There is spring in the air and the last quarter of our POPCORN project is just around the corner. This also marks the start of our POPCORN webinar series, which will be officially launched on Thursday, 7th of April at 13.00 EEST (12.00 CEST/11.00 BST). The aim of our webinars is to offer great takeaways from the participating projects, with the aim of informing and raising awareness about hot marine pollution topics, which the individual projects have addressed. We start this series with a webinar focusing on oil spill response (OSR), and in particular on OSR in Arctic and icy conditions. We have gathered an interesting group of presenters, who have a lot to say about this topic. Whether you are just curious about Arctic issues, shipping and the environment, or live and breath these, do not miss this opportunity to expand your horizons or update your skill sets. The detailed programme is below and pre-registration is required.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE IN THE ARCTIC AND IN ICY CONDITIONS (7th of April at 13.00 EEST/12.00CEST/11.00BST)
13.00 Welcome – Niko Hänninen, University of Oulu
13.05 Baltic Sea and Arctic seas – current shipping volumes and future trends – Lauri Ojala, University of Turku
13.25 Challenges of oil spill response (OSR) in the Arctic – Victor Pavlov, University of Oulu
13.40 Best technological & operational practices in Arctic and icy conditions – Jorma Rytkönen, Enrocon Ltd.
14.05 Gap analysis and improvement suggestions – Ossi Tonteri, Finnish Environment Institute
14.30 OpenDrift simulation tool – Victor Aquiar, UiT the Arctic University of Norway; Norwegian Meteorological Institute
14.45 APP4SEA Smart map – Niko Hänninen, University of Oulu
Also, mark down the following dates, as we have three more webinars coming up. We will be telling you more about these webinars later...
28 April 2022: Marine plastic pollution – Damage and response
5 May 2022: Volunteers in oil spill response – Experiences from the Baltic Sea Region