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Sessions

Tuesday 4 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:30 AM
6:30 AM
Breakfast
1 hour, 6:30 AM EDT - 7:30 AM EDT

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7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
50 minutes, 7:30 AM EDT - 8:20 AM EDT

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8:20 AM
8:20 AM
ITAC Session
1 hour 10 minutes, 8:20 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

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Paul Schuler, Oil Spill Response Limited, (Speaker)

Tim Nedwed, ExxonMobil (Presenter)

09 : 20 — 09 : 40 Introduction to ITACPaul Schuler, OSRL 09 : 40 — 10 : 05Tropics:...
9:50 AM
9:50 AM
ITAC Session
1 hour 15 minutes, 9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT

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Michel Boufadel, NJIT - Center for Natural Resources (Presenter)

Victoria Broje, Shell (Presenter)

Deborah French-McCay, RPS (Presenter)

10 : 50 — 11 : 15Enhanced Boom Design, Dispersant StudiesMichel Boufadel, NJIT 11 : 15 — 11 : ...
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
Lunch
1 hour 10 minutes, 11:05 AM EDT - 12:15 PM EDT

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12:15 PM
12:15 PM
ITAC Session
2 hours 30 minutes, 12:15 PM EDT - 2:45 PM EDT

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Per Johan Brandvik, Per Johan Brandvik (Presenter)

Richard Davi, ExxonMobil (Presenter)

Scott Pegau, Oil Spill Recovery Institute (Presenter)

Rob Holland, OSRL (Presenter)

Richard Johnson, ITOPF (Presenter)

Maria Hartley, Chevron (Presenter)

13 : 15 — 13 : 40Water Column MonitoringPer Johan Brandvik, SINTEF 13 : 40 — 14 : 05Wil...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Responder Roundtable
1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

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Robert Starkes, ECRC-SIMEC (Panelist)

Lee Hammond, Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (Panelist)

Frank Paskewich, Clean Gulf Associates (Panelist)

Kevin Hoskins, MSRC (Panelist)

Rob Holland, OSRL (Panelist)

4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Interactive Q&A with Roundtable
20 minutes, 4:15 PM EDT - 4:35 PM EDT

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4:35 PM
4:35 PM
ITAC 2023 and Closing
10 minutes, 4:35 PM EDT - 4:45 PM EDT

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5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Conference Reception
2 hours, 5:30 PM EDT - 7:30 PM EDT

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Wednesday 5 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:30 AM
6:30 AM
Breakfast
1 hour, 6:30 AM EDT - 7:30 AM EDT

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7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
40 minutes, 7:30 AM EDT - 8:10 AM EDT

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Keynote

Susan Roberts, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Keynote speaker)

Keynote Presentation A Half Century of Reports on the Science of Oil SpillsSusan RobertsU.S. N...
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
Biodegradation 1
1 hour 15 minutes, 8:15 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT

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Scott Pegau, Oil Spill Recovery Institute (Chair)

Charles Greer, McGill University/National Research Council Canada (Presenter)

Alice Ortmann, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Presenter)

Casey Hubert, University of Calgary (Presenter)

09 : 15 — 09 : 40231- Assessing the Natural Attenuation Potential for Marine Oil Spills in the Arctic Using In-Situ Microcosms
9:50 AM
9:50 AM
Biodegradation 1
1 hour 15 minutes, 9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT

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Scott Pegau, Oil Spill Recovery Institute (Chair)

Christopher Barker, NOAA (Presenter)

Manuel Bringué, Geological Survey of Canada - Calgary (Presenter)

Maria A. Bautista, University of Calgary (Presenter)

10 : 50 — 11 : 15755- Oil Biodegradation in Permeable Marine Sediments: Effects of Benthic Pore-Water Advection and Solute Exchange
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
Lunch
1 hour 10 minutes, 11:05 AM EDT - 12:15 PM EDT

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12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Case Studies 1
2 hours 5 minutes, 12:15 PM EDT - 2:20 PM EDT

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Roger Prince, Stonybrook Apiary (Chair)

Lee Britton, ECCC-NEEC (Presenter)

Alison Meyers, Washington State Department of Ecology (Presenter)

Lee Hammond, Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (Presenter)

Deborah French-McCay, RPS (Presenter)

Brian Robinson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Presenter)

13 : 15 — 13 : 40166- Determining Cultural, Operational and Environmental Windows of Opportunity for Recovering Oil from the Sunken MV Sc...
2:40 PM
2:40 PM
Contingency Planning 1
2 hours 30 minutes, 2:40 PM EDT - 5:10 PM EDT

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Rob Holland, OSRL (Chair)

Dalina Thrift-Viveros, NOAA (Presenter)

Maria Hartley, Chevron (Presenter)

Victoria Broje, Shell (Presenter)

Maxime D'Amours, Triox Environmental Emergencies (Presenter)

15 : 40 — 16 : 05560- Development and Publication of "A Spill Responder's Guide to the Physical and Chemical Analysis of Petroleum"

Thursday 6 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:30 AM
6:30 AM
Breakfast
1 hour, 6:30 AM EDT - 7:30 AM EDT

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7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
40 minutes, 7:30 AM EDT - 8:10 AM EDT

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Keynote

Roger Prince, Stonybrook Apiary (Keynote speaker)

8:15 AM
8:15 AM
Weathering
1 hour 25 minutes, 8:15 AM EDT - 9:40 AM EDT

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Bing Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Chair)

Ed Owens, Owens Coastal Consultants Ltd. (Presenter)

Qin Xin, NRCan (Presenter)

Durell Desmond, University of Manitoba (Presenter)

09 : 15 — 09 : 40439- The Science of Stranded Oil: Challenges and GapsEdward Owens, OCC 09 : 4...
9:50 AM
9:50 AM
Weathering
1 hour 15 minutes, 9:50 AM EDT - 11:05 AM EDT

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Bing Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Chair)

Lin Zhao, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (Presenter)

Kasia Polcwiartek, University of Manitoba, CEOS (Presenter)

Larissa Montas, University of Miami (Presenter)

10 : 50 — 11 : 15499- Evaluation of Oil Emulsification at Sea by Using a New Mesoscale Testing ProtocolLin Zhao, ...
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
Lunch
1 hour 10 minutes, 11:05 AM EDT - 12:15 PM EDT

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12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Dispersant
2 hours 5 minutes, 12:15 PM EDT - 2:20 PM EDT

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Chantal Guenette, ECRC-SIMEC (Chair)

Thomas Le Bihan, Cedre (Presenter)

Baiyu Zhang, Memorial University (Presenter)

Per Johan Brandvik, Per Johan Brandvik (Presenter)

Xing Song, Memorial University (Presenter)

13 : 15 — 13 : 40468- How Dispersant Impacts the Rising of Oil Droplet from Deep Sea?Thomas Le Bihan, Cedre
2:40 PM
2:40 PM
In-Situ Burning
2 hours 30 minutes, 2:40 PM EDT - 5:10 PM EDT

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Fei Wang, University of Manitoba (Chair)

Liv-Guri Faksness, SINTEF Ocean (Presenter)

Charles Greer, McGill University/National Research Council Canada (Presenter)

Brian Mitchell, MERL-CONSULTING SAS (Presenter)

Tim Nedwed, ExxonMobil (Presenter)

David Cooper, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd. (Presenter)

15 : 40 — 16 : 05473- Chemical Characterisation and Acute Toxicity of Residues from Offshore In-Situ Burning of Spilled Fuel Oils<...
6:15 PM
6:15 PM
IOSSC Banquet
2 hours 25 minutes, 6:15 PM EDT - 8:40 PM EDT

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Friday 7 October, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:30 AM
6:30 AM
Breakfast
1 hour, 6:30 AM EDT - 7:30 AM EDT

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7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Emerging Issues
1 hour 40 minutes, 7:30 AM EDT - 9:10 AM EDT

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Kent Lien, Canada Energy Regulator (Chair)

Thomas Le Bihan, Cedre (Presenter)

Ed Owens, Owens Coastal Consultants Ltd. (Presenter)

Liv-Guri Faksness, SINTEF Ocean (Presenter)

Zunaira Asif, Concordia University (Presenter)

08 : 30 — 08 : 55503- Tackle the Evaporation Rates of Volatile HNS: A Lab-Scale Experiment to Serve Marine Pollution Response
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Special Session
1 hour 25 minutes, 9:30 AM EDT - 10:55 AM EDT

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Ann Hayward Walker, SEA Consulting (Speaker)

Special Session(Commonwealth)MPRI Synthesis & Legacy and Future OpportunitiesFisheries and Oceans CanadaAnn Hayward ...
10:55 AM
10:55 AM
Student Awards & Closing Remarks & Lunch
1 hour 40 minutes, 10:55 AM EDT - 12:35 PM EDT

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