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2012 Buoy Workshop
Photo credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The 9th ONR/MTS Buoy Workshop was held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, March 6-8, 2012, and was our first meeting outside of the United States. Ninety-three participants from eight countries listened to 30 presentations and participated in 8 topical panel sessions. The many disciplines within buoy technology such as Buoy Systems and Mooring Designs, Wave Energy Harvesting Buoys, Hydrodynamic Modeling, Instrumentation Developments, Cold Water Deployments, and Issues and updates of Canadian and other countries buoy-related programs were presented and discussed over the two and a half day meeting.
We very much appreciate the excellent support and warm hospitality by a number of staff members of the University of Victoria’s Coastal VENUS and Deep-Water NEPTUNE department – in particular Dr. Richard R. Dewey and Chris Sundstrom - and members of Canada’s Institute of Ocean Science in Sydney, BC. Last but not least our thanks go to the staff of Axys Technologies for their support and hospitality during the tour of their facility, where Reo Phillips served as our indispensable local facilitator and helped with the workshop preparation. Our time in the beautiful City of Victoria and the site tours became another memorable event. A CD with the workshop program, speakers’ abstracts and presentation materials, exhibitors’ information, photos taken during the workshop and a participant list was assembled and sent to all attendees. Copies of the 2012 Buoy Workshop CDs are available for $25.
For the Marine Technology Society’s Buoy Committee: The Buoy Workshop Team |
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