conference
AGENDAMay 11, 2022 | Meet & Greet
18:30-20:30
Sponsored by OneOcean
May 12, 2022
Daily Chair: John Lloyd FNI, CEO The Nautical Institute
07:00-08:00 | OPENING COFFEE
Sponsored by Fleet Ship Management HK
07:30-08:00 | Registration
08:00-08:10 | Welcoming Address
Captain Rich Marriott AFNI
Chair – Nautical Institute British Columbia Branch
08:10-08:20 | Opening Address
Captain John Lloyd
Chief Executive, Nautical Institute
08:20-08:50 | Welcome
Speaker TBC
08:50-09:20 | Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region
Neil O’Rourke
Assistant Commissioner
Arctic Region – CCG
09:20-09:50 | Transport Canada
Todd Frederickson
A/Director Marine Safety & Security
Transport Canada Prairie and Northern Region
09:50-10:30 | Arctic Maritime Security – Civil and Military Nexus
Panel
Moderator Troy Bouffard
Becca Pincus
Whitney Lackenbauer
Rob Huebert
Adam Lajeunesse
10:30-10:45 | COFFEE
Sponsored by BC Ferries
10:45-11:15 | Of Russians, Rocks, and Rescues: Some Legal Perspectives on Arctic Maritime Transportation
Jason Hicks
Bernard LLP
11:15-11:45 | Trends in Arctic Shipping
Jackie Dawson
University of Ottawa
11:45-12:45 | LUNCH
Sponsored by Martech Polar Consulting Ltd.
12:45-13:30 | Providing the right ice information for mariners
Panel
Moderator John Falkingham
Secretary International Ice Charting Working Group
John Parker
Canadian Ice Service
Keld Qvistgaard
Danish Maritime Institute
Cdr Casey Gon
United States National Ice Center
Pascale Bourbonais
Fednav Ice Services
13:30-14:00 |
14:00-14:30 | The Future CCG Arctic Fleet
TBD CCG
14:30-14:45 | COFFEE
Sponsored by ITB
14:45-15:15 | Future designs Polar ships – Aker’s vision for Arctic container ships
Rob Hindley
Aker Arctic
15:15-15:45 | The new PC2 Icebreaking Cruise Vessel “Le Commandant Charcot”
Jukka Salminen CBP
Aker Arctic
15:45-16:15 | Japan’s New Icebreaking Research ship
Dr Takotoshi Matsuzawa
JAMSTEC
16:15-16:45 | Building Canada’s Polar Icebreaker
Russell Davison
Seaspan
16:45-17:00 | Daily/Conference Chair Summation
17:00-18:00 | Seaspan Icebreaker
Sponsored by Seaspan
18:00-21:00 | DINNER | Celebrating The Nautical Institute’s 50th Anniversary
Dress: Business (Semi-Formal)
Dinner Speaker:
The Nautical Institute – Capt John Lloyd, Chief Executive
Sponsored by: Bernard LLP
Wine: Synergy Maritime
MAY 13, 2022
Daily Chair: Captain David (Duke) Snider FNI
07:30-08:00 | OPENING COFFEE
Sponsored by Synergy Maritime
08:00-08:10 |Day's Opening Remarks
Captain David (Duke) Snider FNI
08:10-09:00 | Women in the Arctic
PANEL:
Moderator: Bridget Hogan
NI Immediate Past Director, Information and Publications
Suzanne Paquin
NEAS
Commander Mary Ellen Durley
USCG
Capt Lara Barrett
CCG
Capt Hanna Kujala
Ice Navigator Martech Polar
09:00-09:45 | Shipping Panel-What are the future Arctic Challenges and Opportunities
Panel
Moderator: RADM Nigel Greenwood
Courtney Legault
Fednav
Eric Chamberlin/Keith Taylor
Holland America – Seabourn
Suzanne Paquin
NEAS
Christopher Hughes
Schuyler Line Navigation TBC
09:45-10:15 | Panel-Training and Certification for the Arctic Marine Environment – Continuous Learning
Moderator Bridget Hogan
Chris Hearn
Director, Centre for Marine Simulation, St. John’s
John Lloyd FNI
Nautical Institute Accreditation
Eric Chamberlin
Holland America – Seabourn
10:15-10:30 | COFFEE
Sponsored by Greenwood Maritime Solutions
10:30-11:15 | Panel-From the Bridge
Moderator LCdr Angus Fedoruk
Captain Ivan Oxford
Desgagnes
Captain Victor Gronmyr
Martech Polar Ice Navigator
Captain Patrick Marchesseau
Ponant
Captain Lara Barrett
CCG
Bill Woityra
USCG
Captain Marc Pottey
SLNC
11:15-11:45 | Deep Dive, Voyage Planning for Late Season Voyage
James Bond
ABS
11:45-13:00 | LUNCH
Sponsored by Robert Allan Ltd.
13:00-13:30 | Canadian Armed Forces – Challenges and Opportunities in the Arctic
VAdm Bob Auchterlonie
Commander Joint Canadian Operations Command
13:30-14:00 | AOPV’s – RCN and the North
Commander Corey Gleason
RCN ex-CO HMCS Harry DeWolfe
14:00-14:30 | USCG Polar Ice Operations – Looking back at Polar Star’s historic return to the Arctic
Captain Bill Woityra
USCG CO ISCGC Polar Star
14:30-15:00 | COFFEE
Sponsored by Synergy Maritime Ltd.
15:00-15:30 | Lessons Learned POLAR SAREX
Captain Patrick Marchesseau
Master, MV Le Commandant Charcot
15:30-16:00 | Daily Chair Wrap Up and Way Ahead
Melissa Nacke
AECO
16:00-16:45 | Closing Comments
Captain Rich Marriott
Chair NIBC
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