FINAL REPORT SEC Centre and Crowne Plaza Hotel Glasgow, Scotland Submitted to: Professor Atilla Incecik, Conference Chair Tim Graves, Managing Director, Technical Events & Content, ASME Submitted by: Bernadette Gessler, Senior Project Manager Ian Holliday, Project Director Sea to Sky Meeting and Association Management Inc. November 2019 Award Winning Meeting, Event and Association Management Specialists Sea to Sky Meeting and Association Management Inc. Suite 206, 201 Bewicke Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7M 3M7 www.seatoskymeetings.com [email protected] +1-604-984-6455 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering June 9-14, 2019, SEC and Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Page 2 of 70 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. FINANCIAL ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2. MARKETING .................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3. SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITS ............................................................................................................... 5 1.4. REGISTRATION ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.5. TECHNICAL PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.6. SOCIAL EVENTS .............................................................................................................................. 5 1.7. LOGISTICS ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.8. STAKEHOLDERS AND CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT .............................................................................. 6 2. STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................................................................... 7 3. CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES VERSUS RESULTS ................................................................................. 8 4. REVENUE AND EXPENSE REPORT ....................................................................................................... 9 5. MARKETING .......................................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 MARKETING RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................... 13 5.2 OMAE 2019 MARKETING ACTIVITIES SUMMARY ............................................................................... 13 6. SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITS ................................................................................................................. 18 6.1 SPONSORSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................ 18 6.2 PROSPECTUS ................................................................................................................................ 18 6.3 LIST OF SPONSORS ....................................................................................................................... 18 6.4 LIST OF ADVERTISERS ................................................................................................................... 19 6.5 LIST OF EXHIBITORS ...................................................................................................................... 19 7. REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPANT COMMUNICATION ..................................................................... 21 7.1 REGISTRATION RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................ 21 7.2 REGISTRATION STATISTICS ............................................................................................................. 21 7.3 STUDENT DISCOUNT ...................................................................................................................... 25 7.4 PARTICIPANT COMMUNICATION ....................................................................................................... 25 8 TECHNICAL PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................ 26 8.1 TECHNICAL PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 26 8.2 OPENING CEREMONY AND KEYNOTE PLENARIES............................................................................... 26 8.3 SYMPOSIA .................................................................................................................................... 27 8.4 ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS ............................................................................................................... 27 8.5 AFTERNOON LECTURE SERIES ........................................................................................................ 28 8.6 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE ................................................................................................................ 28 Sea to Sky Meeting and Association Management Inc. www.seatoskymeetings.com 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering June 9-14, 2019, SEC and Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Page 3 of 70 8.7 SHORT COURSES .......................................................................................................................... 30 8.8 OUTREACH FOR ENGINEERS ........................................................................................................... 31 8.9 AFFILIATED MEETINGS ................................................................................................................... 31 9 SOCIAL EVENTS ................................................................................................................................... 31 9.1 SOCIAL EVENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................ 31 9.2 SOCIAL EVENTS ATTENDANCE STATISTICS ....................................................................................... 31 9.3 SOCIAL EVENTS SUMMARY BY EVENT .............................................................................................. 32 9.4 TOUR PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................... 35 9.5 TECHNICAL TOUR .......................................................................................................................... 35 10 CONFERENCE LOGISTICS .............................................................................................................. 36 10.1 CONFERENCE LOGISTICS RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................. 36 10.2 MEETING SPACE ........................................................................................................................... 36 10.3 ONSITE PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................... 36 10.4 ASME CONFERENCE APP (CROWD COMPASS) ................................................................................ 36 10.5 AUDIO VISUAL AND WI-FI ............................................................................................................... 36 10.6 SIGNAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 37 10.7 SESSION CHAIR GIFT ..................................................................................................................... 37 10.8 CONFERENCE BAG AND GIFT .......................................................................................................... 38 11 GUEST ROOM BLOCK ..................................................................................................................... 39 12 COMMITTEES & VOLUNTEERS....................................................................................................... 40 12.1 TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE.................................................................................................. 40 12.2 OMAE 2019 VOLUNTEERS ............................................................................................................ 40 13 APPENDIX A: ATTENDANCE, ABSTRACT, PAPER AND SURPLUS STATISTICS ........................ 42 14 APPENDIX B: SPONSORSHIP PROSPECTUS ................................................................................ 43 15 APPENDIX C: REGISTRATION BY COUNTRY COMPARED TO PAST OMAE CONFERENCES .... 45 16 APPENDIX D: PROGRAM AT A GLANCE ........................................................................................ 46 17 APPENDIX E: SESSION ATTENDANCE .......................................................................................... 48 18 APPENDIX F: NO SHOW PRESENTERS ......................................................................................... 53 19 APPENDIX H: EVALUATION SURVEY SUMMARY .......................................................................... 58 20 APPENDIX I: FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES BREAKDOWN 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