www.sea-technology.com May 2015 / st 17
T
he CLEAN PACIFIC conference
and exhibition, taking place June
16 to 18 in Vancouver, British Co-
lumbia, Canada, offers three days of training, net-
working and the latest technologies for anyone in-
volved in spill prevention and response. The event provides
a forum for operators, responders, regulators and environ-
mental groups to discuss lessons learned and best practices
and view new products and solutions from a variety of com-
panies. The educational content covers a wide variety of
spill preparedness and response topics, with a focus on the
growth in crude transportation by rail, pipeline and vessel.
CLEAN PACIFIC is co-hosted by the member agencies
of the Pacifc States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force.
It incorporates the Task Force's 2015 Annual Meeting. The
2015 agenda was developed by an advisory committee rep-
resenting state/provincial and federal governments, industry
and nonproft partners in oil spill
prevention, preparedness and re-
sponse.
Show Program
The training workshops that will take place on Tuesday,
June 16, are "Building and Executing a Communication
Strategy Before a Spill Occurs" and "Shoreline/Inland Re-
sponse and SCAT Surveys."
The conference will kick-off with the keynote address
on June 17, which will be given by Roger Girouard, assis-
tant commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Western
Region. Immediately following, a mega-session will take
place that focuses on framing the issues of energy transport
across the West Coast of Canada. The afternoon conference
sessions are: How Marine Safety Regimes Prevent Oil Spills;
Assessing Risk Protocols/Risk Assessment and Continuous
CLEAN PACIFIC
ST Conference Preview
A scene from the Pacifc States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force talk at last year's show.