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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 49 Industry Outlook Sessions • Schedule of Events Speakers: Rebecca Quintal – SAIC, Newport, RI Topic: Automated Contact Detection of Features on Sidescan Sonar Data for Seafloor Mapping Lindsay Gee – IVS-3D, Inc. Topic: Mid-water Software Tools for Processing and Analysis of the Latest Generation Multibeam Sonars Rick Morton – Kongsberg Hydroid Topic: The Increasing Use of AUV’s for Hydrographic Survey 3:30 - 5:00 pm Panel: Underwater Technology Challenges for Maritime Salvage and Recovery Session Chair: Capt. Jack Ringelberg, (USN, Ret.) – President, JMS Naval Architects, Inc. Speakers: Chuck Maclin – Phoenix International, Inc. Deep Ocean Recovery David Usher – Marine Pollution Control Corp. Deep Oil Recovery William Key – WK Tech Group Application of Sonar in Salvage Operations Michael Dean – Deputy SUPSALV, Director of Ocean Engineering (SEA00CB) Remote Heavy Lifting Technology John Flory – Tension Tech, Inc. Rope Technology Thursday, May 19 10:30 am – Noon Panel: Emerging Requirements for Application of Underwater Vehicles and Robotics for Ocean Exploration Session Co-Chairs: Dwight Coleman, PhD. – Director, Inner Space Center, University of Rhode Island Christopher Roman, PhD. – Asst. Professor of Oceanography, URI Graduate School of Oceanography Speakers: James Kinsey, PhD. – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) From the Challenger Deep to the Gulf of Mexico: Recent Operations with the Sentry AUV and the Nereus Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Alfred Hanson, PhD. – URI Graduate School of Oceanography Emerging Requirements and Applications for Chemical Sensing Payloads on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Edison Hudson – iRobot, Inc. The Role of Man-Portable, Low Logistics AUV’s in Future Navy Operations John Westwood, chairman of Douglas-Westwood, giving his presentation at the OceanTech Expo in 2010
