DP 2010 Program    
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The Advanced Program for 2010 is shown below. Please note that this program is still subject to change

Conference Sponsors:

MONDAY OCTOBER 11, 2010 (Afternoon)

Early registration for out of town attendees (3:00 pm onward)

Exhibit Booths Set up (PM)

TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2009
REGISTRATION AND SPEAKERS’ BREAKFAST
WELCOME Howard Shatto, Shatto Engineering - MTS DP Conference Chair
SENSORS I - Session Chair - Derek Savage, XOM

NASNet® DPR NASNet® as a Deepwater Acoustic DP Position Reference
Sam Hanton, Nautronix

Improving Accuracy and Redundancy with GPS and GLONASS PPP
David Russell, Veripos, UK

High Integrity Electronic Positioning: Lessons from the Aviation Industry
Mark Ahlbrecht, Honeywell Aerospace, Guidance and Navigation COE, USA


COFFEE BREAK
- Exhibit Halls - Sponsored by Beier Radio
DESIGN - Session Chair - Steve Spencer - Transocean

Mitigating Excessive Pitch and Roll Motions on Semi-Subsmersibles
Nils Albert Jenssen, Kongsberg Maritime

Output Feedback Passivity Based Controllers for Dynamic Positioning of Ships
Shah Muhammad and Arnau Doria-Carezo, TU Delft

The Development Process of the DSME & Honeywell Dynamic Positioning System for a Submerged Heavy Lift Carrier, Kim Se Won DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,Ltd)

The Effect of Memory in Passive Nonlinear Observer Design for a DP System
Admad Hajivand, Amir Kabir University, Iran

LUNCH PRESENTATION AND AWARDS

DP Advances in the USN Seabase: STLVAST Sea Trial and Completion
Gregory Hughes, Oceaneering International, USA

QUALITY ASSURANCE - Session Chair - Brian Haycock

DNV: New Initiatives Related to Classification of DP Systems
Stian Ruud and Aleks Karlsen, DNV

FMEA(A) - Fail to Meet Expectations Again (Again)?
Doug Phillips, DP Expertise

DPS Notations - Clarifying the Role of Classification (Through Frequently Asked Questions and Answers)
George Reilly and Pedro Santos, ABS

COFFEE BREAK - Exhibit Halls - Sponsored by GL Noble Denton

ARCTIC - Session Chair - Åke Rohlén, TransAtlantic

GNSS in the Arctic - Considerations and Experiences
Arne Rinnan. Kongsberg Seatex AS

Structural Monitoring Systems with Applications to Ice Response Monitoring
Greg Sagvolden and Karianne Pran, Light Structures AS

MTS Committee Document: Guidance on the Safe and Effective Management of DP Operations in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
Moderator: Suman Muddusetti, Shell International Exploration and Production

EVENING RECEPTION - Sponsored by Converteam and Kongsberg Maritime
 

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13 2010
REGISTRATION & SPEAKERS’ BREAKFAST
NEW APPLICATIONS - Session Chair - Don Wilkes, Minden Engineering

DP Power Plant Open Bus Redundancy with Reliable Closed Bus Operation
Saurabh Shah, Kamal Garg, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Improved Usability in DP Tracking Operations
Ivar Ihle, Rolls-Royce Marine AS

Application of the Wartsila Low Loss Concept to a DP3 ExD Semi-Submersible
Jeroen vanKeep, Wartsila

COFFEE BREAK - Exhibit Halls - Sponsored by ABS
SENSORS II - Session Chair - Ian Dootson, bp

Acoustically Aided Inertial Navigation: A Real World Experience on the Semi-Sub Drilling Rig Petrobras XXIII
Gavin Hunting, Sonardyne Brasil Ltda

Low Noise Motion Measurements & Accurate Transformation of Acceleration Over Long Lever Arms on Large Vessels
Arne Rinnan, and Finn Otto Sanne, Kongsberg Seatex AS

To be confirmed

LUNCH PRESENTATION

Experiences from Five Years of DP Software Testing
Oyvind Smogeli  Marine Cybernetics

OPERATIONS - Session Chair - Sean Hickey, Consultant

Effective Alarm Management for Dynamic Positioning and Vessel Control Systems
Steve Savoy, Ensco PLC

Qualification of a DP Based FPSO Offloading Technology for Deepwater Fields
Svein Børge Hellesmark, Remora, Inc. and Lars Kristian Moen, Kongsberg

RadaScan Applied to Vessel Underway Replenishment at Sea DP Operations
Dominic Pearce, Guidance Navigation Ltd.

COFFEE BREAK - Exhibit Halls -Sponsored by L-3 Communications

Ice-cream refreshments - Sponsored by ABS

THRUSTERS - Session Chair - Scott Britten, Transocean

Analysis of the Velocity in the Wake of an Azimuthing Thruster using PIV Measurements and CFD Calculations
Hans Cozijn, Rink Hallmann and Arjen Koop (MARIN)

Comparison of Thruster Axis Tilting versus Nozzle Tlting on the Propeller-Hull Interactions for a Drillship at DP-Conditions, Michael Palm, Voith Turbo Marine

FMEA Proving Trials and Offloading Simulations - Lessons Learned
Arjen Tjallema, Bluewater Energy Services B.V.

CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

Howard Shatto, Shatto Engineering


Advanced Program - subject to change