authors, the Committee has confirmed and published the key themes and topics that are sought for SpillAsia’s Conference. These are available to view on this web page, below.

Please note: if ultimately selected to speak at SpillAsia 2026, it will be the requirement of the author’s employers to fund their participation travel and accommodation expenses. All speakers will be granted free-of-charge delegate access to the event, for all three open days.

In accordance with the above instructions (and below desired topics and themes), the SpillAsia 2026 Committee and organising team welcome your abstracts and look forward to receiving them by Thursday 29 January 2026. Click here to submit your abstract.

For additional info on abstract submission, please contact:
Mark J Orr, Content Director, SpillAsia 2026
Conference@spillasia.com / +44 (0)3334 441890

For info on exhibiting, sponsorship or delegate participation, please contact:
Tom Treverton, Event Director, SpillAsia 2026
Tom@fivesensesmedia.co.uk / +44 (0)1442 289923

Read on for more information on desired topics and themes at SpillAsia 2026...

Incident and crisis management

• Use of AI and technology.
• Maintaining competence when there are fewer incidents.
• Managing stakeholders (professional and public) during incidents.
• Incident communication in a digital world.
• Remote and small island spill response.
• Environmental damage and post-spill monitoring.

Response updates

• Offshore sub-surface response.
• Offshore surface response.
• Dispersants.
• Shoreline response.
• Inland response.
• Wildlife management.

Surveillance, modelling, visualisation and use of AI

• Papers invited on all 4 above themes.
• Remote sensing.

Shipping risks

• Sanctions, insurance and claims.
• Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS).
• Sunken vessels and wrecks.
• Vessel security.

Marine alternative fuels

• Recovery of low sulphur fuels.
• Response to emerging fuels, e.g. ammonia, methanol and hydrogen.
• Navigating the ‘seascape’ of marine alternative fuels in the short-to-medium term (legislation, regulation, compliance and their influence on response).

Outreach and communication

• Updates from research into spill prevention and response.
• Partnerships and collaborative working (regional collaboration).
• Environmental, social and governance in spill response.
• Government-to-Government / transboundary cooperation.
• Capacity building in remote and island communities.

Plastics and marine litter

• Capability building in high traffic marine environments.
• Agreeing plastic pollution recovery end-points; when does a plastic pollution incident end?
• Control of land-sourced plastics.
• Mitigation of ship-sourced plastic spills.

Case studies

• Learning outcomes from marine incidents.
• Reporting from recent marine incidents.
• APAC regional case studies.

Research and emerging technologies / strategies

• Identification of knowledge gaps.
• Emergence of technologies and strategies.

Optimising performance within the context of multi-national teams during major incidents

APAC advances; significant developments in the Asia-Pacific region