International Oil Spill Conference 2008

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Coming Soon! Papers from IOSC 2008 will be added to our searchable archive; check back in early summer 2008 for more information!

Search over 2,800 papers, abstracts, and proceedings in our on-line archive; abstracts since IOSC 1969; full-text papers since IOSC 1995; go to the archive search page...

Final 2008 Conference Program and Full Schedule available; more info...

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The International Oil Spill Conference contributes to and enables a “culture of preparedness” within the oil spill response community, the broader field of incident management, and society as a whole. It provides a forum for professionals from the international community, the private sector, government, and non-governmental organizations to highlight and discuss innovations and best practices across the spectrum of prevention, preparedness, response and restoration.

...the preeminent gathering of oil spill response experts from around the world!

IOSC 2008
Held May 4 - 8, 2008 at the
Savannah International Trade & Convention Center
Savannah, Georgia, USA was a GREAT Success...Thanks!
Convention Center at Night The 20th Triennial International Oil Spill Conference on Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Restoration was held May 4-8, 2008 at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Over 2,500 people from 80 countries attended the technical sessions and viewed more than 250 exhibits. The Conference theme for 2008 was:

"Creating a Culture of Preparedness"

This website will remain on-line with 2008 Conference information while we work to post the 2008 papers on line and begin building our 2011 website.

The IOSC Workshop Subcommittee presented a proposed Oil Spill Response Planning and Preparedness Assessment Tool for worldwide use by industry and government in a panel session at IOSC 2008. Click this paragraph to go to our topic-specific web page on this important issue for more details and to download the report in English or Spanish.

The next conference in our trienniel rotation is Interspill scheduled for 12 - 14 May in Marseille, France