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Industry Outlook Sessions • Schedule of Events

Speakers:

Rebecca Quintal – SAIC, Newport, RI

Topic: Automated Contact Detection of Features on Sidescan Sonar Data for Seafloor Mapping

Lindsay Gee – IVS-3D, Inc.

Topic: Mid-water Software Tools for Processing and Analysis of the Latest Generation Multibeam Sonars

Rick Morton – Kongsberg Hydroid

Topic: The Increasing Use of AUV’s for Hydrographic Survey 3:30 - 5:00 pm Panel: Underwater Technology Challenges for Maritime Salvage and Recovery

Session Chair: Capt. Jack Ringelberg, (USN, Ret.) – President, JMS Naval Architects, Inc.

Speakers:

Chuck Maclin – Phoenix International, Inc.

Deep Ocean Recovery

David Usher – Marine Pollution Control Corp.

Deep Oil Recovery

William Key – WK Tech Group

Application of Sonar in Salvage Operations

Michael Dean – Deputy SUPSALV, Director of Ocean Engineering (SEA00CB)

Remote Heavy Lifting Technology

John Flory – Tension Tech, Inc.

Rope Technology

Thursday, May 19 10:30 am – Noon Panel: Emerging Requirements for Application of Underwater Vehicles and

Robotics for Ocean Exploration

Session Co-Chairs: Dwight Coleman, PhD. – Director, Inner Space Center, University of Rhode Island

Christopher Roman, PhD. – Asst. Professor of Oceanography, URI Graduate School of Oceanography

Speakers:

James Kinsey, PhD. – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)

From the Challenger Deep to the Gulf of Mexico: Recent

Operations with the Sentry AUV and the Nereus Hybrid Remotely

Operated Vehicle

Alfred Hanson, PhD. – URI Graduate School of Oceanography

Emerging Requirements and Applications for Chemical Sensing

Payloads on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Edison Hudson – iRobot, Inc.

The Role of Man-Portable, Low Logistics AUV’s in Future Navy

Operations

John Westwood, chairman of Douglas-Westwood, giving his presentation at the OceanTech Expo in 2010