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Conference Program

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0900	Welcome from Conference Chairman Dr Steven Constable, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
Opening Session
0910	KEYNOTE: Some early marine electromagnetic experiments: The Interaction of ideas, good and bad, with available marine technology, with the aim of learning about electrical conductivity below the seabed Charles Cox, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
0935	First results From the Serpentinite, Extension and Regional Porosity Experiment across the Nicaraguan Trench (SERPENT) Samer Naif, Graduate Student Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
1000	The development of marine electromagnetic methods for mapping gas hydrates Dr Karen Weitemeyer, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Diego, USA
1025	Comparison of in-water predicted and measured magnetic fields due to Ocean dynamics Bradley Nelson, Defence Scientist, Defence Research & Development Canada Atlantic, Canada
1050	Poster highlights: 10 x 2 minute poster overviews
1110	Coffee Break (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibit booths)
1:	Environmental Fields
Chair	Adi Bulsara, Senior Scientist, SPAWAR-Pacific, USA
1140	A global model of the electromagnetic background noise Dr Lisa Rosenqvist, Scientist, Swedish Defence Research Institute, Sweden
1205	Coastal Mixing and Magnetics Project - A quantified approach to an accelerated research initiative Dr William Venezia, Chief Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, USA
1230	EM effects of seawater flow around a measurement capsule David Clark, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Australia
1255	Lunch (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibit booths)
2:	Remotely and Autonomously Operated Vehicles
Chair	Bradley Nelson, Defence Scientist, Defence Research & Development Canada Atlantic, Canada
1425	Target detection with parameter inversion of vector magnetic gradiometer operating with autonomous underwater vehicle Yuan Hang Pei, Principal Member of Technical Staff, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
1450	Locating and Characterizing Seabed Targets Using Low-Noise Magnetic Sensors Dr Gregory Schultz, Research Geophysicist, Sky Research Inc., USA
1515	Marine controlled-source electromagnetic sounding on submarine massive sulphides using autonomous underwater vehicle Dr Tada-nori Goto, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
1550	Coffee Break (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibit booths)
3:	Inverse Modelling
Chair	Dr Mike Wynn, Distinguished Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA
1615	Massively parallel 3D conductivity imaging of the subsurface: Applications to hydrocarbon exploration and a way forward for joint imaging of seismic and electrical data Gregory Newman, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
1640 - 1705	Joint CSEM and seismic full-waveform data inversion algorithm for geophysical exploration Dr Aria Abubakar, Multi-Physics Modeling and Inversion Program Manager, Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA
1730	COCKTAIL RECEPTION - Scripps Seaside Forum

4:	Vessel EM Signature Prediction and Control
Chair	Dr Nitin Bhakta, Senior Scientist, Atlas Elektronik UK Ltd, UK
0900	KEYNOTE: Exploiting EM technology Dr Geoff Garnett, Senior Scientist, DSTL, UK
0925	Evaluating effects of roll on corrosion-related UEP using simulation Mr Tom Curtin, Director Engineering Services, Computational Mechanics BEASY, USA
0950	Study of vessel magnetic treatment facility efficiency Dr Laure-Line Rouve, Research Engineer, G2Elab, France
1015	On the Environmental Impact on the UEP Signature from Submarines Henrik Claesson, Scientist, Swedish Defence Research Agency – FOI, Sweden
1040	Poster highlights: 10 x 2 minute Poster Overviews
1105	Coffee (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibit booths)
5:	Hydrocarbon Exploration; Instrumentation, Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Theory
Chair	Dr Len Srnka, Chief Research Geoscientist, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, USA
1140	Modelling and inversion of towed EM data from the North Sea Troll field Dr Johan Mattsson, Section Leader, EM Research, Petroleum Geo-Services, Sweden
1205	An inverted long-baseline navigation system for deep-towed EM transmitter systems Dr Kerry Key, University of California, San Diego, USA
1230	Shallow water CSEM using a surface-towed source Dr Daniel Shantsev, Senior Scientist, ElectroMagnetic GeoServices, Norway
1255	Lunch (Time to Meet with Poster Presenters and Exhibit Booths)
6:	Measurement / Instrumentation
Chair	Professor Peter Sigray, Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency – FOI, Sweden
1400	Vector magnetometer noise reduction to enable UUV forward-area ship signature measurements Dr Stephen J. Potashnik, Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, USA
1425	An optimized model based inversion technique for pipeline tracking Dr Tim Fristedt, Senior Scientist, Swedish Defence Research Agency – FOI, Sweden
1450	Low noise Ag/AgCl electric field sensor system for marine CSEM and MT applications Geir Bjarte Havsgård, Senior Development Engineer, ElectroMagnetic GeoServices ASA, Norway
1515	Coffee (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibit booths)
7:	Measurement / Instrumentation
Chair	Dr Nitin Bhakta, Senior Scientist, Atlas Elektronik UK Ltd, UK
1550	The Long and the Short of it - New Sensors for Marine EM Studies Dr Steven Constable, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
1615 - 1640	Upgrading a Magnetic and Acoustic Signature Range with 3-axis Electric Field Measurement Functionality Dr Samantha Davidson, Research and Software Team Leader, Ultra Electronics PMES, UK

TBC RECEPTION - THE BIRCH AQUARIUM at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
8:	Vessel EM Signature
Chair	Neil Stapleton, Principal Scientific Officer, DSTL, UK
0900	Magnetism revisited Captain Rob Hendriks, Director, Centre for Ship Signature Management (CSSM), Germany
0925	FEM analysis of magnetic treatment of submarine with Hysteresis Model Professor Kwang-Ho Shin, Professor, Kyungsung University, South Korea
0950	Efficient methodology for identification of unknown magnetization on ferromagnetic ship hulls Professor Dong-Hun Kim, Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea
1015	Vectorial magnetization modeling of a thin shell structure undergoing high magneto-mechanical effects in low field Dr Laure-Line Rouve, Research Engineer, G2ELab, France
1040	Poster highlights: 10 x 2 minute poster overviews
1100	Coffee (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibiting organizations)
9:	Modelling
Chair	Peter Krylstedt, Director of Research, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden
1200	2.5D and 3D forward modeling of marine CSEM data Dr Joonsang Park, Senior Geophysicist, NGI, Norway
1225	The DINAR Equation Dr Cye Waldman, VP CTO, Information Systems Laboratories, USA
1250	Scarborough and the 1D Minimum Norm Inversion David Myer, Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
1315	Lunch (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibiting organizations)
10:	Inverse Modelling
Chair	Dr Mike Wynn, Distinguished Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA
1415	Anisotropic 3D inversion of marine CSEM and MT data on PCs Dr Yutaka Sasaki, Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
1440	A new approach: Multimodality conductivity imaging of marine environment Professor Alex Timonov, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of South Caroline Upstate, USA
1505	3D Joint Inversion of Marine CSEM and MT Data Dr Michael Zhdanov, CEO, Technoimaging, USA
1530	Coffee (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibiting organizations)
11:	Underwater Surveillance
Chair	Frank Gordon, SPAWAR (Retired), USA
1600	Implementation considerations for a wireless underwater magnetometer network Michael Hughes, Electronics Engineer, SSC Pacific, USA
1625	Electric field buoys - Principles and practice Dr Jeffrey Ridgway, Research Scientist, Information Systems Laboratories, USA
1800 – 2100	Gala Dinner at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps

12:	Hydrocarbon Exploration; Instrumentation, Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Theory
Chair	Dr Steven Constable, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
0900	KEYNOTE: Challenges to electromagnetic surveying technologies for offshore hydrocarbon exploration and production Dirk Smit, VP - Exploration Technology, Chief Scientist Geophysics, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Netherlands
0925	Integrating well log, seismic and CSEM data for reservoir characterization Dr Lucy MacGregor, Chief Technology Officer, RSI, UK
0950	Seafloor characterization by electromagnetic benthic profiling Dr Hendrik Müller, Geophysicist, University of Bremen, Germany
1015	Navigation and resistivity inversion using stationary seafloor instruments Professor Nigel Edwards, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
1040	Poster highlights: 10 x 2 minute poster overviews
1100	Coffee (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibiting organizations)
13:	Detection Classification and Localisation Algorithms and Techniques
Chair	Dr John Holmes, Senior Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA
1140	CSEM and MMT signal recovery in time intervals corrupted with short duration spikes Vidar Markhus, Senior Scientist, EMGS, Norway
1205	Target Detection with extremely low frequency magnetic anomaly detection signal Dr Marius Birsan, Defence Scientist, Defence R&D Canada, Canada
1230	Lunch (Time to meet with poster presenters and exhibiting organizations)
14:	Reservoir Modelling
Chair	Dr Lucy MacGregor, Chief Technology Officer, OHM-Rock Solid Images, UK
1330	Resolution of reservoir scale electrical anisotropy from marine CSEM data Vanessa Brown, Student, Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
1355	3D Inversion of time-lapse CSEM data for reservoir surveillance Dr Noel Black, Geophysicist, TechnoImaging, USA
1420	Marine controlled source electromagnetics for hydrocarbon field monitoring Dr Jurgen Zach, Senior Scientist, EMGS Americas, USA
1445	Conference close Dr Steven Constable, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA