UI 2013 A Preview

Underwater Intervention is once again set to take New Orleans by storm, scheduled to take place January 15-17, 2013 at the city’s ubiquitous Morial Convention Center.
Underwater Intervention is a not-for-profit industry conference and exhibition, jointly owned by the Association of Diving Contractors International and the ROV Committee of the Marine Technology Society.
The event is highly anticipated every year as it seamlessly melds a comprehensive technical conference with traditional exhibition and a full slate of social activities, all designed to ensure that subsea industry executives have ample opportunity to meet, greet, exchange ideas and conduct business.
In 1993, the first Underwater Intervention was hosted in San Diego, California.  Now, 21 years later, Underwater Intervention has grown to encompass more industries in addition to Commercial Diving and Remotely Operated Vehicles.  It now includes Manned Submersibles, Instruments and Sensors, Sonar and Acoustics, Ocean Engineering, Marine Salvage and Shipwrecks, AUV and UUV Technology
In January 2012, Underwater Intervention, held in New Orleans, covered more than 25,500 square feet of exhibit space, and hosted more than 2400 attendees from over 35 countries, and our technical program offered 110 presentations from industry leaders throughout the world. This year’s conference – UI 2013 – will include more technical program subject offerings for UI 2013 to satisfy the needs of our respective industries, such as Deep Water Projects and Decommissioning. 
Conference Registration is open and online at www.underwaterintervention.com.  Early Registration Discounts and Society Member Discounts apply until January 7, 2013.  Onsite (At the Door) Prices will apply beginning January 8, 2013

Exhibitors: (Not a complete list)
Airgas Gas and Equipment      227 
AK Industries      918 
Amron International      110 
Ansell Protective Solutions Inc.      818 
Arc Controls Inc.      220 
AXSUB/Innovation Maritime      808 
Birns, Inc.      809 
Blueveiw Technologies      717 
Cal-Dive International      210 
Cavidyne, LLC      511 
Chet Morrison Contractors      724 
Cortland Company, Inc.      629 
Cygnus Instruments      732 
DeepSea Power and Light      735 
Delta Wave      312 
DOE, Inc.      910, 912 
DYNACON, Inc.      601 
EPIC Diving and Marine      418 
Falmat Cable      301 
Flange Skillets International      627 
Forum Energy Technologies      401 
Geospace Offshore      200 
Global Diving and Salvage      811 
Hawboldt Industries, Ltd.      234, 236 
Innerspace Corporation      436 
J W Fishers      633 
Jack Vilas Associates      327 
Kongsberg      501 
L-3 Klein Associates, Inc.      208 
LinkQuest      907 
LYYN, Inc.      207 
MacArtney      320, 322 
Marine Magnetics      933 
Marine Sonic Technology      829 
Marine Technology Reporter      109 
MATE/MTS      330 
Moog/Focal Technologies      310, 211 
Morgan City Rentals      311 
Nuvair      217 
Oceaneering International      306 
OceanServer Technology, Inc      112 
Pegasus Thruster      741 
Polymer Corporation      113 
Remote Ocean Systems      701 
Saab Seaeye      828 
SBG Systems      810 
SEACON Brantner and Assoc, Imc.      705 
Seamar Divers International      317 
Seamor Marine      116 
SeaTrepid International, LLC      337 
SeeByte      927 
Shark Marine      921 
Sound Metric      711 
South Bay Cable      723 
Subsea Techniologies      411 
Superior Energy Services      219 
Teledyne Benthos      729 
Trelleborg Offshore      816 
Wach`s Subsea      232 
 
Meet Don Walsh @ UI
The Annual Awards Dinner, with Randall Abadie of Shell Exploration will be our Keynote Speaker; will be held Tuesday night at the Marriott Convention Center.  This awards dinner highlights and honors some of our industry leaders as well as some of our up and coming students.  Also as a special appearance, Don Walsh (right) will give a presentation in the International Lounge on Wednesday shortly after lunch.  If you want to hear from one of the very few men who have travelled to the deepest parts of the ocean, you will want to be present for this talk.For full conference & exhibition details:
www.underwaterintervention.com


(As published in the November/December 2012 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - www.marinetechnologiesnews.com)