Agenda
Confirmed speakers to date:
- Dr Olav Orheim, Executive Secretary, International Polar Year, Research Council of Norway
- Martin Pratt, Director, International Boundary Research Unit, University of Durham
- Dermot Loughnane, Tactical Marine Solutions Ltd
- Capt Garry Hallett, Superintendent, Operational Assurance and Relations, BP Shipping Ltd
- Capt David Snider, Martech Polar Consulting
- Capt Magnus Sjoquist, Senior Lecturer, Kalmar Maritime Academy
- Vladimir Kuzmin, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy
- Representatives, AARI
- Professor Loly Tsoy, CNIIMF
- Stefan Roehr, Germanischer Lloyd AG
- Gijsbert de Jong, Bureau Veritas
Topics include:
- Strategic overview and operational realities:
- Climate change: the implications for Polar shipping
- Evaluation of demand and opportunities for Arctic trade and transportation
- Current Canadian activities in the Arctic and plans for the future
- Emergency preparedness and response in the Arctic and ice covered waters
- AMSA final report and recommendations
Commercial operations and management:
- Insuring ships to trade in ice covered waters
- Operational standards for managing ice going fleets
- Case studies: building independent transport chains and developing transport hubs
- Moving ahead with ice navigation requirements
- Management of icebreaker operations
Technical developments and ship design:
- Technical issues regarding safe navigation in Arctic waters
- Role of satellite technology in Arctic policy
- Ice forecasts and navigation recommendations
- New potential for ship model tests in AARI’s ice tank
- Icebreaker design and development, including developing the new nuclear icebreaker
- Arctic LNG: evaluating ice collision analysis
- Advantages of MOSS-type LNG carriers
- Design of offshore vessels for extreme conditions
Conference includes visit to the Aker Arctic ice model test basin.
