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
  Speakers: Capt. Andrew Armstrong (NOAA, Ret’d)  
Co-Director, Center for Ocean Mapping / Joint
Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC)
    Donald M. Hussong
Business Development Consultant, Fugro Seafloor Surveys, Inc.
    Capt. Walt Simmons (NOAA, Ret’d)
Hydrographic Technology Consultant, SAIC
     
1:30 pm- 3:00 pm    
  Panel Topic: Arctic Ocean Exploration
  Panel Chair: Dan Walker, Ph.D.  
Associate Professor, Ocean & Naval Architectural
Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  Speakers: Speakers being confirmed
     
3:00 pm- 5:00 pm    
  Panel Topic: Technologies for Offshore Oil & Gas
  Panel Chair: Steven Kopits
Managing Director, Douglas-Westwood USA
  Speakers: Speakers being confirmed
     

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
9:00 am – 10:30 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

 David Mugridge

 MNI Maritime Security Consultant,

CA Associate Research Fellow, Dalhousie University

 Owen Doherty

Director, Office of Security,
US Maritime  Administration (MARAD)
     
10:45 am -12:15 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

   

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)

   

Karl Jessen

Director, Cluster Development, Massachusetts

Clean Energy Center

Grover Fugate

Executive Director, Rhode Island Coastal Resource Management Council
     
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm    
  Panel Topic: Wreck Oil Removal Program (WORP)
  Panel Chair:

Richard E. Fredericks

Executive Director, American Salvage Association (ASA)
  Speakers:

Tim Beaver

CEO, Global Diving & Salvage

 Carleen Lyden-Kluss

Executive Director, North Marine Environmental

Protection Association (NAMEPA)

Dagmar Schmidt Etkin, Ph.D.

President, Environmental Research Consulting

Bob Urban

President, PCCI, Inc.

(Marine & Environmental Engineering)

     
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm    
  Panel Topic: Federal Technology Overview
  Panel Chair: Donald A. Jagoe
Vice President, SAIC, Newport, RI
  Speakers:

CDR Michael Junge

Office of Secretary of Defense,

Rapid Reaction Technology Office

 Bruce Davidson

Deputy Director, Office of SAFETY Act  Implementation,

Science & Technology Directorate,

US Dept. of Homeland  Security

     
Thursday, May 27, 2010
9:00 am - 10:45 am    
  Panel Topic: Undersea Robotics
  Panel Chair:

Andrew Bennett, Ph.D.

Vice President, Research & Development, Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SCCI)
Speakers: Speakers being confirmed