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Join your colleagues from industry, academia and government
at the 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic
Engineering (OMAE 2009) in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 31 to June
5, 2009.
OMAE 2009 is the ideal forum for researchers, engineers, managers, technicians
and students from the scientific and industrial communities from around
the world to meet and present advances in technology and its scientific
support; to exchange ideas and experiences whilst promoting technological
progress and its application in industry; and to promote international
cooperation in ocean, offshore and arctic engineering.
Following on the tradition of excellence of previous OMAE conferences,
more than 800 technical papers organized into eight regular Symposia are
planned for presentation and will be complemented by five Special Symposia:
Plenary Session - Monday, June 1, 2009
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Keynote Lecture: Ocean Renewable
Energies in Hawaii and the Pacific
Rep. Cynthia Thielen, Assistant Republican Leader
in the Hawaii House of Representatives, has served in the Legislature
for 18 years. Her background as an Environmental and Land Use attorney
enabled her to become a leading force for renewable energy. Noted
internationally as the advocate for wave energy systems, Rep. Thielen
has successfully encouraged wave energy companies to bring their
technology to Hawaii. In recognition of her work on behalf of the
environment, Rep. Thielen received the Legislative Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Sierra Club in 2008.
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Keynote Lecture: Offshore Frontiers
- Challenges and Solutions
John Murray has over 25 years experience working
on offshore structure designs for open water and ice-covered regions.
He started his career with the National Research Council Canada
in 1985, where he was head of the Ocean Engineering Program, responsible
for the Council's national offshore development program. In 1997,
he joined Spars International Inc. in Houston. For the past 11 years,
Murray has worked primarily in concept development for deepwater
floaters and riser designs, both as a Principal Engineer with Technip
Offshore and since 2006 as Director of Technology Development with
FloaTEC, LLC. Murray holds a PhD in Ocean Engineering, has published
over 100 technical papers in journals and conference proceedings,
and holds a number of patents. He is a registered professional engineer
in Canada and the State of Texas.
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C.C.
Mei Symposium on Wave Mechanics and Hydrodynamics
This symposium honors the significant accomplishments of Professor
Chiang C. Mei in the fields of wave mechanics and hydrodynamics.
Professor Mei has been one of the leaders in these fields. His former
and current students and colleagues will join us to celebrate his
extraordinary accomplishments in the last 45 years.
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Joint
Forum of ‘Offshore Technology’ and ‘Structures, Safety
and Reliability’ and ‘Ocean Engineering’ Symposia on
Shallow Water Waves and Hydrodynamics
Partial List of Topics included are Low frequency wave content of near-shore
waves (infra-gravity waves), Near-shore wave propagation and effects of
the shoreline, Low-frequency drift forces in long- and short-crested waves,
Low-frequency response of moored vessels, Mooring behavior in shallow
water, Effects of seabed bathymetry, Methods for shallow-water model testing,
Extreme wave propagation in shallow water, Extreme wave statistics in
shallow water, Shallow-water wave modeling and associated loads.
 Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium
This is the third year that a specialty symposium is being organized
to specifically focus on ocean renewable energy developments and challenges.
There is a growing worldwide demand to increase the supply of renewable
energy and the world’s oceans offer the resources to meet these goals.
However, to exploit the potentials offered by ocean energy resources,
various regulatory and technology challenges must be addressed by the
engineering and scientific communities. The objective of this Symposium
is to provide a forum for the presentation of relevant information and
views on regulatory and technology issues to enhance the exploitation
of ocean renewable energy resource. Please
click here for more information.
 Petroleum
Technology Symposium
Petroleum Technology Symposium consists of different sub-disciplines
within the area of petroleum and mechanical engineering. Some of the topics
to be included are: Flow Assurance, Multiphase flow and measurement issues
at the well/manifolds and in flowlines, Description and Optimization of
Well Performance, Well Completion, Inflow Performance, Systems (Nodal)
Analysis, Artificial Lift Design and Analysis, Power requirements for
ESPs and long offsets for production, Production Optimization, Drilling
Optimization, Drilling Technology, Deepwater HTHP (high temperature high
pressure) wells, HIPPS (high integrity pressure protection system).
 Offshore
Measurement and Data Interpretation Symposium
This symposium is now entering it's third year. The focus is metocean and structural
response measurement, in the complex and hostile environment of the real
ocean. Interpretation of these data furthers the understanding of metocean
processes and how they should be characterised for engineering applications.
Some technical areas of interest are:
- Wave Measurements
- Ocean Observatories and Metocean Data
- Offshore Field Measurements
- Specific Ocean Areas of Interest: Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, Brazil,
South China Sea, North Atlantic, among others.
Short Courses Announced for OMAE 2009!
The weekend preceding the conference there will be four short courses
taught by world-renowned experts:
Saturday, May 30
- Vortex Induced Vibrations
- Ice Engineering
Sunday, May 31
- Wave Energy Conversion and Resource Assessment
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
More
information on the courses including lecturers, topics and course
fees will be ready soon.
OMAE 2009 is organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME), the Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE) Division of
the International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI), and the University
of Hawaii. OMAE 2009 is sponsored by various professional associations
of many countries.
Join OMAE 2009 as an author, presenter, sponsor, exhibitor, and delegate!
See you in Honolulu!
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