Applied Science Associates - Past Conferences

Regional Conference & Exhibition on Offshore/ Coastal Protection - Offshore Arabia 2004

ASA will attend the Regional COnference & Ehibition on Offshore/Coastal Protecttion on 29th November of 2004.
Offshore Arabia 2004 will take place at the prestigious Dubai International Convention Centre, from November 29th to December 1st 2004. This high level meeting will bring together the most senior gathering of respected leaders and professionals from the Oil , Gas and Shipping industry, Governmental and Non-Governmental Organization’s (NGOs), together with manufacturers, suppliers and consultants working in the industry from around the world.

The event is expected to attract in excess of some 3,500 targeted officials discussing issues on Offshore and Coastal Protection, Oil Spill Prevention and Response, Crisis Communications and Emergency Preparedness, Incident Command Systems, HSE in Marine Environment, Tanker Discharge and Regional Reception Facilities, Oil Spill Management, Technology and Response Consideration, Ballast Water Bio Invasion, Hazardous and Industrial Waste Management and Disposal, Tankers Operation Safety , Best practices to minimize environmental impact and the latest technology in Marine environment protection.

ASA will be attending the Clean Gulf conference and exhibition. This year's conference and exhibition topics will be the new realities of environmental and security concerns, and brings into focus the intertwined relationships between regulatory, operator and response communities. With key perspectives from the inland, coastal and offshore ports, facilities, pipelines, shipping and drilling marketplaces.

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute GIS and Remote Sensing in Fisheries Research and Management session

When: 8th November 2004
Where: St Petersburg, Florida

Jill Rowe will be presenting Integrating GIS with Fishery Survey Historical Data : A
Possible Tool for Designing Marine Protected Areas at the upcoming Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute GIS and Remote Sensing in Fisheries Research and Management session in St Petersburg, FL 8 November. The objectives of the session are: 1) to better understand the relationships between organisms and various ecosystem components, fisheries impacts, and how geospatial data and tools could assist management, and 2) to inform participants about alternative tools for managers and policy makers that incorporate real-time oceanographic observations, such as those envisioned for the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).

Craig Swanson, Mary E. Garren (US Environmental Protection Agency), Harry X. Zhang (Parsons Corporation) and Kelly L. Streich (CT Department of Environmental Protection) are authors of Computer Modeling-Based Source Identification Tool for Pathogenic Pollution, to be presented at the American Water Resources Association annual conference in Orlando, FL 1-4 November.

ASA will attend the GODAE Symmposium on 1st November of 2004. GOFAE is a global system of observations, communications, modeling and assimilation, that will deliver regular, comprehensive information on the state of the oceans, in a way that will promote and engender wide utility and availability of this resource for maximum benefit to the community.

The rationale behind GODAE recognizes both societal need and scientific and technical opportunity. There is an accepted demand for an efficient, integrated system for global ocean products, provided regularly, and in real-time. Recent scientific and technical progress suggests the solutions to this demand are now both feasible and affordable. The underlying rationale for GODAE as an international experiment is that the vision will not be realized serendipitously. The needed capacity will not be realized without a concerted effort to ensure, first, proper integration of the components and, second, the commitment to proving value and viability.

Deborah French McCay and Eric Anderson will be presenting at the upcoming IMEMS conference. Deborah French McCay will be presenting Validation of an Oil Spill Fate and Effects Model Using Field Observations from Spills. Eric Anderson, presenting for Tatsu Isaji, will discuss Deep Water Oil Spill Modeling using OilmapDeep and CDOG.

IMEMS brings together marine environmental scientists and managers from research, industry, and government to share information and concepts across national, disciplinary and technical boundaries. Bringing model developers and users together helps to achieve a common understanding of present and future capabilities, needs, and limitations. The meeting is a forum for presentation of analysis tools, concepts, exchange of ideas, and technology transfer, and will be of interest to environmental managers, researchers, and consultants.

Eoin Howlett, Roddy Thomas, and Malcolm Spaulding will be presenting ASA's search and rescue system, SARMAP, at the upcoming seminar. The aim of the seminar will be to exchange information about technological needs and solutions for avoiding that incidents at sea turn into major disasters, to discuss on-going projects, and to join complementary efforts so as to build up synergies between relevant field-players and nations and to increase the wide-spreading of such preservation means within the maritime industry.

ASA will attend the RIO OIl & Gas Expo conference on 4th October of 2004. Rio Oil & Gas, one of the most important shows in the industry, will be held at Riocentro Convention Center, in October 2004. Pavilions 2, 3 and 4 have already been sold out, totalling an area of 26,500m?of rented space. Rio Oil & Gas Conference, held concurrently with the Exposition, attracts important professionals and industry leaders in search for new technologies and management practices in the oil and gas industry, to Rio de Janeiro . This premier event will enable you to present your technical research, share experience and enhance market growth.

The Rio Oil & Gas Conference 2004 will be held at Riocentro's Pavilion 5 in Rio de Janeiro, from October 4 to 7, in conjunction with the Exposition. This major forum in the oil industry, organized every two years, attracts professionals and executives in their search for new technologies and management practices in the oil and gas area. The Conference program will include technical sessions, poster sessions, panels and plenary sessions.

Eduardo Yassuda, Jose Edson Pereira, and Marco Antonio Correa will be conducting a mini-course at the next Brazilian Oceanography Congress, 10-15 October 2004 in Itajai (SC), Brazil.
The topic is Application of Computational Modeling in Environmental Impact Studies.

Craig Swanson is lead author on a poster session presentation at the upcoming 2nd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration (Restore America's Estuaries 2004) in Seattle, WA on 12-15 September. The poster is entitled Advanced Source Identification Tool for Estuary Restoration: Integrated Hydrodynamic and Pollutant Transport Model System for Bacteria in Southport Harbor, Connecticut. Other authors include Mary E. Garren (US Environmental Protection Agency), Harry X. Zhang (Parsons Corporation) and Kelly L. Streich (CT Department of Environmental Protection).

Eoin Howlett and Chris Galagan attended the 2004 ESRI International User's Conference the 9-13 August in San Diego, CA. The User Conference will offer many technical sessions related to ESRI software and its application. Progress ArcGIS 9.1 including database cartography, an improved graphics and plotting pipeline, more spatial analysis tools and models, and field based GIS will be discussed. Early applications of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Engine and plans for evolving these technologies will also be discussed. To learn more about ASA's integration with ESRI technology click here.

Craig Swanson and Tatsu Isaji, along with Douglas Clarke and Charles Dickerson of the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center, are co-authors of a paper Simulations of Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal Operations in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Saint Andrew Bay, Florida to be presented at the upcoming WEDA XXIV / 36th TAMU Dredging Seminar on 7-9 July in Orlando, FL. The paper will focus on calibration of the SSFATE model with field measurements.

Roddy Thomas and Eduardo Yassuda will attend Interspill 2004 in Trondheim, Norway 14-17 June. ASA will exhibit at the conference and anticipates to be present a number of poster displays. Interspill is the principal meeting place in Europe for all who share a professional concern for environmental issues related to oil production and oil pollution.

Craig Swanson, Malcolm Spaulding, Bernward Hay (The Louis Berger Group) and David Tremblay (Governor's Office, Rhode Island) were scheduled to present "Circulation and Water Quality Assessment at Quonset-Davisville, Rhode Island" at the Coastal Society conference held 23-26 May in Newport, RI. The presentation focused on the field study and modeling to assess the effects of potential channel deepening as part of proposed improvements to the port at Quonset-Davisville.

Nicole Whittier and Roddy Thomas attended the OCEAN OPS workshop, 10-15 May in Toulouse, France. Ms. Whittier presented a paper "Chemical Spill Modeling and Spill Hazard Evaluation of the Most Frequently Spilled Chemicals", coauthored by Deborah French McCay and Matt Ward. A poster titled "An operational integrated data collection and modeling system", authored by Matt Ward, was displayed.

Craig Swanson, Matthew Ward, Eoin Howlett and Malcolm Spaulding are authors of a presentation titled Application of a Monitoring and Modeling System to Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Waters" at the EMAP 2004 Symposium held 3-7 May in Newport, RI. The presentation described ASA's COASTMAP application to Narragansett Bay.

On March 25, 2004, Eoin Howlett presented at the Harbor Masters Seminar at Roger Williams University. The schedule for this event was as follows:

New England Association of Environmental Biologists Conference

When: 17th to 19th March 2004
Where: Hancock, MA

Craig Swanson made a presentation titled "Hydrodynamic and Bacteria Transport Modeling System" at the New England Association of Environmental Biologists conference held 17-19 March in Hancock, MA. The talk presented ASA's use of its well developed backward tracking oil spill model (from resource to spill site) to the problem of identifying likely sources of bacterial contamination to shellfish resource areas in Southport Harbor located in Fairfield, CT.

International Coastal Symposium

When: 14th to 19th March 2004
Where: Plaza Itapema Resort, Santa Catarina State, Brazil

The Centro de Ci Ancias Tecnologicas da Terra e do Mar (CTTMar) of the Universidade do Vale do Itaja (UNIVALI) was pleased to announce the 8th International Coastal Symposium held from March 14 to 19, 2004 in Plaza Itapema Resort (Federal Highway - BR 101, Itapema), Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

National Environmental and Scientific Coordinators (ESC) Workshop

When: 10th to 11th March 2004
Where: Tasmania, Australia

Sasha Zigic participated in the National Environmental and Scientific Coordinators (ESC) workshop in Tasmania, Australia, 10 & 11th March, 2004. ESC's from around Australia attended the workshop along with other environmental personnel from Defense, the oil industry and other government agencies, to address various issues relating to marine incident response, including advances in modelling tools. As part of the workshop Sasha also presented a paper on the various ASA commercial hydrodynamic (HYDROMAP & BFHYDRO) and spill (OILMAP, SIMAP & CHEMMAP) management tools available to an ESC, to address issues relating to marine incident response with a view to minimizing damage to the coastal and marine environments.

American Meteorological Society Symposium

When: 11th to 15th January 2004
Where: Seattle, WA

Eric Anderson attended the American Meteorological Society Symposium in Seattle, WA, Jan. 14-15, giving presentations on oil spill and hydrodynamics application to Jamaica Bay, adjacent to New York Harbor, and the integration of ASA's Crisis Management System with real-time data supplied by COASTMAP.

Electronic Technologies for Oil Spill Response in the Marine Environment Workshop

When: 13th to 15th January 2004
Where: San Ramon, CA

Deborah French McCay presented and participate in a panel on oil spill modeling at the Electronic Technologies for Oil Spill Response in the Marine Environment Workshop sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Game's Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) and ChevronTexaco. The workshop, Jan. 13-15, was at the ChevronTexaco corporate headquarters located in San Ramon, CA.