16th July 2005
Commissioner Joe Borg, Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, European Commission has accepted the invitation of IMarEST – the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology – to deliver a keynote address at the World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006) taking place in London next March. He joins other luminaries including the NOOA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Administrator – Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr; and Robert E Kramek the President and CEO of ABS who was the 20th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1994-1998 and co-chair of the 2003 WMTC held in San Francisco , who are already on the list of confirmed speakers.
“We are delighted to be able to add Commissioner Borg to our list of keynote speakers at next year’s milestone event for the maritime industry,” says IMarEST’s Director General, Keith Read CBE. “He is in charge of the Task Force that has responsibility for producing a Green Paper taking stock of the situation within the European Union with regard to the maritime dimension and that aims to identify potential for development. These are topics that are of great importance to the delegates we expect at next spring’s event with its theme ‘maritime innovation – delivering global solutions’.”
WMTC 2006, hosted by IMarEST and supported by 24 key maritime organisations from around the world with sponsorship from Rolls-Royce, Lloyd’s Register, Alstom and Carnival Shipping will feature ten conference streams looking at all aspects of the industry from naval engineering to marine renewable energy; EEZ management to commercial shipping; operational oceanography to marine engineering; underwater vehicle technology to offshore oil and gas; and coast and ocean mapping to reefs of the world. The full conference programme will be announced at the end of September. Being held at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the heart of London’s Westminster, WMTC also features an exhibition with a growing list of exhibitors from all sectors of the industry, and a full social programme culminating in the 103 rd Annual Dinner of IMarEST.
Regularly updated information on WMTC 2006 is available on www.wmtc2006.com and from IMarEST at 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ. Enquiries about the conference technical programme should be addressed to sarah.harden@imarest.org; the email address for the exhibition is exhibition@wmtc2006; and sponsorship enquiries should be addressed to james.bromley@imarest.org
