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The IMarEST Marine Voices campaign provides professionals with the opportunity:
- To influence decision-makers through co-ordinated input to proposed global, regional and national strategy and policy
- To improve media and public awareness and understanding of marine issues and the contribution made by marine engineers, scientists and technologist to society
- To engage the wider scientific and engineering community in marine activities
Our experts are informed, competent and authoritative professionals in the marine and offshore community involved in:
- Working with the media and assistance with news stories such as the Napoli incident and Russian expedition in the Arctic
- Joint IMarEST/SMC press briefings on hot topics of interest such as the Challenges and Opportunities in the Arctic
- Technical workshops that are participatory and engage expert views in producing output, questionnaires, position papers and statements about current marine topics of interest
- Briefing representation at the International Maritime Organisation and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and national and international marine technical committees
- Providing input to proposed government legislation and bills
- Voicing opinions and views in debates and on our website forum
Initiatives have included:-
Climate Change
Currently, climate change is causing great concern and headline news. We feel that it is crucially important that marine engineers, technologists and scientists, who may be tasked with the responsibility of explaining and combating climate change, are given as many opportunities as possible to debate on the many aspects of this complex problem.
The IMarEST Climate Change Debate isopen to young professionals, students, leading experts, policy and decision makers in marine and offshore community who want to share their views and opinions. Dr Vladimir Ryabinin of the World Climate Research Programme, a well known scientist and respected expert in this field introduces the debate at PIM 2007.
To be part of the event or to share your views on line through our discussion forum. We hope that this debate will create a much greater awareness of how marine professionals, but also individual citizens, can play their part in society’s call to action on global warming.
Weather Prediction
Recent news events have also shown that all businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. Our technical workshop on Wednesday 31 October 2007 provides the opportunity for professionals to discuss how Small Sea Changes create Big Business Impacts in all sectors such as leisure industry, agriculture and insurance and more - not just those in marine and offshore industry.
Dr Jim Baker, former Administrator NOAA, Dr Chris West, Director UK CIP, Dr Matt Huddleston, MetOffice and Dr Pierre Bahurel, Mercator Ocean make up the panel of experts demonstrating how an enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate predication enabling better informed business decisions - improving better understanding of business risks and benefits; contributing to short, medium and long term business decisions, and helping shape national and international investment priorities.
Questions for the panel and comments can be posted on our discussion forum or to register for the workshop, visit www.imarest.org/events/climate.
A published report with the outcomes of the workshop will be freely available by the end of the year from the IMarEST technical department.
Email: technical@imarest.org
Ship Emissions
The third roundtable debate hosted by the IMarEST and organised by Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading (SEAaT), a cross-industry self-funding group, whose mission is to encourage and facilitate the efficient reduction of harmful atmospheric emissions from shipping chaired by IMarEST Fellow and Director of Environment at BP Marine, Don Gregory with members and Marine Partners actively involved in the discussions including Andy Osbourne, Krystallion, Gillian Reynolds of Lloyds Register and Ian Butterworth from AMJ Solicitors.
Arctic : what’s to gain?
Global warming is amplified in the Arctic region. In the past few decades average temperatures in the Arctic have risen at almost twice the rate as the rest of the world. Indigenous peoples are under pressure and ecosystems are threatened. But Arctic climate change is also likely to open new sea routes across the top of Siberia. The melting ice will allow access to new gas and oil resources, expand the fisheries industry and perhaps even stimulate increased biomass growth which may in fact help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
After the economic doom and gloom of the Stern report, can there really be an upside to climate change in the Arctic? The IMarEST & Science Media Centre background briefing on Tuesday 31st October 2006 provides the media with the opportunity to question some of the key people in this field.
Marine experts include Professor Ola Johanassen, Founding Director of the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center; Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency; Graham Thomas, BP; Lawson Brigham, US Arctic Research Commission; Commander Phil Titterton, RN; Professor Graham Shimmield Director Scottish Association for Marine Science; Professor Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics, University of Cambridge and Dr Ralph Rayner, Chairman of the Marine Information Alliance and Vice President of IMarEST.
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The IMarEST provides a platform of opportunity for professionals to discuss and exchange ideas and practices, and promotes the scientific development of marine engineering, science and technology. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology.
For further details, contact Suki Kalsi, Head of Corporate Marketing & PR or Dr. Bev MacKenzie, IMarEST Manager, Technical Affairs
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