*********** 051293B.ENV *********** Contributory Categories: BIO, CHM, ENG Country: Japan From: Letter from Dr. Ohsumi KEYWORDS: Japan, Carbon dioxide, Clathrates, Global warming, Ocean disposal PROGRAM OF ICO-2 (PROVISIONAL; AS OF 6 MAY 1993) All titles are provisional. June 1 Tsukuba Center for Institutes (Science and Technology Agency) 09:20 Opening address N. Handa, Chairman of the Organizing Committee 12:30 SESSION I OVERVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS OF DIRECT OCEAN DISPOSAL OF C02 (10:50 - 11:10; coffee break) Chairman: N. Handa (Nagoya Univ) Feature of the Ocean Disposal in comparison with Geological Disposal Options T. Ohsumi (CRIEPI) Developing the Concept of Ocean Disposal of C02 within the Framework of an International Agreement W G. Ormerod, I.C. Webster, H. Audus and P.W.F.Riemer (IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme) Fate and Effects of Disposed C02 for Scenarios in the North Pacific Ocean C.-S. Wong and R. Matear (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada) Comments by: C. Goyet (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) N. Suginohara (Univ. Tokyo) 14:00 - 17:00 SESSION II Technical Aspects 15:20 - 15:40; coffee break Chairman: K. Yamada (Univ Tokyo) Disposal Options in View of Ocean Circulation P. Haugan* and H. Drange (Nansen Environmental & Remote Sensing Center, Norway) Confined Release of C02 into the Ocean E. Adams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Technical View on C02 Transportation and Dispersion at Intermediate Depths N. Nakashiki*, T. Ohsumi (CRIEPI), M. Ozaki and Y. Suetake (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.) Comments by. Y Kobayashi (Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Japan) P.C.Lund (National Institute for Materials and Chemical Research, Japan) K. Cole (Science Applications International Corp., USA) 17:30 - 19:30 Reception Party (at Tsukuba Dai-ichi Hotel, Room "SUBARU" in Annex) June 2 Tsukuba Center for Institutes (Science and Technology Agency) 09:00 - 12:00 SESSION III PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTY OF CO2 SEAWATER SYSTEM ( 10:20 - 10:40 ; coffee break) Chairman : H Sakal (Yamagata Univ) Thermodynamics of Multi-phase Equilibria in the C02 - Seawater System M. Wadsley (Monash Univ., Australia) Ocean C02 Sequestration H. Komiyama (Univ. Tokyo), T. Hakuta (NIMCR), Y. Yanagisawa (Harvard Univ.), YFujioka (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.) and Y. Shindo* (National Institute for Materials and Chemical Research, Japan) Laboratory Experiments of C02 Injection into the Ocean S. M. Masutani*, C.M. Kinoshitall, G.C.Nihous, T. Ho*, L.A.Vega and Y. Mori (Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, USA) Comments by. H.Chiba (KyushuUniv.) I. Aya ( Ship Research Institute, Japan) 13:30 -15:20 SESSION IV Chairman: M. Takahashi (Univ Tokyo) An Experimental Approach to the Deep-Sea Ecosystem Research Y. Sirayama (Ocean Research Institute, Univ. Tokyo) Comments by R.F. Weiss (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA) Jiayi Zhou (Institute of Marine Environment Protection, China) A. Taniguchi (Tohoku Univ.) 15:20 - 15:40 coffee break 15:40 - 16:30 CLOSING SESSION Discussion Chairman: N Handa (Nagoya Univ) Comments by. J. Kasahara (Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. Tokyo) Correspondence to: T. Ohsumi, General Secretary of ICO-2 c/o Abiko Research Laboratory, CRIEPI 1646 Abiko, Abiko-city, Chiba-Pref. 270-11 Japan Phone 0471-82-1181; Fax 0471-83-2966 ************** END Msg. B.ENV **************