ICMM has four standing committees:

Maritime Archaeology Committee

Chair: Fred Hocker Vasa Museet (Stockholm, Sweden)
Art Cohn – Director Emeritus, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Vermont, USA)
Jim Delgado – formerly of NOAA / Director Emeritus, Vancouver Maritime Museum (USA and Canada)
Brad Duncan – Cultural Heritage Department, New South Wales (Australia)
Sabrina Marlier – Musée de l’Arles antique (Arles, France)
Amer Basl Khan – Pakistan Cultural Heritage Authority (Pakistan)
Cathy Green – Wisconsin Maritime Museum (Wisconsin, USA)
Sarah Ward – Dalian Maritime University (China)
Marcelo Weissel – Museo Arqueológico de La Boca (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Ocean Sustainability Committee

Chair: Laura Boon-Williams National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich (London, UK)
Christina Brophy Mystic Seaport (Connecticut, US)
Emily Jateff Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney, Australia)
Kim Reinhardt Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Ships Committee

Chair: Vincent Lipanovich New Zealand Maritime Museum (Auckland, New Zealand)
Vice-Chair: Hannah Cunliffe National Historic Ships UK (London, UK)
Andrew Baines National Museum of the Royal Navy (Portsmouth, UK)
Jonathan Boulware South Street Seaport Museum (New York, US)
Alan Edenborough Sydney Maritime Museum / Sydney Heritage Fleet (Sydney, Australia)
Nicola Grahamslaw SS Great Britain Trust (Bristol, UK)
Samuel Hilgartner Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (St Michaels, Maryland, US)
Matthew Tanner Ttandem Consulting (UK)

2026 Congress Programme Committee

2026 Congress Programme Committee Chair: Hanna Hagmark Åland Maritime Museum (Åland Islands)
The 2026 ICMM Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia