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Josip Adams
USGS
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Benedette Adewale
Research Scientist
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
 United States of America
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
Christoph Aeppli
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
 United States of America
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Christine Ainabyona
Regional Manager
Government
National Environment Management Authority
 Uganda
Poster Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Policy; A Case of the Albertine Graben Uganda
Luigi Alcaro
ISPRA
 Italy
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Matt Alloy
United States Coast Guard
Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE)
 United States of America
Poster Assessing Dissolved and Particulate Oil in Water Accommodated Fractions and their Impacts on Oil Toxicity
Poster Assessing the Toxicity of Mixtures of Surface Washing Agents and Oil to Marine and Freshwater Species.
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Paper Physico-Chemical Properties and Dispersibility of Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (LSFO) and Conventional Crude Oils
Jereme Altendorf
Arctic Emergency Mgmt Specialist
United States Coast Guards
Sector Anchorage
 United States of America
Poster Enhancing Area Committee Participation: Modernizing Area Committees for Better Internal and External Communications
Paper Oil Spill Planning
Paper Using Existing Environmental Laws to Build Resilient Arctic Communities
Poster Using a Mobile Data Collection Application to Update Geographic Response Strategies in Alaska
Poster Validating Arctic Geographic Response Strategies with Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Dag Altin
Biotrix
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
Ianina Altshuler
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
McGill University
 Switzerland
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Chunjiang An
Associate Professor
Concordia University
 Canada
Paper Advancing Spill Response in Coastal Regions through the Use of the Functionalized Coating for Oiling Prevention
Poster Exploring the Performance and Mechanisms of Green Nanomaterials-based Fluids for Shoreline Oil Spill Response
Ekpenyong Anakari Ana
University of Calabar
AA Petana Services Nigeria
 Nigeria
Poster Abatement of Operational Discharges from Offshore Vessels and Structures in an Emerging Zero Spill Regime
Matthew Anderson
Professor - Physics
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Okanga Washingtone ANJICHI
Eng.
Oil Spill Mutual Aid Group Society
Kismayu Ring Road, Shimanzi, Mombasa
 Kenya
Paper Model Tier II Organization for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response for Developing Countries: Case of Oil Spill Mutual Aid Group (OSMAG) Society in Kenya.
Laurent APRIN
Professor
Laboratory for the Science of Risks (LSR), IMT Mines Ales
 France
Paper Tackle the evaporation rates of volatile HNS: A lab-scale experiment to serve marine pollution response
Samuel Arey
Oleolytics LLC
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Kemal S. Arsava
Senior Researcher
RISE Fire Research AS
 Norway
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Bernardo Assis
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos SA
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Johanna Aurell
Dr.
US EPA
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Pervez Azmi
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper Oil Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuels Compared to Traditional Heavy Fuel Oils and Evaluation of Oil Spill Fate and Behaviour
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Michael Baccigalopi
\Crisis & Continuity Management
BP
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Danny Badger
Marine Extension Specialist
MIT Sea Grant
 United States of America
Special Session Spill response best management practices for aquaculture sites
Ben Badon
Hess Corporation
 United States of America
Paper Driving Continuous Improvement in an Emergency Preparedness & Response Program
Troy Baker
Regional Resource Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Coastal Response Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Opportunities for testing and operationalizing new technologies for shoreline oil spill assessment and cleanup: technical options, recommendations, and a management proposal
Iwan Ball
Marine Planning Program Coordinator
Coastal First Nations
 Canada
Paper British Columbia First Nations Set a Higher Bar for Collaborative Marine Response Preparedness
Brenda Ballachey
U.S. Geological Survey (Emeritus) Alaska Science Center
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Alexander Balsley
Project Manager, USCG R&D Center
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
 United States of America
Paper Independent Evaluation of Adsorbents for Oil Spill Responders
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Philip Bambach
Geologist
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Lorraine Barbosa
Senior Manager of Wildlife Operations
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
 United States of America
Paper Wildlife Response in the Face of Pandemics and Panzootics
Christopher Barker
Dr
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Short Course Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper Development and Publication of "A Spill Responder's Guide to the Physical and Chemical Analysis of Petroleum"
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Short Course Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper NOAA’s Response Modeling – Challenges and Innovations
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Viviane Barquete
Dr.
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
Office of Spill Prevention and Response
 Brazil
Poster A New Era of Wildlife Hazing & Deterrence: What Do We Know and How Do We Improve?
Paper Bird interactions with offshore oil and gas platforms and a specialized remote assistance
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Daniela Barreras Biesot
Senior Technical Adviser
Sea Alarm Foundation
 Belgium
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Paper Learning by throwing the dice: How serious games can help to understand the complexities of an emergency response and what preparedness should mean
Daniela Barreras-Biesot
Senior Technical Advisor
Sea Alarm
 Belgium
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Paul Barrett
Superintendent - Vessels of Concern
Canadian Coast Guard
 Canada
Paper Canadian Coast Guard Response to the M/V Schiedyk
Paper Canadian Coast Guard Response to the M/V Zim Kingston
Roy Barrett
CEO
The Response Group and Jetty
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Mace Barron
US EPA (retired)
 United States of America
Poster Assessing Dissolved and Particulate Oil in Water Accommodated Fractions and their Impacts on Oil Toxicity
Poster Assessing the Toxicity of Mixtures of Surface Washing Agents and Oil to Marine and Freshwater Species.
Paper Physico-Chemical Properties and Dispersibility of Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (LSFO) and Conventional Crude Oils
Bassey Okon Bassey
Cranfield University
World Bank - Africa Center of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
 United Kingdom
Poster Abatement of Operational Discharges from Offshore Vessels and Structures in an Emerging Zero Spill Regime
Chris Battaglia
Co-founder and President
Focus Wildlife
 United States of America
Paper A Strategy For Minimizing Impacts To Alcids and Grebes During Oil Spill Events
Vanessa Beaulac
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper Oil Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuels Compared to Traditional Heavy Fuel Oils and Evaluation of Oil Spill Fate and Behaviour
Andrew Bechard
Montrose Environmental
 United States of America
Poster Human Use and Oil Spills: The Transition to Mobility Data
Adriana C. Bejarano
Sr. Ecotoxicologist
Shell Global Solutions Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Paper The American Petroleum Institute’s Role in Addressing Research Priorities through Collaboration
Brad Benggio
Scientific Support Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Nicholas Benson
Equinor
 United States of America
Poster Virtual emergency response training during a pandemic – What did we learn?
Gopal Bera
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Catherine Berg
Scientific Support Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Methods for Semi-Quantitative Oil Spill Risk Assessment for Coastal Alaska
Silje Berger
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
JD Bergeron
Chief Executive Officer
International Bird Rescue
 United States of America
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Special Session The Wreck of the Kobayashi Maru: A Wildlife Assessment Simulation
Deanna Bergondo
Professor
USCGA
 United States of America
Poster Endangered Species and Response Actions Dashboard
Paper Expanding Numerical Modeling across the United States to Test Geographic Response Strategies
Paper Multi-dimensional Quantitative Analysis for Geographic Response Strategy Validation
Huifang Bi
PhD student
Concordia University
 Canada
Paper Advancing Spill Response in Coastal Regions through the Use of the Functionalized Coating for Oiling Prevention
Margaux Biglietti
Cedre
 France
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Paper Study of the response preparedness in European and Mediterranean ports and identification of best practices and main gaps
Danene Birtell
Readiness Coordinator
UCD OWCN
 United States of America
Paper Into the Wild – From the Pacific Ocean to the Mojave Desert and from Rattlesnakes to Sea Otters – Wildlife Response in Diverse Settings
Special Session The Wreck of the Kobayashi Maru: A Wildlife Assessment Simulation
Matt Bissell
Head of Preparedness Division
WA Department of Ecology
Spills Program
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Ole Kristian Bjerkemo
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Development of Local Level Contingency Planning Guidance for Authorities’ Implementation of the OPRC Convention
lucy Bly
Aberdeen Manager
Oil Spill Response Ltd.
 United Kingdom
Paper Sharing is caring, but is it effective? Mutualization of response resources to grow capacity and strengthen resilience.
Mathias Bockwoldt
The Arctic University of Norway
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Paul Boehm
Principal Scientist
Exponent
 United States of America
Paper How Much Oil Entered the Ocean from the Line 901 (Refugio Beach) Pipeline Spill?: An Empirical Approach
Christine Boring
Senior Ecologist
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Oil Spill Effects Literature Synthesis of Spills Greater than 500 Barrels: Marine and Coastal Birds
Nandara Bortoli
Support Data Analyst
OCEANPACT
 Brazil
Poster Deep-water Oil Spill reaching coastal environments: Modeling the fate in Estuarine Areas – A Brazilian Case Study
Michel Boufadel
Distinguished Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
Paper Enhancing the mechanical recovery of oil from marine and freshwater environments
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Paper Simulation of Hydraulic Dispersion of Oil by Water Jets
Paper The Fragmentation of Oil-Particle Aggregates Over a Prolonged Period in the Turbulent Environment and the Modelling of the Breakup Mechanism
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Lizabeth Bowen
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Andreas Brachel
Vice President, head of Environmental Claims
Gard AS
 Norway
Paper Sustainability in Marine Pollution Response – a Marine Insurer’s View
John Bradley
Chief Executive Officer
Rapid Response Systems
 United States of America
Paper Advancements in Visualization Technologies for Inland Oil Spill Planning and Response
Patrick Brady
BNSF Railway
Closing Plenary Session Closing Plenary Session
Closing Plenary Session Panelist: Patrick M. Brady, CIH, CSP
Per Johan Brandvik
Senior Scientist/Professor
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Effectiveness of Subsea Mechanical Dispersion (SSMD) as a Function of Oil Properties
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Ole Jacob Broch
SINTEF
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Victoria Broje
Principal Emergency Management Specialist - Environment
IOSC
Closing Plenary Session Closing Plenary Session
Opening Plenary Session Closing Remarks
Closing Plenary Session Closing Remarks & Boomerang Transfer
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Opening Plenary Session Opening Plenary Session
Opening Plenary Session Opening Remarks
Paper Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment Case Study: Dispersants Use in Shallow Waters of the Caspian Sea
Closing Plenary Session Welcome & Introductions
Odd Willy Brude
Senior Principal Consultant
DNV
 Norway
Paper A Suite of Risk and Risk Mitigation Tools
Poster An Innovative Web-Based GIS Decision Support Tool: The Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA)
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Wendy Buffett
Oil Spill Preparedness Planner
Washington State Department of Ecology Spills Program
 United States of America
Poster Non-Floating Oil Risk Mapping in Washington State Geographic Response Plans
Anna Burkholder
Senior Environmental Scientist, Specialist
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
 United States of America
Paper Geographic Response Plans: Preparing for Inland Oil Spills in California Waterways
Steven Buschang
Research Program Manager
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Opportunities for testing and operationalizing new technologies for shoreline oil spill assessment and cleanup: technical options, recommendations, and a management proposal
Sam Butler
Nuka Research & Planning Group
Poster Plans, Equipment, and Training: 15 years of Achievement Massachusetts Geographic Response Strategy Development, Testing and First Responder Training Program
Paper Using Foresight Theory to Envision Climate-Ready Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
Adam Byrd
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Developing a self-repair distribution for use in modeling loss of propulsion events
Paper Estimation of marine incidents and oil spills: counts and probabilities for coastal waters of US and Canada
Heath Byrd
Lead Environmental Scientist - Economics
SWCA
 United States of America
Paper False Confidence and Time-Series Statistics in Oil Spill Injury Assessments
Paper Scaling Human Use Restoration Projects: Evidence from Deepwater Horizon Restoration Monitoring
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Brigida Gandini
Chemical Engineer, environmental engineer specialist
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Brazil
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Barbara CALLAHAN
International Bird Rescue
 United States of America
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
David Campion
Senior Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 Singapore
Paper International Assistance: Sharing the Load or Muddying the Waters?
Paper The big plastic see-saw
Caroline Canellas
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Wei Cao
China Academy of Transportation Sciences
 China
Poster Perspectives on Establishing and Maintaining China’s Bulk Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances Emergency Response Capabilities on Ships
Stephanie Caplan
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
John Caplis
Oil Spill Response Coordinator
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
 United States of America
Paper Development of Response Information for Offshore Oil Spills in Area Contingency Plans
Marco CARDEÑA
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Peru
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Nicky Cariglia
Marittima Ltd.
 United Kingdom
Paper Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management
Jolynn Carroll
Akvaplan-niva
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Sue Cassells
Dr
Massey University
 New Zealand
Paper The direct costs associated with the New Zealand MV Rena oil spill
Tonje Castberg
Senior Claims Adviser
Gard AS
 Norway
Paper Sustainability in Marine Pollution Response – a Marine Insurer’s View
Steve Catalano
Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
 United States of America
Poster Mapping logistical and other key support resources for a coastal response
Stephanie Cayul
NRL
 United States of America
Paper LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development
Greg Challenger
POLARIS Applied Sciences, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management
Poster How Clean is Clean When Considering Background Oiling?
Robert Chambers
Chambers Consulting, LLC
Paper Risk Assessment & Operational Visualization
Diana Chan
Natural Resource Manager
Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department
 Canada
Paper Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation RETOS Workshop: Advancing Indigenous Leadership in Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness
Patricia Charlebois
Senior Deputy Director
IMO
 United Kingdom
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Paper FSO SAFER oil spill risk - addressing the threat of a deteriorating super tanker
Hot Topic Session The Challenges of Rogue Spills
Alisha Chartier
Nuka Research & Planning Group
 United States of America
Poster Mapping logistical and other key support resources for a coastal response
Chris Chase
General Manager
InterOcean Systems
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Fanny CHEVER
Engineer. Analysis and Resources Department.
Cedre
 France
Paper Evaluation of spill response equipment
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Carl Childs
NOAA NOS Office of Response and Restoration, ERD
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
B. Louise Chilvers
Professor
Massey University
 New Zealand
Paper Offshore oiled wildlife response planning
Paper The direct costs associated with the New Zealand MV Rena oil spill
Jay Cho
Dr.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Poster Utilization of a UAS-Lidar system for oil spill response in arctic regions
Sam Christie
Wildlife Rehabilitator
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
 United States of America
Paper Wildlife Response in the Face of Pandemics and Panzootics
Jay Coady
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Advancing the Common Operational Picture
Shaylon Cochran
Director of Communications and Public Outreach
Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
 United States of America
Paper Social Media Applications and Limitations in Remote Oil Spill Response
Rodrigo Cochrane Esteves
SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Petrobras
 Brazil
Paper Oil Spill Response Planning for Ship-to-ship Operation Brazil - Use of Modelling Tools to Support Decisions
Gina M. Coelho
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Paper Subsea Response Options
Mark Cohen
Dr.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Victoria Colles
Contingency Planner
AK DEC
 United States of America
Poster Enhancing Area Committee Participation: Modernizing Area Committees for Better Internal and External Communications
Robyn Conmy
Research lead
EPA
 United States of America
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Robyn Conmy
Ecologist
US EPA
 United States of America
Paper A Proposed Approach to Measure Oil Removal Efficiency by Surface Washing Agents in the Laboratory
Poster Assessing Dissolved and Particulate Oil in Water Accommodated Fractions and their Impacts on Oil Toxicity
Poster Assessing the Toxicity of Mixtures of Surface Washing Agents and Oil to Marine and Freshwater Species.
Poster Impacts of a Surface Washing Agent and Chemical Herder on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil
Paper Oil Spill Science - Chemistry
Paper Physico-Chemical Properties and Dispersibility of Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (LSFO) and Conventional Crude Oils
Timothy Cooke
USACE-ERDC-CRREL
 United States of America
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
Grant Coolbaugh
Applied Research Associates
Ohmsett
 United States of America
Paper In-Situ Burning
Tom Coolbaugh
Applied Research Associates
 United States of America
Paper Even More In-Situ Burning
Paper Per and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Petrochemical Industry in Africa: The Need for Regulatory Framework
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Miguel Cordeiro
Esso Expl. Angola
 Angola
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Marcelo Côrtes
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos SA
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Linos Cotsapas
Vice President
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Laura COTTE
Doctor
Cedre
 France
Paper Tackle the evaporation rates of volatile HNS: A lab-scale experiment to serve marine pollution response
Frederic Coulon
Cranfield University
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Lauren Courtemanche
Student
University of New Hampshire
Coastal Response Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Opportunities for testing and operationalizing new technologies for shoreline oil spill assessment and cleanup: technical options, recommendations, and a management proposal
Tamazon Cowley
Cranfield University
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Robert Cox
Company Director
Environmental and Health Consulting
 United Kingdom
Paper Development of Local Level Contingency Planning Guidance for Authorities’ Implementation of the OPRC Convention
Martin Cramer
Cramer Preparedness and Response
 United States of America
Paper Obtaining Regulatory Authorization for Subsea Dispersant Injection in the Gulf of Mexico
Stacey Crecy
Commander
U.S. Coast Guard
Sector Los Angeles - Long Beach
 United States of America
Paper MT PRINCESS EMPRESS Oil Spill Response in the Philippines: International Coordination and Communication
Summer Crescent
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II
 United States of America
Poster Mycoremediation of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with Pleurotus ostreatus
Jennifer Crouch
Crisis & Emergency Management Advisor
Woodside
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Wuquan Cui
Postdoc
University of California Berkeley
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
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Rich D'Allassandro
Marine Spill Response Corp
 United States of America
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Nick D'Arcy-Evans
Lead Engineer
AMOG Consulting
 Australia
Paper Innovative Tool to Estimate Drift Extent from Aerial Spray of Dispersants
C. Agneta Dahl
Director; Exercises & Preparedness
Paratus LLC
 United States of America
Paper Optimizing the Response Evaluation Process
Mikael Dahl
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
 Sweden
Paper Conclusions from the 2022 VLSFO Oil Spill on the Swedish West Coast
Hans Petter Dahlslett
Senior Principal Consultant
DNV
 Norway
Poster An Innovative Web-Based GIS Decision Support Tool: The Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA)
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Per Daling
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
Cosan Daskiran
State University of New York at Binghamton
 United States of America
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
James Daugomah
NOAA NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
Richard Davi
Environmental Associate
ExxonMobil
 United States of America
Paper Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
David Davidson
Orion Consulting LLC
Retired from Chevron
 United States of America
Paper Prevention, Preparedness and Response - International
Adam Davis
Scientific Support Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Short Course Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an introduction
Paper SMART Protocol update for Insitu burns
Short Course Short Course: Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an Introduction
Paper Using ESRI Off-the-Shelf Customizable Applications to Manage Post-Hurricane Pollution Responses: Vessel, All-hazards, Debris Response (VADR) Tool
Benjamin de Jourdan
Research Scientist
Huntsman Marine Science Centre
 Canada
Paper Generating data for oil spill models: Applications of passive dosing of polycyclic aromatic compounds with marine microalgae
Paper The Impact of Crude Oil Exposure on Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Larvae Survival: A Study on the Latent Effects Following Exposure
Maira de Oliveira
Social responsibility Analyst
Equinor Brasilçp
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Elise DeCola
General Manager
Nuka Research & Planning Group
 United States of America
Paper British Columbia First Nations Set a Higher Bar for Collaborative Marine Response Preparedness
Paper Using Foresight Theory to Envision Climate-Ready Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
Sandra Deeb
RPS Ocean Science
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Paper Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Response Activities, Impact Evaluations and Oil Toxicity Research Needs
Rodrigo DEL RIO DO VALLE
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
Universidade Paulista
 Brazil
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Luis Alberto DELGADO ALBURQUEQUE
DVM
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
Proyecto Golondrina de la Tempestad de Collar (PGTC), Universidad Ricardo Palma
 Peru
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Charles Delisle
Hoola One Technologies
 Canada
Poster Emerging issue of plastic pellet spills throughout the supply chain: Development of innovative technologies for prevention, remediation and response by Hoola One Technologies
Marie DeLorenzo
NOAA NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
David Dickins
DF Dickins Associates
 United States of America
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Steve Diggon
Marine Planning Program Manager
Coastal First Nations
 Canada
Paper British Columbia First Nations Set a Higher Bar for Collaborative Marine Response Preparedness
Craig Dillon-Gibbons
Snr Vice President Operations
AMOG Consulting
 United States of America
Paper Innovative Tool to Estimate Drift Extent from Aerial Spray of Dispersants
Lisa DiPinto
Senior Scientist, NOAA's OR&R
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Paper Opportunities for testing and operationalizing new technologies for shoreline oil spill assessment and cleanup: technical options, recommendations, and a management proposal
Paper The Evaluation of Remote Sensing Methods to Determine Oil Slick Thickness
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Paige Doelling
Scientific Support Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Hilde Dolva
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
Keith Donohue
Captain
U.S. Coast Guard
Multiple (see authors)
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Joseph L. Dowling
PhD candidate
University of California Berkeley
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Michael Drieu
GOM Crisis Emergency Management
Occidental US Offshore
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
William B. Driskell
Independent
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
David A. Du Pont
U.S. Coast Guard
Office of Standards Evaluation and Development (CG-REG)
 United States of America
Paper Ship to Ship Transfers
Helen Dubach
CTEH
Paper Prevention, Preparedness and Response - General Issues
Joshua Dubach
Director, Preparedness & Response
New Jersey Resources (NJR)
 United States of America
Paper Driving Continuous Improvement in an Emergency Preparedness & Response Program
Paper Proposed Developments in Technology
Alexandre Dumont
Université de Sherbrooke
 Canada
Poster Emerging issue of plastic pellet spills throughout the supply chain: Development of innovative technologies for prevention, remediation and response by Hoola One Technologies
Boniface Dumpe
Bodo Mediation Initiative
Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
 Nigeria
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
Diane Dunham
Emergency Response Program Manager
Hilcorp Alaska
 United States of America
Poster Incident Management utilizing MSTeams
John Duponte
Field Service Superintendent
Moran Environmental Recovery
 United States of America
Poster Plans, Equipment, and Training: 15 years of Achievement Massachusetts Geographic Response Strategy Development, Testing and First Responder Training Program
Sam Durrance
Mr
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper The big plastic see-saw
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Nancy Kinner
UNH Director, Coastal Response Research Center
University of New Hampshire
 United States of America
Paper Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Paper Opportunities for testing and operationalizing new technologies for shoreline oil spill assessment and cleanup: technical options, recommendations, and a management proposal
Paper The Evaluation of Remote Sensing Methods to Determine Oil Slick Thickness
Paper Transport of Sunken Very Low Sulfur and No. 6 Heavy Fuel Oils on Sand Substrates
Alexandra L. Egan
Massey University
 United States of America
Paper The direct costs associated with the New Zealand MV Rena oil spill
Abraham Ekperusi
Dr
Nigeria Maritime University
 Nigeria
Paper Per and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Petrochemical Industry in Africa: The Need for Regulatory Framework
Becky Elias
EAS
 United States of America
Poster The Effects of Chemical Dispersant on Common Murre (Uria aalge) Behavior and Waterproofing
Jorge Elias
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos SA
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
James Elliott
Chief Operating Officer
Teichman Group
 United States of America
Paper Alternative Fuel Response Operations: The Evolution of Marine Casualty Response
Paper Environmental Protection Barrier: Design, Construction and Operations
Madison Ellis
McGill University
 Canada
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Nicolas Escobar-Castaneda
Johns Hopkins University
Universidad Javeriana
 United States of America
Paper The Effects of Photo-Oxidation, Wave Energy, and Crude Oil Properties on the Microstructure and Viscosity of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
Shawn Essert
Principal, Emergency Management Systems
Shell Emergency Management
 United States of America
Paper Optimizing the Response Evaluation Process
Dagmar Etkin
Dr.
Environmental Research Consulting
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Paper Trends and Observations on 50 Years of Oil Spill Statistics
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Liv-Guri Faksness
Senior research scientist
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
Meiry Farag
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper Oil Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuels Compared to Traditional Heavy Fuel Oils and Evaluation of Oil Spill Fate and Behaviour
Robert Faragher
Dr
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper Oil Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuels Compared to Traditional Heavy Fuel Oils and Evaluation of Oil Spill Fate and Behaviour
Tanvir Al Farid
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper Simulation of Hydraulic Dispersion of Oil by Water Jets
Ty Farrell
Plains
 United States of America
Short Course Oil Spill Response in River Environments: An All-Season Approach
Short Course Short Course: Oil Spill Response in River Environments: An All-Season Approach
Melissa Faulkner
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Raven Ferguson
College of Charleston
 United States of America
Paper Examining Variation in Response to No. 2 Fuel Oil Exposure Between Tall- and Short-Form Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora): Implications for Marsh Restoration After an Oil Spill
Stuart Field
Dr
AMOSC
 Australia
Paper Industry Collaboration Supporting an Effective Wildlife Response During an Oil Spill Incident
Gry Eide Fiksdal
NOFO
 Norway
Paper Agreement for mutual cooperation and assistance on emergency preparedness and response in Norway
Federico Filipponi
ISPRA
 Italy
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Merv Fingas
Dr.
Spill Science
 Canada
Paper Smoke reduction for in-situ burning
Poster The Evaporation of Crude Oils and Petroleum Products
Michele Fitzpatrick
Chenega Enterprise Systems & Solutions,
USCG Research and Development Center Contractor for US Coast Guard RDC
 United States of America
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
Sierra Fletcher
Nuka Research & Planning Group
 United States of America
Poster Mapping logistical and other key support resources for a coastal response
Paul Foley
Response & Technical Manager
Oil Spill Response Ltd.
 United Kingdom
Paper Sharing is caring, but is it effective? Mutualization of response resources to grow capacity and strengthen resilience.
Nicole Franks
New Jersey Resources, Inc.
Paper Research Outcomes - Restoration
Harold Fravel
Senior Scientist
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Matthew Frediani
Scientist III - GIS Analyst
RPS Ocean Science
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Paper HCA Assessments for Offshore Pipelines and Other Infrastructure
Paper Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Response Activities, Impact Evaluations and Oil Toxicity Research Needs
Deborah French McCay
Senior Principal Scientist, PhD
RPS Group
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Paper Oil Weathering Model Updates to Account for Physical Property Changes with Evaporation, Emulsification and Photo-oxidation
Deborah French-McCay
Director of Research and Model Development
RPS | North America
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Short Course Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Paper Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Response Activities, Impact Evaluations and Oil Toxicity Research Needs
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Janne Fritt-Rasmussen
Aarhus University
 Denmark
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Ingvild Alstad Frogner
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Bjørn Ronny Frost
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Glenn Frysinger
Professor
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Carlos Fuentes-Cabrejo
Johns Hopkins University
Universidad Javeriana
 United States of America
Paper The Effects of Photo-Oxidation, Wave Energy, and Crude Oil Properties on the Microstructure and Viscosity of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome
Assistant research scientist
University of Michigan
 United States of America
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
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Gulsayat Gabdulova
North Caspian Operating Company N.V.
 Kazakstan
Paper Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment Case Study: Dispersants Use in Shallow Waters of the Caspian Sea
Steven Gabelein
Client Services Manager
Alaska Chadux̂ Network
 United States of America
Paper The Development and 5-year Outcomes of the Western Alaska Tanker Lightering Best Practices Committee
Will Gala
Chevron
 United States of America
Paper Wildlife - Response Coordination
Chander Ganesan
SDB/ARD/OR&R/NOS/NOAA
Independent
 United States of America
Paper Advancing the Common Operational Picture
Reinaldo Garcia
Hydronia LLC
 United States of America
Poster Overland oil spill batch modeling of multiple leaks from pipelines considering heat transfer for high viscosity and high pour point oils
Jessica Garron
Deputy University Director, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
International Arctic Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Using Existing Environmental Laws to Build Resilient Arctic Communities
Poster Validating Arctic Geographic Response Strategies with Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
VADM Peter Gautier
U.S. Coast Guard
Closing Plenary Session Closing Plenary Session
Closing Plenary Session Panelist: Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier
Jessy George
Cadet
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Dimitris Giginis
Senior Claims Adviser
Gard AS
 Greece
Paper Sustainability in Marine Pollution Response – a Marine Insurer’s View
William GIRAUD
research engineer
Cedre
 France
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Paper Study of the response preparedness in European and Mediterranean ports and identification of best practices and main gaps
Melissa Gloekler
Environmental Engineer
RPS
 United States of America
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Paper Oil Weathering Model Updates to Account for Physical Property Changes with Evaporation, Emulsification and Photo-oxidation
Paper Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Response Activities, Impact Evaluations and Oil Toxicity Research Needs
Paper Transport of Sunken Very Low Sulfur and No. 6 Heavy Fuel Oils on Sand Substrates
Michael J. Gollner
Associate Professor
University of California Berkeley
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Esteban Góngora
PhD Candidate
McGill University
 Canada
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Frank Gonynor
Senior Claims Adviser/Lawyer
Gard (North America)
Gard AS
 United States of America
Paper Sustainability in Marine Pollution Response – a Marine Insurer’s View
Mary Goolie
ARRT Coordinator
US EPA
 United States of America
Poster Enhancing Area Committee Participation: Modernizing Area Committees for Better Internal and External Communications
Gareth Goosen
SpillTech
 South Africa
Paper The big plastic see-saw
Shaleni Gopie
Petroleum Operations Director
Lafarge
 Canada
Paper Early Warning Oil Spill Detection System - A new method of oil spill surveillance and monitoring in a Small Island Developing State
Andrew Graham
POLARIS Applied Sciences, Inc.
 United States of America
Poster How Clean is Clean When Considering Background Oiling?
Maria Granberg
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
 Sweden
Paper Conclusions from the 2022 VLSFO Oil Spill on the Swedish West Coast
Josh Gravenmier
ERM
 United States of America
Poster The Importance of Pre-Planning in Incident Response: Techniques, Tools, and Technology
Gjermund Gravir
DNV
 Norway
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Maurício Green
3R PETROLEUM OFFSHORE S.A
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Charles Greer
McGill University
 Canada
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Stephane Grenon
Triox Environmental Emergencies
 Canada
Paper Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management
Haley Griffin
Nuka Research & Planning Group
 United States of America
Poster Mapping logistical and other key support resources for a coastal response
Will Griffiths
Technical Officer - OPRC & HNS
IMO
 United Kingdom
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Paper FSO SAFER oil spill risk - addressing the threat of a deteriorating super tanker
Paper Low Sulfur Fuel Oils
Paper The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness
Bjarte Groedem
Advisor Situation & Remote Sensing
NOFO
Tie Point
 Norway
Poster artificial intelligence (AI) for oil spill preparedness
Adam Grogan
Coordinator
GOWRS
UC Davis
 United States of America
Poster Advantages to Industry of Comprehensive Tier 3 Oiled Wildlife Preparedness and Assessment: The Global Oiled Wildlife Response Service
Special Session The Wreck of the Kobayashi Maru: A Wildlife Assessment Simulation
Robert Grosser
Environmental Microbiologist
Pegasus Technical Services, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper A Proposed Approach to Measure Oil Removal Efficiency by Surface Washing Agents in the Laboratory
Poster Impacts of a Surface Washing Agent and Chemical Herder on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil
Arnaud Guéna
Cedre
 France
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Paper Study of the response preparedness in European and Mediterranean ports and identification of best practices and main gaps
Håvard Frøysa
Postdoc
Institute of Marine Research
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Brian Gullett
Dr.
US EPA
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Agampodi Jagath Mendis Gunasekara
General Manager
MEPA
Dinishiya Athokrala
 Sri Lanka
Paper Promoting Collaborative Multistakeholder Synergy for Proactive Prevention of Major Marine Pollution Events: A case study of MT New Diamond Incident
Paper The World Largest Nurdles Spill Incident "mv X-press Pearl" Response: Case Study, Lesson Learned for the Future.
Erich Gundlach
Dr
Bodo Mediation Initiative
E-Tech International
 United States of America
Poster Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Mangrove Restoration Planting following Remediation in the Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
Paper Multi-Constituent Management of the Largest Spill Clean-Up in the Niger Delta over a 7-Year Period
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
Subhamoy Gupta
Johns Hopkins University
 United States of America
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
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Pedro Habibe
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Mohammadhadi Hajilou
Asistant professor
Shiley School of Engineering, University of Portland
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Gregory Hall
Captain
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Kurt Hansen
Mr.
Spill Response Research, LLC
 United States of America
Paper Smoke reduction for in-situ burning
Gro Refseth
Akvaplan-niva
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Gary Harmon
Senior Consultant
Cardno
 United States of America
Paper Integrating Traditional Field Efforts and Remote Sensing to Monitor Marsh Recovery
Paper Scaling Restoration for Impacts to Sediment Resources Following an Oil Spill
Paper The Cost Effectiveness of Emergency Marsh Restoration
Jodi Harney
Continental Shelf Associates
Paper Alternate Fuels
Benjamin Hart
Michigan Tech Research Institute
 United States of America
Poster Oil Spill Detection and Measurement Sensor Testbed Using UV Fluorescence
Rayna Harter
Research Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Maria Hartley
Technical Lead
Chevron
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Short Course Oil Spill Response in River Environments: An All-Season Approach
Paper Rethinking surveillance in response
Short Course Short Course: Oil Spill Response in River Environments: An All-Season Approach
Poster The Importance of Pre-Planning in Incident Response: Techniques, Tools, and Technology
Paper Transfer of Knowledge - Diversity
Danielle Harvey
Univ. of California, Davis
 United States of America
Poster The Effects of Chemical Dispersant on Common Murre (Uria aalge) Behavior and Waterproofing
Eric Haugstad
Marathon Petroleum Company
Tesoro Corporation
 United States of America
Paper Recent Advancements In Prince William Sound Open Water Response Capabilities
Laura Hayes
Spill Response Lead
WA State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Implementation of an Equipment Cache Grant Program to Build Preparedness and Response Capacity in Washington State
William Hazel
Vice President of Marine Services
Marine Pollution Control
 United States of America
Poster Environmental Remediation Methodologies, Techniques and Best Practices for Land-Based Wind Tower Generation Installations
Paper Leveraging Advanced Information Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Applications to Enhance Situational Awareness: New and Future Models for Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Kaja Cecilie Hellstøm
SINTEF Ocean
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Doug Helton
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper Case Studies - Dispersants
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Michael Hernandez
Senior Response Specialist
Oil Spill Response Limited
Ipieca
 United States of America
Paper Assessment of the Wider Caribbean Region’s Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Capacity
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Olivia Hernandez
Intern
ORISE
 United States of America
Poster Saturate, Aromatic, Resin and Asphaltene (SARA) Analysis of Floating Oil Exposed to UV Light
Alex Hess
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Developing a self-repair distribution for use in modeling loss of propulsion events
Paper Estimation of marine incidents and oil spills: counts and probabilities for coastal waters of US and Canada
Polly Hill
Ipieca
Paper Oil Spill Science - Modelling
Margarita Hillon
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Hsin-Hsiu Ho
Research Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Karina Heitnes Hofstad
Equinor
 Norway
Paper Effectiveness of Subsea Mechanical Dispersion (SSMD) as a Function of Oil Properties
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Jan Willie Holbu
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
Davin Holen
Associate Professor/Coastal Community Resilience Specialist
University of Alaska Fairbanks
 United States of America
Paper Building Collaborative Social Science Research Models to Understand the Social, Cultural, and Economic Impacts of Spills
Rob Holland
Dr
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Efforts to further engage the academic and research community into the world of operational spill response by an oil spill response organisation (OSRO)
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Malin Holm-Roos
Swedish Coast Guard
 Sweden
Paper Conclusions from the 2022 VLSFO Oil Spill on the Swedish West Coast
Matt Horn
Business Unit Lead
RPS | North America
 United States of America
Short Course Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper HCA Assessments for Offshore Pipelines and Other Infrastructure
Paper Operational Digital Platforms Supporting Operations and Response
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Jennifer Horsman
GIS Analyst
Research Planning, Inc
 United States of America
Paper Using ESRI Off-the-Shelf Customizable Applications to Manage Post-Hurricane Pollution Responses: Vessel, All-hazards, Debris Response (VADR) Tool
Poster Using a Mobile Data Collection Application to Update Geographic Response Strategies in Alaska
Aurelien Hospital
Senior Oceanographer
Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Brian House
SCAA
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Kira Howard
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Mark Howard
EPA
Opening Plenary Session Film and Photo Contest Awards Presentation
Opening Plenary Session Opening Plenary Session
Daniel Howell
Institute of Marine Research
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Mitchell Huffman
PhD candidate
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Alex Hunt
Technical Team Manager
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper International Assistance: Sharing the Load or Muddying the Waters?
Paper Microplastics
Hayden Hunt
MST2 Hayden Hunt
USCG Sector Key West
 United States of America
Paper Florida Municipal Power Agency/Keys Energy Discharge 2021-2023
Julie Hutcheson
Marine Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program Coordinator
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
 United States of America
Poster Plans, Equipment, and Training: 15 years of Achievement Massachusetts Geographic Response Strategy Development, Testing and First Responder Training Program
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Ogonnaya Iroakasi
Dr
SPDC
 Nigeria
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
Paper Multi-Constituent Management of the Largest Spill Clean-Up in the Niger Delta over a 7-Year Period
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
Torben Iversen
Royal Danish Navy Command
 Denmark
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
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Sarah Jahnke
Opening Plenary Session Opening Plenary Session
Opening Plenary Session Opening Speaker: Mental Health and Resilience
Vivian Jakobsen
Senior Advisor
The Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper A Suite of Risk and Risk Mitigation Tools
Eric Jal
Principal Engineer
AMOG Consulting
 Australia
Paper Innovative Tool to Estimate Drift Extent from Aerial Spray of Dispersants
Marta Januszewska
Senior Consultant
Oil Spill Response Limited
 United Kingdom
Paper Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy – Learnings for Oil Spill Industry Development
Nicolas Jarry
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Amy Jewell
Dr.
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper A Case For Incorporating Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) Into Spill Response
Paper Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management
Short Course Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Ronan Jézéquel
Cedre
 France
Paper Fate and Behaviour of Diesels (B0, B10, B30) and Biodiesels (FAME, HVO) in Case of an Accidental Spill
Wen Ji
Postdoctoral Researcher
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Paper The Fragmentation of Oil-Particle Aggregates Over a Prolonged Period in the Turbulent Environment and the Modelling of the Breakup Mechanism
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Richard Johnson
ITOPF
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Paper Spill Impacts - Science & Monitoring
Stephane Johnson
Triox Environmental Emergencies
 Canada
Paper A Snapshot of Spill Preparedness in the Canadian Arctic – Challenges and Opportunities
Sudheer Joseph
INCOIS
 India
Poster Simulation of Oil Drift Patterns from Hypothetical Release to Real Release Conditions Utilizing the Field Information and SAR Datasets
Poster Trajectory Ensembling of Oil Drift Patterns to Manage Uncertainty in Spill Release
Damien Josset
National Research Laboratory
 United States of America
Paper LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development
Poster Utilization of a UAS-Lidar system for oil spill response in arctic regions
Fanny JOUANNIN
Engineer. Analysis and Resources Department.
Cedre
 France
Paper Evaluation of spill response equipment
Inok Jun
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Kåre-Ludwig Jørgensen
Special Advisor
Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO)
 Norway
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Poster Environmental Protection - Mechanical recovery
Paper Spill Surveillance Principles
Special Session Spill response best management practices for aquaculture sites
Asle Jøssang
Equinor Energy ASA
 Norway
Paper Agreement for mutual cooperation and assistance on emergency preparedness and response in Norway
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Seong-Gil Kang
Director
NOWPAP MERRAC
KRISO
 South Korea
Poster MERRAC's Activities to Facilitate Regional Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the NOWPAP Region
Murali KANTHARAJ
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 India
Poster Investigations on Breaking Dynamics of Oil Mineral Aggregates in Free Vortex Flow
John Inge Karoliussen
NOFO
Paper Arctic Response
Joseph Katz
William F. Ward Distinguished Professor
Johns Hopkins University
 United States of America
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
Paper The Effects of Photo-Oxidation, Wave Energy, and Crude Oil Properties on the Microstructure and Viscosity of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
Meridena Kauffman
USCG
Paper Spill Funding
Paul Kelway
Wildlife Preparedness & Response Manager
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
James Kessler
Researcher
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
 United States of America
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Arash Keyashian
Research Assistant
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Andrew Kilner
President
AMOG Consulting
 United States of America
Paper Innovative Tool to Estimate Drift Extent from Aerial Spray of Dispersants
Dong Hyun Kim
CEO
KOMOS Marine Surveyors and Engineering Consultants
 South Korea
Paper Looking Back on the M/T Hebei Spirit Oil Spill 12 years Later
Thomas King
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Mark F. Kirby
Director of Science Infrastructure
Cefas
 United Kingdom
Paper The UK Premiam Initiative – Updated guidelines and the application of science in post-spill environmental monitoring
Katie Kirk
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
 United States of America
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Anthony Knap
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Kelly Knee
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Paper Operational Digital Platforms Supporting Operations and Response
Faith Knighton
CDR
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Brittani Koroknay
Emergency Management and Force Readiness Chief
US Coast Guard Sector Northern New England
 United States of America
Poster Sponsoring Incident Mangement Team Workshops to Maintain Incident Command System Proficiency
Mahesh Kottalgi
Research Associate
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Konstantinos Kotzakoulakis
Research Scientist
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Modelling oil thickness in the OSCAR oil spill model: improvements for natural entrainment by breaking waves
Paper Modelling the fate of brine releases during Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) operations and the extend of the effects in the marine environment
Sean Kuschel
Washington State Department of Ecology Spills Program
 United States of America
Poster Analyzing Washington State’s Oil Transfer Pre-Booming Trends
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Camille Lacroix
Head of the aquatic litter studies and monitoring department
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Sonia Laforest
Shoreline Scientist
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper The Evolution of Canadian Shoreline Characterization: Using Pre-scat Surveys in Collaboration with First Nations
Patrick Lambert
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
 Canada
Paper Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Next Generation Oil Spill Sampling Program
Wesley Lambert
Research Assistant
University of New Hampshire
Coastal Response Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Paper The Evaluation of Remote Sensing Methods to Determine Oil Slick Thickness
Dan Lambley
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Efforts to further engage the academic and research community into the world of operational spill response by an oil spill response organisation (OSRO)
Per Martin Langaas
Vice President, CEP
Gard AS
 Norway
Paper Sustainability in Marine Pollution Response – a Marine Insurer’s View
Jean-David Lantagne
Hoola One Technologies
 Canada
Poster Emerging issue of plastic pellet spills throughout the supply chain: Development of innovative technologies for prevention, remediation and response by Hoola One Technologies
Sonja Larson
Spill Response Technician
WA Department of Ecology
Spills Program
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Tomas Lastra-Milone
YPF
Paper Case Studies - Incidents
Pamela Latham
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Update to the NOAA Job Aid on Oil Spills in Marshes: Planning and Response Considerations
Mikaël Laurent
Engineer. Analysis and Resources Department.
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Paper Evaluation of spill response equipment
Stéphane LE FLOCH
Cedre
 France
Paper Fate and Behaviour of Diesels (B0, B10, B30) and Biodiesels (FAME, HVO) in Case of an Accidental Spill
Paper Tackle the evaporation rates of volatile HNS: A lab-scale experiment to serve marine pollution response
Andrew Le Masurier
Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper Alternative fuels: a shift in the response paradigm?
Short Course Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
JD Ross Leahy
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Developing a self-repair distribution for use in modeling loss of propulsion events
Paper Estimation of marine incidents and oil spills: counts and probabilities for coastal waters of US and Canada
Carlos Leandro da Silva Junior
Innovation Business Manager
OceanPact
 Brazil
Poster Assimilation method to generate more assertive ocean models to support oil E&P activities in Brazil
Poster Use of CRONOS platform to support environmental response
Kiara Lech
US EPA
 United States of America
Poster Assessing Dissolved and Particulate Oil in Water Accommodated Fractions and their Impacts on Oil Toxicity
Poster Assessing the Toxicity of Mixtures of Surface Washing Agents and Oil to Marine and Freshwater Species.
Poster Impacts of a Surface Washing Agent and Chemical Herder on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil
Paper Physico-Chemical Properties and Dispersibility of Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (LSFO) and Conventional Crude Oils
Maxime Leclaire
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Aidan Leddy-Phillips
LT
U. S. Coast Guard
 United States of America
Poster Virtual Future of the Incident Management Team lessons learned from the 2021 California Pipeline case about remote capabilities.
Kenneth Lee
National Senior Scientific Advisor
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Paper The Fragmentation of Oil-Particle Aggregates Over a Prolonged Period in the Turbulent Environment and the Modelling of the Breakup Mechanism
Kenneth LEE
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Paper Shoreline Response: Lessons from the BIOS and ITOSS Field Experiments and Long-Term Spill Studies
Seong-Yeob Lee
Senior Consultant
NOWPAP MERRAC
KRISO
 South Korea
Poster MERRAC's Activities to Facilitate Regional Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the NOWPAP Region
Siyeon Lee
Consultant
NOWPAP MERRAC
KRISO
 South Korea
Poster MERRAC's Activities to Facilitate Regional Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the NOWPAP Region
Sebastien LEGRAND
Doctor
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
 Belgium
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Paper Tackle the evaporation rates of volatile HNS: A lab-scale experiment to serve marine pollution response
Frode Leirvik
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Effectiveness of Subsea Mechanical Dispersion (SSMD) as a Function of Oil Properties
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Peter Lenu
Deputy SCAT Lead
Bodo Mediation Initiative
 Nigeria
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
Ludovic LEPERS
Engineer
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
 Belgium
Paper Tackle the evaporation rates of volatile HNS: A lab-scale experiment to serve marine pollution response
ED Levine
Oceanographer
SS&C, LLC
NASEM
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Marcus Lisboa
ARPEL
 Brazil
Hot Topic Session The Challenges of Rogue Spills
Eric Litman
NewFields Environmental Forensics Practice LLC
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Gemma Littlewood
Quilter (former Oil Spill Response imiLimited)
 United Kingdom
Paper Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy – Learnings for Oil Spill Industry Development
Emma Litzler
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Lei Liu
Dalhousie University
 Canada
Poster Exploring the Performance and Mechanisms of Green Nanomaterials-based Fluids for Shoreline Oil Spill Response
Ruixue Liu
Post Doc
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Paper Enhancing the mechanical recovery of oil from marine and freshwater environments
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
Paper The Fragmentation of Oil-Particle Aggregates Over a Prolonged Period in the Turbulent Environment and the Modelling of the Breakup Mechanism
YANG LIU
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 China
Poster Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants
Richard Long
Associate Professor of Biological Science
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II
 United States of America
Poster Mycoremediation of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with Pleurotus ostreatus
Austin Love
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Youyu Lu
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Synnøve Lunde
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Tim Lupher
Contingency Planner
US Coast Guard
Sector Puget Sound
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Emma Lynch-Galvin
Cadet
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
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Amy MacFadyen
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Short Course Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper NOAA’s Response Modeling – Challenges and Innovations
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Luana Machado
Project Manager
OCEANPACT
 Brazil
Poster Deep-water Oil Spill reaching coastal environments: Modeling the fate in Estuarine Areas – A Brazilian Case Study
Leonardo Maciel
Innovation Manager
OceanPact
 Brazil
Poster Conversion of a Conventional Workboat into an Unmanned Craft for Offshore Oil Spill Containment and Recovery Operations
Poster Next steps for Common Operating Pictures based on recent experiences in Brazil
Rhianna Macon
USCG
 United States of America
Paper Spill Surveillance Assets
Maduka Maduka
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper Simulation of Hydraulic Dispersion of Oil by Water Jets
Kristin Magnusson
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
 Sweden
Paper Conclusions from the 2022 VLSFO Oil Spill on the Swedish West Coast
Lawrence Malizzi
CTEH
Paper Spill Surveillance Techniques
Ethayaraja Mani
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 India
Poster Investigations on Breaking Dynamics of Oil Mineral Aggregates in Free Vortex Flow
Linda Manka
Shell
Paper International Collaboration for Oil Spill Preparedness
Michela Mannozzi
ISPRA
 Italy
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Leonard Marcus
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
Opening Plenary Session Keynote: Crisis Leadership at the Cutting Edge
Opening Plenary Session Opening Plenary Session
Henrique MARGEM
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos SA
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Jimmy A Martinez
Deputy Director, Oil Spill Prevention & Response
Texas General Land Office
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Pedro MARTINS
Director
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Jennifer Mason
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Paul Mazzocco
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Mbaru
Kenya Maritime Authority
Moi Avenue, Mombasa
 Kenya
Paper Model Tier II Organization for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response for Developing Countries: Case of Oil Spill Mutual Aid Group (OSMAG) Society in Kenya.
Lisa McAuliffe
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Closing Plenary Session Closing Plenary Session
Closing Plenary Session Panelist: Lisa McAuliffe
David McCullough
Ensign
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Christine McFarland
Intrinsik Corp.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kelly Marie McFarlin
Environmental Scientist
ExxonMobil
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Poster Aquatic Fate and Effects of Herders
Paper New Technology Developments - Equipment
Terry McGenity
Professor
University of Essex
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Greg McGowan
Biologist, Chief Response Technology & Support Branch
CDFW OSPR
 United States of America
Paper Into the Wild – From the Pacific Ocean to the Mojave Desert and from Rattlesnakes to Sea Otters – Wildlife Response in Diverse Settings
Gabrielle McGrath
Portfolio Manager - Spill Response Specialist
RPS
U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
 United States of America
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Development of Response Information for Offshore Oil Spills in Area Contingency Plans
Paper Expanding Numerical Modeling across the United States to Test Geographic Response Strategies
Thomas J. McKeever
Equinor Canada
 Canada
Paper Effectiveness of Subsea Mechanical Dispersion (SSMD) as a Function of Oil Properties
Shawn McKerry
Dean
La Emergency Training Centre
 Canada
Paper Smoke reduction for in-situ burning
Boyd McKew
Senior Lecturer
University of Essex
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Kristi McKinney
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Independent Evaluation of Adsorbents for Oil Spill Responders
Tim McNulty
Director of Greater Michigan Services
Marine Pollution Control
 United States of America
Poster Environmental Remediation Methodologies, Techniques and Best Practices for Land-Based Wind Tower Generation Installations
Lisa McStay
RPS Ocean Science
Tetra Tech
 United States of America
Paper Comparative Risk Assessments of Dispersant and Other Oil Spill Response Options Quantifies Oil Exposure Tradeoffs Weighed by Relative Abundance and Recovery Potential of Affected Biota
Driellie Melo
Miss
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Brazil
Paper Bird interactions with offshore oil and gas platforms and a specialized remote assistance
Scott Metzger
East Bay Environmental
Paper Case Studies - Non Traditional Sources
Jacqueline Michel
President
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Environmental Protection Barrier: Design, Construction and Operations
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Impacts of Median-Sized and Large Oil Spills on Shallow Coral Reefs
Paper Methods for Semi-Quantitative Oil Spill Risk Assessment for Coastal Alaska
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Paper Oil Spill Effects Literature Synthesis of Spills Greater than 500 Barrels: Marine and Coastal Birds
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Paper Update to the NOAA Job Aid on Oil Spills in Marshes: Planning and Response Considerations
David Miller
American Petroleum Institute
 United States of America
Poster How the API standardization program supports safe practices and incident response for the offshore natural gas and oil industry
Bryna Mills
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Poster NOAA SAB and SAR-Based Oil Thickness Reporting
Kyra Mills
Wildlife Biologist - Wildlife Operations
Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Univ. of California, Davis
 United States of America
Poster A New Era of Wildlife Hazing & Deterrence: What Do We Know and How Do We Improve?
Poster The Effects of Chemical Dispersant on Common Murre (Uria aalge) Behavior and Waterproofing
Dario Miranda
Ing.
Senior Consultant
DM Contingency Planning Specialists
 Colombia
Short Course Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Short Course Short Course: Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Paper The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness
James Brian Mitchell
Dr.
Merl Consulting SAS
 France
Paper Smoke reduction for in-situ burning
Carys Mitchelmore
Professor and Interim Director
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Chesapeake Biological Lab
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Moien Mojabi
Hydrotechnical Engineer
Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nick Monacelli
General Counsel
Pilot Grove Management, LLC
US Coast Guard Reserves
 United States of America
Paper When the Spiller Doesn’t Know Who to Pay: The Application of MARPOL in Multi-National Shared Internal Waters
Natalia Moretti
Miss
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Brazil
Paper Bird interactions with offshore oil and gas platforms and a specialized remote assistance
Rintaro Moriyasu
Dr.
Genwest Systems
 United States of America
Paper Development and Publication of "A Spill Responder's Guide to the Physical and Chemical Analysis of Petroleum"
Angeline Morrow
SWCA
 United States of America
Paper Scaling Restoration for Impacts to Sediment Resources Following an Oil Spill
Miguel Moyano
Ing.
ARPEL
 Uruguay
Paper Case Studies - International Coordination
Short Course Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Short Course Short Course: Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Paper The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness
Catherine N. Mulligan
Professor
Concordia University
 Canada
Paper Advancing Spill Response in Coastal Regions through the Use of the Functionalized Coating for Oiling Prevention
Rhonda Murgatroyd
Wildlife Response Services
Paper Wildlife - Impacts
Diego muriel
Research Scientist
Johns Hopkins University
 United States of America
Poster Experiments of oil jets in churn flow without and with dispersant: Measurements of hydrodynamics and the oil droplet size distribution
Paper The Effects of Photo-Oxidation, Wave Energy, and Crude Oil Properties on the Microstructure and Viscosity of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
Yovana MURILLO
DVM
Proyecto Golondrina de la Tempestad de Collar (PGTC)
 Peru
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
James Murphy
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Developing a self-repair distribution for use in modeling loss of propulsion events
Paper Estimation of marine incidents and oil spills: counts and probabilities for coastal waters of US and Canada
Katlyn Muse
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc.
Paper Wildlife - Case Studies
Andy Myers
Subsea Director
Oil Spill Response Ltd. (OSRL)
 United Kingdom
Paper Sharing is caring, but is it effective? Mutualization of response resources to grow capacity and strengthen resilience.
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Sharanya Nair
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
TM Balakrishnan Nair
INCOIS
 India
Poster Simulation of Oil Drift Patterns from Hypothetical Release to Real Release Conditions Utilizing the Field Information and SAR Datasets
Poster Trajectory Ensembling of Oil Drift Patterns to Manage Uncertainty in Spill Release
Tim Nedwed
Oil Spill Response Principal Advisor
ExxonMobil - Retired
 United States of America
Special Session Collaboration on Training and Exercises to Develop the Sixth Generation of Spill Responders and Incident Managers
Paper Enhancing the mechanical recovery of oil from marine and freshwater environments
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Paper Proof of concept study for in-situ burn application using conventional containment booms – Design of Burning Tongue
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Raymond Nepstad
Scientist
SINTEF
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Paper Modelling oil thickness in the OSCAR oil spill model: improvements for natural entrainment by breaking waves
Paper Modelling the fate of brine releases during Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) operations and the extend of the effects in the marine environment
Scott Neuhauser
BP
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Tim Newdwed
Oil Spill Response Principal Advisor
ExxonMobil
 United States of America
Paper Advanced Well Control using Rapid Cross-linking Polymers
Fong Ngan
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
William Nichols
EJ/Tribal Coordinator
US EPA
OEM
 United States of America
Poster Integrating Environmental Justice into Emergency Response Preparedness and Management
MARGARITA NIEVES
LLM - PhD candidate
PhD researcher
 Netherlands
Paper The Evolution of Oil and Gas Regulators in times of Climate Change: Institutional Responses to the Energy Transition
Hugo Nijkamp
General Manager
Sea Alarm Foundation
 Belgium
Paper Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Paper Learning by throwing the dice: How serious games can help to understand the complexities of an emergency response and what preparedness should mean
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Zachary Nixon
Senior Analyst
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Tania Noble
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kalimov Nurlybek
NCOC
 Kazakstan
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Vincent NWABUEZE
Dr
SPDC
 Nigeria
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
Paper Multi-Constituent Management of the Largest Spill Clean-Up in the Niger Delta over a 7-Year Period
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
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Mira Okshevsky
National Research Council of Canada
McGill University
 Canada
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Oda Omholt
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Elaine Oran
Professor
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
John Orbell
Professor
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
 Australia
Poster Two Practical Clean-Up Applications of Oil Sequestering Magnetic Particles
Suely Ortega
Social Performance Senior Advisor
Shell Brasil
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Alice Ortmann
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Testing the effectiveness of EEM-PARAFAC analysis to monitor surface spills of diluted bitumen and diesel fuels
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Oscar Oscar Garcia
Director, WaterMapping LLC
Water Mapping, LLC
 United States of America
Paper Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Poster Utilization of a UAS-Lidar system for oil spill response in arctic regions
Kelly Oskvig
Senior Program Officer
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Chris Owen
USEPA
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Ed Owens
Ph. D
Owens Coastal Consultants
 United States of America
Poster An Innovative Web-Based GIS Decision Support Tool: The Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA)
Poster How Clean is Clean When Considering Background Oiling?
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Short Course SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Paper Shoreline Response: Lessons from the BIOS and ITOSS Field Experiments and Long-Term Spill Studies
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Short Course Short Course: SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Tristan Owens
OCC
 United States of America
Poster An Innovative Web-Based GIS Decision Support Tool: The Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA)
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
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Christopher Pace
LCDR
US Coast Guard
 United States of America
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Vince Palace
IISD - University of Manitoba
 Canada
Poster An Innovative Web-Based GIS Decision Support Tool: The Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA)
Tony Palagyi
CTEH
 United States of America
Paper Oil Spill Science - Toxicology and Ecology
Paper Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track Marine Mammals at Offshore Windfarm Sites
Katherine Palmquist
Exponent
Paper Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track Marine Mammals at Offshore Windfarm Sites
Jonas Pålsson
Senior Analyst
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
 Sweden
Paper Conclusions from the 2022 VLSFO Oil Spill on the Swedish West Coast
Barbara Parker
Shell
Paper Best Practices and Protocols
Heather Parker
NOSC
US Navy Region NW
 United States of America
Paper Endangered Species Act Section 7 and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106: Navy On-Scene Coordinator Emergency Consultations During Response to Sunken Vessel
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Thomas Parkerton
EnviSci Consulting
 United States of America
Poster Aquatic Fate and Effects of Herders
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Frank Paskewich
Clean Gulf Associates
Closing Plenary Session Closing Plenary Session
Closing Plenary Session Panelist: Frank Paskewich
Miguel Patel
HomeIn ActionStaff Profiles Miguel Patel Senior Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Short Course Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an introduction
Short Course Short Course: Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an Introduction
Paper Spill Impacts - Social & Environmental
Bhushan Pawar
PhD candidate
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
James R. Payne
President
Payne Environmental Consultants
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Kim Pearce
Transport Canada
 Canada
Paper Aerial Quantification of Oil – Comparing Oil Categories with BAOAC Using National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) Data
Scott Pegau
Program Manager, OSRI
Oil Spill Recovery Institute
 United States of America
Paper Effect of Water and Air Temperature and Light Levels on Thermal Sensing of Oil Slick Thickness
Paper LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Juan Peña
CEO
Orbital EOS
 Spain
Paper Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Efficient and Accurate Oil Spill Detection in Satellite Imagery
Paul Pennington
NOAA NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Hollings Marine Laboratory
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
Paper Examining Variation in Response to No. 2 Fuel Oil Exposure Between Tall- and Short-Form Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora): Implications for Marsh Restoration After an Oil Spill
Pedro Perez
Director
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Michael Persun
LCDR
United States Coast Guard
Sector New York
 United States of America
Paper Multi-dimensional Quantitative Analysis for Geographic Response Strategy Validation
Elizabeth Petras
Executive Director
USCG
Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE)
 United States of America
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Paper Wildlife - Preparedness and Response
Thor-Arne Pettersen
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Danielle Philibert
Associate Research Scientist
Huntsman Marine Science Centre
 Canada
Paper Generating data for oil spill models: Applications of passive dosing of polycyclic aromatic compounds with marine microalgae
Paper The Impact of Crude Oil Exposure on Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Larvae Survival: A Study on the Latent Effects Following Exposure
Rodolfo Pinho da Silva Filho
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Brazil
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Ivan Pinto
American Petroleum Institute
 United States of America
Poster How the API standardization program supports safe practices and incident response for the offshore natural gas and oil industry
Angela Pinzón-Espinosa
Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Short Course Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Paper International Assistance: Sharing the Load or Muddying the Waters?
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Paper Understanding Culture in the Context of Emergencies: a Step towards a More Effective International Spill Response
Emily Pisarski
Chemist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
Paper Examining Variation in Response to No. 2 Fuel Oil Exposure Between Tall- and Short-Form Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora): Implications for Marsh Restoration After an Oil Spill
Poster Mycoremediation of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with Pleurotus ostreatus
Poster Saturate, Aromatic, Resin and Asphaltene (SARA) Analysis of Floating Oil Exposed to UV Light
Pascal Pitor
SDIS29
 France
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Mark Ploen
President
QualiTech
 United States of America
Paper Environmental Protection Barrier: Design, Construction and Operations
Paper Recent Advancements In Prince William Sound Open Water Response Capabilities
Tyler Polon
Cadet
US Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Paper Multi-dimensional Quantitative Analysis for Geographic Response Strategy Validation
Stanley (Ho Yin) Poon
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Testing the effectiveness of EEM-PARAFAC analysis to monitor surface spills of diluted bitumen and diesel fuels
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Michael Popovich
Senior Project Manager
Nuka Research & Planning Group
 United States of America
Poster Plans, Equipment, and Training: 15 years of Achievement Massachusetts Geographic Response Strategy Development, Testing and First Responder Training Program
ADM Steven Poulin
United States Coast Guard
Opening Plenary Session Opening Plenary Session
Opening Plenary Session Remarks from ADM Poulin, United States Coast Guard
Faith Poutoa
Laboratory Assistant
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Ganjar Pradana
Gunadarma University
PT. Meredian Khatulistiwa
 Indonesia
Poster Design of Oil Spill Incident Early Warning System Based on Internet of Things
Roger Prince
Dr
Stonybrook Apiary
 United States of America
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Seasoned Experts
Paper Shoreline Response: Lessons from the BIOS and ITOSS Field Experiments and Long-Term Spill Studies
Roger C. Prince
Stonybrook Apiary
 United States of America
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
David Pullman
Professor - Chemistry
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
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Zhaonian Qu
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper Simulation of Hydraulic Dispersion of Oil by Water Jets
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Nancy Rabalais
Professor and Shell Endowed Chair in Oceanography/Wetland Sciences
Louisiana State University
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Norman Ramos
Principal Trainer & Consultant
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Case Study on the Use of Live Videoblogging on Delivering Virtual SCAT Training
Short Course SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Short Course Short Course: SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
David Rancourt
Université de Sherbrooke
 Canada
Poster Emerging issue of plastic pellet spills throughout the supply chain: Development of innovative technologies for prevention, remediation and response by Hoola One Technologies
Achim Randelhoff
Scientist
Akvaplan-niva
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Ali S. Rangwala
Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Adriano Ranieri
Director
EnvironPact
 Brazil
Paper Vessels of Opportunity Pioneer Project in Brazil – A 5-year Critical Review and Lessons Learnd
Justine RECEVEUR
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Paper Fate and Behaviour of Diesels (B0, B10, B30) and Biodiesels (FAME, HVO) in Case of an Accidental Spill
Sascha Regmann
Managing Director
ProBird
EUROWA
 Germany
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Daniel REID
Manager, Regional Environmental Preparedness and Response Program
Transport Canada
Government of Canada
 Canada
Paper Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation RETOS Workshop: Advancing Indigenous Leadership in Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness
Brian Reilly
CSA Ocean Sciences
 United States of America
Paper Spill Impacts - Marshes
Francesco Rende
ISPRA
 Italy
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
D. Abigail Renegar
Research Scientist
Nova Southeastern University
 United States of America
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Kenny Rhame
Response Group Inc.
Paper Advances in Preparation - Training & Education
Aaron Rice
Cornell University
Paper Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track Marine Mammals at Offshore Windfarm Sites
Matthew Richards
Chief, Emergency Mgmt. and Force Readiness
United States Coast Guard
Sector Anchorage
 United States of America
Poster Enhancing Area Committee Participation: Modernizing Area Committees for Better Internal and External Communications
Poster Meet the Poster Authors
Paper Methods for Semi-Quantitative Oil Spill Risk Assessment for Coastal Alaska
Paper Using Existing Environmental Laws to Build Resilient Arctic Communities
Poster Using a Mobile Data Collection Application to Update Geographic Response Strategies in Alaska
Poster Validating Arctic Geographic Response Strategies with Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Dylan Righi
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Short Course Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Øyvind Rinaldo
Senior Advisor
The Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper A Suite of Risk and Risk Mitigation Tools
Juan Carlos Rivera Garcia
MareLiberum Consult
 Honduras
Paper The Construction of a Paradigm in Latin America: The Honduras Model of Oil Pollution and HNS Control
Brian Robinson
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Canada
Poster Weathering of a Heavy Fuel Oil Released from a Historical Wreck in British Columbia, Canada
Hilary Robinson
RPS Ocean Science
Gradient
 United States of America
Paper Potential Field Exposures and Aquatic Toxicity to Inform Response Activities, Impact Evaluations and Oil Toxicity Research Needs
Mark Robinson
Principal / Market Director
TRC Companies
 United States of America
Paper Advancements in Visualization Technologies for Inland Oil Spill Planning and Response
Victoria Robinson
US EPA
OEJECR
 United States of America
Poster Integrating Environmental Justice into Emergency Response Preparedness and Management
Kristin Robrock
Managing Scientist
Exponent
 United States of America
Paper How Much Oil Entered the Ocean from the Line 901 (Refugio Beach) Pipeline Spill?: An Empirical Approach
Mark Rockel
Montrose Environmental
 United States of America
Poster Human Use and Oil Spills: The Transition to Mobility Data
Michael Rockel
Montrose Environmental
 United States of America
Poster Human Use and Oil Spills: The Transition to Mobility Data
Bryan Rogers
PVB Chief, Oil Spill Preparedness Division
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Development of Response Information for Offshore Oil Spills in Area Contingency Plans
John Rolfe
Central Queensland University
 Australia
Paper The direct costs associated with the New Zealand MV Rena oil spill
Wayne Rose
Fire Chief
Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre
 Canada
Paper Smoke reduction for in-situ burning
Johna Rossetti
U.S. Coast Guard
Incident Management Assist Team
 United States of America
Paper MT PRINCESS EMPRESS Oil Spill Response in the Philippines: International Coordination and Communication
Franchesca Rouse
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Franchesca Rouse
Oil Spill Response Limited
 United Kingdom
Paper Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
Christopher Roussi
Michigan Tech Research Institute
 United States of America
Poster Oil Spill Detection and Measurement Sensor Testbed Using UV Fluorescence
Anders Rudberg
DNV
 Norway
Paper Shoreline-Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (S-COSRVA) - The Svalbard Pilot Study
Marc Rudder
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries
 Trinidad and Tobago
Paper Early Warning Oil Spill Detection System - A new method of oil spill surveillance and monitoring in a Small Island Developing State
Hot Topic Session The Challenges of Rogue Spills
Valeria Ruoppolo
DVM, MSc., PhD.
Aiuká Consultoria em Soluções Ambientais
 Brazil
Paper Bird interactions with offshore oil and gas platforms and a specialized remote assistance
Paper Challenges and Lessons Learned During a Wildlife Response After an Oil Spill of National Significance in Peru
Paper Offshore oiled wildlife response planning
Nicolle Rutherford
Biologist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI): State of the Program
Paper Update to the NOAA Job Aid on Oil Spills in Marshes: Planning and Response Considerations
Kayla Ryan
Research Assistant
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Vanessa Ryan
Marine Conservation Officer
WWF Finland
EUROWA
 Finland
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Jon Arve Røyset
Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
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Naa Sackeyfio
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Poster How Increased Digital Adaptability Can Enhance Spill Response Efficiency
Carlos Sagrera
MsSc. - Lieutenant Commander (R)
ISCO Latin American Representative
 Panama
Paper Tier II – Tier III Dilemma State and Oil Industry in Latin America: The Peruvian Case
Inemo Samiama
BMI Co-Chair
Bodo Mediation Initiative
 Nigeria
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
Valerio SAMMARINI
ISPRA
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Ashley Sandquist
Spill Responder
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Paper Viability of Crowdsourcing for Oil Spill Planning, Response, and Restoration
Nathaniel G. Sauer
Research Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Jelena Savic
Swedish Coast Guard
 Sweden
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Victoria Scholl
USGS
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Paul Schuler
Director, Regional External Affairs
Oil Spill Response Limited
 United States of America
Paper Assessment of the Wider Caribbean Region’s Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Capacity
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
Hot Topic Session The Challenges of Rogue Spills
Jason Scott
U.S. Coast Guard
Special Session The Wreck of the Kobayashi Maru: A Wildlife Assessment Simulation
Ian Sealy
Ipieca
 United States of America
Paper The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness
PRASAD SELIAMEDU JAYARAMACHANDRAN
Scientist
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
 India
Paper International collaborative efforts towards preparedness by simulating the drift of marine pollutants during shipwrecks – case studies.
Poster Simulation of Oil Drift Patterns from Hypothetical Release to Real Release Conditions Utilizing the Field Information and SAR Datasets
Poster Trajectory Ensembling of Oil Drift Patterns to Manage Uncertainty in Spill Release
Stephen Sempier
Outreach and Deputy Director
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
 United States of America
Special Session Spill response best management practices for aquaculture sites
Gary sergy
S3 Environmental
 Canada
Paper Shoreline Response: Lessons from the BIOS and ITOSS Field Experiments and Long-Term Spill Studies
João Serra
OceanPact Serviços Marítimos SA
 Brazil
Poster Assessment, Preparedness, Training, and Implementation of a Shoreline Response Plan Involving Traditional/Subsistence Fishing Communities in Northeast Coast of Brazil – A Case Study
Poster Next steps for Common Operating Pictures based on recent experiences in Brazil
Saskia Sessions-Puplett
Senior Technical Adviser
Sea Alarm Foundation
 Belgium
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Paper Learning by throwing the dice: How serious games can help to understand the complexities of an emergency response and what preparedness should mean
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Edel Shanahan
Technical Adviser
Sea Alarm Foundation
 Belgium
Paper EUROWA: a European mutual assistance system for oiled wildlife emergencies
Paper Learning by throwing the dice: How serious games can help to understand the complexities of an emergency response and what preparedness should mean
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Rhea Shears
OSRL
 United Kingdom
Paper Efforts to further engage the academic and research community into the world of operational spill response by an oil spill response organisation (OSRO)
Short Course SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Short Course Short Course: SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Katherine Shepherd
University of Guelph
 Canada
Paper Oil Properties of Very Low Sulphur Fuels Compared to Traditional Heavy Fuel Oils and Evaluation of Oil Spill Fate and Behaviour
Jeffrey Short
Doctor
JWS Consulting
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Michael Short
Asia Pacific Environmental Response
 Australia
Paper Integrating wildlife across Incident Command
Matt Simmons
Oil Spill Response Limited
 United States of America
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Suzanna Siregar
Gunadarma University
 Indonesia
Poster Design of Oil Spill Incident Early Warning System Based on Internet of Things
Jørgen Skancke
Senior Researcher
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Experiments to Study Weathering of Surface Oil Slicks Resulting from Sub Sea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) Operation
Paper Modelling oil thickness in the OSCAR oil spill model: improvements for natural entrainment by breaking waves
Paper Modelling the fate of brine releases during Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) operations and the extend of the effects in the marine environment
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Geir Morten Skeie
Senior Principal Advisor
Akvaplan-niva
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Ann G. Slaughter
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry
Jake Smallbone
Postgraduate Researcher
University of Essex
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Daniel Smith
Intrinsik Corp.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thomas H. Smith
Principal; All Hazard Emergency Management Specialist
Shell Emergency Management
 United Kingdom
Paper Optimizing the Response Evaluation Process
Valiant Smith
Laboratory Assistant
San Diego State University
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Scott Socolofsky
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper A response guidance tool for determining the impact of SSDI on released oil and gas from artificial subsea oil well blowout simulations
Paper Simulation of Hydraulic Dispersion of Oil by Water Jets
Yang Song
Research hydrodynamic scientist
University of Michigan
 United States of America
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Stephen Sova
SSR
 United States of America
Paper LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development
Annick St-Amand
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nicky Stander
Head of Conservation
SANCCOB
GOWRS
 South Africa
Paper Cumulative Impacts of Maritime Expansion on Endangered Seabirds in Algoa Bay, South Africa focusing on Ship-To-Ship Fuel Bunkering
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Gordon Staples
MDA
 Canada
Poster Techniques for Detection of Relative Oil Thickness using Spaceborne SAR
Riley Stark
Cadet
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Robert Starkes
East Canada Response Corp
 Canada
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Special Session Knowledge Transfer from Inland Responders
Monica Stassen
Preparedness and Response Manager
SANCCOB
GOWRS
 South Africa
Paper Cumulative Impacts of Maritime Expansion on Endangered Seabirds in Algoa Bay, South Africa focusing on Ship-To-Ship Fuel Bunkering
Paper Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today: perspectives on African oiled wildlife preparedness and response
Timothy J. Steffek
Sr. Policy Advisor
API
 United States of America
Paper Obtaining Regulatory Authorization for Subsea Dispersant Injection in the Gulf of Mexico
Paper The American Petroleum Institute’s Role in Addressing Research Priorities through Collaboration
Paper Transfer of Knowledge
Andreas Steinvik
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Predicting ignitability of oil slicks for in-situ burning operations as a function of weathering and oil properties
Poster Simulating oil spill response operations with the OSCAR response model
Haliehana Stepetin
Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
Paper Indigenous Community Integration
Malcolm Stephenson
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
 Canada
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Karen Stone
Chief, Response Research Branch
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
 United States of America
Paper Advances in plume dispersion modeling using emissions data from an Unmanned Aircraft System
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Special Session Updates on the work of ICCOPR, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
Nicholas Story
SCAT Technical Lead
Bodo Mediation Initiative
Story Environmental Mapping, LLC
 United States of America
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
Paper Update of Large-scale Mangrove Cleanup and Revegetation of 1000 ha in the Eastern Niger Delta
Jordan Stout
NOAA NOS Office of Response and Restoration, ERD
Short Course Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an introduction
Short Course Short Course: Aerial Surveillance of Oil Spills - an Introduction
Jamie Stovin-Bradford
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper Cost of oil spills. A review of international cost data and the factors affecting the costs of oil spills from ships.
Poster How Increased Digital Adaptability Can Enhance Spill Response Efficiency
Vasile-Alexandru Suchar
Expert Model & Analysis Scientist
Washington State Department of Ecology
 United States of America
Poster Developing a self-repair distribution for use in modeling loss of propulsion events
Paper Estimation of marine incidents and oil spills: counts and probabilities for coastal waters of US and Canada
Brian Sullivan
Ipieca
Paper Prevention, Preparedness and Response - Regulatory
Devi Sundaravadivelu
Environmental Engineer
Pegasus Associates
 United States of America
Paper A Proposed Approach to Measure Oil Removal Efficiency by Surface Washing Agents in the Laboratory
Poster Assessing Dissolved and Particulate Oil in Water Accommodated Fractions and their Impacts on Oil Toxicity
Poster Assessing the Toxicity of Mixtures of Surface Washing Agents and Oil to Marine and Freshwater Species.
Poster Impacts of a Surface Washing Agent and Chemical Herder on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil
Paper Physico-Chemical Properties and Dispersibility of Low Sulphur Fuel Oils (LSFO) and Conventional Crude Oils
Mariann Sunde
ConocoPhillips
 Norway
Poster Virtual emergency response training during a pandemic – What did we learn?
Evan Sutton
United States Coast Guard
District 17
 United States of America
Poster Validating Arctic Geographic Response Strategies with Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Joseph Swackhammer
US EPA
Paper Hazardous and Noxious Substances
Caio Swan de Freitas
Software Team Lead - Control
Maritime Robotics
 Brazil
Poster Conversion of a Conventional Workboat into an Unmanned Craft for Offshore Oil Spill Containment and Recovery Operations
Tori Sweet
Graduate Student
Coastal Response Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Transport of Sunken Very Low Sulfur and No. 6 Heavy Fuel Oils on Sand Substrates
Lauren Szathmary
Ecologist
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Impacts of Median-Sized and Large Oil Spills on Shallow Coral Reefs
Anne-Laure Szymanski
Principal Engineer Sustainability
Equinor
 Norway
Paper Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
Kristin Sørheim
SINTEF Ocean
 Norway
Paper Chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of low sulphur fuel oils and their fate and behaviour in cold water and Arctic conditions
Paper Weathering and toxicity of biofuels (FAMEs and HVOs) and their dispersant effectiveness – A laboratory study
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Ingrid Christina Taban
NOFO
Paper Oil Spill Science - Physical-Chemical Processes
Kevin Tallec
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Elliott Taylor
PhD, Sr. Scientist
Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Detailed Spill and Multimedia Modeling in Support of a Human Health Risk Assessment in English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Paper Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation RETOS Workshop: Advancing Indigenous Leadership in Oil Spill Planning and Preparedness
Poster How Clean is Clean When Considering Background Oiling?
Short Course Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Short Course SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Short Course Short Course: Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS): Assessing Response Planning and Preparedness
Short Course Short Course: SCAT - Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique
Paper The RETOS Experience: International Guidelines and Tools for Assessing Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness
Peter Taylor
Company Director
Petronia Consulting Limited
 United Kingdom
Paper Development of Local Level Contingency Planning Guidance for Authorities’ Implementation of the OPRC Convention
Akshaya THAKKU RAJAN
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
RWTH Aachen University
 India
Poster Investigations on Breaking Dynamics of Oil Mineral Aggregates in Free Vortex Flow
Tyana Thayer
OHS Spill Response Manager
US Navy
NBK Bangor
 United States of America
Paper Endangered Species Act Section 7 and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106: Navy On-Scene Coordinator Emergency Consultations During Response to Sunken Vessel
Tony Theis
Staff Biologist
SWCA
 United States of America
Paper False Confidence and Time-Series Statistics in Oil Spill Injury Assessments
Ayumi Therrien
Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Paper Understanding Culture in the Context of Emergencies: a Step towards a More Effective International Spill Response
Bryan Thom
GIS Analyst
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Using ESRI Off-the-Shelf Customizable Applications to Manage Post-Hurricane Pollution Responses: Vessel, All-hazards, Debris Response (VADR) Tool
Poster Using a Mobile Data Collection Application to Update Geographic Response Strategies in Alaska
Gareth Thomas
Natural History Museum
 United Kingdom
Paper The effect of crude oil concentration on hydrocarbon degradation and associated bacterial communities under experimental conditions
Sara Thompson
Prevention Section Unit Supervisor
Washington State Department of Ecology Spills Program
 United States of America
Poster Analyzing Washington State’s Oil Transfer Pre-Booming Trends
Tim Thornton
Tactical Electronics
 United States of America
Paper Remotely Operated Vehicle for Oil Spill Response
Jesse Thrift
Lieutenant
US Coast Guard
University of Maryland Department of Environmental Science and Technology
 United States of America
Paper When the Spiller Doesn’t Know Who to Pay: The Application of MARPOL in Multi-National Shared Internal Waters
Dalina Thrift-Viveros
NOAA; Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division
 United States of America
Short Course Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Paper Development and Publication of "A Spill Responder's Guide to the Physical and Chemical Analysis of Petroleum"
Short Course Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Hands On: NOAA Tools for Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Hemant Thurumella
Project Engineer
AMOG Consulting
 United States of America
Paper Innovative Tool to Estimate Drift Extent from Aerial Spray of Dispersants
Dan Titze
Researcher
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
 United States of America
Poster Oil in ice modeling and risk analysis in the Great Lakes
Theodore Tomasi
Managing Principal
Integral Consulting
 United States of America
Paper Considering Environmental Justice in Restoration Decision-Making
Christopher Tracy
Heritage Environmental Services
Paper New Technology Developments - Data & Research
Karine TREGUER
Cedre
 France
Paper Development of knowledge on plastic pellets pollution response
Paper Evaluation of multi-copter UAS performances in maritime pollution events through an integrated approach during fields trials with real HNS
Paper Fate and Behaviour of Diesels (B0, B10, B30) and Biodiesels (FAME, HVO) in Case of an Accidental Spill
Kathryn P. Trubac
Research General Engineer
US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Leah Trutschel
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Poster Impacts of a Surface Washing Agent and Chemical Herder on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Crude Oil
Andrew Tucker
Oil Spill Manager
BP
 United Kingdom
Paper Rethinking surveillance in response
Michael Tucker
Retired
US Navy
 United States of America
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Fernando Tulio Camilo Barreto
Numerical Modeling Specialist
OceanPact
 Brazil
Poster Assimilation method to generate more assertive ocean models to support oil E&P activities in Brazil
Poster Use of CRONOS platform to support environmental response
Dana Tulis
Director of Emergency Management, USCG
United States Coast Gaurd
 United States of America
Paper Oil Slick Thickness Measurement using Thermal Sensors in Arctic Environments
Nicholas Turner
Nova Southeastern University
 United States of America
Paper Sensitivity of six species of Atlantic scleractinian corals to petroleum hydrocarbons
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Izuchukwu Callistus Uche
Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project
Bodo Mediation Initiative
 Nigeria
Poster Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Mangrove Restoration Planting following Remediation in the Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria
Nazgul Utegen
North Caspian Operating Company N.V.
 Kazakstan
Paper Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment Case Study: Dispersants Use in Shallow Waters of the Caspian Sea
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Anaïs Valiquette L'Heureux
Professor of Public Administration
California State University
 United States of America
Paper Prevention effectiveness of Critical Infrastructure Networks: the analysis of California’s Oil Spill Prevention and Response Network
Steven Van Bibber
Chief Electronics Engineer
InterOcean Systems
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Juan Velasco
Physical Scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Poster NOAA SAB and SAR-Based Oil Thickness Reporting
Claude Velter
Wildlife rescue Centre Ostend
GOWRS
 Belgium
Paper Designing and implementing a meaningful Tier 3 wildlife response element in a large-scale industry oil spill exercise in Africa
Raghu Venkatapathy
Project Manager
Pegasus Technical Services, Inc
 United States of America
Paper A Proposed Approach to Measure Oil Removal Efficiency by Surface Washing Agents in the Laboratory
Danielle Verna
Environmental Monitoring Project Manager
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
 United States of America
Paper Building Collaborative Social Science Research Models to Understand the Social, Cultural, and Economic Impacts of Spills
David Vihonski
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Coast Guard
 United States of America
Paper Challenging Risk-Averse Culture with Acceptable Failure
Frode Vikebø
Institute of Marine Research
 Norway
Paper A Modular Framework to Assess Oil Spill Impacts on Commercial Fish Stocks
Paper Advanced Simulations of Impacts from Large Oil Spills on Six Commercially Important Fish Stocks in the North Atlantic
Kyle Vincent
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper F/V Aleutian Isle: The biggest littlest spill ever?
Paper Meaningful Engagement: Designing Hands-on Technical Training to Encourage Collaboration and Mutual Understanding with Tribal Communities, Regulators, Resource Trustees, Industry and Federal Partners
Kabari Visigah
Environmental Scientist
SPDC
 Nigeria
Poster Modified SCAT Procedures Developed for Oil Contaminated Mangrove Habitats in the Niger Delta
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Tim Wadsworth
Technical Support Manager
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Special Session Back to Basics: Revisiting the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
Paper Cost of oil spills. A review of international cost data and the factors affecting the costs of oil spills from ships.
Jeffrey Wakefield
Director of Economics
SWCA
 United States of America
Paper False Confidence and Time-Series Statistics in Oil Spill Injury Assessments
Paper Integrating Traditional Field Efforts and Remote Sensing to Monitor Marsh Recovery
Paper Scaling Human Use Restoration Projects: Evidence from Deepwater Horizon Restoration Monitoring
Paper Scaling Restoration for Impacts to Sediment Resources Following an Oil Spill
Paper The Cost Effectiveness of Emergency Marsh Restoration
Justin Wang
Ensign
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Qingsheng Wang
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
 United States of America
Paper Multi-Scale Experimental Characterization of In-Situ Burning Using Fire Whirls and the Effect of Oil Slick Thickness on Burning Efficiencies and Emissions
Qingyu WANG
Dr.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 China
Poster Development of an efficient and environmentally friendly oil spill dispersant and optimization of application conditions based on wave groove
YONG wang
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 China
Poster Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants
Sue Ware
Technical Adviser
ITOPF
 United Kingdom
Poster Challenges of Scientifically Robust Post Spill Monitoring to Inform Each Stage of the Environmental Assessment Process
Short Course Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Short Course Short Course: Basic Oil Spill Forecasting and Modeling
Short Course Short Course: Fundamentals of Oil Spill Response
Shannon Waters
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
 United States of America
Paper Tissue Hydrocarbon Burdens and Genetic Responses of Mussels Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Following an Alaskan Oil Spill
Paula Watkins
American Petroleum Institute
 United States of America
Poster How the API standardization program supports safe practices and incident response for the offshore natural gas and oil industry
Jennifer Weaver
Senior Scientist
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Jessica Webber
Senior Project Manager
SWCA
 United States of America
Paper Integrating Traditional Field Efforts and Remote Sensing to Monitor Marsh Recovery
Paper The Cost Effectiveness of Emergency Marsh Restoration
Kate Wheelock
NOAA
Disaster Preparedness Program
Paper Disaster Response
Mark White
GIS Manager
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Development of Offshore Ecological Resources at Risk Response Information for Area Contingency Plans
Paper Using ESRI Off-the-Shelf Customizable Applications to Manage Post-Hurricane Pollution Responses: Vessel, All-hazards, Debris Response (VADR) Tool
Poster Using a Mobile Data Collection Application to Update Geographic Response Strategies in Alaska
Sophia White
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
 United States of America
Poster Assessment of Dielectric Fluid Chemical and Physical Properties that Impact Spill Modelling
Neil Whitehouse
Founder and Lead Engineer
CSC Prototyping
 United States of America
Paper In-situ Burning with a Floating Flame Refluxer System
Emily Whitmer
The Marine Mammal Center
 United States of America
Poster The Effects of Chemical Dispersant on Common Murre (Uria aalge) Behavior and Waterproofing
William Whitmore
Scientific Support and Regional Preparedness Coordinator
NOAA
 United States of America
Special Session Spill response best management practices for aquaculture sites
Lyle Whyte
McGill University
 Canada
Poster Hydrocarbon degradation capability of the microbial community inhabiting Canadian high Arctic beach sediments
Shannon Wilde
Principal
Triox Environmental Emergencies
 Canada
Paper A Snapshot of Spill Preparedness in the Canadian Arctic – Challenges and Opportunities
Paper Findings from a Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk: Practical Approaches to Marine Casualty Management
Christian Winther
Principal Engineer
InterOcean Systems
 United States of America
Paper A Long-Range Fluorescense-Based Optical Detector for Oil Spills
Ed Wirth
Chemical Contaminants Research Program Lead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
Poster Mycoremediation of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil with Pleurotus ostreatus
Poster Saturate, Aromatic, Resin and Asphaltene (SARA) Analysis of Floating Oil Exposed to UV Light
Haemin Won
Consultant
NOWPAP MERRAC
KRISO
 South Korea
Poster MERRAC's Activities to Facilitate Regional Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the NOWPAP Region
KEXIN WU
College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology
Poster Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants
Liang WU
Dr.
China Offshore Environmental Service
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 China
Poster Development of an efficient and environmentally friendly oil spill dispersant and optimization of application conditions based on wave groove
Poster Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants
Michael Wurl
USCG Research and Development Center
 United States of America
Paper Behavior of Diluted Bitumen in a Freshwater Environment: Chemical Analysis
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Andrea XAVIER
Technical Manager
OCEANPACT
 Brazil
Poster Deep-water Oil Spill reaching coastal environments: Modeling the fate in Estuarine Areas – A Brazilian Case Study
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Jayanth Yalamanchilli
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 United States of America
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Dongzhao YANG
Dr.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 China
Poster Development of an efficient and environmentally friendly oil spill dispersant and optimization of application conditions based on wave groove
Zhibin Ye
Concordia University
 Canada
Poster Exploring the Performance and Mechanisms of Green Nanomaterials-based Fluids for Shoreline Oil Spill Response
Ruth Yender
Scientific Support Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Office of Response and Restoration
 United States of America
Paper MT PRINCESS EMPRESS Oil Spill Response in the Philippines: International Coordination and Communication
RENGYU YUe
Dalhousie University
 Canada
Poster Exploring the Performance and Mechanisms of Green Nanomaterials-based Fluids for Shoreline Oil Spill Response
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Mevric Zammit
Authority for Transport in Malta
 Malta
Paper Response to LSFO spills - results from the IMAROS-project
Scott Zengel
Vice President
Research Planning, Inc.
 United States of America
Paper Comparison of Replanting Tactics after a Simulated Marine Diesel Fuel Spill in Estuarine Mesocosms
Paper Evaluation of the Efficacy of Remediation Techniques at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Paper Impacts of Median-Sized and Large Oil Spills on Shallow Coral Reefs
Paper Mixed Rock and Sediment Shorelines: Long-term Persistence of Intertidal Oiling and Remediation Considerations
Paper Oil Spill Response Considerations for Pelagic Sargassum
Paper Update to the NOAA Job Aid on Oil Spills in Marshes: Planning and Response Considerations
Rui ZHANG
China Academy of Transportation Sciences
 China
Poster Perspectives on Establishing and Maintaining China’s Bulk Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances Emergency Response Capabilities on Ships
Lin Zhao
Environmental Engineer/Scientist
ExxonMobil
 United States of America
Paper Enhancing the mechanical recovery of oil from marine and freshwater environments
Paper Proof of concept study for in-situ burn application using conventional containment booms – Design of Burning Tongue
Paper The Impact of Oil Properties on Seawater-in-Oil Emulsion Formation: a Mesocosm Flume Tank Investigation
Yu Zhao
Prof.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China
 China
Poster Development of an efficient and environmentally friendly oil spill dispersant and optimization of application conditions based on wave groove
Michael Ziccardi
Executive Director
Univ. of California, Davis
 United States of America
Special Session Oil In the Sea IV Update
Poster The Effects of Chemical Dispersant on Common Murre (Uria aalge) Behavior and Waterproofing
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