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WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL 2013

08:30	Registration and Refreshments
09:00		Ed Danson, Conference Chairman International Sales Manager C-Nav, UK	Introduction and welcome from the Conference Chairman
09:15		Rob Luijnenburg, Corporate Strategy & Communication Director Fugro NV, Netherlands	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Is Hydrography keeping up in the Facebook world of today?
09:50		Gordon Johnston Director Venture Geomatics, UK	The role of AUV’s in pipeline inspection and other hydrographic survey projects
10:15		Chris Gibson Director – Sales & Marketing VideoRay LLC, USA	Autonomous mini ROV inspection and survey - the benefits of smaller, lighter and ultra portable ROVs
10:40		James Williams Managing Director Swathe Services, UK	The Z-Boat – An innovative platform for mapping difficult areas to access
11:05	Coffee Break
11:45		Andy Smith, Business Development Manager NCS Survey, UK	Low logistics AUVs – An advanced survey tool
12:10		John Vint Survey Manager Fugro Survey AS, Norway	Dynamic calibration of navigation sensors using GNSS technology
12:35		Pat Fournier Operations Manager Neptune Geomatics, Australia	Deep tow pipeline route survey using interferometric multibeam, synthetic aperture sonar and chirp
13:00	Lunch break and time to join colleagues at Ocean Business
14:30		Brian Critchley Senior Project Geophysicist RES Offshore, UK	Data visualisation and ground model development - the benefits of 2D and 3D visualisation
14:55		Thomas Gardiner Senior Product Manager Thomson Ecology, UK	Using marine ecology software for faster and more accurate reporting
15:20		Duncan Mallace Managing Director, MMT-NetSurvey, UK	Streamlining and standardising survey data deliverables
15:45	Coffee break
16:30		Nick Hough, Technical Adviser International Marine Contractors Association	An introduction to guidelines for the management of peripheral survey sensors
16:55		John Kelly Technical Manager Hydro Projects Ltd, UK	Geodetic training – Education or confusion?
17:20	Ocean Business exhibition followed by the Ocean Business/Offshore Survey Gala Dinner (Please pre-book tickets)

THURSDAY 11 APRIL 2013

09:00		Ed Danson, Conference Chairman International Sales Manager C-Nav, UK	Introduction of day two
09:05		Simon Partridge, Engineering Director, Sonardyne International Ltd, UK	Cutting the tether but keeping control
09:20		Hubert Thomas Technical Manager MANOPI, France	Fast black boxes search and accurate positioning from shallow water to full water depth
09:45		Andrew Mckeown Senior Project Surveyor Subsea 7, UK Nick Street, Project Manager, Sonardyne International, UK	Bundle monitoring - the history of bundle projects and tows and the requirements of a bundle monitoring system
10:10		Alban Bouchard Customer Support Manager iXBlue, France	New iXBlue concept for high precision metrology
10:35	Coffee Break
11:25		Keith Vickery President Zupt LLC, USA	The convergence of (subsea) positioning and imagery
11:50		Simon Lightbody Product Manager Marine Trimble, New Zealand	The impact of new GNSS constellations on precise marine positioning
12:15		Walter Jardine Lead Surveyor – North Sea Region BP Exploration & Production Ltd, UK	Site surveys – An E&P operator’s perspective
12:40	Lunch break and time to join colleagues at Ocean Business
14:00		Jan-Petter Mathisen Manager Seadata Fugro OCEANOR, Norway	Special oceanographic and meteorological events
14:25		Eric Primeau, Survey Team Leader BP AGT Region, Azerbaijan	Use of the pipeline open data standard for pipeline survey operations and management
14:50		Bent Warming Hansen & Danny Wake VP Offshore Business (BWH) & Hydrographic Survey Specialist (DW). Reson AS, Denmark	Quantifying pipeline inspection capabilities with multibeam sonar
15:15		Ed Danson, Conference Chairman International Sales Manager C-Nav, UK	Closing remarks
15:35	Close of conference

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