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MONDAY - OCTOBER 10, 2016

WORKSHOP (Level 4)

7:00 AM Workshop registration opens

Continental breakfast

8:00 AM Morning Session

Take the Next Step Toward Incident Free

DP Operations by Adopting an Aligned

Philosophy for Position Reference Sensors

and DP Control Systems

11:30 AM Workshop lunch

(Level 3 Wisteria Ballroom)

12:00 PM Exhibit set up opens

12:45 PM Afternoon Session

Build Confidence in Planning and Executing

Effective DP Annual Trials Through a Review

of Two Annual Trials Case Studies Utilizing

MTS Guidance

3:30 PM Conference Registration opens

4:00 PM Early Bird Reception (Foyer Area Level 4)

4:30 PM Workshop concludes

TUESDAY - OCTOBER 11, 2016

CONFERENCE DAY (Level 4)1

7:00 AM Registration opens

7:00 AM Delegates’ breakfast with exhibitors

7:00 AM Speakers’ breakfast

8:00 AM Welcome Remarks

8:30 AM Technical Sessions

Risk

10:00 AM Refreshment Break - Exhibit Area


Thrusters

12:00 PM Lunch and Awards


1:30 PM Technical Sessions

Sensors

3:00 PM Refreshment Break - Exhibit Area


Cybersecurity

5:00 PM Cocktail Reception (Level 4)

WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 12, 2016

CONFERENCE DAY 2 (Level 4)

7:00 AM Registration opens

7:30 AM Delegates’ breakfast with exhibitors

7:30 AM Speakers’ breakfast


Operations

10:00 AM Refreshment Break - Exhibit Area


Power/Testing

12:00 PM Lunch



Competency/Design

3:00 PM Refreshment Break - Exhibit Area


Environmental/Testing

3:30 PM Exhibits dismantle

5.00 PM Conference wrap up

5:15 PM Conference concludes

D P C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Committee Chairman (Emeritus)

Howard Shatto - Shatto Engineering

Committee Chairman - Pete Fougere

Conference Chairman - Stephen Browne

Workshop Chair - Blake Denton, Noble Drilling Services

Workshop Vice Chair - Chuck Centore, GATE

Technical Chair (2016) - Thor Haarseth, Haarseth DP and

Marine Services

Technical Chair (2017) - Graeme Reid, Maritime

Assurance and Consulting

Treasurer - Dietmar Deter, Nautex, Inc.

Arrangements - Brenda Wolak

Audio/Video - Ted Murphey, Kongsberg

Communications - David Hollier, Transocean

Exhibits - Dan Galligan, Oceaneering International

Publicity - Liz Stansfeld, Stansfeld & Fairbrother

Registration - Keith Wyatt

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Technical Chairs:

Co-chair: Blake Denton, Noble Drilling Services

Co-chair: Chuck Centore, GATE

The DP Conference workshop will follow a similar format to previous years with participants working in small groups of 8-10 people per

table. Experienced Session Co-Chairs will be available to participate and provide coaching and mentoring to each group.

Results and conclusions from the workshop will be summarized and presented to the MTS DP Technical Committee and the DP

Conference participants at the Conference lunch on October 11, 2016.

8:00 AM MORNING SESSION

Take the Next Step Toward Incident Free DP Operations by Adopting an Aligned Philosophy for

Position Reference Sensors and DP Control Systems

Discussion will focus on the writing the Position Reference Sensors (PRS) TECHOP to concentrate on functional

objectives rather than how to achieve those objectives.

Session Chair - Jan Grothusen, Guidance Marine

Session Co-Chair - Torbjørn Hals, Kongsberg

Session Co-Chair - Mark Carter, Sonardyne

11:30 AM LUNCH

12:45 PM AFTERNOON SESSION

Build Confidence in Planning and Executing Effective DP Annual Trials Through a Review of Two

Annual Trials Case Studies Utilizing MTS Guidance

Session Chair - Steve Cargill, DNV GL

Session Co-Chair - Justin Adams, Noble Drilling Services, Inc.

Session Co-Chair - David Hollier, Transocean

4:30 PM WORKSHOP CONCLUDES


MTS DP GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

DP Vessel Design Guidelines

Operations

Guidance

MODUs

Project Contsruction Vessels

Logistic Vessels

TECHOP Guidance

Overview of MTS Fault Ride Through

A Method for Providing Fault Ride

Through Capability of DP Vessels

with HV Power

Annual DP Trials & Gap Analysis

Blackout Recovery

Conducting Effective & Comprehensive

DP Incident Investigations

Continuous Trials for DP MODUs

Control Power Supplies & Auto

Changeovers

Cross Connections

Defining Critical Operations Requiring

Selection of Critical Activity Mode

DGNSS Position Reference Sensors

DP Operations Manual & Gap Analysis

Evaluation of Protection Systems

External Interfaces

FMEA Gap Analysis

FMEA Proving Trials

Guidance

High Level Philosophy

Power Plant Common Cause Failures

Software Testing

Personnel Professional Development

Documents can be downloaded free

from http://.dynamic-positioning.com

Early registration for the DP Conference will open at 3:30 pm. Workshop participants are encouraged to attend the reception in the Foyer

area immediately following the Workshop.

RISK – Kris Kallaway, ConocoPhillips

As Director of Marine Assurance, Integration

with ConocoPhillips, Kris Kallaway advises

global business units on the safe project

execution on all marine aspects of offshore

exploration, drilling and production. He is

also the focal point m afor arine ssurance

technical ingissues relat to offshore vessel

vetting, terminal clearance, DP Assurance,

and SIMOPS Source Control.

After working on drilling rigs in the US GOM, Brazil and Angola,

he moved onshore in 2007 holding senior positions with Wärtsilä

and GL-Noble Denton, and was Lead DP Advisor authoring the

SIMOPS (SWRP). Mr. Kallaway is aSubsea Well Response Project

member of numerous industry associations and has been an

actively licensed captain since 2004.

THRUSTERS – Lee Erdman, Voith Turbo Marine

Lee Erdman joined Voith Turbo Marine 17

years ago and is the Product and Sales

Manager for North America involved in

new build projects ranging from tugs and

fireboats to ferries and offshore vessels.

Lee is a graduate of the US NavalAcademy and recently retired as aCommander in the US Navy. He is a NavalAv iator, cert i f ied as a Miss ionCommander in P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft. In addition to

many years of fly he also served aboard aircraft carriers,ing,surface combatants, and support vessels in the US Navy.

SENSORS – Robert (Robb) Kusek, BP

Robert Kusek is an upstream Marine

Operations Manager at BP thecovering

Gulf of Mexico Trinidad & Tobago., For

the past ten worked asyears he has

navigation officer, dynamic positioning

operator, ballast control operator and

marine section leader on various vessels.

After coming ashore with BP he was

initially responsible for overseeing the

trials, verification and assurance of multiple types of DP vessels

and hydraulically compensated marine gangways before

assuming his current position.

CYBERSECURITY – Mark Webster, FBI

Mark Webster is the Assistant Special

Agent-in-Charge (ASAC) of FBI

Houston Division's Cyber Special

Operations Branch, where he manages

the Cyber, Regional Computer Forensic

Laboratory, Security, Crisis Manage-

ment, Information Technology, and

Electronic Technology programs and

operations. He is a graduate of Sam

Houston University.

OPERATIONS – John Flynn, Stena Drilling

John Flynn started his offshore oil and gas

career as an officer cadet some 30 years

ago. He captained a variety of vessels in

the North Sea, Middle East, Asia, Africa

and Australia. After working as a Marine

Pilot, he became Offshore Assurance

Superintendent and SME for Dynamic

Positioning within BP, and later the

OCIMF representative on DP-TEG. He also audited offshore companies tendering for BP contracts. He joined Stena Drilling in 2014 and is the Marine Superintendent for a fleet of eight offshore drilling units, including three semis, four sixth-generation SHI drillships and a new DP3 semi currently under construction.

POWER/TESTING – Commander Ben Gates, USCG

Commander Ben Gates is the Detachment

Chief of the Coast Guard's Outer

Continental Shelf National Center of

Expertise in Houma, Louisiana, the Coast

Guard's repository of expertise and best

practices associated with the Outer

Continental Shelf statutory mission. He

previous served as an engineer aboard a Coast Guard cutter, a

marine inspector in Texas, Hawaii, and Minnesota, and as a Naval

Architect at the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Center. Ben

graduated from the USCG Academy in 1998 and holds a Master's

Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

COMPETENCY/DESIGN – Erik Oberlin, Marathon Oil

Erik is Corporate Marine Superintendent

at Marathon Oil Corporation. He joined

the industry in 1997 after graduating from

Texas A&M Maritime Academy. He has

worked primarily on deepwater oil drilling

vessels for most of his career, working for

many years as a DPO, and completing his

offshore career as a Master/OIM. His

offshore career included working for major drilling contractors,

including GlobalMarine, Transocean, Seadrill and Noble Drilling.

He moved to shoreside work in 2014.

ENVIRONMENTAL/TESTING – Nick Smith, GE

Nick Smith is director of Marine Solutions

with GE Marine/GE Power Conversion

responsible for proposing, developing and

executing GE Marine System and Product

Solutions, combining the strengths of GE’s

power conversion, transportation, aviation,

power and water, and oil and gas businesses.

Nick has over 27 years of experience onshore and offshore

holding technical leadership positions in Africa, Asia, US and

Europe. He holds an Honors degree in Electrical Engineering, sits

on the Lloyds Register Technical Committee, and is a Fellow of

the Institute of Engineering & Technology.


7:00 AM Registration Opens

7:00 - 7:45 AM Speakers’ Breakfast

7:00 - 7:45 AM Continental Breakfast for Delegates in the Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM WELCOME REMARKSPeter Fougere - DP Committee Chair

RISK Session Chair: Kris Kallaway, ConocoPhillips-

8:30 AM Loss of Position Incident Investigation and Methodology

Kevin Duffin John Flynn, Maritime Assurance & Consulting (MAC) & , Neale Fraser,Stena Drilling, MAC,

Matt McCaul, Stena Drilling

Kevin graduated Electronic from the University of Strathclyde and Electrical Engineering inin s completed his Ph.D. in

2007 post-doctoral fellowship 2009, he join OptoSci Ltd as Senior Engineer.. He completed a in at which time .

Kevin spent over years in optics and photonics research and engineering develop expertise in electro-opticten ing

instrumentation, digital data acquisition and signal processing, as well as gaining a fundamental understanding of

optical sensing principles and techniques. He has authored or co-authored over 20 technical papers in photonics and

gas sensing, safety-critical systems. In 2013, Kevin joined Maritime Assurance & Consulting Ltd (MAC) as an Electrical.

Consultant in the ynamic ositioning department. He now speciali e in analysis of electrical aspects associatedd p z s the

with Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) of complex DP systems, witness FMEA Proving Trials andand es

Annual DP Trials on a range of DP vessels. He provides full client support in investigating electrical failures on a variety

of systems.

9:00 AM From Seventeen To Zero – Eliminating DP Incidents in Offshore Loading by Combined Training,

System Development and Regulations

TeekayKjell Helgøy, (left), Lars Einar Rosenhaug Bjørset, (below), Erik Hågensen, ØyvindKongsberg Maritime

Pedersen, Kongsberg Maritime

Kjell Egil Helgøy joined Teekay in 2002 and is Profession Lead DP E&IShipping Norway al for Teekay Shipping

Norway in Stavanger, a division of Teekay Corporation responsible for the technical specifications and, where he is

operation of ynamic ositioning ystems onboard Teekay s fleet of shuttle tankers. He previously worked ford p s ’

Marconi Norway, Mobil Exploration Norway Inc. and subsequently Statoil Shipping where he was the DP advisor.,

Kjell holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Norwegian Institute of Technology.’s the

Lars Einar R. Bj rsetø has been a member of the SMSC (former SMS, now Kongsberg Maritime Training Center) in

Trondheim, Norway for 16 years. Lars Einar has been primarily DP training and DPO certification,involved in

especially since SMSC/KM Training was approved as the first DNV GL Test Center. Before joining SMSC, Lars worked

in international sales and marketing for various companies covering Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

9:30 AM Effective Recommissioning of DP Assets

Sean Hogue, London Offshore Consultants

Captain Sean Hogue works in DP and Marine Assurance at London Offshore Consultants in Houston. Joining the

offshore industry in 2003, he has sailed on a variety of DP vessels, including pipe lay, construction, heavy lift, saturation

and air diving, semi-submersible, well intervention, ROV, AHTS, and PSV. He has served on the IDPOA committee

appointed to represent the voice of DPOs to the DP-Training Executive Group (DP-TEG). DP-TEG was launched by

the Nautical Institute to provide industry guidance and to represent stakeholder input into ynamic ositioningd p .

Today Captain Hogue’s primary focus includes the development of FMEAs and ASOGs, conducting annual DP trials

and incident investigations, and conducting suitability and mission critical equipment surveys.

10:00 AM Refreshment Break

D P C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 1 - , O C T O B E R 1 2 0 1

THRUSTERS - Session Chair: Lee Erdman, oV ith

10:30 AM Third Generation Thruster Retrieval System taking Thruster Maintenance Planning off the Critical

Path

Dimitris Chalkias, Sjoerd Hendriks, Sibren Bonte, Michiel Mol, GustoMSC BV.

Dimitris Chalkias studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens,

continuing as a researcher in ship hydrodynamics. He joined GustoMSC in 2010, where he is a Senior Naval Architect

in the vessel design department. He is the lead naval architect on several drillship design projects, including the

Magellan drillship. Previously he worked on various designs, including semi-submersibles and jack-ups. He has a

strong background in ship and offshore hydrodynamics, dynamic positioning, sea-keeping and hull form optimization.

Dimitris is a member of RINA (Royal Institute of Naval Architects) and an associate member of SNAME (Society of

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers).

11:00 AM High Torque Gear (HTG) – the New Premium Class in Azimuth Thruster Gear Technology

Michael Potts, Ivo Beu, Schottel

PottsMichael is manager of the technical department in Wismar, the Schottel plant for offshore thrusters and special

constructions. His team designed the rudder propeller SRP 9000 LSU with the input power of 5,5 MW of which the

underwater mountable azimuth thrusters address the tough conditions offshore, reducing docking time. During the

past five years Potts completed a doctorate in mechanical engineering at the university of Dresden where his thesis on

Increasing the substainability of free form miling bevel gears resulted in a 15% improvement. Michael Potts holds a

mechanical engineering degree from the University of Rostock. After gradudating he worked in the research and

development department in Schottel eadquarter in Spay/Rhine near Cologne.h s

11:30 AM Improved DP Capability with Tilted Thruster Units and Smart Controls Algorithms

Nobert Bulten, Petra Stoltenkamp, Wartsila

Norbert is the head of the Hydrodynamics department at Wärtsilä Propulsion. For the past 20 years he has been

responsible for the development of all CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) activities relating to propulsion, as well

as the implementation of engineering processes. His current focus is on fuel efficient propeller designs, propeller-hull

flow interaction and development of a new steerable thruster portfolio.

Norbert studied Mechanical Engineering at Twente University in the Netherlands. After graduation in 1997 he joined

the R&D department of Lips Waterjets and subsequently undertook CFD simulations of waterjets, propellers and

thrusters. He received a Ph.D. on the from EindhovenNumerical Flow Simulations of a Waterjet Propulsion System

University in 2006.

12:00 PM - Sponsored by DNV GLLUNCH & AWARDS

Distinguished Achievement Award - Captain Joshua Reynolds, United States Coast Guard

- Blake Denton DP Committee Workshop Chair- - Noble Drilling ServicesWorkshop Update

SENSORS - Session Chair: Robert (Robb) Kusek, BP

1:30 PM Towards Safer and More Efficient Acoustic DP Reference Systems

Mark Carter, Sonardyne

Mark is the Global Business Manager for DP and Drilling at Sonardyne International. He joined Sonardyne in 2011

after gaining over 20 years of navigation systems experience across the maritime and aviation sectors.

the E M where he ed withPreviously, Mark worked at QinetiQ as ngineering anager for the navigation group work

military and commercial customers develop GPS anti-jam systems and high integrity aided inertial navigationing

systems. Prior to that Mark worked in the oil and gas industry as an offshore surveyor and system test engineer.M s e . .ark has a background in ystems ngineering and a B Sc in Surveying from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.


SENSORS - continued

2:00 PM Extended Use of Acoustic Positioning Systems

,Jan-Erik Faugstadmo, Are B. Willumsen, Kongsberg Maritime

Jan-Erik is the Vice President for UNAV with Kongsberg Maritime and is responsible for the technical development of

the inertial navigation system HAIN and the software development of HPR 400. Prior to this he was responsible for

the technical development of the acoustic positioning, acoustic link, and the software development of HPR systems.

He also worked on the installation and service of HPR systems worldwide and the installation and development of the

Maurice Platform acoustic positioning system. Jan-Erik holds a degree in Electronics and Automation Engineering.

2:30 PM Laser Target Ambiguity

Russ Miles, Ravi Bhalsod, Guidance Marine

Russ is a founder-director of Guidance Marine and has spent over 25 years working in the field of laser and radar

position measurement for marine dynamic positioning and autonomous vehicles. Prior to founding Guidance Marine,

Russ worked for GEC, after graduating in Maths and Engineering from Cambridge University .Russ has played a

substantial part in the development of the core radar data signal processing technology behind RadaScan and Mini

RadaScan.

3:00 PM Refreshment Break

CYBERSECURITY - Session Chair: Mark Webster, FBI

3:30 PM Who Said that DP does not Rhyme with Cybersecurity?

Olivier Cadet, Arne Rinnan, Nils Albert Jenssen, Harry Verthoeven, Kongsberg Maritime

Olivier is Vice President, Information Management System with Kongsberg Maritime AS where he oversees the

implementation of Kongsberg Maritime’s strategic initiative around Smart Data, focusing on delivering a cross-

functional, collaborative and secure platform to empower customers to make knowledge-based decisions to

improve operations. Prior to this he served as Business Development & Quality Manager for Kongsberg Maritime.

Olivier joined the offshore drilling industry in 1998, working at Transocean as a Controls Engineer involved with

upgrades to DP and automation systems on offshore drilling rigs. In 2004 he joined Air Liquide where his positions

included R&D Group Manager and Program Director, driving Air Liquide’s research efforts in Advanced Process

Control. Olivier holds an M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Grenoble Institute of Technology in France.

4:00 PM Building Cybersecurity into DP Systems

Siv Hilde Houmb, Secure-NOK

Dr. Siv Hilde is the CTO of Secure-NOK® AS, an Associate Professor II at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), and chairwoman for the IADC ART Cybersecurity Subcommittee.

Siv founded Secure-NOK® AS, a cybersecurity company focusing on oil and gas in 2010, and has an extensive background in controls security and cybersecurity. She has published more than 50 scientific papers and articles on cybersecurity and risk assessment. Siv Hilde Houmb holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science focusing on cybersecurity and decision theory.

4:30 PM Network Storms and Other Communication Systems Failure Modes

Ahmed Hamody

was most recentlyAhmed Senior Control System Engineer at DNV GL – Noble Denton Marine Services, Dynamic

Positioning Department and has over ten years experience utomation systems., ’ with oil and gas a

His has been s sfocus on control system and automation of DP vessels (drilling vessel , pipe and cable layers and heavy

lift), and in particular emergency shutdown systems, fire and gas systems, dynamic positioning control systems,

vessel management system (integrated automatic control systems) and thruster control systems. He has a particulars

interest in cybersecurity communications.

5:00 PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION - Sponsored by Braemer Engineering


7:00 AM Registration Opens

7:30 - 8:15 AM Speakers’ Breakfast

7:30 - 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast for Delegates in the Exhibit Hall

OPERATIONS - Session Chair: John Flynn, Stena Drilling

8:30 AM Fuel-Efficient Power Plant featuring Variable Speed Generation Systems for DP Drilling Units

ABBJan-Fredrik Hansen, Frank Wendt, John Olav Lindtjorn,

Jan-Fredrik Hansen graduated from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) in

1995 with an M.Sc. in Electric Power Engineering and in 2000 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering on the topic of

Modeling and Control of Marine Power Systems. He joined ABB Marine in 1999, working on delivery projects with

electric propulsion, and other R&D projects. In 2003, he joined the ABB Marine sales team focusing on promoting and

selling electric propulsion systems for LNG carriers. In 2008 he transferred to his current position of Technology

Manager within the oil & gas vessel segment of ABB Marine, leading a team that focuses on developing new solutions

for marine electric propulsion, distribution and automation.

9:00 AM Defining Expanded Sectors for DP-Assisted Offloading Operations in Spread-Moored Platforms

Eduardo Tannuri, Ana Luisa de Barros Orsolini, Felipe Santana Castelpoggi, Douglas GustavoUniv. of São Paulo;

Takashi Yuba, Gilberto Beduhn Machado, José Luiz P. Malafaia, Petrobras

Eduardo Tannuri is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Escola Politécnica,

University of São Paulo (EPUSP), and coordinator of the Maneuvering Simulation Center of the Numerical Offshore

Tank. He focuses on DP systems applied to offshore vessels and platforms, maneuvering and sea-keeping time-

domain simulation codes development and application, and experimental analysis of floating structures. He graduated

in Mechatronics Engineering in 1998, and completed his doctorate degree in 2002, both at EPUSP. He coordinates

several R&D projects in offshore oil & gas exploration, maritime and river navigation, and port development.

9:30 AM Planning of Drilling Operations in Extreme Ocean Currents: Experience from Time-Domain

Simulations and Full-Scale Validation on Maersk Venturer

Luca Pivano, Kristopher Eide, Øyvind Smogeli, Per Frederiksen,Marine Cybernetics/DNV GL; Maersk Drilling,

Martin Poirier, Total Exploration & Production

Luca Pivano joined Marine Cybernetics in 2007 and is the Product Manager for Maritime Systems, having previously

worked as a project engineer and subsequently R&D manager for DP systems, focusing on the development of tools

and methods for HIL testing. From 2001 to 2003 he collaborated with FIAT automotive on a research project for

active vehicle suspensions. He received Ph.D. degrees in Control and in Identification of Marine Propeller from

NUST in 2008, and holds a Master’s of Science in Electronic Engineering from the University of Torino.

POWER/TESTING - Session Chair: Commander Ben Gates, United States Coast Guard

10:30 AM Demonstration of Fault Ride-Through Capability on DP Vessels with Closed-Bus Operation

Naveen Selvan, Michael Roa, ABS Americas

Naveen Selvam is an Electrical and Computer Engineer with ABS. He completed his graduate studies at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University and joined NASA's Johnson Space Center as Controls Engineer for operations andmaintenance of electrical and control systems for the International Space Station. Naveen joined ABS in 2011 as aControl Systems Engineer in the ISQM implementation team. Naveen is part of the FutureClass in software qualitymanagement and CyberSafety team at ABS and is experienced in software FMEA/FMECA, industrial control

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systems, and software verification.

10:00 AM Refreshment Break


POWER/TESTING - continued

11:00 AM eSiLOOP - DP3 Vessels with Hybrid Power Plant

Rune Andersen, Inge Haukaas, Lars Erik Wold, Steffen Voreland, Haavard Lund, Kennet Tjong, Bijan Zahedi,

Rune van Ravens, Siemens

Rune is a Senior Key Expert with Siemens with 26 years of experience in offshore/maritime electrical engineering,

conceptual studies, R&D, commissioning and sea-trials. Before joining Siemens 16 years ago, he spent ten years with

Kvaerner Engineering.

11:30 AM Transocean’s HIL Experience and Opportunities for Improvement

Emanuele (Manny) La Bella, Trent Martin, Transocean

Emanuele is Sr. Lead, Controls Engineer – Corporate DP Superintendent with Transocean Offshore Deepwater

Drilling. For the past ten years he has assisted operating rigs with dynamic positioning and drilling control related

inquiries and helped analyze rig events. He supports project teams during system upgrades, conducts DP system

FMEA proving trials and reviews system specification for new builds. He contributed to the development and upkeep

of Transocean's DP Lessons Learned course. He also participates within subcommittees of the International

Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) and the Marine Technology Society (MTS) DP Committee.

Prior of joining Transocean Manny spent 20 years with the U.S. Navy as an Electronic Technician, before working for

several DP manufacturing companies, installing and commissioning DP/VMS/PMS systems, coordinating sea trials,

participating in numerous FMEA studies and providing technical training to maintenance personnel. Emanuele has a

B.Sc. in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of Information Systems

from the University of Phoenix.

12:00 PM LUNCH

The Cybernetics of Dynamic Positioning in an Historic Perspective

Nils Albert Jenssen, Kongsberg Maritime

Dr. Nils Albert Jenssen M Sc the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in ngineeringholds an . . from E

C graduating orked pertaining toybernetics. After he w as a scientist at SINTEF, Norway, mainly in research offshore

vessel operations. he contributed to the development of the control system for the first KongsbergDuring this time

d p s , while completing . . in .ynamic ositioning ystem his Ph D thesis published 1981 Nils Albert joined Kongsberg in

1982 where he has work with most aspects of dynamic positioning and vessel control. In 2007 red he eceived the MTS

DP Committee’s Distinguished Achievement Award and in 2013 was appointed “Honorable Member” of the

Norwegian branch of International F of Automatic Controlthe ederation .

COMPETENCY/DESIGN - Erik Oberlin,Session Chair: Marathon Oil

1:30 PM DPO Competency Review. A Statistical Analysis of the Data from the OSVDPA’s Competency

Assessments

Aaron Smith, Ben Berson, OSVDPA

Aaron Smith is the Executive Director of the Offshore Service Vessel Dynamic Positioning Authority (OSVDPA). He is

responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Authority and also works with the Board of Directors and Technical

Advisory Council (TAC) in updating the Authority’s DPO certification program. Prior to joining the OSVDPA, Aaron

was Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Congressman Jeff Landry (LA-03). In this role, he was

responsible for Congressman Landry’s maritime policy. Previous to that position, Aaron served in similar capacities

for three other Members of Congress.

2:00 PM DNV GL DPCAP a New Standard for Assessment of the Station-Keeping Capability of DP Vessels

Aleks Karlsen, Luca Pivano, Eivind Ruth, DNV GL

Aleks Karlsen joined DNV GL in 1999 and is currently DNV GL’s Principle Specialist on Dynamic Positioning Systems.

Working at DNV GL head office in Norway he is responsible for the company’s DP rules and standards. Prior to

joining DNV, he was the owner and skipper of a 95-foot trawler, fishing in the Norwegian and Barents Sea. Aleks holds

a B.Sc. degree in Control Systems and an M.Sc. in Electrical Systems from the Norwegian University of Science and

Technology. He was awarded the MTS DP Committee’s Distinguished Achievement Award in 2014.


COMPETENCY/DESIGN - continued

2:30PM Application of Model-Based System Engineering Techniques for DP Systems

Sofien Kerkani, D-ICE Engineering

Sofien Kerkeni is the founder and CEO of D-ICE Engineering (Design Innovation Control Expertise). The company is

a leader in dynamic positioning research in France providing high-level consultancy to the marine industry. Prior to

founding D-ICE, Sofien was the principal engineer of the DP system at DCNS Research/Sirehna. During his career he

has participated in over 50 sea trials, written more than ten papers on DP, and has significantly contributed to research

about DP in Ice.

3:00 PM Refreshment Break

ENVIRONMENTAL/TESTING - Session Chair: Nick Smith, GE

3:30 PM To Be Or Not To Be - The Basis of Confidence

Yin Wu, Edward Bourgeau, Suman Muddusetti, Zhuxi Sun,Transocean, Shell, AKA

Yin Wu received her B.Sc. degree from Hohai University, China in 2003 and completed a Diploma of Engineering in

France. While pursuing a doctorate at the University of Texas, she joined Transocean’s Electrical Engineering group.

Yin advanced the company’s analytic and math modeling capabilities, applying these to innovations in power plants,

drilling systems and power plant risk management. In 2015, Yin received her Ph.D. in Energy Systems. She holds

patents in riser tension controls and motion compensation systems. She is currently a Professional Engineer in Texas,

and works as a senior electrical engineer with Transocean. Her research interests include offshore power generation

systems, including novel applications of hybrid power, improvement in the dynamics of offshore drilling processes and

riser system predictability.

4:00 PM Approaches to a Greener DP Vessel

Ivar Ihle, Frode Bloch, Jon Alme, Rolls-Royce Marine

Ivar Ande Ihle joined Rolls-Royce Marine as an engineer on the Poscon joystick and Icon DP systems in 2007. He has

been the industrial member of several Ph.D. committees, and is currently a part of the User Panel on Greener, Safer,

Smarter Marine Operations at the Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, one of the Norwegian

University of Science and Technology’s Centers of Excellence. Ivar graduated from Norwegian University of Science

and Technology Department of Engineering Cybernetics with a Master of Technology in 2003 and was awarded a

Ph.D. in 2006.

4:30 PM “Fault Ride-Through” Testing of LV Power Solution, BlueDrive PlusC

Stig Olav Settemsdal, Lars Barstad, Kennet Tjong, Siemens

Stig Olav joined Siemens Power Electronic Centre in Trondheim as Engineer/Project Manager after graduating with

an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) in 1995/6. He became Technical

Manager of Drilling Systems in 2006 in charge of the development of the BlueDrive drilling drives system. In 2010 he

became Product Lifecycle Manager with Siemens Oil & Gas and initiated the DP3 closed ring power plant

development. He was appointed Global Head of Drilling Solutions in September 2012. In 2014 he was appointed

Head of Technology for Drilling & Marine Technology and is currently Global Head of Portfolio Management &

Innovation Offshore for Siemen’s offshore production, drilling, & oil and gas vessels.

5:00 PM Conference Wrap Up

ALTERNATE PAPER

Extending the Limits of DP Thrusters: New Unique Advantages in Azipod DZ

Kimmo Kokkila, ABB Marine

Kimmo holds an M.Sc. degree and is the Product Manager for compact-sized Azipod thrusters at ABB Marine and

Ports, Finland. He has worked with Azipod thrusters at ABB for over ten years. His previous positions with ABB

included sales manager positions for offshore vessels, contra-rotating propulsion concept development for container

ships and designing Azipod propulsion systems for high-ice class vessels. He played a leading role in the development

and production launch of the Becker Steerable Nozzle.


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Siemens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Rolls-Royce Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Advanced Designs Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ABB Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ABB Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

C-MAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Guidance Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Guidance Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Fugro Satellite Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Fugro SeaSTAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Aspin Kemp & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Praxis Automation Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

American Global Maritime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories . . . . . . . 14

Proserv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Beier Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Veripos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Renishaw Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Kongsberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Kongsberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Resolve Maritime Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fox Guard Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Wärtsilä Dynamic Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sonardyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DNV GL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

DNV GL (Marine Cybernetics). . . . . . . . . . . 26

GE Power Energy Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Oceaneering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Core Group Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Braemar Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

GATE Deepwater Oil & Gas Engineering . . 31


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