DISTINGUISHED CONFERENCE LINE-UP AT Oi08

One of the global energy industry’s most respected leaders is to deliver the Distinguished Lecture at the marine science and ocean technology community’s largest event, Oceanology International 2008 (Oi08), which runs from 11-13 March at London’s ExCeL.

Lord Browne of Madingley FRS FREng, President of The Royal Academy of Engineering and the former group Chief Executive Officer of BP plc, will deliver his presentation at the conference being held under the overall mantle of ‘Technology, Sustainability and the Oceans’.

Lord Browne’s acceptance of the invitation to deliver the Distinguished Lecture, a long-standing tradition at previous Oceanology International events, is further evidence of Oi08’s growing global stature. His lecture on Day 2 will revolve around the event’s key themes of climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security.

Keynote speakers on Day 1 at Oi08 will include Prof Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director at the European Environment Agency; Capt. Dana Goward, Acting Director for Transition; Assistant Comdt for Policy & Planning, and Director, Maritime Domain Awareness Program Integration at the US Coast Guard; Dr Leo Roodhart, Vice President, GameChanger Group, Shell Technology Futures; Prof Robert Watson, the UK government’s Departmental Chief Scientist, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); and John Westwood, Managing Director, Douglas-Westwood Limited. All set the scene for the focused technical and scientific sessions that follow during the three days of the event.

Oi08, with its exhibition featuring over 500 suppliers from more than 20 different countries, is organised by Reed Exhibitions, with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) taking responsibility for the agenda-setting conference.

“SUT has long been involved with Oceanology International, but this is a ‘first’ for IMarEST,” explains Keith Read CBE, the Institute’s Chief Executive. “Our events team has worked tirelessly with a strong committee, chaired by Dr Ralph Rayner (a Vice President of IMarEST and a member of the SUT Council), and drawn from members of both organisations, to ensure that a highly topical and relevant conference is very much a centrepiece of the event. The technical conference streams give a fascinating insight into the latest scientific and technical developments in climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security.”

Oi08 will see four special awards made at the show – the ‘Oi Lifetime Achievement Award’, the ‘Alan Greig Memorial Prize’, the ‘Bob Barton Memorial Award’; and the ‘AMSI Business Person of the Year 2008 Award’. The Lifetime Achievement award is a prize awarded to an individual selected by a panel of international experts honouring the lifetime achievements of someone acknowledged as an international expert in the field of oceanology and marine science. The other awards are respectively for an outstanding contribution to commercial operational oceanography; young specialist journalist, and Business Person of the Year.

More details are available from the Oi website at www.oceanologyinternational.com and www.imarest.org/events/oceanology

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Notes to editors:

• A warm welcome awaits all journalists eager to register for Oceanology International. Information on press registration for Oi08 is at www.oceanologyinternational.com/page.cfm/Link=40/t=m/goSection=16 and available from Mark Thomas Mobile: +44 (0)7910 664867; Office: +44 (0)1276 482881; Home Office/Fax: +44 (0)1483 480747; mthomas [at] thomasenergypub [dot] com
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About IMarEST

• Voucher copies/tear sheets with coverage are always welcome, as is a simple notification of use of the release to judithpatten [at] wwmail [dot] co [dot] uk
• The IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) is the leading membership body and learned society for marine professionals, industry, research and education, with 49 branches and over 14,000 members worldwide
• Professional Recognition: qualifications for membership are based on the educational background and/or multi-disciplinary experience ensuring that high professional standards are maintained
• The only membership body that can award Chartered Marine Scientist and Technologist, Chartered, Incorporated and Engineering Technician status to their professional engineering counterparts
• The IMarEST is part of the Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Federation
• IMarEST Marine Partners:  a membership network for organisations in industry, research and education operating in the marine and offshore sectors
• Maritime journals include MER (Marine Engineers Review), The Marine Scientist, The Journal of Offshore Technology (JOT); Maritime IT & Electronics; Shipping World & Shipbuilder; and the newly launched Journal of Operational Oceanography
• IMarEST Publications: Technical Proceedings Parts A, B, C and D; and a catalogue of 100+/- books
• The IMarEST Marine Information Centre (MIC) has 36,000 references available; 86,000 references on the combined IMarEST/BMT database; and some 5,000 books and 3,000 conference proceedings
• IMarEST organisers 30-40 events and conferences annually; and was the host organisation for the World Maritime Technology Conference held in London 6-10 March 2006

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