08:00   Coffee, Distribution of Meeting Material (Written Reports)

08:15   Introduction - DESSC Chair's Report, introduction of new the DESSC Chair

08:30   1998 Science Reports - Presentations by Principal Investigators

• ALVIN users
• ROV users
• Users of other tools

10:15 - 10:30   Break

10:30   Agency and UNOLS reports

10:45   National Deep Submergence Facility Operator’s Report (WHOI)

• ATLANTIS - PSA yard period - improvements/repairs
• Brief summary of integration of personnel to both ALVIN and ROV/tethered vehicle ops.
• ALVIN
• Outstanding upgrade proposal work:
• Datalogger upgrade
• Navigation - Winfrog,
• System/switcher,
• ICL probes and datalinks,
• Virtual ALVIN power model
• Operational Issues:  power
• Jason/Argo II/DSL-120
• Jason/Argo
• DSL-120 software upgrade, processing issues
• WHOI DSF Perspective on future directions
• ALVIN Overhaul Scheduling
• Data Archiving
• Tentative 1999 - 2000 vehicle scheduling
• SEACLIFF engineering study:  status report.
• NDSF Proposal - The deadline for submittal of the next NDSF upgrade proposal is 9/1/99.  What upgrades would the community like?

12:00 - 13:00   Break for Lunch  (Lunches will be available at the meeting for $10.)

13:00   Reports from Other Facility Operators.  (Handouts will be provided for each facility.)

• ROPOS
• SIO/MPL
• HURL
• West Coast NURP
• MBARI

13:30   Long-Range Planning Session I:  Planning for Expeditionary Science

• Western and Mid-Pacific
• South Atlantic
• Southern EPR
• Indian Ocean and Mediterranean

14:30 - 14:45   Break

14:45   Long-Range Planning Session II:  Planning for Science in Traditional Work Areas

• Juan de Fuca
• Northern EPR
• Northern MAR

15:45   Discussion and Planning for early 1999 UNOLS Deep Submergence Meeting

16:30   Adjourn