Title	:	PAJ Oil Spill Symposium 2012 — Preparedness for Major Oil Spill Incident —
Date	:	March 7 (Wed.) - 8 (Thu.), 2012
Venue	:	International Convention Hall, 2nd Floor, Keidanren Kaikan 1-3-2, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Tel: +81-3-6741-0222 ext. 1222
Objectives	:	PAJ has held Oil Spill Symposia 14 times since 1995, the year OPRC Convention had come into effect, the topic of the first Symposium in 1995 was "International Cooperation and the Current Set-up by the Oil Industry". In the following years, the Symposia concentrated in bringing information about large spill incidents, new technologies both in recovering devices & response techniques and to make up/maintain human networks, all for aiming to properly prepare for subsequent large spill incidents. The last Symposium was in Tokyo in 2010 and since then there have been a number of incidents, both in Japan and other countries, where there have been far reaching consequences where preparedness has been an issue. Most notably the "Deepwater Horizon" incident in the Gulf of Mexico, the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 and the incidents in Bohai, China and New Zealand. Although the numbers of large spill incidents and disastrous damages have substantially decreased due to serious and continuous efforts by both the Shipping Industry and the Oil Industry, and International Conventions and preparedness to cope with liabilities, responsibilities and compensations. In light of the recent incidents, the whole oil industry is looking closely at the subject of Preparedness to ensure that a correct and proper approach to preparations is both measured, realistic and sustainable. It is with that subject and the recent incidents in mind that PAJ plans to hold its 15th Symposium in the coming March, with the subject of "Preparedness for Major Oil Spill Incident" where PAJ hopes to learn from experienced inter-governmental and international organizations, national oil companies and other entities concerned.
Language	:	English & Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Organizer	:	Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
Supporter	:	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Secretariat	:	Oil Spill Response Office, PAJ 1-3-2, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004 TEL: +81-3-5218-2306 FAX: +81-3-5218-2320

PROGRAMME Day 1 Wednesday, March 7, 2012

		Symposium Coordinator Mr. Yukio Henmi General Manager OSR & Industry Support Dept., PAJ
10:20		Opening Address Mr. Isao Kusakabe Chairman, Transportation Committee of PAJ
10:30		Address by Honorable Guest         Mr. Hiroshi Oikawa           Director, Petroleum Refining & Reserve Div., METI
10:40		Keynote Speech "Paves the Path to Success": A Case Study of the Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) during and Post-Deepwater Horizon Spill Response Mr. Don Toenshoff Jr. Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Executive Vice President, MSRC
11:20		"Oil Spill Response in Low Level Planning and Preparedness Areas: A Case Study" Dr. Franck Laruelle Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Technical Team Manager, ITOPF
13:30		Preparedness for Oil Spills -New Challenges for the Oil Industry and for the Responder Community Mr. Andrew Nicoll Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Advocacy Manager & Incident Manager, OSRL
14:10		"Integrating Upstream Spill Preparedness with Maritime Response Systems: It's Time to Formalize the Process" Mr. Rob Cox Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Technical Director, IPIECA
14:50 - 15:20		Coffee Break
15:20		The Co-operation and Assistance Aspects during Spills of International Significance Mr. Bernd B.E. Bluhm Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Head of Pollution Preparedness and Response, EMSA
16:00		International Regime for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage Ms. Akiko Yoshida Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Legal Counsel, IOPC Fund
16:40		End of the Day 1

PROGRAMME Day 2 Thursday, March 8, 2012

10:00		A New Regime in China - The Agreement on Ship Pollution Preparedness and Response between Shipowners and SPROs Mr. Xudong Cong Slide（PDF）   Executive Deputy Director of Supervision Department II,   China Shandong MSA
10:40		"Preliminary Lesson from the C/U Rena Grounding" Dr. Bruce Ronald Anderson Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   General Manager Monitoring and Response, New Zealand MSA
11:20		"Incident also Occurs in the Conference Room - Needs for Incident Command System in Japan -" Mr. Takahiro Hagihara Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Director Disaster Prevention Dept., MDPC
11:50 - 13:30		Lunch
13:30		Improvement for Establishment of the Tier 2 Oil Spill Preparedness and Response for Indonesian Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities Mr. Amir Hamzah Slide（PDF）　Document（PDF）   Vice President Operation Support Management, BPMIGAS
14:10		Introduction of "Multi-purpose Active Platform for Geospatial Oil-spill Database (MAPGOD) Dr. Masanao Hara Slide（PDF）   President, Vision Tech Inc.
14:40		Closing Remarks Mr. Junichi Hatano Managing Director, PAJ
15:00		End of the Day 2