Proposed Schedule for the FIFTH Symposium


Sunday, April 21, 2002

S-1 Pre-Registration and No-Host Reception, Quarterdeck, Herrmann Hall - DMC 1700-1900

S-2 (By Invitation) SCOT Board of Directors Dinner, Fifi's Cafe-Bottoms - 1930-2200

S-3 No-Host Dinner for Distinguished Guests  - Pearson


Monday, April 22, 2002


MP-1 0700 - Continental Breakfast King Hall Porch DMC

MP-2 0730 - Registration 101 Spanagel DMC

MP-3 0830 Call to Order - Prof Clyde Scandrett 

Introductory Remarks- 

Dedication of the Symposium to Dr. Laurie Hoisington and to

the Thousands of Military and Civilian Deminers the World Over

MP-4 Superintendent's Welcome, RADM DAVID R. ElIison, USN

MP-5 0845 The Army Keynoter, LT Gen Robert B. Flowers, USA, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, US Army Corps of Engineers  R

MP-6  0930 The Navy Keynoter,   RADM Jay M. Cohen, USN Chief of Naval Research (Video Teleconference)   B (Televideo)

1015-1045 Break

MP-7 RADM  Paul  J. Ryan, USN, Commander, US Navy Mine Warfare Command B

MP-8 1130-1215 RADM Richard D. West,USN  Oceanographer of the Navy       B


MP-9 1215-1330 Lunch McNitt Ballroom DMC - 

Luncheon Speaker - Dr. Edward Salazar, Department of State Deputy Political Counselor, to US Ambassador to NATO -       NATO Humanitarian Demining Initiatives (R)



1345 - 1730 Convene in Parallel Sessions


M1Session Gov't- Industry Forum  RADM Horne, USN (Ret) La Novia Room

M2Session  Sea Environment Eppert and Thornton

M3Session  Land Environment Sabatier

M4Session  Optical Sensors Cleveland and Keeler

M5Session P Site Remediation Issues Smith and Penny (UXO)


1830-2130 MINWARA Reception - Pearson


Tuesday, April 23, 2002

TP-1 0730 Continental Breakfast King Hall - DMC

TP-2 0830 Dr. Tom Altshuler DARPA R

TP-3 0900 Mr. Bill Jones, CSS Sea Mines B

TP-4 0930 Dr. George Vourvopoulis, U. of Western Kentucky Attribute Sensors R

1000 Break

TP-5 1030 Dr. Joan Cleveland,ONR, Optical Sensors

TP-6 1100 Paper of Merit from Submitted Papers

TP-7 1130 Dr. David Burnett, SACLANT Center, La Spezia, Italy. NATO Mine Warfare R&D at La Spezia  B

1200 Break for LUNCH

1215-1345 Lunch Herrmann Hall DMC


1400 Parallel Technical Sessions


T1 Acoustic Sensors Goodman/Jackson 

  T1/2 Second Session of T1

Chemical/Biochemical Sensors  -Prof. Nathan Lewis, CALTECH and 

Dr. Ron Woodfin, formerly SANDIA National Laboratory

T2 Electomagnetic Azevedo/Carey Rappaport

T3 Biological/Biomimetric Systems Ayers/Ridgway

T4  Risk Management Putnam (UXO)

     Neutralization/Disposal - Stephen Patane

T-5 Processing/Fusion - Carriveau

T-6 Optical Sensors  Cleveland/Keeler


1730-1900 Annual Meeting, Society for Counter-Ordnance Technology (SCOT) KING Hall - DMC/Maruyama R

(All attendees are invited)

  Speaker: Dr. Steven Edelmann, President RONCO Corp or RONCO's Vice President for Strategic Planning and  Program Manager for US State Department Integrated Mine Action Services (IMAS), Dr. E. Lawrence (Larry) Saiers. (RONCO is a major State Department contractor for Humanitarian Demining overseas)



Wednesday, April 24, 2002


WP-1 0730 Continental Breakfast King Hall DMC

WP-2 0830 Paper of Merit from Submitted Papers

WP-3 0900 Mr.  R.G. "Bud" Sewell, Explosives Consultant formerly at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA) Explosives , a Tutorial R

WP-4 0930 Paper of Merit from Submitted Papers

1000 Break

WP-5 1030  Biomimic Systems Dr. Joseph Ayers.Northeastern University  B

WP-6 1100  Dr Hughes, Pennsylvania State University AUV Power and Endurance  B

WP-7 1130 Paper of Merit from Submitted Papers


WP-8  1200 -1330 LUNCH Herrmann DMC

Speaker - LT Gen Robert Gard, USA (Ret) Improvements to Munitions Reliability) R

Dr. Gard is currently serving as a consultant to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF)



1730-1900 Annual Meeting, SCOT KING Hall - DMC/Maruyama


1345-17oo Parallel Sessions


W1Session  Industry-Gov't Forum  Horne 

W-2  Reconnaissance and Surveillance - Dr. John Huckabay, . U. of Texas, Applied Research Laboratory and Dr. Dave Tubridy, US Navy Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL 

W-3   Field Experience Land - Dr. Stephen Stewart, James Madison University and Dr. Robert Suart\, Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies

W-4 Session   Sea Environment , Dr. Herb Eppert, NRL-Stennis, and Dr. Ed Thornton, Naval Postgraduate School (Continued)

W-5 Optical Sensors Cleveland and Keeler



1800 -2130 Symposium Banquet  

   ADM Thomas B.Hayward, USN (Ret), Former Chief of Naval Operations 

   Lt Gen Ed Hanlon, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command -Featured Speaker B


Thursday April 25, 2002


THP-1 0730 Continental breakfast King Hall DMC

THP-2 0830 Australian Initiatives - Dr. Colin Coleman  Australian Embassy, and Mr. Roy Bird, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Salisbury R

THP-3 0900 Dr. Carl Schneider, US Naval Academy - Magnetics B

THP-4 0930 Dr. John Huckabay, U. of Texas, Applied Research Laboratory - High Resolution Sonar B

1000 Break

THP-5  1030 Dr. Gary W. Carriveau, SAIC San Diego - Sensor Processing and Fusion R

THP-5 1100 Dr. David Heberlein, Institute for Defense Analyses - IDA USMC  Countermine Study   Sponsored by ONR R

THP-7 1130 Mr.Seymour Deitchman National Academy of Sciences-Naval Studies Board (NSB) Naval Mine Warfar e Study  B


THP-8 1200 -1330 LUNCH DMC



1345-1600 Parallel Technical Sessions


TH-1  Acoustic Sensors (Con't)Goodman/Jackson

TH-2 Nuclear Sensors  Carriveau

TH-3 Robotic Applications Healey/Todoroff

TH-4   Land  Environment -2 (Cont) Dr. James Sabatier, U of Mississippi

and Chemical Detection, Prof Nathan Lewis, CALTECH and Dr. Ron Woodfin formerly of Sandia National Laboratory.

TH-5 Reconnaissance/Surveillance - Huckabay/Tubridy


1615 Plenary Session Wrap Up King Hall (Pearson)

1730 Adjourn Sine Die