Tvärminne Zoological Station

2nd International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving
(ISOSD2009) of ESPD

6th – 8th October 2009, Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland

Organised by Finnish Scientific Diving Steering Association

Symposium Themes

Symposium organisers welcome oral presentations and posters on all fields of scientific diving and training (science, maritime archaeology, scientific engineering etc.).Special emphasis is on methods, techniques, and instrumentation in actual underwater field work.In addition to scientific presentations, we encourage you to submit presentations of scientific diving methods, interesting projects etc. Presentations are not required to follow strict scientific guidelines, and may be in form of image slideshows, video etc.We also offer optional dives at sites of scientific and/or archaeological interest in northern Baltic Sea archipelago, and in a clear water limestone quarry.

 
Organizing committee

Ari Ruuskanen (Mar bio) (Chair) Tvärminne Zoological Station
Tinto Aaltonen (Mar bio) Metsähallitus
Heidi Arponen (Mar bio) Metsähallitus
Juha Flinkman (Mar bio) Finnish Environment Institute , Marine Center
Anu Hirvonen (Mar bio) Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Center
Essi Keskinen (Mar bio) Mesähallitus
Jouni Leinikki (Mar bio) Alleco LtdNiko Nappu (Mar bio) UWC
Panu Oulasvirta (Mar bio) Alleco Ltd
Petri Vahteri (Mar bio) University of Turku
Kalle Virtanen (Mar arch) Innofocus
Stefan Wessman (Mar arch) National Board of Antiquities

This symposium is organised by Finnish Scientific Diving Association, the Finnish member of the European Scientific Diving Panel (ESF-MB-ESDP).

Contact information

For all requests, please contact Organizing Committee:

Via e-mail:
ISOSD-2009@helsinki.fi

By postal address:
Ari Ruuskanen
University of Helsinki
Tvärminne Zoological Station
J.A. Palmenin tie 260 FI-10900 Hanko,
FINLAND
Tel.+358-(0)19-28011 (office hours)
Fax: +358 (0)19 280122

The official symposium website is:  http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/ISOSD2009.html

Venues

Site informationThe symposium is to be held at Tvärminne Zoological Station. Tvärminne Zoological Station is a unit of Helsinki University. It is located at Hanko peninsula, northern Baltic Proper, approximately 140 km west from Helsinki city. For further site information visit http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english/index.html. Ojamo limestone quarry is located approximately 100 km SE of Tvärminne, near town of Lohja. It is maintained by Innofocus http://www.innofocus.fi/index.asp?id=597.

Symposium venue

The symposium consists of two parts. The first part consists of introduction to Finnish scientific diving education, facilities and actual diving in limestone quarry and/or the Baltic Sea. The second part consists of presentations and poster sessions.

We will have a dive in Tvärminne Zoological Station area, northern Baltic Sea. In regard to symposium themes, we plan to dive on natural conservation site on archaeological target. Alternatively, depending on weather conditions, we will visit Ojamo lime stone quarry, which is a main training site for Finnish scientific and professional divers. There will also be a volunteer trip to Ojamo including introductive presentations and a possibility for intro dive to see the underwater facilities.

We encourage you bring at least your own dive suit, fins and mask, and instruments & regulator if possible. Since it may be difficult to carry heavy loads, we provide: weight belt, cylinder, boyancy control jacket and air filling 200 / 300 bar.

Presentations and poster sessions, as well as social activities are to be held at Tvärminne Zoological Station day after dive session.

Directions for authors for abstract submission

 
Abstracts
Symposium language is English. Submit an abstract (max 500 words & pictures by e-mail to:
“ISOSD-2009@helsinki.fi“ prior to the deadline 1st July 2009. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or Acrobat PDF format.

- On the first line: Name and e-mail address of the person to whom ISOSD2009 sends notification of paper acceptance.
- On the second line: Indicate if the abstract is for a poster or an oral presentation.
- On the third line: Name the theme. If none, fill “open”.
- On the fourth line: Title of presentation.
- On the fifth line: Author / the one who gives presentation and contact information if not the same as on first line.

A presentation time is 15 mins + 5 mins for discussion.

You will receive an email containing an acceptance or rejection letter by 5th July 2009.

A preliminary programme and schedule enclosed.

Formatting guidelines:
Oral presentations:
- Powerpoint (up to 2003), PDF
- dimensions: 1024x768 (XGA)
- video file formats: MPeg 1, WMV, AVI (please inform us about the codec you used), MOV
- file size up 50MB (exemptions can be made for presentations with embedded movies)
- time 15 mins & 5 mins discussion, altogether 20 mins.

Posters should be Format PORTRAIT (width 84 cm * height 119 cm)

Symposium languege is English.

Proceedings

Papers may be published in a special issue of the Underwater Technology journal. Authors will receive further instructions during the symposium.

Registration

You will find directions on how to reserve accommodation below. There will be transportation from Helsinki main railway station to Tvärminne and back.

To register:

• Fill     “Symposium Registration Form”
• Mail the form to ISOSD-2009@helsinki.fi or FAX it to: +358 (0)19 280122
• Pay the Symposium Fee

Due to restricted space, we will have to ad here to first come, first served principle.

Dead line for registration is 22nd September 2009 or until space available. Registration effective only after payment.

Fees

Symposium fee

The symposium fee varies according to the length of your stay and preferences. For logistics reasons we prefer to offer 10 options for participants to choose from:

Options 1 - 4 includes:

• transportation Helsinki - Tvärminnen / Tvärminne – Helsinki
• accommodation & full board 3 nights
• scientific sessions
• abstract notes
• coffee breaks
• lunches
• dinners
• symposium dinner
• evening snacks
• sauna
• dive trip

Options 5 - 8 includes:

• transportation Helsinki - Tvärminnen / Tvärminne – Helsinki
• accommodation & full board 2 nights
• scientific sessions
• abstract notes
• coffee breaks
• lunches
• dinners
• symposium dinner
• evening snacks
• sauna

Option 9 includes:

• scientific sessions
• abstract notes
• coffee breaks

Option 10:

• contact organising committee

(Breakfast is included in accommodation fee i.e. “bed and breakfast”.)

In the event of cancellation, symposium fee will not be refunded until after the symposium.

Alternative accommodation:

Hanko is the nearest town, located 14 km to west from the symposium place. Hanko city provides alternative accommodation on variety Hotels and hostels. Unfortunately there is no public transportation between Hanko and Tvärminne Zoological Station, so you will need your own car, or use shared cab/taxi transport. For more information, visit www.hanko.fi/ or contact ISOSD-2009@helsinki.fi

Bank details

Bank account name:University of Helsinki / reference: ISOSD2009
Bank account number: 166030-00104987
Bank address: Nordea Bank
IBAN-account number: FI44 1660 3000 1049 87
SWIFT/BIC code: NDEAFIHH

Please make sure that  your name appears on the bank transfer form and remember the reference.

Travel info

There are several ways to reach Tvärminne Zoological Station, by private car, or by ferry, or by flight.

Transportation aranged by Symposium

We provede transportation from Helsinki main railway station to Tvärminne Zoological Station. Departure site will be send to you after complete registration. Transportation is inculded in symposium fee.

Departure times at Helsinki:
Monday 5th October 14:00 hours.
Tuesday 6th October 14.00 hours

There will be transportation from Tvärminne back to Helsinki main railway station on
Thursday 8th October at 15.00 hours.

It takes approximately 2 hours to get from Tvärminne to Helsinki main railway station. A bus from railway station to airport takes approximately 35 mins.

Important dates

• 1st July 2009 Deadline for Abstract submission

• 5th July 2009 Notification of paper acceptance

• 22nd September 2009 Deadline for registration, or until space available. Registration effective only after receipt of fee.

Sponsors

Updates:

Preliminary programme (22.9.2009)

00.00 = time to be decided later

Monday 5th October
Arrival day
14.00          Transportation from Helsinki main railway station to Tvärminne Zoological Station
16.00-         Arrival to Tvärminne
17.00           Dinner
00.00           Briefing & preparations for next day’s dive
00.00          Presentatios
00.00           Presentation on local archaeological targets (wrecks) and historical overview by Stefan Wessman
00.00           Evening snack
Registration all day

Tuesday 6th October
Dive & field trip day / Arrival day
08.00 Breakfast
09.30 Dive trip in the Archipelago. Lunch & coffee / tea on board. Field trip for those who will not dive.
14.00 Transportation from Helsinki main railway station to Tvärminne Zoological station.
17.00 Dinner
00.00 Icebreaker / evening snack for all.
Registration all day

Wednesday 7th October

08.00-09.00                   Breakfast

Session 1 ARCHAEOLOGY & GEOLOGY & SCIENCE
Chair: Jouni Leinikki
09.00-09.10                   Opening of the symposium
09.10-09.40                    Recycling of wooden log-barrier embankment
Minna Leino
09.40-10.00                   Interpreting 18th Century Shipwreck Site “Vrouw Maria”
Riikka Alvik
10.00-10.20                    Windmills monitoring using scientific diving technique
Alain Norro and Francis Kerckhof
10.20-10.40                   Coffee
10.40-11.00                   Smithsonian Underwater Research
Michael A. Lang
11.00-11.20                   Geomorphological survey and hydrological measures of a karst spring by means of cave diving techniques (Amaseno – Italy).
Giorgio Caramanna, Marco Giordani
11.20-11.40                   Study of the effects of underwater natural CO2 emissions by means of scientific diving techniques (Panarea Island – Italy)
Giorgio Caramanna
11.40-12.00                   Starichkov Island (Kamchatka) underwater geo-ecological structure: Why so?!
Sergey Fazlullin

12.00-13.00                    Lunch

Session 2 METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY & SURVEYS & PROJECTS & ECOLOGY
Chair: Juha Flinkman
13.00-13.20                   Validating diving as a tool for soft-bottom sediment collection in a shallow coastal setting-a geochemical approach
Karl Attard
13.20-13.40                   A review of the technical specifications of 47 models of diving decompression computer
Elaine Azzopardi
13.40-14.00                   Block shape, water depth and analysis technique influence the measured profiles of artificial reefs”
Martin Sayer
14.00-14.20                   coffee break
14.20-14.40                   Efficiency and safety of scientific diving – Closed Circuit Rebreathers
Arne Sieber Richard Pyle and Kurt Sjöblom
14.40-15-00                   Seagrass and Seahorses, Studland Bay, Dorset, UK
Ken Collins
15.00-15.20                   Scuba regulator performance for under-ice scientific diving operations
Michael A. Lang and John R. Clarke
15.20-15.40                    Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) applications in underwater search and scientific documentation
Immi Wallin

15.40-16.00                   Poster session / Discussion

00.00-00.00                   Sauna ladies
00.00-00.00                   Sauna gentlemen

19.30- 21.00                  Symposium dinner

Thursday 8th

8.00-9.00                         Breakfast

Session 3 SURVEYS & PROJECTS & EDUCATION
Chair: Petri Vahteri
09.10-9.30                      Underwater biotope mapping project by a Finnish scientific diving course
Jouni Leinikki
09.30-9.50                       Merro Scientific Project: The underwater exploration and the multidisciplinary scientific study of the deepest flooded karstic cavity known in the world.
Roberto Palozzi and Giorgio Caramanna
09.50-10.10                    Scientific diving in North Adriatic
                                                Bergamasco A., Bastianini M., Boldrin A., Bernardi Aubrì F., Tagliapietra D.
10.10-10.30                    coffee break
10.30-10.50                    Polar Diving Operations
Michael A. Lang
10.50-11.10                   The Italian underwater activities in Antarctica: From the beginning of the PNRA until today and new perspectives for the future
Alberto Della Rovere, Marino Vacchi and Roberto Palozzi
11.10-11.30                   Imaging the Davy Jones' Locker - shooting and lighting techniques for underwater video in dark, poor visibility situations
Juha Flinkman
11.30-11.50                    ESDP introduction
                                                By ESDP

11.50-12.00                    Decision of next meeting and Closing of the symposium (Tvärminne part)

12.00-13.00                    Lunch

Session 4
13.00-1500                     Bus transportation and a visit Ojamo lime stone quarry, which is a main training site for Finnish scientific and professional divers.

Coffee break at Ojamo

15.00                                   Bus transportation to Helsinki
17.00                                   Estimated arrival time in Helsinki main railway station

22.9.2009