DIARY DATE:
Event: 9th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC 2008)
Dates: 1-3 April 2008
Venue: CCH, Hamburg, Germany
Organiser: The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
Further information: www.imarest.org/events/INEC2008
INTERNATIONAL LINE UP FOR INEC 2008
Rear Admiral Kevin McCoy of the US Navy, and Rear Admiral Bob Love, CVF Team Leader, Ministry of Defence head the international line up of speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA at the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference (INEC 2008) being held in Hamburg, Germany 1-3 April 2008.
The three-day conference is organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), held under the patronage of Rear Admiral (ret) Lutje Schipholt, Rear Admiral Nigel Guild, and Vice Admiral Sir Robert Hill, and sponsored by Rolls-Royce, BMT Defence Services, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Germanischer Lloyd, Converteam, and The Office of Naval Research and will see the presentation of the inaugural Sir Donald Gosling Award.
“I am delighted to hear that 12 presentations are in the running for the inaugural Sir Donald Gosling Award at INEC 2008,” says IMarEST’s chief executive, Keith Read CBE. “All INEC 2008 authors under the age of 40 are eligible for the Awards, which consist of three prizes (first prize £5,000; second prize £2,500; third prize £1,500). We are extremely grateful to Sir Donald, long a supporter of the Royal Navy, for lending his name to this new award at such an important event for the defence industry.”
Captain John Newell MBE, Royal Navy, INEC conference chairman, looks forward to this spring’s event: “The many challenges facing our navies continue to demand ever more resourceful solutions and approaches, and we will certainly be hearing about these in April. This year’s INEC chalks up a very definite ‘first’. We had such a good response to the call for papers that we are staging three parallel streams on the second day. We have a very full programme and the papers will provide a truly international perspective on many current issues, ranging from capability management to contractor logistics support.
“With its theme ‘Embracing the Future’ INEC 2008 incorporates the operation, future design, integration and support of vessels in the naval environment. The programme explores the balance between evolving current practice, revolutionary or novel alternatives and practical experience.
“Aimed at commercial and military ship operators, designers and shipbuilders, classification societies, machinery and equipment manufacturers, universities and a wide range of other organisations, INEC particularly looks at ways and means of capitalising on the benefits from commercial experience.”
The three day event is supported by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Nautical Institute, American Society of Naval Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers.
Day by day at INEC
Following the opening session in which Rear Admiral McCoy will be speaking and the scene-setting plenary session on Day One which sees an international line up from Germany, Greece, The Netherlands and the UK, INEC 2008 will break into two parallel sessions ‘Concepts’ and ‘Signatures and Modelling’; with a conference reception in the INEC exhibition area completing the day.
“Hamburg has been chosen as the logical venue for the 2008 event as it remains one of the leading European centres for naval shipbuilding. INEC was last held there in 2000 and proved highly successful. The CCH (Congress Center Hamburg) is a superb venue, right in the middle of the city centre,” explains Captain Newell.
Day Two sees six packed streams taking place – ‘Propulsion’; ‘Responding to External Influences’; ‘Through Life Support Systems’; ‘System Design’; ‘Equipment Design’; and ‘Ownership’ before delegates and speakers repair to the Hamburg Stock Exchange for the conference reception and dinner.
The third day opens with parallel session on ‘Equipment Support’; and ‘Control and Fire Fighting’ before the closing plenary session and the presentation of the inaugural Sir Donald Gosling Award.
INEC Exhibition
INEC 2008 features a supporting exhibition enabling companies to showcase their latest products and services. Further information aimed at exhibitors is available from Christine Davenport at IMarEST christine.davenport [at] imarest [dot] org.
About the conference chairman
Captain John Newell MBE MSc CEng FIMarEST MIL Royal Navy joined the Royal Navy as an Artificer Apprentice in 1976 and joined the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth on promotion in 1978. Sea appointments included training in HMS Hermes, HMS Manchester and HMS Torquay, Deputy Marine Engineer Officer in HMS Sirius, MEO in HMS Boxer and SNO/MEO in HMS Albion during the build and sea trials.
Shore appointments covered a MSc in Electrical Engineering, the MOD project officer for Pollution Control equipment, staff training in Paris, the Joint Planning Staff and the ME appointer. Shore jobs as a Commander took in the Electrical Power Distribution and Propulsion Systems specialist group within the Ship Support Agency and the Fleet Marine Engineer Officer.
Following 3 months as the Trafalgar 200 Director for Guest Management and nearly 2 years as Maritime AD1 in the Defence Logistics Transformation Programme and AD Transformation for Chief of Materiel (Fleet) he is now Team Leader for the Minewarfare, Patrol and Hydrographic (MPH) Integrated Project Team (IPT). He lives in North Wiltshire with his wife Jane and their three children, Matthew, Mark and Sarah. Awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours List 2004 and selected for promotion to Captain in June 2004, his main interests include flying (PPL), dinghy sailing, rugby and building cars.
To register
Online registration is at www.imarest.org/events/INEC2008 with details available from Christine Davenport, Events Department, IMarEST, 80 Coleman Street, London
EC2R 5BJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 2636; Fax: +44 (0)20 7382 2667; Email: christine.davenport@imarest.org. Details on hotels is at http://www.interplan.de/reg/hhinec08.
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About IMarEST
- Press places at INEC 2008 are available on a first-come-first-served basis – if you are interested in attending, please contact judithpatten [at] wwmail [dot] co [dot] uk
- Voucher copies/tear sheets with coverage are always welcome, as is a simple notification of use of the release to judithpatten [at] wwmail [dot] co [dot] uk
- The IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) is the leading membership body and learned society for marine professionals, industry, research and education, with 47 branches and over 15,000 members worldwide
- Professional Recognition: qualifications for membership are based on the educational background and/or multi-disciplinary experience ensuring that high professional standards are maintained
- The only membership body that can award Chartered Marine Scientist and Technologist, Chartered, Incorporated and Engineering Technician status to their professional engineering counterparts
- The IMarEST is part of the Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Federation
- IMarEST Marine Partners: a membership network for organisations in industry, research and education operating in the marine and offshore sectors
- Maritime journals include MER (Marine Engineers Review), The Marine Scientist, The Journal of Offshore Technology (JOT); Maritime IT & Electronics; and Shipping World & Shipbuilder;
- IMarEST Publications: Technical Proceedings Parts A, B, C and D; and a catalogue of 100+/- books
- The IMarEST Marine Information Centre (MIC) has 36,000 references available; 86,000 references on the combined IMarEST/BMT database; some 5,000 books and 3,000 conference proceedings
- IMarEST organisers 30-40 events and conferences annually; and was the host organisation for the World Maritime Technology Conference held in London 6-10 March 2006
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