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Piracy and Offshore Security Conference

Practical responses and solutions

Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th September 2009

Action Stations, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, UK

Contact Information

IMarEST
80 Coleman Street
London, EC2R 5BJ
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 2636
Fax: +44 (0)20 7382 2667
Email: events@imarest.org

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The Aim

The conference aims to get operators and suppliers to meet in a unique forum which explores what is needed to protect ships and installations, and review available options.

To achieve this, the event will analyse the threat and the costs; ask owners to identify what they need to protect ships within the law; give a taste of real situations through interactive workshops; seek international and government opinion on what needs to be done. Finally, suppliers will demonstrate and discuss practical solutions to counter the risk – covering the latest available services and infrastructure plus methods of defending and hardening a vessel which can be used for layered defence.

Participants will include owners, operators, charterers and insurers from around the world, and suppliers will include all those who provide security-related services as well as specialist equipment. Interaction will be not only by presentation and discussion, but by supplier displays and demonstrations to provide the maximum cross-fertilisation of ideas.

Who Should Attend?

This conference is essential for anyone with an interest in ships that may sail into, or who operates offshore installations in a high threat area and those with a potential solution will find the presentations, discussions, workshops and displays invaluable. This includes:

• Ship owners, operators and charterers
• Oil industry: offshore owners and operators
• UK and international government agencies: (defence, police, coast guard, customs, immigration and port authorities)
• Shipping associations
• Ship and offshore security officers
• Security and maritime consultants
• Security service and equipment providers
• Class
• P&I and insurance
• Lawyers
• Port and terminal operators
• Academia

Benefits of attending

The protection of offshore installations; ships and their cargo and crew from piracy, robbery and attacks are the single most pressing issue for the maritime industry. IMarEST’s first conference on Piracy and Offshore Security will provide participants with the practical measures that owners and operators can take to minimise their risk and introducing customers and suppliers.

Attendees will also benefit from exposure to the technical papers, presentations, posters and exhibits and a significant opportunity to engage in discussion; affording invaluable networking opportunities between government, industry and academia.

Group Bookings

Your company may benefit from sending several delegates over the two days of conference. Discounts are available for 3 or more delegates. Contact Events on +44 (0)20 7382 2636

GROUPS OF:
• 3 or more delegates receive a 10% discount
• 6 or more delegates receive a 15% discount
• 10 or more delegates receive a 20% discount

Group registrations must be made at the same time from the same company to qualify for discounts

Conference Highlights

• Assessing the worldwide current level of pirate activity – the true cost
• Operators from all sectors will describe their view of the threat and what they need to counter it
• Interactive tactical floor workshops: visualising the developing threat and reacting to the crisis
• Government and international agency views on how operators can best equip themselves to maintain security
• The seafarers’ view – training and proper preparation of crew
• Countering the threat – suppliers offer practical solutions for a layered defence
• Equipment demonstrations and displays

Registration and Special Offers

IMarEST Members - save up to £300 if you register before 14 August 2009.

Non-members save £100 before this date.

We are pleased to offer the Marine Partner rate to Members of BIMCO, DMA, EEZING, SMI and UKTI. Please quote your organisation's name when registering your place.

SPEAKER LINE-UP

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN AND KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Charles Le Gallais CBE, Strategy Director, Gold Standard and Cabinet Office Advisor
Peter Cook, Maritime Security Consultant, BIMCO
Cyrus Mody, Manager, International Maritime Bureau (IMB)
OB Sisay, Deputy Head of Africa Division, Exclusive Analysis Ltd
Patrick Rodgers, Chief Executive Officer, Euronav
Steve Havis, Marine Security Manager, Canival UK
Alan Green, Chairman Special Regulations Sub-Committee, International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
Captain John Wills, RN (Rtd), Director, IMarEST
Ian McLaren MBE, Director, ProTeez Ltd
Keynote Address by Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks CB DSC
Chris Trelawny, Head of Maritime Security Section, IMO
Captain Rodger MacDonald, Secretary General, IFSMA
William Miller, Special Contingency Risks Limited
Malcolm Warr OBE, Head of UK Maritime Security, Selex Communications
Captain Michael Lloyd, Marine Director, Sea Scorpion Systems
Paul Horstmann, Capability Leader - Survivability Assessment, QinetiQ
Barry Davies, Director, BCB International
Mike Critchley, Business Development Manager, Ultra Electronics Command & Control Systems, SML Technologies
Mark Hankey, Marketing and Communications Director, MUSC
Jim Fitzmaurice, Managing Director, ResQmaz (UK) Limited
Tom Mackey, Chairman, Hyde Marine Inc.

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