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APRIL 27-28, 2015 DELTA ST. JOHN’S HOTEL ST. JOHN’S, NL
CONFERENCE AGENDA - DAY 1 - MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015 7h45 Conference Registration 8h00
Breakfast & Conference Welcome
Hon. Paul Davis Premier Newfoundland & Labrador
SESSION 1: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & MITIGATION 8h45
“Assessing vulnerability of coastal habitats to petroleum contamination on the island of Newfoundland”
Dr. Norm Catto, Head of the Department of Geography and Chair of Environmental Science (graduate) at Memorial University
9h10
“Mitigating environment impacts in the offshore oil and gas industry”
9h35
“The White Rose environmental effects monitoring program”
Paul Barnes, Manager – Atlantic Canada & Arctic, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
David Pinsent, Senior Environmental Advisor, Husky Energy
10h00 “Underwater leak detection: milestone achievements for sniffer technology” Dr. Michel Masson, Founder and CTO, Franatech 10h20 Nutrition Break 10h45 “Effects of drilling on indices of environment quality at the Terra Nova offshore oil development over 10-years of environmental effect monitoring.” Dr. Elisabeth Deblois, Technical Lead on the Terra Nova EEM Program 11h10 “Hazardous waste drilling mud management – a case study on remediation technologies” Hesam Hassan Nejad, PhD Candidate, Oil & Gas (Process) Eng., Memorial University 11h30 “Unmanned Vehice Systems for oil-spill remote sensing” Vegard Evjen Hovstein, CEO, Maritime Robotics AS 11h50 “Industry research and future needs” David Finn, Chief Operating Officer, Petroleum Research NL
Metzi Prince, Project Delivery Manager, Petroleum Research NL