PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: 26 January 2012
DIARY DATE
Event: 11th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC 2012)
Theme: Engineering Naval Capability
Dates: Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 May 2012; and Industrial Tours Friday 18 May
Venue: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Sponsored by: Babcock, BMT Defence Services Ltd, Converteam UK Ltd and Rolls-Royce plc
Supported by: Society for Underwater Technology
Further information: www.imarest.org/inec and events@imarest.org
INDUSTRIAL TOURS - AN INTEGRAL PART OF INEC 2012
Representatives of navies, commercial and military ship operators, designers and shipbuilders, classification societies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, universities and other defence-related organisations from around the world will gather in Edinburgh in mid-May 2012 for the 11th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC 2012) with its theme ‘Engineering Naval Capability’. For the first time in INEC’s long history, industrial tours will play an integral role in the biennial event.
Organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), the INEC 2012 Conference and Exhibition is being held Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 May 2012 at The Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh, UK; and the industrial tours programme will take place on Friday 18 May and will include tours around The Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier at Rosyth. INEC is sponsored by Babcock, BMT Defence Services Ltd, Converteam UK Ltd and Rolls-Royce plc – BMT Defence Services and Rolls-Royce are IMarEST Marine Partners.
“These are challenging times for navies around the world, and with its theme ‘Engineering Naval Capability’, INEC 2012 aims to help our delegates understand how to – in the words of Captain John Newell MBE RN, our Conference Chairman - ‘do more with less’,” explains IMarEST’s Chief Executive, David Loosley.
“As Capt Newell explains on our website: ‘Recent developments have seen shrinking defence budgets yet worldwide instability and natural phenomenon require military scale interventions with multinational forces structures. In order to continue with this trend of doing more with less, fewer hull numbers, continued pressure to reduce crew sizes, taking the man out of harm’s way and yet still providing platforms capable of global and expeditionary operations will require an unparalleled degree of engineering skill not seen before. These austere circumstances will similarly require a degree of flexibility never experienced before, as we learn from other industries, evolve and adapt, innovate and collaborate.’
“INEC 2012 has an important role to play in bringing together diverse groups of experts to initiate this learning and absorption process. Our Industrial Tours programme enables delegates to see at first hand some of the innovative steps that are being taken, and also provides opportunities for continuing networking between the various sectors we will be bringing together in May – networking that we confidently expect to be a very important first step in collaboration and cooperation in many instances.”
The INEC conference programme with its session themes - design and technology; affordability and sustainability; safety and environmental issues; civil/military technology transfer and unmanned operations will be available shortly on the IMarEST website at www.imarest.org/inec.
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