Independent Agencies 



Atomic Energy Commission 

 National Academy of Sciences 

 National Oceanographic Data Center 

 National Science Foundation 

 Smithsonian Institution 



Groups from various industrial firms have visited many of these 

 agencies to present their capabilities and to learn how they might 

 serve. Key agency personnel, on the other hand, have been meeting 

 with their groups and have been giving guidance independently of 

 each other. 



The Symposium was conducted for ICO by its Panel on Facilities, 

 Equipment, and Instrumentation to develop a common communication 

 channel between Government and Industry and to provide Industry 

 with a coherent statement of instrument needs. Top government 

 administrators, operating engineers, and scientific experts from 

 the Federal agencies and their contractors led the discussions. At 

 the meeting were 540 representatives from Industry, 139 represen- 

 tatives from Government, 32 from nonprofit institutions, 22 from the 

 press, and 4 individuals representing foreign nations --a total of 

 737 attendees. 



Because of the interest exhibited during the meetings, the ICO 

 decided to publish the Proceedings of the Symposium. vVherever 

 possible the material reproduced in the Proceedings has been re- 

 viewed by the contributor. During the Symposium several questions 

 were submitted on cards to panels which, for several reasons, 

 could not then be answered. These have been reviewed and answers 

 have been provided where possible in appendix A. The lists of non- 

 industrial scientific groups (appendix B) and industries (appendix C) 

 are as complete as the data made available to the Panel. If a 

 laboratory or firm has not been included, the Panel expresses its 

 regrets. It is requested, for future listings, that groups concerned 

 submit their names to the chairman of the Panel. 



The full lists of requirements for instruments and instrument 

 systems have been included (appendices E, F, G, and H) . The 

 sample "Oceanographic Bibliography" (appendix I) has been compiled 

 from many sources. Comments on the books were provided princi- 

 pally by Jan Hahn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and 



