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7th International

Symposium

Offshore Mechanics

And

Arctic Engineering

Houston, Texas, February 7-12

The seventh international sympo- sium and exhibit on Offshore Me- chanics and Arctic Engineering,

OMAE '88, sponsored by the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engi- neers (ASME), Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Division, will be held at the Adam's Mark

Hotel, Houston, Texas, February 7- 12, 1988.

This year the conference will fea- ture several special symposia: "The

First International Symposium on

Offshore and Arctic Materials Tech- nology; the First International Pipe- line Symposium; and the First In- ternational Symposium on Comput- ers in Offshore and Arctic Engineer- ing. Also scheduled are sessions on "The Offshore Outlook—1988," "Pipeline Industry Outlook—1988," "Pipeline Construction," and "Pipelines on Unstable Grounds."

The OMAE '88 program features more than 70 sessions that present recent international developments and the review of frontier technolo- gies in offshore mechanics and tech- nology, arctic engineering and tech- nology, pipelines, materials technol- ogies, computer technology, and ocean energy technology.

The conference opens with the panel session "Offshore Outlook— 1988," with top experts presenting important worldwide projects. It is followed by seven panel and state- of-the-art review sessions of inter- national experts, in addition to au- thoritative review papers.

On Tuesday, February 9 at noon,

Alessandro Andreani, executive vice president and managing direc- tor, Saipem, Milan, Italy, and presi- dent, International Pipe Line Con- tractors Association, will deliver a keynote luncheon address on "In- ternational Pipeline Transportation

Projects.'" Mr. Andreani will pro- vide an authoritative review on the international pipeline projects, their role as political stabilizing factors, and pipelines' versatility and effi- ciency will be presented.

On Wednesday, February 10 at noon, a second keynote address will be presented by Dennis E. Gregg, general manager, International Pro- duction, Conoco Inc., Houston, Tex- as, and past president, the Society of Petroleum Engineers. The title of the keynote speech is "Deep Water

Without Deep Pockets." Mr.

Gregg will discuss opportunities for both new concepts and hard- nosed application engineering in the deep-water oil exploration market.

In all, about 350 papers, each manuscript reviewed by recognized specialists and revised prior to final acceptance, will be presented by re- searchers, engineers, managers and other industry personnel repre- senting over 30 countries.

The annual international OMAE conference will once again be hold- ing one of the largest annual techni- cal programs with refereed papers in these fields in the world. The con- ference is organized by the Interna- tional OMAE Conference Commit- tee, which is chaired by Dr. Jin

Chung of the Colorado School of

Mines, and the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME)-Off- shore Mechanics and Arctic Engi- neering Division and is sponsored by 23 international engineering so- cieties and associations. The techni- cal exhibition js sponsored by the

OMAE Council.

ASME is a technical and educa- tional organization with over 117,000, including 23,000 students.

It conducts one of the world's larg- est technical publishing operations, holds more than 30 technical confer- ences each year, and sets many industrial and manufacturing stan- dards.

OMAE Conference chairman Dr.

Chung announced that OMAE Eu- rope 1989 would be held in Genoa,

Italy, April 2-7. The abstract dead- line for OMAE '89 is April 20, 1988.

Those interested in submitting ab- stracts, or learning more about

OMAE '89, contact: Dr. Jin

Chung, OMAE Conference Com- mittee, 12757 West 57th Drive, Ar- vada, Colo. 80002-1301; telephone: (303) 273-3673; or telex: 910-934- 0190 CSM GLDN.

OMAE '88

Exhibitors

ABASCO

Apollo Computers

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