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Conference Agenda

Tuesday 5 October Evening Drinks Reception Informal drinks and canapes for conference delegates and speakers

Drinks Reception sponsored by

Wednesday 6 October

SESSION 1
Decommissioning in the North Sea - Lessons Learned and Possibilities for the Future

Keynote Address
Glen Cayley, Shell Upstream International

UKCS Decommissioning Market: The Next Decade
Robert Harris-Deans, Oil & Gas UK

Cost Estimating Guidelines
Iain Riach, Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd

Perceptions of the Decommissioning Market Place

Operator's Perspective
Chris Gray, ConocoPhillips

Contractor's Perspective
Torleif Gram, Aker Solutions

Supplier's Perspective
Will Rowley, Acteon Group

The North Sea Cost and Safety Challenge
Gunther Newcombe, BP

SESSION 2
Workshop on Contracting Strategies

"Decommissioning in the UKCS" Exploring Contracting Models to Support collaboration in the Industry
Deji Awodiji, The Robert Gordon University
and
Mike Smith, Accenture

Contracting Strategies Overview Sheet

Conference Dinner At the end of Wednesday 6 October, delegates and speakers were encouraged to attend the conference dinner at the venue. After dinner entertainment was provided by Mark Beaumont; a cyclist who has recently risen to fame after his television documentary 'Cycling the Americas' was broadcast by the BBC.

Dinner sponsored by

Thursday 7 October

SESSION 3
Workshop on the Decommissioning Supply Chain Within the UK

Overview of Supply Chain Mapping Work
Brian Nixon, Decom North Sea

Platforms
Bill Yuile, Production Services Network

Wells
Stuart Wordsworth, InterAct

Subsea
Alistair Birnie, Subsea UK

Onshore Disposal
Kare Kristing, ScanMet
Murdo MacIver, Peterson SBS 

SESSION 4
The Forward Agenda for Decommissioning

Introduction to SUT and the Linkage of Salvage and Decommissioning Activities
Moya Crawford, Society for Underwater Technology

Introduction to ITF and Collaborative Technology Projects
David Liddle, Industry Technology Facilitator

Introduction to OGP and the International Decommissioning Agenda
John Campbell, The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

Contracting Strategy Approaches within the Nuclear Industry
Simon Coles, Babcok International Group

SESSION 5
Conference Reflections

Industry view on the ideas and expectations of developing the industry in regards to decommissioning - output from the conference
Gunther Newcombe, BP