Shallow Survey 2012 - 6th International Conference

Monday 20 February

Tuesday 21 February

Wednesday 22 February

Thursday 23 February

Friday 24 February

Tuesday 21 February

8.00am Registration and Information Desk opens

9.00am Powhiri (Maori Welcome) and Opening

9.40am Opening
Minister for Land Information
Hon Maurice Williamson

10.00am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

10.30am CEO's - LINZ, NIWA, GNS

11.15am Keynote 1
Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire Centre for Coastal and Ocean

12.00pm Lunch amongst the Exhibitors

Session 1 - Common Dataset

1.00pm Bathymetry and Backscatter Data from Wellington Harbour Acquired with a Wide Swath Phase Measurement Sonar System
Results, Comparisons and Discussion
Peter Hogarth, Kongsberg - GeoAcoustic

1.20pm Processing and 3D Visualisation of the Common Dataset by the Ifremer Software Package Sonarscope
Jean-Marie Augustin, Ifremer

1.40pm The EM 2040 Common Dataset and Enhanced Data Quality by Reprocessing with True Heave Signal and Precise Point Positioning
Berit Horvei, Kongsberg

2.00pm Interactive 4D Visualisation and Analysis of Multi-Sensor, Multi-Resolution Datasets
Lindsay Gee, IVS/QPS

2.30pm Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 2 - Seismics

3.00pm Chirp Sub-bottom-profiling and Magnetic Surveying of the Shallow Water Bay of Islands and Linked 3D-Visualisation Datasets
Bryan Davy, GNS

3.20pm Benefits of Utilising a State of the Art Software Product for Processing and Interpreting Seismic Shallow Water Datasets
Robert Carsley, CODA

3.40pm Applying Novel Sub-bottom Boomer Technology to Surveying the Submerged Wellington Fault
Gavin Willoughby, Applied Acoustics

4.00pm Fault Characteristics and Recent Holocene Activity on the Wellington Fault in Wellington Harbour Using High-resolution Geophysical and Coring Techniques
Phil Barnes, NIWA

5.00pm Exhibition Opening
Oceania

Wednesday 22 February

8.00am Registration and Information Desk opens

8.30am Pre-session tea and coffee

9.00am Keynote 2
Cornel de Ronde, GNS

Session 3 - Target Detection

9.30am The Evolution of Multibeam Acoustics for Multi-use Hydrographic Based Applications
Chris Malzone, Reson

9.50am Automatic Contact Detection in Side-scan Sonar Data
Rebecca Quintal, SAIC

10.10am Object Detection for Underwater Port Security
Lloyd Huff, Triton

10.30am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 4 - Uncertainty

11.00am Use (and Potential Abuse) of Uncertainty in Hydrography
Brian Calder, CCOM

11.20am The Validation of the Uncertainty Model for Klein's Hydrochart 5000 Bathymetry Sonar
Yuhui Ai, Klein L3

11.40am Bathymetry Measurement Accuracy of Multibeam Echosounders: Design, Implementation and First Results of an Objective Quality Factor
Xavier Lurton, Ifremer

12.00pm Multibeam EchoSounder Uncertainty Measure: Evolution and Recent Developements
Eric Maillard, Reson

12.30pm Lunch amongst the exhibitors

Session 5 - Standards and Specifications

1.30pm IHO S100 for Industry
Robert Ward, IHB

1.50pm The Changing Needs of Hydrographic Survey Specifications and Standards
Stuart Caie, LINZ

2.10pm New Zealand's SDI Cookbook
Geoff O'Malley, LINZ

2.30pm Expanding Customer Base Using High Resolution Sonar in a Port Environment
John Pinder, PLA

3.00pm Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 6 - Quality

3.30pm Greater Density Data Doesn't Necessarily Translate to Greater Quality OG Rock - A Case Example
Peter Kenshole, AHS

3.50pm Quality vs. Quantity: Optimising ALB Performance to Meet Survey Requirements
Hugh Parker, Fugro LADS

4.10pm Is All Multibeam Backscatter The Same? A Comparison of the Backscatter from the Different Multibeam Systems from the Shallow Survey Dataset
Duncan Mallace, NetSurvey

4.30pm High-Resolution Surveys of Drinking Water Reservoirs for Water Storage Assessment
Tom Waddington, Substructure Inc.

4.50pm NEW
Satellite Imagery Bathymetry for Hydrography
Professor Arnold Bekker, CSIRO

Thursday 23 February

8.00am Registration and Information Desk opens

8.30am Pre-session tea and coffee

9.00am Keynote 3
Adam Greenland, LINZ

Session 7 - Bathymetry

9.30am Bathymetry User Needs and Vertical Datum Harmonisation Research
Nathan Quadros, CRCSI

9.50am Progress Towards the Seamless Conbination of Bathymetric and Topographic Data in New Zealand
Matt Amos, LINZ

10.10am Implementation of a Bathymetry Database for Geoscience Australia
Christian Fellinger, CARIS and Geoscience Aus

10.30am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 8 - Very Large Data Volumes

11.00am Automated Bottom Feature Selection Using Multibeam and Lidar Datasets
Matthew Thompson, NAVOCEANO

11.20am Variable Resolution Grids: Implementation and Applications
Mark Masry, CARIS

11.40am Improvement of Spot Sounding Selection for Natutical Charts and Encs
George Spoelstra, Atlis

12.00pm Reconciling the Apparently Irreconcilable: New Paradigms in Bathymetric Data Management
Bertrand Baud, ESRI

12.30pm Lunch amongst the exhibitors

Session 9 - Water Column

1.30pm What's the Difference? A Comparison of Water Column Data to Bathymetry from the Sonar Bottom Detection in the Shallow Survey 2012 Common Dataset
Erin Heffrom, IVS 3D Inc.

1.50pm Comparison of Least Depths Obtained During Wreck Investigations Using Wire Sweep, Multibeam Exhosounder, Side Scan Sonar and Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Data
David Parker, UKHO

2.10pm Multi-dimensional Water Column Analysis as a Catalyst for Sustainable Hydrographic Survey
Corey Collins, CARIS

2.30pm MBES Performance in the Mapping of Explosive Remnants of War and Targeted WWII Shipwrecks
Matt Wray, RNZN

3.00pm Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 10 - Processing

3.30pm Hydrographic Data Processing on a Robust, Network-coupled Parallel Cluster
Brian Calder, CCOM

3.50pm Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL): Advancing Coastal Remote Sensing
Christopher Macon, USACE

4.10pm Creation of Scale - Independant Enhanced Bathymetry Attributed Grid (EBAG) Surfaces
Matthew Thompson, NAVOCEANO

4.30pm Shallow Inland Waters Surveying - Public Tender Experiences From Eastern Finland
Juhani Laaksonen, Meritato

7.00pm Conference Dinner
Te Wharewaka o Poneke

Friday 24 February

8.00am Registration and Information Desk opens

8.30am Pre-session tea and coffee

9.00am
Key Note 4
Geoffroy Lamarche, NIWA

Session 11 - Habitat 1

9.30am Development of Habitat Mapping Process in Finland
Jarmo Ahonen, Meritato

9.50am Backscatter and Seafloor Acoustical Properties of Wellington Harbour; Preliminary Results and Potential
Arne Pallentin, NIWA

10.10am Combining Angular and Spatial Information from Multibeam Backscatter Data for Improved Unsupervised Acoustic Seabed Segmentation
Alexandre Schimel, MetOcean

10.30am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

Session 12 - Habitat 2

11.00am Shallow Water Seafloor Imaging and Classification Using Active-Passive Data Dusion Algorithms
Joong Yong Park, Optech

11.20am Mapping Coastal Benthic Biodiversity
Judi Hewitt, NIWA

11.40am A New Technique for Modelling Swath Acoustic Backscatter of the Seafloor
Jiashun Yu, GNS

12.00pm To be confirmed

12.30pm Lunch amongst the exhibitors

Session 13 - Survey Platforms

1.30pm Dual Head Reson 7125 Integration on NOAA's New SWATH Vessel Ferinand R. Hassler
Briana Welton

1.50pm A Workflow Description for Hydrographic Data Acquired From an AUV
Douglas Cronin, NAVOCEANO

2.15pm Conference Wrap-up
Ray Wood, GNS

Presentation for next Conference

Closing Ceremony

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Tuesday 21 February
8.00am	Registration and Information Desk opens
9.00am	Powhiri (Maori Welcome) and Opening
9.40am	Opening Minister for Land Information Hon Maurice Williamson
10.00am	Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
10.30am	CEO's - LINZ, NIWA, GNS
11.15am	Keynote 1 Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire Centre for Coastal and Ocean
12.00pm	Lunch amongst the Exhibitors
	Session 1 - Common Dataset
1.00pm	Bathymetry and Backscatter Data from Wellington Harbour Acquired with a Wide Swath Phase Measurement Sonar System Results, Comparisons and Discussion Peter Hogarth, Kongsberg - GeoAcoustic
1.20pm	Processing and 3D Visualisation of the Common Dataset by the Ifremer Software Package Sonarscope Jean-Marie Augustin, Ifremer
1.40pm	The EM 2040 Common Dataset and Enhanced Data Quality by Reprocessing with True Heave Signal and Precise Point Positioning Berit Horvei, Kongsberg
2.00pm	Interactive 4D Visualisation and Analysis of Multi-Sensor, Multi-Resolution Datasets Lindsay Gee, IVS/QPS
2.30pm	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 2 - Seismics
3.00pm	Chirp Sub-bottom-profiling and Magnetic Surveying of the Shallow Water Bay of Islands and Linked 3D-Visualisation Datasets Bryan Davy, GNS
3.20pm	Benefits of Utilising a State of the Art Software Product for Processing and Interpreting Seismic Shallow Water Datasets Robert Carsley, CODA
3.40pm	Applying Novel Sub-bottom Boomer Technology to Surveying the Submerged Wellington Fault Gavin Willoughby, Applied Acoustics
4.00pm	Fault Characteristics and Recent Holocene Activity on the Wellington Fault in Wellington Harbour Using High-resolution Geophysical and Coring Techniques Phil Barnes, NIWA
5.00pm	Exhibition Opening Oceania

Wednesday 22 February
8.00am	Registration and Information Desk opens
8.30am	Pre-session tea and coffee
9.00am	Keynote 2 Cornel de Ronde, GNS
	Session 3 - Target Detection
9.30am	The Evolution of Multibeam Acoustics for Multi-use Hydrographic Based Applications Chris Malzone, Reson
9.50am	Automatic Contact Detection in Side-scan Sonar Data Rebecca Quintal, SAIC
10.10am	Object Detection for Underwater Port Security Lloyd Huff, Triton
10.30am	Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 4 - Uncertainty
11.00am	Use (and Potential Abuse) of Uncertainty in Hydrography Brian Calder, CCOM
11.20am	The Validation of the Uncertainty Model for Klein's Hydrochart 5000 Bathymetry Sonar Yuhui Ai, Klein L3
11.40am	Bathymetry Measurement Accuracy of Multibeam Echosounders: Design, Implementation and First Results of an Objective Quality Factor Xavier Lurton, Ifremer
12.00pm	Multibeam EchoSounder Uncertainty Measure: Evolution and Recent Developements Eric Maillard, Reson
12.30pm	Lunch amongst the exhibitors
	Session 5 - Standards and Specifications
1.30pm	IHO S100 for Industry Robert Ward, IHB
1.50pm	The Changing Needs of Hydrographic Survey Specifications and Standards Stuart Caie, LINZ
2.10pm	New Zealand's SDI Cookbook Geoff O'Malley, LINZ
2.30pm	Expanding Customer Base Using High Resolution Sonar in a Port Environment John Pinder, PLA
3.00pm	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 6 - Quality
3.30pm	Greater Density Data Doesn't Necessarily Translate to Greater Quality OG Rock - A Case Example Peter Kenshole, AHS
3.50pm	Quality vs. Quantity: Optimising ALB Performance to Meet Survey Requirements Hugh Parker, Fugro LADS
4.10pm	Is All Multibeam Backscatter The Same? A Comparison of the Backscatter from the Different Multibeam Systems from the Shallow Survey Dataset Duncan Mallace, NetSurvey
4.30pm	High-Resolution Surveys of Drinking Water Reservoirs for Water Storage Assessment Tom Waddington, Substructure Inc.
4.50pm	NEW Satellite Imagery Bathymetry for Hydrography Professor Arnold Bekker, CSIRO
Thursday 23 February
8.00am	Registration and Information Desk opens
8.30am	Pre-session tea and coffee
9.00am	Keynote 3 Adam Greenland, LINZ
	Session 7 - Bathymetry
9.30am	Bathymetry User Needs and Vertical Datum Harmonisation Research Nathan Quadros, CRCSI
9.50am	Progress Towards the Seamless Conbination of Bathymetric and Topographic Data in New Zealand Matt Amos, LINZ
10.10am	Implementation of a Bathymetry Database for Geoscience Australia Christian Fellinger, CARIS and Geoscience Aus
10.30am	Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 8 - Very Large Data Volumes
11.00am	Automated Bottom Feature Selection Using Multibeam and Lidar Datasets Matthew Thompson, NAVOCEANO
11.20am	Variable Resolution Grids: Implementation and Applications Mark Masry, CARIS
11.40am	Improvement of Spot Sounding Selection for Natutical Charts and Encs George Spoelstra, Atlis
12.00pm	Reconciling the Apparently Irreconcilable: New Paradigms in Bathymetric Data Management Bertrand Baud, ESRI
12.30pm	Lunch amongst the exhibitors
	Session 9 - Water Column
1.30pm	What's the Difference? A Comparison of Water Column Data to Bathymetry from the Sonar Bottom Detection in the Shallow Survey 2012 Common Dataset Erin Heffrom, IVS 3D Inc.
1.50pm	Comparison of Least Depths Obtained During Wreck Investigations Using Wire Sweep, Multibeam Exhosounder, Side Scan Sonar and Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Data David Parker, UKHO
2.10pm	Multi-dimensional Water Column Analysis as a Catalyst for Sustainable Hydrographic Survey Corey Collins, CARIS
2.30pm	MBES Performance in the Mapping of Explosive Remnants of War and Targeted WWII Shipwrecks Matt Wray, RNZN
3.00pm	Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 10 - Processing
3.30pm	Hydrographic Data Processing on a Robust, Network-coupled Parallel Cluster Brian Calder, CCOM
3.50pm	Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL): Advancing Coastal Remote Sensing Christopher Macon, USACE
4.10pm	Creation of Scale - Independant Enhanced Bathymetry Attributed Grid (EBAG) Surfaces Matthew Thompson, NAVOCEANO
4.30pm	Shallow Inland Waters Surveying - Public Tender Experiences From Eastern Finland Juhani Laaksonen, Meritato
7.00pm	Conference Dinner Te Wharewaka o Poneke

Friday 24 February
8.00am	Registration and Information Desk opens
8.30am	Pre-session tea and coffee
9.00am	Key Note 4 Geoffroy Lamarche, NIWA
	Session 11 - Habitat 1
9.30am	Development of Habitat Mapping Process in Finland Jarmo Ahonen, Meritato
9.50am	Backscatter and Seafloor Acoustical Properties of Wellington Harbour; Preliminary Results and Potential Arne Pallentin, NIWA
10.10am	Combining Angular and Spatial Information from Multibeam Backscatter Data for Improved Unsupervised Acoustic Seabed Segmentation Alexandre Schimel, MetOcean
10.30am	Morning tea amongst the exhibitors
	Session 12 - Habitat 2
11.00am	Shallow Water Seafloor Imaging and Classification Using Active-Passive Data Dusion Algorithms Joong Yong Park, Optech
11.20am	Mapping Coastal Benthic Biodiversity Judi Hewitt, NIWA
11.40am	A New Technique for Modelling Swath Acoustic Backscatter of the Seafloor Jiashun Yu, GNS
12.00pm	To be confirmed
12.30pm	Lunch amongst the exhibitors
	Session 13 - Survey Platforms
1.30pm	Dual Head Reson 7125 Integration on NOAA's New SWATH Vessel Ferinand R. Hassler Briana Welton
1.50pm	A Workflow Description for Hydrographic Data Acquired From an AUV Douglas Cronin, NAVOCEANO
2.15pm	Conference Wrap-up Ray Wood, GNS
	Presentation for next Conference
	Closing Ceremony