OTE 2010

Industry Outlook Expert Panel Sessions


Governor of Rhode Island

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
10:45 am
– 12:15 pm
 
  Panel Topic: Oceanographic & Hydrographic Survey
 

Panel Chair:

Rhodri E. Evans, Ph.D.
Asst. VP & Marine Survey Manager, SAIC
   
Capt. Andrew Armstrong (NOAA,
Ret’d)  
Co-Director, Center for Ocean Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC)
“Trends and Projections for Hydrographic and Ocean Surveys in NOAA”
  Speakers:
Donald M.
Hussong
Business Development Consultant, Fugro Seafloor Surveys, Inc.

“New Initiatives for Seabed Exploration Require New Survey Techniques”

   
Capt. Walt Simmons (NOAA,
Ret’d)
Chief Hydrographer - SAIC
“Historical Development of Hydrography: A United States Perspective”
     
1:30 pm
- 3:00 pm
   
  Panel Topic: Emerging Challenges in Arctic Ocean Exploration
  Panel Chair: Dan Walker, Ph.D. P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Ocean & Naval Architectural
Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  Speakers:
Karl Kenny

President, Marport Canada, Inc.
Technologies for Arctic Ocean Resource Exploration


Capt. Andrew Armstrong (NOAA, Ret’d)

Co-Director, Center for Ocean Mapping /

Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC)

“Seafloor Mapping in the Arctic Ocean to Establish

Limits of the Extended Continental Shelf”

 
James Ferguson

Vice President, ISE, Inc.

“The Use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Under-Ice Mapping Operations”.


Gary J. Dinn, P.Eng.

Vice President of Technology Development, PanGeo Subsea, Inc.

“The Arctic: Experiences, Challenges and New Technology”

3:30 pm- 5:00  pm    
  Panel Topic: Technologies for Offshore Oil & Gas
  Panel Chair: Steven Kopits
Managing Director, Douglas-Westwood USA
  Speakers:

 

Bruce A. Magnell, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Oceanographer, Woods Hole Group Inc.

Challenges and New Technological Opportunities in Metocean Measurements for the Offshore Energy Industry”

 

Ian Monteith

Systems Engineer, Bluefin Robotics, Inc.

The Emerging Role of AUVs in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry ”

 

Patrick J. Scalli

Principal, Navis Group, LLC

“Development and Installation of LNG Deepwater Ports in the Northeast”

     

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
9:30 am
– 11:00 am
   
  Panel Topic: Port & Harbor Security
  Panel Chair:

Marianne Molchan

President, Molchan Marine Sciences, Inc.
  Speakers:


Thomas A. Casey

Director for Strategic Planning, Acoustic & Marine Systems Operation, SAIC

“Capability Requirements and Technology Challenges for Protection of Ports and Harbors Against Underwater IEDs”

 

David Mugridge

 MNI Maritime Security Consultant, Associate Research Fellow, Dalhousie University

“If Maritime Security is Broken, How do we Fix it?”

 

Owen Doherty

Director, Office of Security, US Maritime  Administration (MARAD)
“Keep Commerce Moving – A Priority”
     
11:00 am
-12:30 pm
   
  Panel Topic: Ocean Renewable Energy
 

Panel Chairs:

RADM Sam De Bow (NOAA, Ret’d)

Director, Center for Research on Offshore Renewable

Energy (RORE) University of Rhode Island

  Co-Chair:

 

Maggie M. Merrill

Marine Renewable Energy Council-MREC 

University of Massachusetts

  Speakers:

 

Maureen A. Bornholdt

Program Manager, Office of Offshore Alternative

Energy Programs, Minerals Management Service (MMS)

“Federal Regulatory Framework for Outer Continental Shelf Renewables”

   

 

Karl Jessen

Director, Cluster Development, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

“MA/NE Infrastructure Readiness: Ports, Workers and Financing”

Grover Fugate

Executive Director, Rhode Island Coastal Resource Management Council
“RI Ocean Special Area Management Plan as a Tool for Siting Renewable Energy in the Ocean Environment”

 

Glen Marquis

Project Development Manager, ORPC Maine, LLC

Tidal Turbines: Installation, Operations, Lessons Learned and Future Plans”

     
1:30 pm
– 3:00 pm
   
  Panel Topic: Wreck Oil Removal Program (WORP)
  Speakers:

Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, Ph.D.

President, Environmental Research Consulting

“Magnitude of the Wreck Oil Problem”

 

Carleen Lyden-Kluss

Executive Director, North Marine Environmental

Protection Association (NAMEPA)

“Industry-Government Collaboration in WORP and Related Issues”

 

Deborah French McCay

Principal, Applied Science Associates

"Environmental Impacts, Costs and Damages from Leaking Wrecks“

 

Robert Urban

President, PCCI, Inc.  (Marine & Environmental Engineering)

“Salvage Technical Advances and Challenges for Wreck Oil Removal”

 

David Westerholm

Office of Response and Restoration,

Office of Response and Restoration, NOAA, National Ocean Service

“WORP and the Benefits of Proactive Strategies  for Wrecks”

     
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm    
  Panel Topic: Advancing Federal Technology Applications
  Panel Chair:

John Riendeau

Business Development Manager, Defense/Homeland Security, Rhode Island  Economic Development Corp. (RIEDC)

  Speakers:


George MacNamara

Chief Development Officer, Naval Undersea  Warfare Center, Newport, RI

 “Science & Technology Perspectives; Naval Undersea Warfare Center”

          

Akmal Ali, J.D.

Office of SAFETY Act Implementation, Science &  Technology Directorate, US Dept. of Homeland Security

“SAFETY Act: Protecting Your Enterprise”

 

Robert L. Dutton

 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Detachment, Norfolk, VA

 “Stiletto Maritime Demonstration Platform: Rapid Technology Transition to the Warfighter” 

     
Thursday, May 27, 2010
10:00 am
- 11:30 am
   
  Panel Topic: Undersea Robotics
  Panel Chair:

Andrew Bennett, Ph.D.

SCOPE Program Manager Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Speakers:

Christopher von Alt, Ph.D.

President, Hydroid, Inc.

 

David Barrett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

 

James Clark

Vice President, J.F. White Contracting Co.

 

Robert Melvyn

Director of Engineering, Teledyne Benthos, Inc.