Programme

MET SYMPOSIUM
International Maritime & Oceans
Education & Training
19th - 20th May 2015
The Symposium addresses the important issue of educating tomorrow’s maritime and ocean
leaders. The maritime industry is challenged by increasing social, technical and ethical demands
for improved effectiveness and efficiency. Operational and environmental issues will have to be
met by a combination of more advanced technologies and better and smarter management. In
addition, the need for better ocean governance is now greater than ever.
It is obvious that the global ocean sustainability goals cannot be met without greatly improved
management and enhanced capacity. The purpose of the WMU Symposium is to discuss the role
of education and training in meeting the need for improved maritime and ocean management in
the next decade.
Tuesday 19th May 2015
14:00-15:00 Welcome by Neil Bellefontaine, Acting President
Keynote speakers:
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President Designate, WMU
Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization
Inspirational Speaker: Introduction by Professor Olof Lindén, WMU
Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue
15:00-17:00 SESSION 1 - Educating Tomorrow’s Maritime and Ocean Leaders
15:00-17:00 Introduction and session objectives: Larry Hildebrand, Professor and
Canadian Chair in Marine Environment Protection, Head, Marine
Environmental and Ocean Management, WMU
Moderator: Michael Grey, Columnist and former Editor of Lloyd’s List and Fairplay
Each panel member will give a 5-10 minute introduction of their organization’s training and capacity building mandate and activities before the Moderator starts with questions.
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Vladimir Ryabinin (IOC)
Anne Christine Brusendorff (ICES)
Stefan Micallef (IMO)
Johan Röstin (CMP)
Ted Bågfeldt (Linnaeus University / Kalmar Maritime Academy)
Carl Gustaf Lundin (IUCN)
Claes Berglund (Stena)
Lahsen Ababouch, Director (FIP, FAO)
Refreshments, World Bistro
Wednesday 20th May 2015
09:00-10:10 SESSION 2 - Presentations:
Sustainable MET: History, contemporary issues and future scenarios
Session Chair: Michael Ekow Manuel, Associate Professor / Nippon
Foundation Chair, Head of MET, WMU
09:00-09:10 Welcome and introduction to session and speakers
09:10-09:30 Brad Groves Chairman, HTW Sub-Committee of IMO
09:30-09:50 Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag, President, Arab Academy for Science,
Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT)
09:50-10:10 Glenn Blackwood, President, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial
University of Newfoundland (FMIMUN) and Chairman of the International
Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU)
10:10-10:40 Refreshment Break, World Bistro
10:40-11:40 SESSION 2 (continued)
Session Chair: Lisa Froholdt, Assistant Professor, WMU
10:40-10:45 Welcome and introduction to session and speakers
10:45-11:05 Mary Lou Lacson Arcelo, Chairperson, John B. Lacson, Foundation
Maritime University (JBLFMU)
11:05-11:25 Kevin Slade, Director, Northern Marine & Chair of UK Merchant Navy
Training Board (MNTB)
11:25-12:30 Follow-up panel discussion with audience participation
Panel Moderator: Clive Cole, Associate Professor, WMU
Contemporary and evolving maritime issues: What strategies and responses
should characterise optimum Maritime Education and Training?
• Brad Groves, Chairman (HTW Sub-Committee of IMO)
• Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag (AASTMT)
• Glenn Blackwood (FMIMUN/IAMU)
• Mary Lou Lacson Arcelo (JBLFMU)
• Kevin Slade (MNTB)
• Toshio Hikima, President of Marine Technical College, Japan
• Mike Barnett, Professor of Maritime Safety and Associate Director
(Academic Development), Warsash Maritime Academy of Southampton Solent University
12:30-14:00
Lunch, Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live
Wednesday 20th May 2015 (continued)
14:00-17:00 SESSION 3 - Contemporary Maritime Issues
Session Chair: Daniel S.H. MOON, Professor / INMARSAT Chair, Head of
SML & PM, WMU
14:00-14:10 Introduction and objectives (DM)
14:10-14:30 Kimberly Karlshoej (ITF)
14:30-14:50 Nicolaos Charalambous (IMO)
14:50-15:20 Refreshment Break, World Bistro
SESSION 3 (continued)
Session Chair: Aykut I. Ölçer, Professor of Naval Architecture and Maritime
Technology & Director of PG Diploma in Maritime Energy, WMU
15:20-15:40 Kuba Szymanski, Secretary-General, InterManager
15:40-16:00 David Patraiko, Director Projects, The Nautical Institute
16:00-16:20 Rolf Skjong, Director / Chief Scientist, International Regulatory Affairs,
DNVGL - Maritime
16:20-17:00 Panel discussion
Panel Moderator: Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs, Professor / Nippon
Foundation Chair, Head of MSEA, WMU
Emerging maritime issues: How should higher education and research
organizations respond?
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Kimberly Karlshoej (ITF)
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Kuba Szymanski, Secretary-General, InterManager
17:00-17:30 Nicolaos Charalambous (IMO)
David Patraiko, Director Projects, The Nautical Institute
Wrap-up and end of Conference: Michael Grey
Programme subject to change
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