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NEPTUNE Canada Study

The Canadian NEPTUNE Participation study is being led by the Institute for Pacific Ocean Science and Technology, with support from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Department of National Defense, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Information, Science and Technology Agency of British Columbia.

The objectives of this study are to:

• Identify Canadian interests in NEPTUNE for several communities: Scientific, Education and Public Awareness, Industrial, Engineering, Emergency Response Applications, Policy and Government.
• In each community, identify benefits of Canadian participation.
• Develop options for Canadian participation in management and use of NEPTUNE, cooperatively with the US team
• Identify steps necessary to carry out a Canadian NEPTUNE Project.
• Prepare, with the U.S. team, an accurate budget for subsequent phases of NEPTUNE.
• Review alternative sources and approaches to funding.

The Canadian study will build on the US process, and will not repeat the technical feasibility or overall cost studies. The plan for the study is to:

• Gather preliminary data on information and benefits to the Canadian scientific and educational communities through contacts and the wide dissemination of a call for expressions of interest, e.g. through this document.
• Prepare summaries of expressed interests, provide feedback to potential participants and pass information on requirements on to engineering companies and potential Canadian suppliers
• Gather preliminary information on interest among potential Canadian scientific and equipment suppliers, and prepare summaries for feedback.
• Conduct a workshop with members of the scientific, educational and industrial communities (Victoria, February-March 2000) with the following objectives:

• Identifying and documenting opportunities for synergy between the various communities,
• Reviewing and refining priorities for Canadian participation in NEPTUNE,
• Establishing a framework for ongoing planning and implementation of Canadian participation.

• With the US group, develop options for Canadian participation in the management and operation.
• Develop credible cost estimate for Canadian science and related development
• Prepare a report including a preliminary plan for implementing Canadian participation in NEPTUNE

A Canadian NEPTUNE Management Board has been established to oversee the project.  Science, Industry and Education Committees report to the board.  The Project Manager is Dr. John Madden.