The centre for ocean electronics in the department of electronics of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) will conduct the Symposium on Ocean Electronics (SYMPOL) on November 18. A biennial event, SYMPOL was started in 1991 to mark the formal opening of the centre for ocean electronics in the university. The centre for ocean electronics in the department of electronics of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) will conduct the Symposium on Ocean Electronics (SYMPOL) on November 18. A biennial event, SYMPOL was started in 1991 to mark the formal opening of the centre for ocean electronics in the university. The papers presented in SYMPOL 2009 will be published in IEEE Explore.