During the June 2017 joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and the European Acoustical Association (EAA), in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) project <http://www.dosits.org/> will host a special session for decision makers titled “Incorporating Underwater Acoustics Research into the Decision Making Process”. This special session is sponsored by Animal Bioacoustics (AB) and co-sponsored by Acoustical Oceanography (AO), Education (ED), and Underwater Acoustics (UW). The session will take place on the afternoon of Monday, June 26, 2017, and will include: Primers on underwater acoustics, animals and sound, and sound sources; A facilitated panel discussion on current research in underwater acoustics; and Round-table discussions on key topics identified by the international decision-making community More details to be released shortly. Questions? Please contact Holly Morin (holly_morin@uri.edu).