Programme

0930 hours Registration and coffee
1000 hours Opening plenary
1300 hours Lunch
1400 hours Breakout Sessions
1700 hours Close

General Information

The Workshop seeks to bring together the shipping industry and ocean scientists to:

• Examine the potential for shipping industry involvement in deploying new technologies
• Describe existing and emerging technologies for making underway measurements from Ships of Opportunity
• Explore the business benefits of participation in ocean observations
• Contribute to the planning of future partnerships

 Background

More than 150 years ago US Navy Captain, Matthew Fontaine Maury established a co-ordinated scheme for sustained observations of the oceans in support of practical navigation and safety at sea.  Ever since, officers of the merchant marine have, as part of their watch duties, sent in regular observations of the weather and the oceans.

Although we can now observe the surface ocean from space, knowledge of the body of the oceans is still confined to measurements made from ships and instruments.  Today’s merchant vessels can carry sophisticated instrument packages making continuous measurements which contribute to better understanding of the oceans and the processes driving weather and climate.

This Workshop
This Workshop is followed by The IMarEST Stanley Gray Lecture Given by Mr John Englander, Chief Executive Officer, The International SeaKeepers Society. See Brochure for more