ICMM has several standing committees, as follows:
Members of the Maritime Archaeology committee:
- Fred Hocker – Vasa Museet (Stockholm, Sweden) (Chair)
- Marc-André Bernier – Manitoba Museum (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Jiang Bo – Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum (China)
- Art Cohn – Director Emeritus, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Vermont, USA)
- Jim Delgado – formerly of NOAA / Director Emeritus, Vancouver Maritime Museum (Canada)
- Christopher Dobbs – The Mary Rose Trust (Portsmouth, UK)
- Robert Domzal – National Maritime Museum (Gdańsk, Poland)
- Brad Duncan – Cultural Heritage Department, New South Wales (Australia)
- Sabrina Marlier – Arles Museum of Antiquity (France)
Members of the Congress Programme committee:
- Richard Wesley – Hong Kong Maritime Museum (Chair)
- Anna Dentoni – Associazione Promotori Musei del Mare (Genova, Italy)
- Vincent Lipanovich – New Zealand Maritime Museum (Auckland)
- Kim Reinhardt – Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Halifax, Canada)
- Kevin Sumption – Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney)
Members of the Marine Environment committee:
- Kristen Greenaway – Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (Maryland, USA) (Chair)
- Laura Boon – National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
- Leif Grundberg – Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums (Stockholm)
- Koji Sekimizu – Secretary-General Emeritus, International Maritime Organization (Tokyo)
- Tove Wefald Pedersen – Norwegian Maritime Museum (Oslo)
Members of the Ships committee:
- Matthew Tanner – SS Great Britain Trust (Bristol, UK) (Chair)
- Andrew Baines – National Museum of the Royal Navy (Portsmouth, UK)
- Hannah Cunliffe – National Historic Ships UK (London)
- Alan Edenborough – Sydney Maritime Museum / Sydney Heritage Fleet (Australia)
- Nicola Grahamslaw – SS Great Britain Trust (Bristol, UK)
- Thomas Overdick – Behörde für Kultur und Medien (Hamburg, Germany)
- Steve White – Director Emeritus, Mystic Seaport (Connecticut, USA)
- Zefeng You – Institute of Ancient Chinese Ships (Ningbo, China)