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Session 1:
Ballast Water Management Plans by Ports and Flag States
Chairman: Mr. Zafrul Alam
Turkish Initiatives in Ballast Water Management: Tools Developed and Experiences Gained, Murat Korcak (Turkey)
The road from approval to compliance, A. C. Sneekes & N. H. B. M. Kaag (The Netherlands)
Management of Shipping to avoid species introductions, Stephan Gollasch (Germany)
Statistical Representativeness of Ballast Water Sampling, Oihane Cabezas-Basurko, Ehsan Mesbahi (UK)
Is there a case for Shore Based Ballast Water Treatment Facilities?, Patrick Donner (Sweden)
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Session 2:
Progress on Innovative Ballast Water Treatment Technologies - UV Systems
Chairman: Cpt. Graham Greensmith
Ballast Water Treatment and Monitoring Technologies - Laboratory Experiments, Land-based and Shipboard Trials, Birger Hahn (Germany)
Medium pressure UV irradiation for Ballast water treatment, Joon-Wun Kanga, Yeon Jung Junga, Yeo joon Yoona, Tae Sung Pyob, Soo-Tae Leeb, and Kyoungsoon Shinc (Korea)
The OptiMarin Ballast System, Birgir Nilsen (Norway)
Filtration and UV-irradiation for ballast water management - dose requirements and water quality challenges, H. Liltved, A. Tobiessen, S. Delacroix, H. Heiaas and I. Tryland (Norway)
Scaling of Ballast Water Management Systems Using UV Disinfection, Keith Bircher, Mai Vuong, Thomas P. Mackey (Canada - USA)
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Session 3:
Safety issues and Class Requirements
Chairman: Mr. Dandu Pughiuc
Approval of ballast water treatment systems from a class surveyors perspective, Capt. Graham Greensmith (UK)
Effect of Ozone Injection on Corrosion Protection of Steel in Ballast Water Treatment Systems, Michiaki Ikai, Jinsun Liao, Keiji Kishimoto, Masahiko Yao (Japan)
Installation of treatment equipment - class requirements, Jad Mouawad (Norway)
Taking Control Over Corrosion Problems, Lars Nupnau, Vadim Zolotarsky, Ai Cheng Lee, Rudolf Gensler (USA)
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Session 4:
Progress on Innovative Ballast Water Treatment Technologies - Electrochemical Systems
Chairman: Prof. Ehsan Mesbahi
Land Based and Shipboard Tests of an Electrolytic Ballast Water Treatment System, Rudy Matousek, Vincenzo Palma (USA)
A new technology for killing oceanic harmful organisms and bacteria in the course of conveying ballast water in ship, Mindong Bai Xili Yang Zhitao Zhang Yefei Xu Song Fu Fei Cheng (China)
An innovative electrochemical disinfection technology for ballast water treatment development, system performance & environmental impact analysis, K.G. Nadeeshani Nanayakkara, Yuming Zheng, Shuaiwen Zou, A.K.M. Khorshed Alam, and J.P. Chen (Singapore)
Installation of the Clean Ballast BWMS at two different shipyards, Lars Nyman (Germany)
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Session 5:
Testing and Verification
Chairman: Dr. Marcel Veldhuis
Ensuring Repeatability in Test Facility Physical Design and Operations, Ross Kanzleiter and Mario Tamburri (USA)
Methods for enumeration and viability analyses in land based test, Claus Jorgensen, Gitte Petersen, Kim Gustavson (Denmark)
The need of specification for eco-toxicological testing requirements for Ballast Water Management Systems, Stefan Kacan, Kai Trümpler and Karin Schröder (Germany)
Assessment of required sample volumes in land based testing depending on organisms enumeration method used, Su Weilong, Edina Chua Lin Li, Lemuel Robles Casten, Martin Andersen and Thomas Hies (Singapore)
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Session 6:
Progress on Innovative Ballast Water Treatment Technologies - Other Systems
Chairman: Dr. Wong Fook-Sin
The leading manufacturer of automatic filter designs for marine applications, Robert Jellinggaard (Denmark), Claus Beiersdorfer (Germany)
The effectiveness of novel VUV photocatalysis system on Escherichia coli bacteria in ballast water, Yansheng Yin, Lihua Dong, Li Zhang, Tao Liu, Chunhua Fan, Yun Zhou, Dongsheng Wang (China)
Engineering aspects of heat-retrieving BWTS: Thermal Aqua-Filtration (TAF) system, Nobuhiko Fujiki, Yoshiyuki Inohara, Izuo Aya, Kenji Yamane, Yasuyuki Ikegami, Kazuya Urata, Kazuhiko Koik (Japan)
Development of the ballast water treatment system using waste heat of main engine, Chikahisa Murakami, Hitoshi Hayashibara, Shigeru Akiyama, Michio Shimada, Michiaki Ikai, Kenji Yamane, Nobuhiko Fujiki, Yoshiyuki Inohara, Izuo Aya (Japan)
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Session 7:
Risk Assessment
Chairman: Dr. Torben Madsen
Keynote address: Risk Assessment of Active Substances under G9, Jan Linders (The Netherlands)
Human Exposure to Chemicals from Ballast Water Management Systems, Sangeeta Banerji, Barbara Werschkun, Yasmin Sommer and Thomas Höfer (Germany)
A risk assessment caused by In-Water Cleaning, Shini Chi Hanayama, Dr. Nagahama Dr. Kojima Mr. Michio Ohtani (Japan)
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Session 8:
Progress on Innovative Ballast Water Treatment Technologies - Practical Applications
Chairman: Mr. Martin Andersen
Practical Application of JFE Ballast Water Management System, Yukihiko Okamoto, Koji Fuchigami, Satoru Aoki, Hisashi Kataoka (Japan)
Framework for Second Generation Ballast Water Management, Aage Bjorn Andersen (Norway)
Choosing a Ballast Water Treatment System - A Life Time Choice, Roger Strevens (Norway)
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Session 9:
Developments in Ballast Water Monitoring
Chairman: Dr. Serena Teo
Keynote address: Will there be instruments in the near future to rapidly sample and check the D2 standards without causing delays to ships?, Dr. Marcel Veldhuis
The challenge of identification and viability assessment of organisms in resting stages, Guilllaume Drillet (Singapore)
New Data Experiments Using a Portable Imaging Instrument for Indicative Monitoring of BWTS for IMO Compliance, Kent Peterson, Harry Nelson (USA)
Testing plankton viability and numbers using rapid biological test methods, Ole Larsen (Singapore)
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Session 10:
Invasive Species: Beyond Ballast Water Management
Chairman: Mr. Jan Linders
Keynote address: Marine bio-fouling and invasive species, Dr. Ashley Coutts
Semisubmersible oil platforms: A major vector of invasions from biofouling?, Darren C. J. Yeo and Peter K. L. Ng (Singapore)
Preventing The Movement Of Invasive Marine Species By the Biofouling Vector In The Asia-Pacific Region, Dr Robert Hilliard (Australia)
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Session 11:
What have we learned and the way forward
Chairman: Mr. David Tongue
Keynote address: The main lessons learned from technology development so far – can we meet the requirements of the Convention in time?, Prof. Ehsan Mesbahi (UK)
Report from the pre-conference "Ship-builders forum" Report from the pre-conference "2nd Global Expert Workshop on harmonization of methodologies for test facilities"
Keynote address: Public-Private sector Partnerships and Global Alliances - What are the major communication gaps between scientists, policy makers and industry?, Dr. Jose Matheickal
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