POAC 09

20th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions 2009

June 9-12, 2009 in Luleå, Sweden

Extended deadline for submitting an Abstract

Extended deadline for submitting an Abstract to the international conference Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions, POAC 09.

The number of contributions already sent in to POAC in Luleå, 9-12 June 2009 are surprisingly high. But as you all know it cannot be too many participants in the huge Luleå Campus. Therefore the deadline will be extended to November 15.

Remember that after this date we cannot guarantee that your contact info and abstract will appear in the nice looking booklet that we plan to distribute at the conference. It is of course also possible to participate without presenting a paper. We are also about to open up the conference for an exhibition of Cold Regions Technology.

Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts

The 20th conference, POAC 09, will be held in Luleå, the capital of Swedish Lapland. POAC is the acronym for the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions. Every second year since 1971 this conference on ice and cold regions engineering has provided an outstanding forum for discussion of new developments and research findings. Typically, there are about 150 participants at the conference presenting and discussing papers related to many ice engineering topics.

You are invited to submit a 300 word abstract by October 31, 2008, see instructions in left menu.

POAC Best Student-Paper Award

A prize sum of 1000 USD will be given to the author(s) of the best student-authored paper. A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time students at the time of submission. This must be indicated on the abstract submission form

Important dates:

Abstract Submission     October 31, 2008
Manuscript for Review   February 15, 2009
Final Paper due             April 15, 2009

Topics:

Arctic Ice Shelf / Ice Island Update
Arctic Oceanography and Meteorology
Changing Ice Conditions
Frozen Soil
Ice Action on Seabed and Seabed Facilities
Icebreaking Technology
Ice Forces on Marine Structures
Maintenance under Arctic Conditions
Modelling Sea Ice Dynamics
Multi-year Ice
Numerical Simulation of Ice Loads
Oil spill in Ice-covered Waters
Operations in the Arctic
Sea Ice Properties
Shipping in Ice-covered Waters
Snow and Ice Constructions
Testing in Cold Climate
Wind Power in Cold Environment

Preliminary Sessions:

Norströmsgrund
Prof. Sveinung Løset, Norway, sveinung.loset@bygg.ntnu.no

Design and Operation of Moored Structures in ice and iceberg infested waters
Dr. Pavel Liferov, Norway, plif@statoilhydro.com

Multi-year Ice
Dr. Michelle Johnston, Canada, michelle.johnston@nrc.ca

Modelling Sea Ice Dynamics
P.Eng Ivana Kubat, Canada, ivana.kubat@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Oil Spill in Ice-covered Waters
Dr. Koh Izumiyama, Japan, koh@nmri.go.jp

Initial Sponsors:

Energimyndigheten
Luleå hamn
Sjöfartsverket
StatoilHydro ASA

For additional information

Dr Lennart Fransson lennart.fransson@ltu.se

Related documents
»	First Announcement and Call for Abstracts (278 kb)