9Th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (Isope-99), Date: MAY 30-JUN 04, 1999, Location: BREST, FRANCE, Sponsors: Int Soc Offshore & Polar Engineers, Canadian Assoc Petr Producers, Amer Soc Civil Engineers, Engn Mech Div, Korea Comm Ocean Resources & Engn, Canadian Civil Engineers, Engn Mech Div, Chinese Soc Ocean Engineers, Chinese Soc Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Chinese Soc Theoret & Applied Mech, Russian Acad Sci, Singapore Struct Steel Soc, Norwegian Petr Soc, Inst Engineers Australia, Kansai Soc Naval Architects, Japan, IRO, Netherlands, Tech Res Ctr Finland, Soc Mat Sci, Japan, Offshore Engn Soc, UK, Ukraine Soc Mech Engineers, IFREMER, France, Scott Polar Res Inst, UK, Inst Engineers Indonesia, Brazilian Soc Naval Architects & Marine Engineers