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The 31st Underwater Mining Institute Conference October 31 - November 3, 2001 Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hilo, Island of Hawai`i GOING TO EXTREMES: SEABED MINING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Program Agenda Wednesday, 31 October 2001 · 8:00 to 9:30 PM WELCOMING RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION Top Floor, Hawai`i Naniloa Resort (Three-minute walk from the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel) Thursday, 1 November 2001 · Begins at 9:00 AM TECHNICAL SESSION I Moku `Ola Room (sea level), Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Welcome      Call to Order      Charles L. Morgan, UMI Chair      Host's Welcome: An Overview      Alexander Malahoff and James R. Hein, UMI Hosts and Program Co-chairs MARINE SULFIDE DEPOSITS AND EXTREMOPHILE BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES Alexander Malahoff, Session Chair Uncommon Au- And Ag-Enriched Sulfidic Mineral Assemblages From A Basaltic Spreading Ridge Environment: Mt. Jourdanne, Southwest Indian Ridge Peter E. Halbach Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Finding And Proving Seafloor Massive Sulphide Resources Julian Malnic Nautilus Minerals Corporation, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia Establishment of the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area S. Kim Juniper Geochemistry and Geodrynamics Research Centre, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal Canada Extremophile Exploration: Geothermal and Hydrothermal Systems Alexander Malahoff Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center and Hawai`i Undersea Research Laboratory, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, Hawai`i Microbial Diversity in Extreme Environments: A Polyphasic Approach Maqsudul Alam Department of Microbiology, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, Hawai`i Hydrothermal Fields In Oceanic Fracture Zone Settings: An Example From The Blanco Fracture Zone, Northeast Pacific Rise James R. Hein U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California USA Physiology, Geology and Sulfide Deposits of the Southern Explorer Ridge Seafloor Hydrothermal Site Using an Integrated GIS Database and 3D Modeling Yannick Beaudoin Scotiabank Marine Geology Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Visible Gold in Massive Sulfides from Escanaba Trough, Southern Gorda Ridge Randolph A. Koski U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California USA Hydrothermal Sulfide Deposits in Lakes Sophia Katsouri (Steven D. Scott, speaker) Scotiabank Marine Geology Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thursday, 1 November 2001 (Concurrent with Technical Session) SPOUSES TOUR 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Comfortable shoes, light raingear, and a camera are a must for a stroll to beautiful waterfalls and rainforest gardens. We'll stop for a light lunch before meandering over to Lyman Musuem in downtown Hilo. Van pick up at front lobby of Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. $25 per person. THE EVENING IS OPEN Friday, 2 November 2001 · Begins at 9:00 AM TECHNICAL SESSION II Moku `Ola Room (sea level), Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Annual Meeting of the International Marine Minerals Society James R. Hein, President DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO FERROMANGANESE NODULES AND CRUSTS James R. Hein, Session Chair Environmental Influences on Manganese Nodule and Crust Composition in the South Pacific Philomene Verlaan Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom Ferromanganese Crust for Air Pollution Control George Andermann Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, Hawai`i Occurrence of Hydrogenetic Ferromanganese Crusts from Deep-sea Floors in the Western Pacific USUI Akira Institute for Marine Resources and Environment, AIST, Ibaraki, Japan Temporal Variation of Environmental Characteristics by changing Water Column Structure in the Northeast Equatorial Pacific SON Seung-Kyu Deepsea Resources Research Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan, Seoul, Korea OTHER TOPICS OF TIMELY INTEREST Walking Mining Platform Developed In Southern Africa For Diamond Mining Along The Surf Zone Robert Goodden Seacore, Cornwall, United Kingdom Mapping Certain Polarizeable Minerals in the Sub-Seafloor with a Towed-Streamer Electrical Geophysical System Jeff Wynn, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia USA Tim McGinnis, Williamson and Associates, Seattle, Washington USA On the Deep Water Turbine-Electric Energy Systems for Industrial Use Igor E. Mikhaltsev P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Placer Minerals of the West Coast of India - A Retrospective and Prospective Subramanian Rajendran Department of Marine Geology & Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India Response of a Sediment Seabed To 25 Years' Discharge Of Mine Tailings: Effects Ranges And Biodiversity Recovery Brenda Burd Ecostat Research Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada Real-time Monitoring of Marine Tailings Placement in Papua New Guinea Wilfred Lus School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, University, Papua New Guinea MINI PRESENTATIONS Friday, 2 November 2001 BANQUET The Seaside Restaurant 1790 Kalanianaole Highway (10-minute drive along Hilo Bay; casual attire; no host wine service) 5:30    Banquet 7:00    International Marine Minerals Society Presentation         31st UMI Banquet Address by Maqsudual Alam         Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center, University of Hawai`i 8:30    Adjournment of the 31st UMI Saturday, 2 November 2001 GEOTECHNICAL TOUR OF THE HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM Tour includes transportation, entry to the National Park, and lunch. The bus will pick up UMI participants in the lobby of the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel promptly at 8:30 AM. Registration and pre-payment of $30 per person are required by September 15, 2001.

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