OIL 98 CALL FOR PAPERS (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:10:17 BST
From: Helen Fisher <hfisher at wessex.ac.uk>
Subject: OIL 98 CALL FOR PAPERS


CALL FOR PAPERS

First  International Conference

OIL SPILL 98

Oil & Hydrocarbon Spills, Modelling, Analysis & Control

July 1998
Southampton, UK

Organised by:
Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK

OBJECTIVES The transport of oil from production centers of the world
to the global market is mainly achieved by the use of pipelines and
tankers.  In the recent years, the occrurance of large oil spills
and its subsequent impact on the environment, has created a growing
concern about necessary prevention measures.  However, the risk of
spills still overwhelms these measures creating potential danger in
sen sitive natural resources.  Oil spill research should be an
essential component of management's contribution to oil spill
response, prevention, contaminant and mitagation methods.

The topics covered in this conference will help to close the gap
between theoretical developments and practical applications.

The conference will deal with the topics listed as state-of-the-art
reviews and advanced theoretical and practical aspects of oil spills
in land and water environments.

The oil spill modelling workshop aims to discuss a set of standards
that allow the testing of present and future models.  This workshop
will bring the opportunity to model developers to compare, on a
rational basis, the most important models available today.

This conference will gather researchers, engineers and managers from
all over the world to discuss state-of-the-art techniques to model,
prevent and control oil spills on land and in water bodies.

CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN

C A Brebbia

R Garcia

CONFERENCE  TOPICS

The meeting will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of
ideas among  those working on air pollution topics, in particular on
the themes given below:-

	Modeling of Trajectory and Fate of 			Spills
	Oil Properties
	Spills in Estuaries and Delta Areas
	Land Spills
	Contingency Planning for Oil Spills
	In-Situ Contermeasures
	Operational Procedures for Storage,
	Handling and Transportation of Oil
	Biological Impact of Oil Pollution
	on Coral Reefs and Mangroves
	Toxicity Testing
	Biological Control Methods
	Shoreline Protection and Cleanup
	Use of Dispersants
	Oil Spill Treating Agents
	Risk Assessment
	In-situ Burning
	Legal Matters
	Financail Cost of Oil Spills
	Oil Spill Prevention
	Experimental and Laboratory 				Analysis
	Field Experiments
	Remote Sensing
	Sensitivity Maps
	Cleanup Measures
	Control and Recovery Equipment
	Rehabilitation of Oil-Damaged 				Resources
	Recovered Oil Management
	ORIMULSION Spills
	Case Studies


LOCATION
Novotel, Southampton, UK


CONFERENCE DINNER            The Conference Dinner will be held on
the second evening.  All  delegates and partners  are welcome.
Further details, including the price of the dinner, will be
available in the Provisional Programme.


MINI-EXHIBITION FACILITIES

There will be a table top exhibition in the foyer of the conference
hall for the display of products, services and literature related to
the theme of the meeting.  The space may also be used for free
-standing units.  Please contact the Conference Secretariat for
details of charges and facilities.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of OIL SPILL will be published to a high standard by
Computational Mechanics Publications for delegates at the
conference.  The Proceedings will also be widely distributed through
the international booktrade.


TIME SCHEDULE

Return reply form:
as soon as possible

Submit Abstract (300 words):
1 Decmeber 1997

Submit Final Paper:
10 March 1998





CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited on the topics outlined previously which are
consistent  with the theme of the conference.  Abstracts of  no more
than 300 words should be submitted to the Conference Secretariat  a s
soon as possible and no later than *** Abstracts should clearly
state the purpose, results and conclusions of the work to be
described in the final paper and the topic under which the abstract
coul d be listed.  Authors will be notified on the suitability of
their abstract and the final acceptance will depend upon the review
of the full length paper.


CONFERENCE  SECRETARIAT

Wessex Institute of Technology,
Ashurst Lodge,
Ashurst, Southampton
SO40 7AA, UK
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1703 293223
Fax: +44 (0) 1703 292853
E-Mail: liz at wessex.ac.uk








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