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Interspill 2009 - 12th May

• Opening Session
  • Opening of Interspill and the IMO R&D Forum
    Bernard Tramier, Chairman, Interspill Steering Committee
• Introductory remarks and welcome to guests and panel
  • Stefan Micallef, Deputy Director, Marine Environment Division, IMO
• Welcome Addresses
  • Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseilles (tbc)
  • VAE Yann Tainguy, Maritime Prefect of the Mediterranean
  • Jean-François Tallec, French Secretary General of the Sea
• The triennial Interspill address on marine pollution
  • Willem de Ruiter, Executive Director, European Maritime Safety Agency

Joint Session: Interspill and IMO R&D Forum

• Presentation of the white paper - Are HNS spills more dangerous than oil spills?
  • Dr Karen Purnell Managing Director, International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation
• Debate on the white paper between the floor and panel
  • Chaired by Bernard Tramier including representatives of IMO, EMSA, ITOPF and CEDRE

1.1 Oil production and transport at sea

Patterns, trends, pollution prevention and response

• Seaborne crude oil transport: Patterns and trends
  • Claire Wright, Consultant, Lloyd's MIU, UK
• Response to an oil spill from an offshore rig: Working together in the KAB121 incident
  • Hector Ochoa, Solutions Development of Industrial Security and Environmental Protection Manager, PEMEX Petroleos Mexicanos - Exploraci ón y Produccion, Mexico
• Harmonisation from global to local legalisations against oil spill pollution: the case of the Mediterranean maritime transport and port activities
  • Mariantonia Lo Prete, Phd student, The French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) Production Systems, Logistics and Transport Organisation (SPLOT), France

1.2 Shoreline response

Tools and techniques, performance, waste disposal, alternative uses of oily waste, European waste disposal legislation

• Lessons learned by Canada SCAT team during the Hebei Spirit Incident, Republic of Korea
  • Stéphane Grenon, Manager, Environmental Emergencies Section, Environmental Protectino Operation Division, S Laforest, R Percy, J Wilson, BP Hollebone, A Laflamme, Environment Canada. L Trigatti, Canadian Coast Guard Dept of Fisheries and Oceans
• Natural processes of surface and subsurface shoreline oil
  • Dr Svein Ramstad, Senior Research Scientist. JH Carlsen, PS Daling, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Marine Environmental Technology, Norway
• A comparison of shoreline response techniques in significant incidents
  • Tim Wadsworth, Technical Support Manager. R Johnson International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), UK

1.3 Transportation of HNS, identification and assessment

Behaviour, aquatic toxicity, biological aspects, environmental impact

• Hazard assessment for chemicals carried by ships
  • Dr Thomas Hoefer, Safe Transport and Coordination REACH, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
• Pollution Response in Emergencies – Marine Impact Assessment and Monitoring (PREMIAM)
  • Mark Kirby, Team Leader Ecotoxicology & Chemical Risk Assessment. RJ Law, Centre of Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK
• Oil and other hazardous and noxious substances seaborne trade pollution risks: A pilot study in Italian ports
  • Dr Ezio Amato, Senior Scientist. T Chieruzzi, Instituto Superiore Per La Protezione e La Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Italy.

2.1 Oil pollution legislation and policies national and international levels

• Marine pollution preparedness and response: the role of the Community Civil Protection Mechanism in the frame of the European oil pollution legislation
  • Hervé Martin, Head of Unit. A Mackeviciute, DG ENV, Civil Protection Unit, European Commission, Belgium
• Are we ready? Implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive within the UK and its implication on oil spill liability and cleanup
  • Sara Coates, Response Specialist, D White, Oil Spill Response, UK
• Spill response planning in the Philippines: 3 – Tier interaction between government and industry
  • Heather Parker, Principal, Sound Enterprises and Associates, USA.
  • RT Teubner, JC Sawicki, O’Briens Response Management, USA

2.2 Response at sea rationale, tools and techniques, performance

• Heavy oil recovery at Sea – Evolution since the Erika and the Prestige spills
  • Georges Peigné, Deputy Director, Cedre, France
• Development of an American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) stationary skimmer test protocol – Phase 2 developments
  • Paul Meyer, Mechanical Engineer, D DeVitis, WT Schmidt, MAR Inc/ Ohmsett Facility, USA. S Potter, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd, Canada. M Crickard, US Coast Guard, USA
• The Oil Spill Response to the SEA DIAMOND Incident
  • Michael O’Brien, Senior Technical Advisor, ITOPF, UK. V Mamaloukas- Frangoulis, Environmental Protection Engineering S.A (EPE), Greece.

2.3 HNS detection and monitoring

Detection, sampling techniques and equipment, fate modelling, real time monitoring

• HNS detection and monitoring in recent incidents
  • Stéphane le Floch Coordinator in HNS activities in the Research and Development Dept. M Girin, Cedre, France
• Design of an operational decision aid software to model chemical pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, France
  • Laurent Aprin, Researcher, LGEI, France.
• Atmospheric dispersion of xylene evaporating from a drifting slick
  • Pierre Daniel, Head of Drift Modelling Unit, F Bonnardot, J Paul, A Peuch, Météo-France