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DR. GISINER ADVANCES IAGC Member TGS

RESEARCH ON AQUATIC SOUND Participates at 2017

Deep Offshore West
AGC's Dr. Bob Gisiner bio-acoustics. Gisiner is also Africa Congress
Massachusetts on 25-29 June. Standards for Passive Acoustic N Governing Member TGS
participated in the 173rd a member of the working
IMeeting of The Acoustical group developing national ick Trantor with IAGC
Society of America in Boston, and international Metadata
presented at the Deep Offshore
He participated in many Monitoring (PAM) Data. He West Africa Congress in Accra, Ghana
ways, including a meeting of also participated in an informal 14-15 September. The IAGC has
the Editorial Board for the working group developing established a relationship with SZW
special issue of Proceedings ideas for advancing research which allows our members to present at
of Marine Acoustics (POMA), on the biology of the particle major non-U.S. oil and gas conferences
and as an editor for the motion component of sound. and to interact directly with oil and gas
papers presented at the ministry officials.
Aquatic Noise Conference in The IAGC is proud of Dr.
Dublin, Ireland in July 2016. Gisiner's great work in The Congress provided local and
furthering scientific study in international industrial representatives
Gisiner also gave an invited aquatic noise and developing with a high-level platform to discuss
presentation at a special standards for PAM data and how to improve business certainty,
session honoring fish supports his efforts to develop establish more effective oil and gas
acoustics researchers Art ideas for advancing research regulatory frameworks, and expedite
Popper and Tony Hawkins, in these fields, allowing the cooperation among the countries,
whose careers have made scientific data to lead the such as Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, Gabon,
invaluable contributions to the conversation on the effects Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Congo
fields fish hearing and marine of sound and marine life. and Equatorial Guinea.

he IAGC's Vice-President of Communications & External Affairs,
Gail Adams-Jackson has assumed the position of Chairwoman
IAGC Takes Tof the E&P Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme
Leadership Role (SAML JIP). The IAGC is one of the founding members of this joint
industry initiative which identifies and funds research to improve
in Key Sound understanding of the potential impact of Exploration and Production
and Marine (E&P) sound on marine life.
Life Research The Communications Committee is responsible for guiding key
Industry messaging regarding research findings, ensuring participation in
Programme relevant conferences and workshops, and media briefings. This is just
one more way your Association is working to communicate sound
science and accurate information to stakeholders and decision-makers
around the world, which can impact your license to operate.

The SAML JIP was set up in 2005 under the auspices of the International
Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) along with the IAGC.
Other members of the SAML JIP include BHPBilliton, BP, Chevron,
ConocoPhillips, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, BG Group, Statoil, Woodside,
Total and Santos. It provides research dollars for independent peer-
reviewed research for sound source characterization and propagation,
physical and physiological effects and hearing, behavioural reactions &
biological significant effects, mitigation and monitoring, and research
tools. The SAML JIP also produces project reports, peer-reviewed
publications, and factsheets to educate governments and stakeholders.

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