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negotiations into national legis- lation and programs, and specif- ically how these trends will ac- celerate the need for advanced marine technology.

Panel II—Government-Industry

Relations in Marine Resource De- velopment—will focus its discus- sion on the appropriate roles of both the private and public sec- tors in the fostering or facilitat- ing of the state of the art for marine technology. In collateral discussion, the panel will deliber- ate how marine law and policy, and its implementation into Fed- eral and State programs, can be improved to insure that marine technology will be more support- ive of national needs.

Panel III — The Role of U.S.

Marine Technology in the Inter- national Area — will explore the range and directions for U.S. for- eign policy in the transfer of tech- nology to both developing nations and the developed world. Consid- ering such issues as technology transfer inherent in the Law of the Sea negotiations and the "North-South Dialogue," the pan- el will discuss the cooperative roles of the private sector and government in this effort. Exam- ination also will focus on the crit- ical problems of balancing U.S. needs for access to resources with conditions diluting traditional pro- prietary rights associated with technology.

Panel IV—Economic Regional- ism in Maritime Affairs — will complement Panel III by extend- ing the concept of regionalism that has been evident in the areas of science and transfer of marine technology to the broader range of economic development. Ad- dressed will be such topics as hemispheric cooperation for en- ergy and fisheries development, and the roles of multinational corporations in the sectoral ex- traction, processing, distribution, and marketing of ocean resources — fisheries and agriculture, off- shore oil, and ocean minerals.

Executive Summaries

Executive summary of major developments and trends in ma- rine technology will be presented by the Marine Technology Society professional committees to pro- vide ocean managers, engineers, and scientists with a summation of the leading activities in the broad spectrum of ocean disci- pline. MTS vice president for tech- nical affairs Joseph R. Vadus will chair the two sessions, and the chairmen of the four technical divisions will moderate the pres- entations given by each of the

MTS professional committees.

The program will include: (1) Ocean and coastal engi- neering—Jack W. Boiler, moder- ator; (2) Manpower, professional de- velopment, and education — Gil- bert Maton, moderator; (3) Ocean and coastal manage- ment—John Norton Moore, mod- erator ; (4) Ocean resources and envi- ronment—Jack Flipse, moderator.

Satellite Workshop

A workshop is being organized by the MTS Satellite and Aircraft

Remote Sensing Technical Com- mittee. The purpose of this work- shop is to review and assess the state of the art of ocean moni- toring satellites having micro- wave sensor suites (SEASAT-A and NIMBUS-7), and to attempt to apply this information to the proposed National Oceanic Sat- ellite System (NOSS).

Dialogue will be encouraged to assess accomplishments, voids, and needs related to: (1) sensor data acquisition, storage, retriev- al, dissemination, and processing; (2) ground-truth verification; and (3) meteorological interference corrections. Corresponding points of discussion will be addressed for the NOSS, using the SEASAT-A and NIMBUS-7 experiences as a reference base.

This workshop will be held on

Thursday, October 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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