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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
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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 12h30
Lunch & Keynote Speaker
Hon. Preston Manning
“Harnessing market mechanisms to environmental conservation in the oil industry” SESSION 2: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & CONSULTATION 14h00 “Memorial University: Lessons and challenges in engagement and innovation “ Rob Greenwood, Director of Public Engagement & Harris Centre, Memorial University 14h25 “Environmental assessment as a planning tool for oil and gas activities” Steve Bonnell, Environmental Assessment Practice Leader, Amec Foster Wheeler 14h50 “Newfoundland & Labrador fishing and petroleum industries – co-habitants in a changing environment” Jóhan Joensen, Petroleum Industry Liaison, FFAW-Unifor 15h15
“The One Ocean model: liaison organization for the NL fishing and petroleum industries”
Maureen Murphy Rustad, Director, ONE OCEAN, Fisheries & Marine Institute
15h40 Nutrition Break 15h55 “Securing the social license to operate: public engagement strategies that succeed” Sarah Sullivan, Senior Consultant, NATIONAL PR 16h20
“The socio-economic impacts of offshore petroleum activity: what do we know?”
17h00 – 19h30
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
Mark Shrimpton – Principal, Socio-Economic Services, Stantec
Hosted by:
Hon. Dan Crummell Minister Department of Environment and Conservation
Bistro Sofia
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APRIL 27-28, 2015 DELTA ST. JOHN’S HOTEL ST. JOHN’S, NL
CONFERENCE AGENDA - DAY 2 - TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 8h00 Breakfast & Keynote
Brent Janke
PRESENTED BY:
Vice-President, East Coast Suncor Energy
“Collaboration for a Shared Energy Future”
SESSION 3: OPERATING IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS 8h45 “Oil spills in ice covered waters – challenges and solutions” Ivar Singsaas, Research Director, SINTEF 9h20 “Enhancements to integrated marine radar for improving detection and containment of oil slicks in arctic sea ice” Brian Johnston, Strategic Business Development, Rutter Inc. 9h45
“Ice fate prediction for operational awareness”
Tony King, Director - Ice Engineering, C-CORE
10h10 Nutrition Break 10h35
“Dispersion and fate modelling of oil spills in ice covered waters”
Mawuli Kwaku Afenyo, PhD Candidate, Memorial University
10h55
“Predicting the behaviors of deep-water spills with and without the use of chemical dispersant application - and an overview of MEOPAR funded projects”
Dr. Haibo Niu, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University
SESSION 4: BENEFITS 11h35
“Best practices and benefit agreements – a case study of the NL offshore oil and gas industry”
12h00
Dr. Tom Cooper, Assistant Professor, Memorial University
Lunch and Keynote PANEL
Delivering Benefits: The Way Forward
Moderated by Mark Shrimpton, Principal, Socio-Economic Services, Stantec
Feat. Max Ruelokke, Senior Manager, Aker Solutions Sean Power, Chair of NOIA Dr. F. Mary Williams
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APRIL 27-28, 2015 DELTA ST. JOHN’S HOTEL ST. JOHN’S, NL
CONFERENCE AGENDA - DAY 2 - TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 SESSION 5: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES 13h15
“Environmental protection through Improved asset information management”
Corey Tucker, President, ICI Innovations Incorporated
13h40
“Predicting the microbial bioremediation response to marine oil spills in Canada”
14h05
“Big companies, big data, big solutions: measuring and monitoring the environment for sustainability and preparedness”
14h30
Dr. Casey Hubert, CAIP Research Chair in Geomicrobiology, University of Calgary
Sharon Janes, Senior Consultant, Integrated Informatics Inc.
PANEL - “Innovation in NL’s oil and gas industry: RDC supports and looking forward”
Feat. Paula Clarke, Director of Program Delivery, RDC Dan Brake, CEO, EMSAT Corporation Judith Bobbit, President, Oceans Ltd. Shawn Allan, Manager Met-Ocean Services, Amec Foster Wheeler
15h10 Nutrition Break
SESSION 6: OIL SPILL RESPONSE 15h25
“Oil spill response preparedness – inland to offshore”
Robert Starkes, Manager Atlantic Region, Eastern Canada Response Corporation (ECRC)
15h50 “Using an integrated field monitoring system to manage oil spill detection, oil spill combating and the common operating picture” Lars Solberg, Founder and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Aptomar 16h10
“Mechanical recovery vs. chemical dispersant”
16h35
“High speed oil collection and discharge system technologies”
Nathan Hansen, President and CEO, Robix Alternative Fuels
John McKim, General Manager - Sales and Marketing, DSS Group of Companies
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