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        World's Largest Marine Science & Ocean Technology Meeting   If
        you plan to attend just one event in 2006, then make it to the world's
        largest maritime technology event   Anticipation
        is building as the start date for the world’s greatest marine science
        and ocean technology event approaches. More than 7,000 ocean specialists
        from a variety of disciplines and industries will converge on London’s
        Excel Centre in Docklands to see the latest technologies displayed by
        500+ exhibiting companies from around the world. These will include
        professionals and key-buyers from the worlds of marine science, oil
        & gas and naval defence.         The
        FREE of charge exhibition, conference and associated meetings programme
        serve a vital role in showcasing the cutting-edge technologies and
        advancing the sciences related to our future global ocean planet.   In
        addition to the exhibition, that has grown considerably since leaving
        Brighton in 2000, the event is also eagerly awaited by conference
        delegates looking forward to the industry’s leading ocean science and
        technology conference, this year chaired by industry heavy-weight, Dr
        Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator at NOAA Research. The
        conference theme, ‘Ocean Technology in Service to Society’ will
        cover a range of international science, research and commercial issues.
        The no-fee policy at Oi06 enables visitors to attend sessions from
        disciplines other than their own, enhancing the cross-fertilisation of
        ideas between a various specialist disciplines.       PARTICIPATING
        SHIPS   Oi06
        are delighted to accommodate vessels and craft at ExCeL to complement
        the exhibition and conference. The dockside, which is located
        immediately outside the exhibition Hall, was very well visited at Oi04
        when 17 vessels were berthed alongside. We are keen to encourage more
        research and survey vessels, as well as oil spill control boats with
        their equipment, to join us at the 2006 event.     
     YANTLET
        is a 14m catamaran of GRP construction, propelled by two water-jet
        units. She will be used for regular product demonstrations on the water
        during OI, as RESONs principle demo vessel. YANTLET has been in the
        Excel dock many times before, but this is the first year RESON will use
        her     
     Gardline's
        RV TRITON is a multi-role survey vessel working
        predominately in the North Sea. The vessel has recently undertaken
        hydrographic programmes for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) as
        well as geophysical work for the oil and gas industry.  Exhibiting
        the RV TRITON at Oi06 will provide clients, existing and new, the
        opportunity to familiarise themselves with the full scope of Gardline's
        activities.         See
        the full conference programme below.   Oi06
        also has a number of exciting exhibitions, conferences and meetings
        running alongside the main exhibition and conference, including the
        Interspill 2006 conference, the Spill 06 exhibition, (both focussing on
        oil spill response technology) GIS, the coastal and marine mapping
        conference that sold out at Oi04, and IIDC, a conference focussing on
        inland and inshore diving developments. A number of these meetings are
        free of charge to attend. Please click on the link below for further
        information:   http://www.oi06.com/oilspill/ www.oi06.com/conference/meetings.aspx   To
        obtain your entrance badge in advance of the event, please click on the
        link below:     Contact
        details:   Oi06
 Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd
 Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, UK
 T: +44 (0)20 8439 8892, F: +44 (0)20 8439 8897, E: enquiries@Oi06.com
         
       LINKS:     Spill
      International 06 Exhibition & the Interspill 2006 Conference   Spill
      International 06 and the prestigious Interspill 2006
      Conference will take place alongside Oi06, the world’s largest
      marine science and ocean technology exhibition & conference at London
      ExCeL, 21-23 March 2006. A single - free - admission badge will admit
      entry to the state-of-the-art exhibition hall that will house these events
      side by side - more than 650 companies occupying 8000m2 nett of exhibits.       
       CONFERENCE
      PROGRAMME      'Technology
  in Service to Society'   
    
      
        | Tuesday 21st
          March
 
 
 |  
        | Plenary Session
 |  
        | Session
          Chair: Dr Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator of NOAA for
          Research, USA |  
        | 945 | Opening remarks, Dr
          Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Research, USA |  
        | 950 | Title &
          Speaker - TBC |  
        | 1015 | Title &
          Speaker - TBC |  
        | 1040 | Break |  
        | Natural Hazards
 |  
        | Sub-Session:
          Tsunami |  
        | Session
          Chair: Nick Langhorne, US/UK Collaboration, US Office of Naval
          Research, UK |  
        | 1130 | Keynote: 'Title
          TBC',  Patricio Bernal, Assistant
          Director-General of UNESCO, Executive Secretary IOC, Intergovernmental
          Oceanographic Commission, France |  
        | 1155 | The
          Fugro OCEANOR Seawatch System is also Featuring Tsunami Detection',  Svein
          Erik Aasen, Senior Development Engineer, Fugro OCEANOR, Norway |  
        | 1220 | Deep
          Sea monitoring systems improving the reliability of tsunami early
          warnings',  Eng. Daniele Calore,
          Project Manager, Envirtech SpA & Giuseppe D’Anna – Istituto
          Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy. |  
        | 1245 | Lunch |  
        | Ocean Resource Management
 |  
        |  |  
        | Session
          Chairs: Christopher Shaw, Engineering Manager Metocean, Shell Int'l
          E&P BV, Netherlands & Ralph Rayner, Chairman, Ocean Numerics,
          UK, Ian Gallett, Executive Secretary, Society for Underwater
          Technology, UK |  
        | 1415 | Keynote:
          'Oceans of opportunity – Science and technology delivering to
          industry and community',  Craig Roy,
          CSIRO, Australia |  
        | 1440 | Title
          TBC',  Dr Lloyd Huff, Research
          Professor, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, USA |  
        | 1505 | Observations
          and Simulations of a Kelvin Wave in the Northern Andaman Sea in Early
          1998',  Dr Patrick Hyder,
          Oceanographer, National Centre for Ocean Forecasting, UK |  
        | 1530 | Title
          TBC',  Dr Ralph Rayner, Chairman, Ocean
          Numerics, UK |  
        | 1555 | Break |  
        | 1645 | Moored
          Buoy Network for Surveillance, Alert, Control and Marine Observation
          in the Canaries: Red ACOMAR Canarias, Carlos
          Barrera, Researcher, Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Spain |  
        | 1710 | Waveroller',
           Ilkka Homanen, CEO, AW-Energy Oy,
          Finland |  
        | 1735 | Geological
          storage of CO2 – what does this mean for the marine environment?',  Dr
          Julia West, British Geological Survey, UK |  
        | 1800 | Remotely
          Operated Archaeological Excavation of a Shipwreck Site in Deep Water',
           Dr Fredrik Soreide, Principal
          Investigator, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |  
        | End of Day 1
 
 Wednesday 22nd
          March
 
 
 |  
        | Ocean Resource Management - Parallel Session
 |  
        | Sub-Session:
          Marine Mammals |  
        | Session
          Chairs: Christopher Shaw, Engineering Manager Metocean, Shell Int'l
          E&P BV, Netherlands & Ralph Rayner, Chairman, Ocean Numerics,
          UK, Ian Gallett, Executive Secretary, Society for Underwater
          Technology, UK |  
        | 930 | Keynote:'Acoustic
          Impacts on Marine Mammals - How Bad Are They?',  Edward
          Harland, Principal Scientist, QinetiQ, UK |  
        | 955 | Environmental
          impact assessments for the UK Royal Navy',  Ian
          Thomas, BAE Systems, UK |  
        | 1020 | Underwater
          Sound and Marine Mammals: New Tools for Understanding and Action',  Robert
          C. Gisiner, Office of Naval Research, USA |  
        | 1045 | Hazards
          to Marine Mammals - What to do About Noise?',  Roland
          Rogers, QinetiQ, UK |  
        | 1110 | Break |  
        | 1200 | North
          Sea Tides From Altimeter Measurements',  Dr
          Charles J. Calkoen, Senior Remote Sensing Specialist, ARGOSS,
          Netherlands |  
        | 1225 | A
          Global Quality-Controlled Spectral Wave Database',  Cees
          F. de Valk, Project Manager, ARGOSS, Netherlands |  
        | 1250 | Title
          TBC',  Charina Lyn Amedo, Research
          Associate, Marine Science Institute, Philippines |  
        | 1315 | Lunch |  
        | Ocean Resource Management - Parallel Session (cont)
 |  
        | Session
          Chairs: Christopher Shaw, Engineering Manager Metocean, Shell Int'l
          E&P BV, Netherlands & Ralph Rayner, Chairman, Ocean Numerics,
          UK, Ian Gallett, Executive Secretary, Society for Underwater
          Technology, UK |  
        | 1430 | Phased
          Implementation of the Coastal Module of the U.S. Integrated Ocean
          Observing System',  Dr Thomas Malone,
          Director, Ocean.US Office, USA |  
        | 1455 | 'Integrated
          Ocean Management and Canada's Oceans Action Plan' Geoff
          Lewis, Senior Sector Officer, Industry Canada, Canada |  
        | 1520 | Title
          TBC',  Capt. Craig McLean, Executive
          Officer, NOAA, National Ocean Service, USA |  
        | 1545 | Importance
          of sediments for the water quality of the Baltic Sea Dr
          Anders Tengberg, Associate Professor, Goteborg University, Sweden |  
        | 
 
 
 |  
        | Natural Hazards - Parallel Session
 |  
        |  |  
        | Session
          Chair: |  
        | 930 | Keynote:
          'Hurricanes - Uncertainties in Design Parameters',  Dr
          Mark Calverley, Divisional Director, Fugro GEOS, UK |  
        | 955 | Developing
          Online Metocean Training and Raising Metocean Awareness amongst
          Engineering Users',  Dr Chris Graham,
          Metocean Engineer, Shell International E&P BV, UK |  
        | 1020 | The
          Use of uUHR AUV, Stacor and CPT Data in Risk Assessments in the
          Shallow Sediments of the West Nile Delta',  Stephen
          Thomas, Principal Geologist, Fugro, UK |  
        | 1045 | Break |  
        | 1130 | The
          Concept of a Marine Free-Fall CPT Systems Revisited',  Prof.
          Dr. Achim Kopf, Researcher, RCOM, University Bremen, Germany |  
        | 1155 | The
          Dynamics of Submarine Debris-Flows: Physical Modelling, Prediction,
          and Hazard Mitigation',  Dr Scott
          Munachen, Director, Geohazard Research Centre, UK |  
        | 1220 | Coastal
          Zone Mapping: The Post-Hurricane View',  Edward
          Saade, President, Fugro Pelagos, Inc., USA |  
        | 1245 | Coastal
          Hazard Monitoring and Forecasting in China',  Prof.
          Jihui Yan, National Marine Environment Forecasting Center, China |  
        | 1310 | Lunch |  
        | Positioning & Navigation - Parallel Session
 |  
        | Session
          Chairs: Dr Steven Ramberg, Director, NATO Undersea Research Center,
          Italy & Dr Martin Sayer, Director, Scottish Association for Marine
          Science, UK |  
        | 1430 | Innovative
          Acoustic Wideband Technology to Improve Deepwater Positioning Tasks',  Nick
          Smedley, Business Manager - Navigation & Positioning, Sonardyne
          International, UK |  
        | 1455 | Application
          of Aided Inertial Navigation to Deepwater Offshore Field Development',
           Jan Erik Faustadmo, VP Underwater
          Navigation, Kongsberg Maritime, Norway |  
        | 1520 | 'Solving
          the Positioning of a Synthetic Aperture Sonar Using an Inertial
          Navigation Solution' Mr Fabien
          Napolitano, iXSea, France |  
        | 1545 | Break |  
        | 1630 | Assessing
          harbourmud rheology in-situ, recent developments and measurement
          strategy,  Willem Fontein, Operations
          Manager, Stema Survey Services BV, Netherlands |  
        | 1655 | GPS
          for Tidal Measurements - Results and Future Developments',  Dr
          Kees de Jong, Geodesist, Fugro Intersite BV; Marco Kwanten,
          Netherlands Hydrographic Service; Luc Thijssen, Data Surveys; Dirk
          Voesenek, WUR, Netherlands |  
        | 1720 | Estimation
          of the Sea State Bias Effect on the Altimetric Measurements Using a
          Parametric Model',  Ali Rami, National
          Centre of Space Techniques, Algeria |  
        | End of Day 2
 
 Thursday 23rd
          March
 
 
 |  
        | Security & Safety
 |  
        | Session
          Chairs: John Wickenden, Technical Director, QinetiQ, UK & Carl
          Tiltman, Team Leader, Underwater Platform Systems, Dstl, UK |  
        | 930 | Keynote:
          'Underwater Resurvey, Automatic Object Relocation and Data Fusion',  Dr
          Richard Brothers, Team Leader, QinetiQ, UK |  
        | 955 | Real-Time
          3D Sonar - Leading Edge Underwater Imaging Technology for Port &
          Harbour Security',  Paul Baxter,
          Commercial Manager, CodaOctopus, UK |  
        | 1020 | Image-Based
          Underwater Port Security System',  John
          Thomas, Director Sales & Marketing, Triton Imaging, Inc., USA |  
        | 1045 | 3D
          Visualization, Mosaic and User Experience Techniques for Rapid Survey
          Assessment Maurice Doucet, CTO, Triton
          Imaging Inc., USA & 'Volumetric Visualisation for Advanced Sensor
          Systems', |  
        | 1110 | Break |  
        | 1200 | Advanced
          Submarine Pipeline and Cable Tracking via Electromagnetic Methods',  Dr
          Simon Jordan, Chief Engineer, TSS (International) Ltd, UK |  
        | 1225 | The
          Advantages of Single Crystal Material for Underwater Imaging Systems',
           Michelle Parker, Research Student,
          Microscale Sensors, University of Paisley, UK |  
        | 1250 | Guided
          Surface Vehicles as a Mobile Inspection Platforms',  Dr
          Eric Steimle, Research Professor, University of South Florida - St
          Petersburg, USA |  
        | 1315 | Lunch |  
        | 1430 | Title
          TBC',  Ehsan Sadigh Rad, Student, IAU,
          Science & Research Campus, Iran |  
        | 1455 | Rapid
          Environmental Assessment of Littorals from Aircraft',  Dr
          John Dugan, Arete Fellow, Arete Associates, USA |  
        | 1520 | Rea
          Survey Challenges in Using Airborne Hydrographic Lidar in the Gulf of
          Morbihan in France',  David Millar, VP
          - Coastal Mapping & LIDAR Services, Fugro Pelagos, Inc., USA |  
        | 1545 | Title
          TBC',  Jeremy White, Team Leader,
          Triton Imaging Inc., USA |  
        | 1610 | Closing Remarks
          - Conference End |       
   
  
          
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