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Held in early November in Bellevue, Washing- ton, the 2010 SNAME Annual Meeting was by all counts a success for participants. "In all aspects, the 2010 SNAME Annual Meet- ing was a wonderful success,” said Michel R.

Keith Michel, President of the Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers, commenting on the event held in early November 2010 in Belle- vue, Wash. “I would like to express my sincere ap- preciation to those who attended the meeting, the many SNAME volunteers who organized the tech- nical programs and social events, the meeting sponsors, and those that exhibited at our EXPO.

We look to build on this success, and promise an exciting and stimulating meeting in Houston in 2011." Initial attendee numbers confirm Michel’s findings; the first count indicates more than 1,000 members and non-members of the Society at- tended and participated, exceeding expectations.

Highlights of the society’s three days in Bellevue included: • More than three dozen technical paper pre- sentations, special sessions, and panel discussions; • Presentation of prestigious awards and medals, including: • Presentation of the Vice Admiral "Jerry"

Land Medal to Joseph J. Cuneo, • Presentation of the Davidson Medal to

Apostolos D. Papanikolaou • Presentation of the David W. Taylor

Medal to Peter Tang-Jensen, • Presentation of the Elmer A. Sperry

Award to Takuma Yamaguchi • Annual Meeting Banquet keynote address by

Fred Harris, President of General Dynamics,

NASSCO.

Arctic Shipping: Security & Logistics

The topic of global climate change and the shrinking polar ice cap has caught the attention of the world. Arguably, the marine and offshore in- dustries together stand at the forefront of harness- ing the Arctic for business, as a more accessible

Arctic has vast ramifications for both. “The Arctic is the show stopper,” said Peter

Noble, Chief Naval Architect, project develop- ment, ConocoPhillips. “About 50 percent of my time, right now, is spent on this challenge.”

On the shipping front, less ice means greater ac- cess to more efficient navigational routes; for off- shore energy, the potential to discover and recover natural resources is a strong pull. But while a shrinking and thinning ice cover unveils a wealth of possibilities, for every “pro” there appears to be a dozen or more “cons”, chief among them the physical – both machinery and human – con- straints that must be considered when doing busi- ness in the Arctic. Kicking off the second day of the SNAME Annual Meeting was a panel discus- sion entitled “Arctic Shipping: Security & Logis- tics,” a panel session co-chaired by Dan McGreer and Peter Noble, and featuring presentations from

Mikko Niini, President, Aker Arctic Technology,

Finland; Jim Sandkvist – Vice President, SSPA,

Sweden; and Commander David Soul, Project Di- rector, AOPS PMO, Canada.

Mikko Niini, situated in Helsinki, Finland and the head of one of the world’s premier testing

SNAME 2010 “A Success” (LtoR): Erik Seither, KP76, Executive Director, SNAME; Braxton Scherz, TMA76, Business Devel- opment Dir., DNV; John Hatley, KP76, Vice President Ship Power, Wartsila North America, Inc.;

Steve Maguire, KP76, Manager Production Engineering, Northrup Gruman Ship Building - Gulf

Coast; Mike Holcomb, KP76. President, Keppel Marine Agencies International, LLC (Houston)

Michel R. Keith Michel, President of the Soci- ety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers & Erik Seither, Executive Director, SNAME, be- fore the Annual Banquet.