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Mark Dix

Deputy Chief, Emergency Response Division
NOAA
13

Sessions in which Mark Dix attends

Tuesday 4 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30 AM
7:30 AM EDT - 8:20 AM EDT | 50 minutes
Opening

Recording:

8:20 AM
8:20 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT | 1 hour 10 minutes
Presentation

09 : 20 — 09 : 40 Introduction to ITACPaul Schuler, OSRL 09 : 40 — 10 : 05Tropics: 32-Year Study of Damage and RecoveryAbby Renegar, NSU 10 : 05 — 10 : 30Historical Effectiveness of Mechanical RecoveryTim Nedwed, ExxonMobilRecording:

3:15 PM
3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
Panel discussion

Robert Starkes, ECRCLee Hammond, WCMRCFrank Paskewich, CGAKevin Hoskins, MSRCRob Holland, OSRLRecording:

Wednesday 5 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:15 AM
8:15 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Presentation

09 : 15 — 09 : 40231- Assessing the Natural Attenuation Potential for Marine Oil Spills in the Arctic Using In-Situ MicrocosmsCharles Greer, McGill University 09 : 40 — 10 : 05416- Rapid Dilution of Hydrocarbons After a Defined Surface Spill Reduces the Microbial Response to Oil.Alice Ortmann, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 10 : 05 — 10 : 30801- Diesel and Crude Oil Biodegradation by Col...

8:15 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Presentation

09 : 15 — 09 : 40133- Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Improvement of Laboratory ProtocolsDeborah French-McCay, RPS Ocean Science 09 : 40 — 10 : 05184- Dose and Duration Make the Poison: Assessing the Latent Effects of Brief Exposures to Single Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds with American Lobster (Homarus Americanus) LarvaeBenjamin de Jourdan, Huntsman Marine Science Centre <...

9:50 AM
9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Presentation

10 : 50 — 11 : 15755- Oil Biodegradation in Permeable Marine Sediments: Effects of Benthic Pore-Water Advection and Solute ExchangeChristopher H. Barker, Genwest Systems/NOAA 11 : 15 — 11 : 40614- Effect of Oxygen Limitation on Natural Oil Degradation in the Kitimat Fjord System (BC, Canada)Manuel Bringué, Natural Resources Canada 11 : 40 — 12 : 05829- Biogeography of Prevalent Alkane...

9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Presentation

10 : 50 — 11 : 1553- Collection of Oil Spill Pollution Using Recycled CelluloseMark Ceaser, EAM Environmental, Inc. 11 : 15 — 11 : 4075- Smart Flax Fibers for Efficient Oil-Water SeparationXiujuan Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland

12:15 PM
12:15 PM EDT - 2:20 PM EDT | 2 hours 5 minutes
Presentation

13 : 15 — 13 : 40166- Determining Cultural, Operational and Environmental Windows of Opportunity for Recovering Oil from the Sunken MV Schiedyk in British Columbia, CanadaLee Britton, Environment and Climate Change Canada -NEEC 13 : 40 — 14 : 05680- How Clean Is Clean? - A Case Study of the Deep River Derelict Barge Sunken Oil Spill in Washington StateAlison Meyers, Washington State Department of Ecology

2:40 PM
2:40 PM EDT - 5:10 PM EDT | 2 hours 30 minutes
Presentation

15 : 40 — 16 : 05560- Development and Publication of "A Spill Responder's Guide to the Physical and Chemical Analysis of Petroleum"Dalina Thrift-Viveros, NOAA OR&R 16 : 05 — 16 : 30840- Building Technical Response ReadinessMaria Hartley, Chevron Services Company (Chevron U.S.A. Inc. division) 16 : 30 — 16 : 55398- NASEM Oil in the Sea, IV UpdateVictoria Broje

Thursday 6 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30 AM
7:30 AM EDT - 8:10 AM EDT | 40 minutes
Presentation

Keynote Presentation 50 Years of Dispersant Development and UseRoger Prince ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences IncRecording:

8:15 AM
8:15 AM EDT - 9:40 AM EDT | 1 hour 25 minutes
Presentation

09 : 15 — 09 : 40439- The Science of Stranded Oil: Challenges and GapsEdward Owens, OCC 09 : 40 — 10 : 05263- Behaviours of Pipeline-Transportable Processed Bitumen Products Spilled in Different Fresh Water EnvironmentsQin Xin, CanmetENERGY Devon 10 : 05 — 10 : 30366- Photooxidation and Biodegradation Potential of a Light Crude Oil in First-Year Sea IceDurell Desmond

9:50 AM
9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
Presentation

10 : 50 — 11 : 15499- Evaluation of Oil Emulsification at Sea by Using a New Mesoscale Testing ProtocolLin Zhao, ExxonMobil 11 : 15 — 11 : 40546- Fate and Behaviour of Volatile and Water-Soluble Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Diesel Encapsulated in First-Year Sea Ice – A Microcosm StudyKasia Polcwiartek, University of Manitoba 11 : 40 — 12 : 05572- PAH Depletion in Weathered Oil Slicks Es...

12:15 PM
12:15 PM EDT - 2:20 PM EDT | 2 hours 5 minutes
Presentation

13 : 15 — 13 : 40468- How Dispersant Impacts the Rising of Oil Droplet from Deep Sea?Thomas Le Bihan, Cedre 13 : 40 — 14 : 05703- Dispersant Formulations with Machine Learning-Aided Causal Interface for Effective Oil Spill ResponseBaiyu (Helen) Zhang, Memorial University of Newfoundland 14 : 05 — 14 : 30193- Reducing Oil Droplet Sizes from a Subsea Oil and Gas Release by Mechanical Di...

2:40 PM
2:40 PM EDT - 5:10 PM EDT | 2 hours 30 minutes
Presentation

15 : 40 — 16 : 05473- Chemical Characterisation and Acute Toxicity of Residues from Offshore In-Situ Burning of Spilled Fuel OilsLiv-Guri Faksness, SINTEF Ocean 16 : 05 — 16 : 30571- The MPRI Offshore Burn Experiment (MOBE)Feiyue Wang, University of Manitoba 16 : 30 — 16 : 55647- Biodegradation Potential of Residue Generated During the In-Situ Burning of Oil in the Marine Environment<...

Friday 7 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30 AM
7:30 AM EDT - 9:10 AM EDT | 1 hour 40 minutes
Presentation

08 : 30 — 08 : 55503- Tackle the Evaporation Rates of Volatile HNS: A Lab-Scale Experiment to Serve Marine Pollution ResponseThomas Le Bihan, Cedre 08 : 55 — 09 : 20444- Operational Feasibility and Viability Analyses for Shoreline Treatment: “Getting It Right from the Start”Edward Owens, OCC 09 : 20 — 09 : 45636- Physical-Chemical Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (VLSFO) and Chem...

9:30 AM
9:30 AM EDT - 10:55 AM EDT | 1 hour 25 minutes
Networking

Special Session(Commonwealth)MPRI Synthesis & Legacy and Future OpportunitiesFisheries and Oceans CanadaAnn Hayward WalkerNatural Resources Canada 

Thursday 13 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM EDT - 10:10 AM EDT | 10 minutes
Opening

Recording:

10:20 AM
10:20 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 2 hours 10 minutes
Presentation

10 : 20 — 10 : 30Introduction 10 : 30 — 10 : 50619- Study on the Oil Dewetting Self-Cleaning Performance of Different Structure Surfaces for Crude Oil Pollution Treatment and Crude Oil/Water SeparationTongchang Wang, Zhejiang Ocean University 10 : 50 — 11 : 10177- Natural-Based Sorbent- and Gelator-Type Solidifiers for Oil Spill TreatmentStanislav Stoyanov, Natural Resources Canada

10:20 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 2 hours 10 minutes
Presentation

10 : 20 — 10 : 30Introduction 10 : 30 — 10 : 50584- A Cut-Cells Approach for Relocatable Downscaling Flows in Coastal Near-ShoreAmina El Kasmi, Environment and Climate, Change Canada 10 : 50 — 11 : 10156- Pore-Scale Simulation of Spontaneous Imbibition in Porous Media with a Bifurcated FractureZhennan He, China University of Petroleum, (East China) 11 : 10 — 11 : 30...

Friday 14 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:50 AM
10:50 AM EDT - 12:40 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
Presentation

10 : 50 — 11 : 00Introduction 11 : 00 — 11 : 20782- Experimental Research on Characteristic Parameters of Oil Types IdentificationJing Ma, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 11 : 20 — 11 : 40494- Improved Forensic Assessment of Brazil Mystery Spill Enabled by Complementary Analytical ApproachesJagos Radovic, University of Calgary 11 : 40 — 12 : 00559- ...

1:10 PM
1:10 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
Presentation

13 : 10 — 13 : 20Introduction 13 : 20 — 13 : 40828- A Comprehensive Theoretical and Experimental Review of Oil Contamination Detection Using GPRSharad Ghodke, Concordia University 13 : 40 — 14 : 00688- New Tools for Tracking Potential Spills in RiversFaith Fitzpatrick, U.S. Geological Survey 14 : 00 — 14 : 20855- Advanced Three Dimensional (3D) Porous Materia...

1:10 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
Presentation

13 : 10 — 13 : 20Introduction 13 : 20 — 13 : 40294- Deep-Water Oil Spill Risk of Hydrate Cold FlowJie Zhang, China University of Petroleum (East China) 13 : 40 — 14 : 00160- Oil Spill Preparedness Planning and Response: Utilizing Species Distribution Models to Fill Critical Data GapsAshley Park, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 14 : 00 — 14 : 20692- A Probabilisti...