Updated January 21, 2005

 

ISOPE-2005 Seoul Conference, June 19-24

 

The 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference & Exhibition (ISOPE-2005) will be held at COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea, June 19-24, 2005 with 91 sessions. All technical sessions take place at COEX Convention Center (www.coex.co.kr), and Reception and Banquet at COEX Intercontinental Seoul Hotel.

 

 

OPENING SESSION

 

Monday, June 20, 08:30, COEX Convention Center, Grand Conference Room, 4F

 

Welcome Address

Mr. Ku Taek Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, POSCO, Seoul, Korea.

 

Natural Gas Demand and Transport Outlook – 2005

Dr. Cliff Peterson, Dr. R Bowen, Sr. Research Manager, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, Texas, USA

(Includes the: pressurized LNG (PLNG) and X-120 pipeline manufacturing and installation.)

 

Sakhalin ¾ A New Source of Energy for Asia Pacific Region

Dr. David Meehan, Project Manager, Sakhalin Energy Investment Co LTD, Vrangel-1, Primorsky Krai, Russia

 

North Sea Pipelines - Pushing the Technology Front

Dr. Jan O. Berge, Chief Engineer, Statoil, Stavanger, Norway

 

Offshore Technology: A Heavy Industry Overview

Dr. Keh-Sik Min, Vice Chairman, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan, Korea

 

LNG Terminal Technology in Korea

Dr. Young-Tae Kho, Sr. Vice President, KOGAS, Seoul, Korea

 

 

PLENARY SESSIONS

 

COEX Convention Center (room and time to be announced.)

 

Siberia-Far East Pipeline Project

Speaker, Russia to be announced on www.isope.org

 

New Expansion of Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo Bay: Necessity and Accountability

Mr. Michiko Kikuchi, Mr. Katsuhiko Sasa and Mr. Masafumi Miyata, Ganto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, Yokohama; Dr. Tetsuya Hiraishi, Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan

 

Modeling of Strongly Nonlinear Ocean Waves: Application to Freak Waves, Tsunami Generation, and Ship Waves

Prof. Stephan. Grilli, University of Rhode Island, USA

 

MH21 National Project: Progress in Methane Hydrate R & D

Dr. T Komai, Group Leader, National Institute for Geo-resources and Environment, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

 

Stability of Waterfront Ground during Earthquake

Prof. Kenji Ishihara, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan, past president of Intl Soc for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Belgium

 

 

The final ISOPE-2005 Seoul conference program, ANGT-2005 and HPM-Advanced Welding programs and the updates are being posted on www.isope.org

 

By ISOPE-2005 Technical Program Committee (TPC). www.isope.org