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:

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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<...

13 : 00 — 13 : 10Introduction 13 : 10 — 13 : 30298- Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metal from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid BiosurfactantsLiang Wu, China Offshore Environmental Service Ltd, CNOOC 13 : 30 — 13 : 50340- Numerical Simulation of Benzene Transport in Shoreline Groundwater Affected by Tides under Different ConditionsMahsa Kheirandish

10 : 00 — 10 : 40Keynote PresentationFormation and Accomplishments of the Gulf of Mexico Research InitiativeCharles A. Wilson, III, Gulf of Mexico Research InitiativeRecording: