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5/10/2021
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM Eastern Time

PS1-01: Advances in Planning

Oil Spill Modeling to Develop Response Plans for Guyana
How Industry Collaboration can manage an effective Source Control Emergency Response
Improving Response Planning By Using Numerical Models to Test Geographic Response Plans
The SONS Money Tale: From Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon to?

PS1-03: Outreach and Communications: International

Fifty Years of the International Oil Spill Conference
Using Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer to Build Marine Oil Spill Preparedness Capacity and Foster Resilience among Indigenous Communities
Volunteers as an Integrated Part of the Oil Spill Response Capacity in Finland
Impact of Media on the Spill Response Effectiveness

PS1-05: Research Outcomes informing Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Restoration: Dispersants

The Use of Dispersants in Marine Oil Spill Response
Quantified Exposures from Potential Deepwater Releases for Comparative Risk Assessment of Oil Spill Response Options Including Dispersant Use
Response Options for an Offshore Deepwater Blow-Out, A Generic Evaluation of Individual and Combined Response Strategies
Contradictory Conclusions Surrounding the Effects of Chemical Dispersants on Oil Biodegradation

PS3-05: A Decade of Industry Developments: Programs and Good Practice

Improving Situational Awareness using a Comprehensive Surveillance Strategy
10 Years of Advances in Oil Spill Preparedness and Response: A Summary of Key International Industry Programs
The Evolution and Implementation of Tiered Preparedness & Response
Integration of a Shoreline Response Program (SRP) and SCAT

5/10/2021
1:45 PM- 3:15 PM Eastern Time

PS2-01: Advances in Training and Exercise

Building an Elite Force of Spill Responders in a World with Few Spill Response Opportunities
Large Scale Exercise in Norway – Exercise Frohavet 2019
Tools for Oil Spill Response Waste Management and Logistic Support - A Field Exercise Testing the RFID Technology and QR Codes
Overview of Surveillance Tools in Oil Spill Response – Responders’ View Based on Case Studies

PS2-02: New Developments in Prevention and Response Technologies and Practice: ISB Science

Characterization of Emissions and Residue from Measures to Improve Efficiency of In Situ Oil Burns
Improved In Situ Burn Efficiencies: An Overview of New Techniques and Technologies That Result in Cleaner Burns
Characterization, Fate and Impact of ISB Products from Different Types of Crude Oils: Literature Review and Experimental Study for ISB Predictive Modeling and SIMA process
In Situ Burn Testing of Weathered and Emulsified Crude Oils

PS2-03: NRDA

Is There a New Normal for Natural Resource Damage Settlements Since the Deepwater Horizon Settlement?
The Oil Spill Science Triad: Coexistence and Optimization of Models, Laboratory Tests, and Empirical Field Observations and Data for Natural Resource Damage Assessments
Outdoor Recreation Damages from Oil Spills: Why Current Assessments are Typically Wrong and What can be Done to Fix Them
Habitat and Resource Equivalency Analysis: 30 Years of Lessons Learned and a Look to the Future

PS2-05: GoMRI - Physical Oceanography and Response

Basin-scale and Subsurface Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico
From the Deep Ocean to the Coasts and Estuaries through the Shelf: Linking Coastal Response to a Deep Blow-Out
Small Scale Physical and Bio-Chemical Processes Affecting the Transport of Oil after a Spill

5/10/2021
3:45 PM- 5:15 PM Eastern Time

PS3-03: Inland Innovations in Planning and Response

Development of the Inland Estimated Recovery System Potential (ERSP) Calculator
Oil Spill Modeling for the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Program with Response for Planning, Preparedness, and Environmental Purposes
Using Oil Spill Modeling in Oil Spill Exercises and Drills
Development of a Remotely Operated Subsea Containment Boom Anchor

PS3-04: Oil Spill Science: Plume Dispersion

Review of the Science behind Oil Spill Fate Models: Are Updates Needed?
Oil/Gas Jets in Water Crossflow: The Impact of the Droplet Size
Impact of the Hydrophobicity of the Particles on the Formation and Behavior of Oil Particle Aggregates (OPA)
Potential Role of Marine Snow in the Fate of Spilled Oil in Cook Inlet, Alaska

PS3-06: Advances in Environmental Recovery

Guidelines for In-situ Burning of Marshes Based on Two Decades of Responses in Louisiana
Ecosystem Recovery at Hypersaline Salt Marsh Remediation Projects Impacted by the Gulf War Oil Spill
Phase 1 of 1000-ha Cleanup of Oiled Mangroves, Bodo, Eastern Niger Delta, Nigeria

PS9-03: Prevention

Cybersecurity in Oil Storage and Transportation
The Marine Salvage Industry: Proven in Preventing Oil Spills
Following Through: How Industry is Continually Improving the Safety of Offshore Development Post-Horizon
Lessons Learned and Corrective Actions from BSEE Source Control GIUEs

5/11/2021
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM Eastern Time

PS4-04: Research Outcomes Informing Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Restoration: Applied International

Oil Spill Response Planning in Cold and Warm Water Environments
Geographic Response Strategies on Canada’s West Coast
An Analysis of the Fate and Trajectory Simulation of Bonny Light Crude From The Dangote Single Point Mooring(SPM) Terminal Off the South Atlantic Ocean, Lagos Nigeria
Oil Spill Fate and Trajectory Simulation for Sierra Leone’s Offshore Exploration Basin, Using the Savanah-1X Well as Focal Point

PS4-05: A Decade of Industry Developments: Subsea Source Control

Optimising Subsea Well Source Control Timeframes
Blowout Well Response: TOTAL Large Scale Exercise Drill in the Gulf of Guinea
A Case Study in Planning and Executing a Source-Control Exercise Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach and a Visual Simulator

PS9-01: International Regulatory Frameworks

Kazakhstan experience in adopting NEBA within its legal framework
Kenya’s National Framework to Enhance the Response Capability to Oil Spills
Benchmark and Legal Framework Study on Oil Spill Prompt Response and Contingency Resources for Oil & Gas Offshore Infrastructures: A Global Cooperation
Supervision of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Production and the Independence of Regulators as a Response to Major Accidents

PS9-02: New Developments in Prevention and Response Technologies and Practices: Wrecks

Update to U.S. National Response Team's Abandoned Vessels Authorities and Best Practices Guidance
Full Integration of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for Assessing and Removing Submerged Oil: Considerations for Project Managers and Federal On-scene Coordinators
Motor-Tanker Coimbra – The Million Gallon Gamble
Polluting Shipwrecks in Swedish Waters: Investigations, Methodology and Oil Removal Operations

5/11/2021
1:45 PM- 3:15 PM Eastern Time

PS5-01: Case Studies and Lessons Learned: General

Integration of Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Oil on Water Exercises, Testing and Training in an Improved Industry Oil Spill Contingency Framework
Salvage Companies as OSROs: Benefits and Limitations
Tropical Oil Pollution Investigations in Coastal Systems [TROPICS]: A 32-year Review of Response and Recovery
Ship-Source Spills – It’s More Than Just Oil

PS5-02: Community Responder Health and Safety

Oil Spill Preparedness and Response: Building the Capacity to Protect Public Welfare and Support Community Resilience
Providing a Local Voice for Setting Priorities in Alaska for Human Health, and Social and Economic Disruptions from Spills
Analysis of Psychosocial Hazards Encountered by Responders during an Event or Response that Applies the Incident Command System
Responder Safety - Evolving Safety Systems, Processes, and Behaviours in an International Oil Spill Response Cooperative

PS5-04: Oil Spill Science: Biodegredation

Characterization of the Microbial Community Structure and Function during the Natural Attenuation of Oil in Marine Environments Using in Situ Microcosms
Understanding the Fates and Chemical Compositions of Weathered Oil in Coastal Marshes since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
A Comparison between Chemical and Natural Dispersion of a North Sea Oil-spill
Effect of Long Term Natural Weathering on Oil Composition: Study of the 40-Years-Old Amoco Cadiz and 20-Years-Old Erika Oils Spills

PS5-05: GoMRI - Refinement of Fates with Linkages to Effects

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Advances in Oil Spill Analysis
Synthesis of Photochemical Transformations of Oil in the Sea
Crude Oil and Particulate Fluxes Including Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculant Accumulation: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Study
Genomics Tools and Microbiota: Applications to Response in Coastal Ecosystems

5/12/2021
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM Eastern Time

PS6-02: Making Science Operational

The Multi-Partner Research Initiative: A Scientific Research Network to Support Decision Making in Oil Spill Response
Subsea Mechanical Dispersion (SSMD) a Possible New Option for the Oil Spill Response Toolbox?
Emergency Oil Spill Response: Data Collection Automation, and Dissemination
Recent Development on Herder Commercialization

PS6-04: Oil Spill Science: Toxicity

The Development of New Toxicity Testing and Approval Processes for Oil Spill Treatment Products in the UK
Fractionation, Chemical Analysis, and In Vitro Testing Identify Bioactive Components in MC252 Crude Oil
Gene Expression Analysis of Five Atlantic Coral Species Following Sublethal Exposure to Multiple Petroleum Hydrocarbons
The Biodegradation of Dispersed Oil Does Not Induce Toxicity

PS7-05: A Decade of Industry Developments: Regional Government/ Individual Programs

Founding Principles for Cooperation & Success for Oil Spill Preparedness & Response
Guidelines on the Implementation of the OPRC Convention and OPRC-HNS Protocol
Domestication of International Regulation as a Fundamental Step to Developing Preparedness and Response
Measuring Progress in Oil Spill Preparedness

PS8-01: Case Studies and Lessons Learned: Wildlife

Towards a Global Oiled Wildlife Response System: A Proposal for Tier 3 Readiness and Response Services
The Bow Jubail Oiled Wildlife Incident: Success Factors of an International Tiered Response on the Basis of Standards of Good Practice
Modelling the Dynamics of a Facility for Understanding Critical Resource Use in Oiled Seabird Rehabilitation
Incorporating Wildlife Effectively into Oil Spill Exercises – An Australian Story

5/12/2021
1:45 PM- 3:15 PM Eastern Time

PS1-04: Spill Surveillance, Visualization, & Monitoring: Remote Sensing 2

Oil Spill Thickness Determination from L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Multispectral UAS System for Detecting, Characterizing, and Mapping Oil Spills on Near Shore Environments
From Oil Thickness to Oil Flux: Perspectives on LiDAR Remote Sensing Technology for Oil Detection
SpiDeR –Spill Detection and Recognition system for ROV operations

PS6-03: Non-NCP Response

Hurricane Irma - Navy’s Displaced Vessel and Oil Spill Response
Scientific Support for a Natural Gas Pipeline Release During Hurricane Harvey Flooding in the Neches River Beaumont, Texas

PS7-01: Contingency Planning and Preparedness Pt. 1

Evolution of Contingency Planning in California – a Federal and State Coordinated Effort
Current and Proposed Efforts to Resolve HSPD-5 and NCP Authorities (NIC and PFO)
ESA Section 7: Pre-spill Planning Updates and Emergency Consultations

PS7-04: Research Outcomes informing Planning, Preparedness, Response, and Restoration: Fate and Impacts

A Response Decision Tool based on the Geographic Variability in Attenuation and Weathering of Oil Stranded in Canadian Marine Coastal Environments
Snare Performance for Sunken and Submerged Oil Detection and Monitoring
A Tool for Comparing Relative Risks to Ecological Components Associated with Different Oil Spill Response Options

5/12/2021
3:45 PM- 5:15 PM Eastern Time

PS8-02: Contingency Planning and Preparedness Pt. 2

California’s Response to USCG Nationwide Standardization of Area Contingency Plans
Developing a Regulatory Framework for Certifying Spill Management Teams in California: A Balancing Act
Planning and Responding to a Petrochemical Disaster in the North American Inland Seas

PS8-04: Outreach and Communication: North America

Communicating Internally and Externally During a Response: Life’s lessons over 32 years….
Advancing Oil Spill and Dispersant Planning: Improved Regional Collaborations with Academia
Pollution From Commercial Vessels Machinery Space Bilges
California's Stakeholder Matrix: A Liaison Tool for the first 96 hours of Response

PS8-05: Unconventional Products

The Freshwater Oil Spill Remediation Study (FOReSt): 2018 Pilot Study at the Experimental Lakes Area, Canada
Response Guide: Understanding Underwater Electric Transmission Line Dielectric Oil Leaks
Integrating Physical, Chemical and Biological Data to Understand Fate, Behaviour and Effects of Diluted Bitumen in Coastal Waters
Preparing for Transport of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Through the Panamá Canal

PS6-01: Case Studies and Lessons Learned: North America

NSF Response Case Study: Hazardous Materials Release at Intercontinental Terminal Company, Deer Park, Texas
Response Strategies for High VOCs
Case Study of a Fuel Oil Spill into a Mountain Stream Successfully Remediated by Mechanical Mixing
EVOS and the Prince William Sound Long Term Environmental Monitoring Program

5/13/2021
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM Eastern Time

PS3-02: Case Studies and Lessons Learned: International

Chevron Thailand’s use of ICS (Incident Command System) in Assisting with the 2018 Thailand Cave Rescue Operation
Niger Delta Remediation – Complex Balancing among the Local Community, Government Agencies, NGOs, Cleanup Contractors, and the Petroleum Industry; An Example from Bodo Ogoniland, Nigeria
Tier 3 Responders Deploying Tier 1 Equipment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Lightning Storms
Oil Spill Trajectory Prediction Assessment Using Multi Model Ocean Currents - Case Study of MT Dawn Oil spill 2017

PS4-02: Oil Spill Science: Modeling

Oil Spill Modeling Lessons Learned over Four Decades of Catastrophic Spills
Oil Droplets Dispersion Under a Deep-Water Plunging Breaker: Experimental Measurements and Numerical Modeling
Forecasting System for Predicting the Dynamics of Oil Spill in a Tide-Dominated Estuary
Recent NOAA Response Modeling: Highlights, Challenges, and Developments

PS7-02: New Developments in Prevention and Response Technologies and Practices: ISB Response/Burning

Field Test of Herder and Controlled Burning of Spilled Oil in Kazakhstan
Field Experiments to Operationalize in Situ Burning as a Response Method in Norwegian Waters
An Overview of Wellhead Burning: Fundamental Science to Burn Performance Prediction
Experimental Approach for Measuring Burn Efficiency of a Reduced-Scale Wellhead Fire

PS8-03: New Developments in Prevention and Response Technologies and Practices: Dispersants

Controlling and Documenting Dispersant Effectiveness During Subsea Dispersant Injection (SSDI) - A Novel System for Dispersant Dosage and In-Situ Monitoring of Oil Droplet and Gas Bubble Sizes
Characterizing Dispersant Effectiveness at Varying Salinities
SMART Protocol Using Polarized Infrared Cameras

5/13/2021
1:45 PM- 3:15 PM Eastern Time

PS4-01: Inland Response Tactics

A New Field Guide for Freshwater Shoreline Oil Spill Response
Geographic Response Plan Development – An Innovative Approach
Swift Water Oil Spill Response Techniques
Geographic Response Plans: Preparing for Inland Oil Spills in California Waterways

PS6-05: Systematic Approach to Preparedness

What Difference Does a Letter Make? - Exploring Incident Management System with Respect to the Incident Command System
Identifying Local Oil Spill Risk Factors: A Novel Application of the International Maritime Organization Formal Safety Assessment Process in Washington State
Evolution of Federal Oil Pollution Research Planning

PS9-04: A Decade of Industry Developments: Moving the Dial via Innovation

Moving the Dial Through Collaboration – The Global Response Network
“Bridging Research to Response” – How the Spill Response Community Benefits from Academic Engagement
Examination of Current and Future BSEE Oil Spill Response Research Efforts
Creating a Legacy of Oiled Wildlife Response Preparedness Through the Post-Macondo Oil Spill Response - Joint Industry Project

PS9-05: GoMRI - Ecology and Human Health

Into the Benthos and Back: What have Infauna Taught Us
Marine Mammals and Respiration: Evidence of Poor Pulmonary Health in Bottlenose Dolphins Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

5/14/2021
11:15 AM- 12:45 PM Eastern Time

PS2-04: Transboundary Planning and Response

United States and Canada Transboundary Oil Spill Compensation and Liability Regimes: An Overview
Response Coordination Between Five Wider Caribbean States Following a Possible 6 Million Gallon Oil Spill
Challenges Facing Myanmar in Developing a National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution
BONN Agreement – More Than 50 Years of Spill Response Cooperation

PS3-01: Arctic and Cold Weather Planning Preparedness and Response

Successful Rescue and Oil-offloading from a Grounded Ship at 80 degrees North in Mid Winter
ERA Acute– Extending an Environmental Risk Assessment Model to the Marginal Ice Zone
State-of-the Science of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil in Arctic Waters

PS5-03: New Developments in Prevention and Response Technologies and Practices: Subsea

Advances in Underwater Oil Plume Detection Capabilities
Advanced Well Control Reduces Risk of a Blowout
Development of the Global Equipment Inventory and Network for Subsea Well Response

PS7-03: Other Topics in Response

The Level of Oil Spill Risk in Northwest Pacific and Regional Cooperation Activities of NOWPAP MERRAC on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response
Advocating for Scientifically Sound Spill Response Decision Making in a Social Media-Driven World
Evolving NOAA SCAT Data Management Standard
Incident Command Futurism

5/14/2021
1:45 PM- 3:15 PM Eastern Time

PS1-02: Best Practices in Support Functions

Best Practices for the Finance Section function within the Incident Command System
Resources at Risk: Making the Most of the ICS 232 Form
Beyond Data Validation - Advanced Strategies for Assessing Data Quality for Oil Spill Investigations
Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into Alaskan Oil Spill Response – Applied Case Studies and Operational Protocols

PS4-03: Spill Surveillance, Visualization, & Monitoring: Remote Sensing 1

Incorporating Automatic Satellite Detection of Oil Spills with Numerical Fate and Trajectory Modelling
Oil Slicks Discrimination and Characterization: a Multisource Image Processing System to Integrate SAR & PolSAR Data during Emergency Responses
SeaCOP - One System for Oil Spill Monitoring, Detection and Emergency Response
Monitoring Sea Surface Oil Slicks; A Combined Approach Using Advances in Satellite Radar, AIS and Metocean Information

PS7-06: Operational Approach to Preparedness

Risk-Based Approach to Sustainable Management of Spill Response Equipment
EnviRisk – Automated Environmental Risk Assessment for Ship Traffic in Norwegian Waters
Post-Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Use Planning in Hawai'i with a Focus on Science-based Stakeholder Participation and Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation

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