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2nd July 2008, National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham  

‘ZERON 21 CLD - a Cast Lean Duplex Stainless Steel’, Roger Francis, Weir Materials & Foundries
Keynote: 'Managing Corrosion in Upstream Hydrocarbon Production', Bijan Kermani, Keytec
'Corrosion of Electronic Components on Phalanx Naval Defence Platforms ', Ben Hooker, Devonport Royal Dockyard
On ‘Corrosion Control on Marine Reinforced Concrete’, Brian Wyatt, consultant

8th April, 2008, Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen

'Computer modelling of cathodic protection, applications on a harbour integrity design', Ernesto Manuel Santana-Diaz, DNV
Keynote 1: ‘Stress Corrosion Cracking of NAB’, Jean-Loup Heuz้, DCN
‘Factors Informing the Hydrogen Induced Damage to Steels in Upstream Service’, Frank Dean, Ion Science
Keynote 2: ‘Design and Fabrication Experiences with Titanium in Offshore Platforms’, Torfinn Havn, Ztrong AS, Norway
‘Oil & Gas Related Corrosion’, Chris Fowler, Bodycote Testing

 23rd January 2008, Lloyd's Register, London 

‘Corrosion of Welds’, Mike Robinson, Cranfield
‘Welding, Joining and Corrosion’, Charlie Barraclough, Commtech Associates Ltd
‘What Reliability Engineers need to know about Corrosion’, John Strutt, Boreas Consulting

10th October 2007, Lloyd's Register, London 

‘Natural Products for Anti-fouling Coatings’, Lily Chambers, Southampton University & Keith Stokes, DSTL
Keynote: ‘The Replacement of Corrosion-resistant Castings by Fabricated Weld Overlay Components’, Norman Cooper, BAE Systems
'Testing and Experience of Metallic Components in Subsea Hydraulic Control Fluids', Simon McManus, MacDermid Offshore Solutions

 'Learning from Failures 2', Derek Bates, Materials Technology Ltd

4th July 2007, Novotel, Birmingham International 

‘An Overview of Recent Copper-Nickel Sheathing Studies’, Carol Powell, Nickel Institute
'Thin Film Corrosion Sensors – Combating the Effects of Time and Pilots', Steve Harris, BAE Research Centre
'Expert 3D Software Simulations for Cathodic Protection in Offshore and Marine Environments', Leslie Bortels,  Elsyca, Belgium
‘Erosion-Corrosion: Models and Physical Understanding – do we have any?, Robert Wood, University of Southampton

3rd April 2007, The Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 

'Some Marine Coating and CP Failures', Chris Googan, Anti Corrosion Engineering
‘Electrochemical Behaviour of CuNi 90/10 in Chlorinated Seawater under Stagnating Conditions.’, Wilhelm Schleich , KME
'The effect of surface finish on corrosion behaviour of super-duplex stainless steel', Bill Deans, Department of Engineering, Kings College, Aberdeen
‘Exemplary Long-Term Performance of Certain Materials in Marine Environments’, Bopinder Phull, Consultant (ex LaQue)

24 January 07, Lloyd's Register, London, with AGM

‘Organic coatings, using results for Scanning Kelvin Probe and Scanning Acoustic Microscopy’, John Sykes, Oxford University
‘The challenge of Developing Environmentally Friendly Corrosion Inhibitors for North Sea Application’,
M. Jordan and N. Feasey, Nalco
'Corrosion failure investigation techniques and case studies’,
Robin Oakley, QinetiQ

11 October 2006, Wednesday, Lloyd’s Register, 71 Fenchurch Street, London 

‘Low Signature ICCP Systems - Recent Developments - Future Concepts’, Barry Torrance (Aish Technologies Ltd)
‘Application of Physical Scale Modelling to the Evaluation of a ship’s ICCP Systems’,
Horst-Friedrich Arendt (ex-Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Ships and Naval Weapons, Germany)

‘Long range guided wave pipe inspection for oil pipelines and offshore risers’,
Prof Peter Cawley (Imperial College, London)

 12 April 2006, Wednesday, Novotel, Birmingham International 

‘Guided Wave Technology at TWI: present & future capabilities’, Graham Edwards (TWI)
‘Corrosion behaviour of carbon steel, low alloy steel and CRAs in partially deaerated seawater and comingled produced water’,
M. J. Schofield, CAPCIS Ltd
‘X-ray Tomography Techniques for Localised Corrosion and Environmentally Assisted Cracking Studies’
, Brian Connolly (Birmingham University)
'Vistar - The super austenite corrosion solution', Trevor Machin (Vistar Stainless Limited)

25 January 2006, Wednesday, Lloyd’s Register, 71 Fenchurch Street, London  

‘Identification & protection against ALWC in UK ports’, Ian Spring (Corrosion Control Services Ltd)
‘Copper nickel chromium alloy as a replacement for nickel aluminium bronze in sea water system application’
, Jagath Mawella (Sea Technology Group, DPA/MoD)
‘Avoiding hydrogen embrittlement failures of duplex and superduplex stainless steel in subsea service’
, Paul Woollin (TWI)

12 October 2005, Wednesday, Lloyds Register, London 

'Some Standards, Quality & Design Issues in Materials for Seawater Systems’, Roger Francis (Weir Materials & Foundries)
‘Performance Monitoring and Analysis of Ships’ Tank Coatings’
, Keith Lucas, Director of Center for Corrosion Science & Engineering, US Naval Research Laboratory

‘Avoiding corrosion in copper plumbing systems’
, Phil Munn (CESL)

6 July 2005, Wednesday, Novotel, Birmingham International  

 ‘Corrosion Performance of NAB Under Seawater Immersion and Erosion-corrosion Conditions’, Rakesh Barik, Julian Wharton  & Robert Wood ( Surface Engineering & Tribology Group, School of Engineering Sciences, Southampton University) & Keith Stokes (DSTL)  
‘Welding Issues with Copper Alloys’, Mike Gittos & Chris Punshon (TWI)
‘Long-term and Accelerated Corrosion Performance of Cast Nickel Aluminium Bronze in Seawater’
, Robin Oakley and John Galsworthy (QinetiQ)
‘Learning from Failures’
, Derek Bates (DRB Materials Technology Ltd)

12 April 2005, Tuesday, Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen  

Keynote: ‘Cathodic Protection of Offshore Systems Based on the New ISO Standard 15889-2.  Some Practical Applications’, Svein Eliassen (Statoil)
‘Development of Very High Strength Copper Alloys with Resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement and Stress Corrosion’
, Clive Tuck (Langley Alloys)

'Oil and Gas Corrosion Related Work'
, Graham Gibb (Lloyds Register EMEA)
‘Cathodic Protection of reinforced concrete in the marine environment’
, Jim Preston (Corrosion Control Services Ltd)

26 January 2005, Wednesday, Lloyds Register, London  

‘Lean Duplex Stainless Steels’, Chris Baxter (Outokumpu Stainless)
'New Magnesium Alloy Technology',
Nick Jeal & Paul Lyon (Magnesium- Elektron)
'Seawater Materials in the Oil and Gas Sector'
, Doug Stannard (Kellogg, Brown & Root)

6 October 2004, Wednesday, Lloyds Register, London,  in conjunction with IMarEST 

'Problems on Corrosion in Marine Piping', Jian-Zhong Zhang and David Howarth (Lloyd's Register) 
Keynote: ‘Corrosion Management’
, Derek Milliams (Advanced Corrosion Management Services)
‘The Vagaries of Corrosion Testing’
, Phil Dent & Chris Fowler (Bodycote Materials Testing)
‘Modelling of marine cathodic protection systems’
, David Tighe-Ford (Cranfield University)

7 July 2004, Wednesday, Novotel, Birmingham International

Theme – Corrosion Protection

 'Predicting the Effectiveness of Corrosion Control Measures Using Computer Simulation'
, Robert A. Adey & Ernesto Santana Diaz (BEASY)
'Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Equipment'
, Barry Torrance (Aish Technologies)
'Methods of Surface Preparation to Extend Coating Life'
, Malcolm Morris & Graham Boaler (Leigh's Paints)
'Demands and expectations to protective coating systems: FPSOs versus Merchant Vessels, a few crucial differences’
, Kjell Haugland (Jotun Paints)

6 April 2004, Tuesday, Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, in conjunction with ICorr, Aberdeen 

‘Assessment of Corrosion and Cracking Susceptibility of Welds’
, Alan Turnbull (NPL)

'Internet-based Corrosion Information Systems'
, Bob Cottis (UMIST)
'Control of Cathodic Protection on CRA Pipelines'
, Robin Jacob (Corrosion Consultancy)
Keynote‘New DNV Recommended Practices on Submarine Pipeline Corrosion Control’
, Tomas Sydberger (DNV, Norway)  

21 January 2004, Wednesday, Lloyds Register - EMEA, London

Theme - Marine Piping Systems

'No Corrosion in 40 Years - A  Mission Impossible?', Mike Dale (MACAW Engineering)
‘Service Recommendations for CuNi 90/10 Seawater Piping Systems’
, Wilhelm Schleich (KM Europa Metal)
‘The Use of Titanium in Naval Applications’
, John Fowler (Rolls Royce)

8 October 2003, Lloyds Register - EMEA, London

Theme:  State of the Art Composite Applications in Marine Environments

‘Inspection of GRP and composites for marine applications’, Gary Penney (TWI)
‘Composites used in Minesweepers’
, Jody Dazel-Job (QinetiQ, Rosyth)
‘The Degradation of Polymer Composites in Marine Environments’
, Bill Broughton (NPL)
'Rules for, and Applications of, Marine Composites'
, John Howson (Lloyd's Register)

2 July 2003, Novotel, Birmingham International Airport

‘How does current EU Legislation effect the Performance of Future Fastener Coating Processes?’,  David G James (Surface Engineering Specialists Ltd)
'Microbial Induced Corrosion on Stainless Steels in the Final Stages of Wastewater Treatment'
, Anna Iversen (AvestaPolarit)
'Corrosion in 40 Minutes - Evaluating the Susceptibility of Welds'
, Bill Nimmo (NPL)
'The Behaviour and Application of Stainless Steels in Water Treatment Plants & Distribution Systems'
, Carol Powell (NiDI)

8 April 2003, Hilton Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen 

'Post Fabrication Cleaning:  reasons and benefits', Chris Baxter (AvestaPolarit).
'Corrosion in our Ports and Harbours'
, Roddy James (CorrOcean)

'Experiences with Super Duplex Stainless Steel in Seawater'
, R. Francis & G. Byrne (Weir Materials & Foundries)

'Nickel alloys in offshore oil, gas and marine applications'
, Steve McCoy (Special Metals)

22 January 2003, Lloyds Register of Shipping, 71 Fenchurch Street, London

'Coatings to Protect Nickel Aluminium Bronze'
, Robin Oakley (QinetiQ).
'Why Listen to Electrochemical Noise? Erosion-corrosion related noise of HVOF AB and NAB coatings',
TS Tan & RJK Wood (Surface Engineering & Tribology Group, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton).
‘Current Requirements and Developments for Marine Anti-fouling Paints’
, Julian Hunter (Akzo Nobel International Paints)

9 October 2002, Lloyds Register of Shipping, London

' On the implications of European Framework Programme Six for marine corrosion projects', Cliff Funnell (Cliff Funnell Associates).
' Stress Corrosion Cracking of Precipitation-hardened Stainless Steel Bolting'
, P. Dent (Bodycote Materials) and Roger Francis (Weir Material Services)
' Marine Microbiological Corrosion - are we getting to the bottom of it?'
, Bob Edyvean (Sheffield University)
' Experimental Impressed Current Anode Design'
, Barry Torrance (Aish Technologies)

3 July 2002, Novotel, Birmingham International Airport

'Potential Control and Hydrogen Embrittlement - An Update', Robin Jacob (Corrosion Consultancy Ltd).
'Advantages of CuNi 90/10 pipes for sea water service. Recent results from testing in natural North Sea water',
Manfred Jasner (Marine Applications, KM Europa)
'Flow Corrosion of Austenitic and Superduplex Stainless Steels',
RJK Wood & JA Wharton (Surface Engineering & Tribology Group, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton)
'Corrosion Fatigue - From Pits to Cracks'
, Robert Akid (Sheffield Hallam University)

9 April 2002, Hilton Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen

'Tungum Alloy (Tubing)- An Old-fashioned Material in a Modern World', Bill Inglis (Tungum Hydraulics Ltd).
'Recent developments in the use of high strength cupro-nickel alloys in off-shore engineering',
Clive Tuck (Langley Alloys, Meighs Limited).

'Erosion-corrosion of materials for drill bits offshore',
Myrna Reyes & Anne Neville (Heriot Watt University).

'Corrosion and cracking effects on the structural safety of ships',
Iain Kennedy (QinetiQ, Rosyth)

23 January 2002, Lloyds Register of Shipping, London

'Development of Titanium/Steel Composite Risers', Phil Jaques (Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd).
'Stainless Steels for Marine Environments'
, Jan Olsson (Avesta Polarit Ltd)
'Material Selection for Corrosion Prevention'
, Roger Francis (Weir Materials & Foundries Ltd.).

10 October 2001, Institute of Materials, London

'Why or is there a gap between laboratory test data and field experiences using high alloyed SS for seawater handling', Trond Rogne (SINTEF).
'Hydrogen embrittlement Stress Corrosion Cracking of Superduplex Stainless Steel Under Cathodic Protection',
Paul Woollin (TWI).
'25%Cr Superduplex Stainless Steel - 35 years old and still going strong(er)'
, Clive Tuck (Langley Alloys, Meighs Limited).
'Post Fabrication Cleaning: Some "Why's and Wherefore's" '
, Chris Baxter (Avesta Polarit Ltd).

4 July 2001, Motorcycle Museum, Nr. Birmingham

'The performance of Titanium alloy 5111', David Peacock (The Titanium Information Group).
'Beyond Bronze: Alternative materials for ship propellers?'
, Robin Oakley (DERA).
'The performance of Zeron 100 super duplex stainless steel welds in seawater',
Roger Francis (Weir Materials Services Ltd).
'Latest technology for the inspection of corrosion degradation in the offshore oil & gas industry'
, Ian Bradley (OIS).

4 April 2001, Stakis Tree Tops Hotel, Aberdeen

'Corrosion and Biofouling Performance of 90-10 and 70-30 Copper Nickels in Marine Environments'
, Carol Powell (Copper Development Association).
'Calcareous scales formed by cathodic protection- an assessment of their characteristics and kinetics',
A P Morizot and A Neville (Corrosion and Surface engineering Research Group, Heriot-Watt University).

24 January 2001, Institute of Materials

'Erosion-corrosion of marine pipework: failure of HVOF coatings',
Andrew Speyer (University of Southampton)
'Corrosion control: the practical application of polymer technology in the marine industry',
Gavin Bowers (Belzona).
'The impact of extended docking intervals on the maintenance of ship coatings beneath the waterline',
David F Jones (UMC International Plc)

11 October 2000, Institute of Materials

'Development of corrosion resistant coatings by high velocity oxyfuel (HVOF) spraying', Dave Harvey (TWI)
'Developments in modelling crevice corrosion',
John Oldfield (Cortest)
'Electrochemical techniques for characterising the corrosion susceptibility of welds',
Alan Turnbull (NPL)

5 July 2000

'Coming to a Sheet Pile Near You... The Bug of the Millennium- A Wholly Practical Guide to Actual Holes'
, Mike Hodgson (John Martin Construction Ltd) and Tom Shelley (Felixstowe Dock & Railway Co.).
'High Pressure Air cylinders reducing through-life costs',
Ritchie Brown (BAESEMA).
'The development and properties of 25%Cr superduplex stainless steel wirelines, strands and ropes',
Keith Bendall (Advanced Metals International Ltd).
'The commercial use of corrosion resistant metals and their alloys subsea - a marine manufacturers perspective',
Phillip Walsh and David Somerville (CRP Marine).

4 April 2000

'Cost of corrosion', Nigel Whitehouse (PRA)
'A review of procedures for assessing corroded vessels and pipelines',
Alan Smith (TWI)

'Nickel alloys in seawater service'
, Steve McCoy (Inco Alloys)

'Alloy 825 and 718 gasket corrosion in deep water (500m) connections',
Chris Amon (Mentor Subsea Technology Servcies)

18 January 2000

'Performance of a highly alloyed stainless steel in seawater cooled plate heat exchangers', Lena Wegrelius (Avesta Sheffield)
'A model for corrosion of the depleted zones around sigma precipitates produced during welding of super duplex stainless steel',
Roger Francis (Weir Materials)
'Metallurgical examination during weld procedure qualification for ferrite-austenite stainless steels'
, Trevor Gooch (TWI)

13 October 1999

'Localised Corrosion: Implications and assessment methods for structural integrity', Bob Akid (SIRIUS)
'Monitoring of polyurethane coatings in flowing saline slurries'
, Rob Wood (Southampton University)
'Hydrogen embrittlement in superduplex stainless steels'
, David Baxter (DERA)
'Corrosion performance of titanium heat exchangers'
, John Fowler (Rolls Royce Plc)

7 July 1999

'Guidelines for design and use of Titanium Heat Exchangers in marine and offshore applications', David Peacock (TIG)
'Examination of coating failure in marine environments using scanning acoustic microscopy',
John Sykes (Oxford University)
'Microbial corrosion of stainless steels in marine mud'
, Roger Francis (Weir Materials)
'Corrosion Monitoring - Fact or Fiction'
,
Colin Britton

2 March 1999

'Corrosion issues with subsea electrical connectors', Allan Nicholson (Tronic Ltd)
'Corrosion and erosion-corrosion coatings of thermally sprayed Cermet coatings'
, Trevor Hodgkiess (Glasgow University)
'West of Shetland - Some Experience'
, Bill Murphy (BP-Amoco)
'The effect of copper corrosion products on the crevice corrsosion of Stainless Steels
', Roger Francis (Weir Materials)

27 January 1999

'The BT Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race', Alastair Hackett (BT Challenge Business)
'Surface preparation and marine coating performance'
, David Buckle (W&J Leigh & Co.)
'Life cycle costing for offshore structures'
, Kjell Haughland (Jotun-Henry Clark)

14 October 1998

'High strength cupro-nickels - past, present and future', Clive Tuck (Meighs Langley Alloys Division Ltd)
'Latest developments in the conservation of large ships'
,
Des Barker (Portsmouth University)
'Influence of Biomineralisation and Colloids on Marine biofouling'
,
Mark Varney (University of Southampton)
'Fundamentals of localised corrosion and SCC of high alloy stainless steels in marine environments'
,
Roger Newman (UMIST) 

8 July 1998

'Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and marine corrosion', Peter Farr (Birmingham University)
'Incorporating lessons learned into the corrosion engineering of the BP Bruce Phase II Subsea Development'
,
Charlie Barraclough (Kvaerner Process)
'Cathodic Protection: Hydrogen Pick-up and Transport'
, Alan Turnbull (NPL)

'Cathodic protection and hydrogen embrittlement', Robin Jacobs (Global Corrosion)

22 April 1998

'Relating test procedures to service situations', Hector Campbell
'Corrosion of carbon-manganese steel welds',
Trevor Gooch (TWI)
'Printed circuit heat exchangers in offshore applications'
, Tony Johnston (Heatric)
'Comparison of high strength steel corrosion fatigue data with the revised PD6493 guidance'
,
Alan Smith (TWI)

3 March 1998

'Recent developments in the use of titanium offshore', David Peacock (TIG)
'Novel techniques for the assessment of corroded pipework'
, Robert Gunn (Plant Integrity)
'Coupling of stainless steel and nickel aluminium bronze - successes and disasters'
,
Roger Francis (Weir Materials)
'Internal corrosion of seawater lift pump caissons'
, Paul Badelek (BP)

21 January 1998

'The development and service parameter characterisation of Nibron Special - a very high strength cupronickel resistant to degradation in diverse marine environments', Keith Bendall, Columbia Metals Ltd
'Replacement of cadmium and chromates in metal finishing'
, Kevin Baldwin, DERA
'Mechanical and electrochemical interactions during erosion-corrosion in aqueous slurries'
, Anne Neville, Heriot Watt University

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