Oceans '81, the annual conference and exhibition sponsored by the IEEE Council of Oceanic Engineering and the Marine Technology Society, will be held September 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel, Boston, Mass.

A record 300 technical presentations will be made by eminent persons from academe, research organizations, industry, and government agencies. There will be 85 exhibitions — representing a wide range of marine products, equipment, and services.

The international theme of the annual event—"The Ocean—An International Workplace"—is reflected by both the exhibits and by the authors of many of the technical papers. Scientists from countries such as Canada, China, India, Japan, West Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as from the United States, will make their presentations at a record 60 sessions.

According to Stanley G. Chamberlain, the general chairman of Oceans '81, the conference "will be an unsurpassed forum for the presentation of the technologies, especially the new technologies, of those who work in, on, and under the oceans of the world, and those applying technology to the problems of the ocean." He said the committee expects the largest turnout in conference history.

The keynote address will be delivered by Rear Adm. Leland F. Kolmorgen, chief of research, U.S. Navy, at the plenary session. Mr. Chamberlain, the conference general chairman, will give the address of welcome.

At the IEEE/COE president's luncheon on Wednesday, September 16, the featured speaker will be Dr. John Byrne, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dr. Harold Edgerton, professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founder of EG&G, will be the main speaker at the conference banquet to be held on Thursday evening, September 17.

The leadoff for the technical program is scheduled to be given on Wednesday morning at the plenary session by Dr. Ira Dyer, professor of ocean engineering at M.I.T.

The technical presentations, some of which are to be rendered in poster formats as well as by traditional lectures, will be organized into sessions covering topics such as acoustics, coastal zone management, instrumentation, marine biology and fisheries, ocean energy and engineering, research vessels, seafloor engineering, and wave measurements.

An unusual feature of Oceans '81 will be the holding of a one-day primer on Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum Operations. The session will cover the technology and the constraints of exploration, site selection, development, and production of oil and gas resources from the sea.

The primer is designed to provide an introductory technical background for the engineering and scientific community, as well as policymaking groups. Specific areas covered by the primer include: offshore petroleum resources as part of the energy mix for 1990; geologic, geophysical, and geochemical exploration technology; economic and technology dictates in determining high potential and high development interest prospects; the OCS leasing process; the exploratory drilling phase of offshore operations; development drilling and production operations; pipeline and marine transportation systems, and marketing of OCS crude and natural gas resources.

OCEANS '81 EXHIBITORS

Aanderaa Instruments, Inc.; Albany International-Precision Components Division; Amtec Development Company, Inc. (SeaTec International, Ltd.); AT&T Long Lines; Beckman Instruments, Inc.; Benthos, Inc.; Brantner Associates; Bren-Tronics; CEC Division/Bell & Howell; Charles S. Draper Lab, Inc.; Custom Cable Company; Conference Book Service; David W. Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center; Dukane Corporation, Ultrasonics Division; Electronic Sales of New England (Giannini Instruments, Innerspace Technology, Inc., Magnavox Satellite Receivers, Photo Sea Systems); Emerson and Cuming; EMI Technology, Inc.; Engineering Service Associates, Inc. (Canflex Manufacturing, Inc., Diving Unlimited International, Efcom Communications Systems, EG&G Sea Link, Fathom 36, Inc., JMR Instruments, Inc., Lucker Manufacturing Co., Optelecom, Inc., Rochester Corporation, Tellurometer); ENDECO Inc.; EPC Labs, Inc.; Fluid Dynamics Corporation; General Instrument Corp.; General Oceanics, Inc.; Gould Chesapeake Instrument Division; Guildline Instruments, Inc.; Hermes Electronics Ltd.; Hydro Products, Inc./Tetra Tech, Inc.; InterOcean Systems, Inc.; ITT Cannon; Jack McCarthy Associates, Inc. (Cortland Cable Co., Datasonics, Inc., E.M. Blues Sons, Inc., Kintec, Inc., Precision Filters, Inc.); Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Klein Associates, Inc.; Krupp Atlas-Elektronic; Marsh McBirney, Inc.; M.I.T. National Sea Grant Program; Motorola; Naico; Naval Underwater Systems Center; Naval Oceanographic Office; Neil Brown Instruments Systems, Inc.; Oceans Industries; Oceanus-Woods Hole; Oceano Instruments, U.S.A. Inc.; ODEC; O.R.E. Inc.; P&P Industries, Inc.; Raytheon Ocean Systems Co.; Raytheon Submarine Signal Division; Robert A. Patterson, Inc. (Consolidated Products/South Bay Cable, D.G. O'Brien, Inc., Heckerman Corp., Preformed Marine, Whitehill Manufacturing Corp.); Schonstedt Instrument Co.; Sea Data Corporation; Simplex Wire and Cable Company; Simrad A/S; Sea Technology; Sonatech, Inc.; Sub-Sea Systems; The Zippertubing Company; Tracor Marine, Inc.; Van Nostrand Reinhold Company; Wall Rope Works/Yale Cordage.

Calendar Of Events OCEANS '81 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Sheraton Boston

Tuesday, September 15, 1981 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Reception

Wednesday, September 16, 1981 8:30 a.m. Plenary Session 10:30 a.m. Autonomous Undersea Vehicles-I; Acoustics; Marine Law & Policy; Ocean Energy I; Offshore Structures; Marine Pollution Monitoring Analysis-I; Tide and Water Level Measurement Systems 12:15 p.m. IEEE/COE Luncheon 1:30 p.m. Autonomous Undersea Vehicles-II; Expendable Instrumentation; Acoustic Telemetry; Marine Law and Policy-II; Ocean Energy-II; Remote Sensing-I; Marine Pollution And Monitoring Analysis-II; Instrumentation—Sensors and Systems; Wave Measurements; Cables and Connectors 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break 3:30 p.m. Autonomous Undersea Vehicles-III; Expendable Instrumentation-II; Acoustic Telemetry-II; Marine Law & Policy-III; Ocean Energy III; Remote Sensing-II; Marine Pollution and Monitoring Analysis-III 5:00 p.m. Exhibitors' Cocktail Party

Thursday, September 17, 1981 8:30 a.m. Autonomous Undersea Vehicles-IV; In-Situ Instrumentation-I; Positioning, Localization, and Tracking-I; Seismic Exploration Engineering-I; Buoy and Mooring Technology-I; Ship Dynamics and Propulsion; Coastal Zone Management-I 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break 10:30 a.m. Autonomous Undersea Vehicles-V; In-Situ Instrumentation II; Positioning, Localization, and Tracking-II; Inspection of Undersea Structures; Buoy and Mooring Technology-II; Research Vessels; Cold Water Engineering; Marine Sciences; Education; Data Bases and Data Processing 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. Undersea Vehicles-I; Current Measurements-I; Navigation; Marine Penetrators; Economic Potential of the Ocean-I; Marine Materials-I; Ocean Margin Drilling Program; Seafloor Engineering—Penetrometers; Undersea Vehicles-I; Seismic Exploration Engineering-II 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break 3:30 p.m. Undersea Vehicles-II; Current Measurements-II; Geology and Geophysics; Offshore Engineering and Support; Economic Potential of the Oceans-II; Marine Materials-II; Marine Penetrators and Seafloor Engineering 6:30 p.m. Cocktails 7:30 p.m. "A Taste of New England" Banquet

Friday, September 18, 1981 8:30 to 10 a.m. Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum-Primer 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break 10:30 to Noon Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum-Primer 12:15 p.m. MTS Luncheon 1:30 p.m. Numerical Modelling of Estuarine & Nearshore Circulation Dynamics; Marine Biology-I; Marine Biofouling-I; Wave Data Collection and Processing; Latin America and Law of the Sea 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break 3:30 p.m. Ocean and Coastal Processes Modelling; Marine Biology-II; Marine Biofouling-II; Coastal Zone Management II; Marine Fisheries