conference
AGENDAMay 1, 2024
19:00-21:00
Evening Meet & Greet
Sponsored by ABB
May 2, 2024
Daily Chair: TBD
07:00-08:00 | OPENING COFFEE & REGISTRATION
Greenwood Maritime
08:00-08:05 | ADMINISTRIVIA
Captain Duke Snider
Agenda Chair
08:05-08:15 | Welcome
Captain Rich Marriott
Chair The Nautical Institute BC Branch
08:15-08:30 | Welcome
Captain Andre LeGoubin
President The Nautical Institute
08:30-09:00 | Keynote
Milton Baron-Perico
International Maritime Organization
09:00-09:15 | Youssef Mani
Youssef Mani
Assistant Commissioner CCG Arctic Region
09:15-09:30 | Desmond Raymond
Desmond Raymond
Associate Regional Director Prairies and Northern TC
BEST PEOPLE
Chair Captain Richard Marriott
Chair NIBC
09:30-10:00 | Captain John Lloyd
Captain John Lloyd
Chief Executive Officer, The Nautical Institute
Filling the PC Gap
10:00-10:30 | Alana Swain
Alana Swain
Transport Canada Prairies and Northern Region
Navigating the Arctic: Transport Canada’s Commitment to Best Practices and Expert Personnel in Arctic Shipping
10:30-11:00 |COFFEE
Sponsored by ABS
11:00-11:20 | Chris Hearn
Chris Hearn
Marine Institute
Training for Best Practice
11:20-11:40 | Dave Boldt
Dave Boldt
Ripple Operations
How digital tools are transforming training for the Polar Regions
11:40-12:00 | Maciej Krok
Maciej Krok
Western Maritime Institute
Ice Navigator Training
12:30-13:30 | LUNCH
Sponsored by Martech Polar
BEST PRACTICE
Chair Captain Andre LeGoubin
President Nautical Institute
13:00-13:30 | James Bond
James Bond
American Bureau of Shipping
Updating Canada’s Zone Date System
13:30-14:90 | John Taylor
John Taylor
Steamship Mutual
Poles Apart – Evolving Challenges for P&I
14:00-14:30 | Captain Duke Snider
Captain Duke Snider
Martech Polar Consulting
Ice Navigators Fill the Polar Code Gap
14:30-15:00 | Shelley Chapelski
Shelley Chapelski
Norton Rose Fulbright
ESG and the importance of not getting trapped into Greenwashing
15:00-15:30 | COFFEE
Sponsored by Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia
15:30-16:00 | Jack Gallagher
Jack Gallagher
Hammurabi Consulting
Ship Preparedness in Canada’s Arctic – is a prediction of five days sufficient?
16:00-16:30 | Captain Patrick Marchesseau
Captain Patrick Marchesseau
PONANT
Recap of Multi-agency Maritime Arctic SAR Exercise in the Northwest Passage
16:30-17:00 | Dermot Loughnane
Dermot Loughnane
Tactical Marine Solutions
Icebreaker Procurement for Baffinland’s Steensby Inlet Project
17:00-17:30 | Chris McGuire
Chris McGuire
McGuire Maritime PTY Ltd
Vetting Chartered Vessels for Polar Operations
17:30 | RECEPTION
Sponsored by Seaspan
19:00 | DINNER
MAY 3, 2024
Daily Chair: TBD
07:00-08:00 | OPENING COFFEE & REGISTRATION
Sponsored by Steamship Mutual
08:00-08:10 |Day 2 Recap
BEST PRACTICE
Chair John Lloyd
08:10-9:00 | Commander Dave Barr
Commander Dave Barr
RNZN, Past CO HMNZS Aotearoa
RNZN Antarctic Operations
Captain Michelle Schalli
Captain Michele Schallip
USCG, Commanding Officer USCGC Healy
USCG Arctic Operations
09:00-09:30 | Courtney Legault
Courtney Legault
Head of Operations Arctic & Ice Operations Fednav
09:30-10:00 | David Rivest
David Rivest
TransArctic Degagnes – President and General Manager
Arctic Sealift – Scaling Up Capacity While Maintaining High Standards of Safety and Performance in a Challenging Environment
10:00-10:30 | Robb Wight
Robb Wight
CCG
Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Renewal
10:30-11:00 | COFFEE
Sponsored by TBD
BEST TECHNOLOGY
Chair
11:00-11:30 | Shane Sadoway
Shane Sadoway
Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region
New Arctic NAVAIDs Technology
11:30-12:00 | Lasse Rabenstein
Lasse Rabenstein
Drift and Noise
IcySea – Building Digital Aids for Ice Navigators
12:00-12:30 | Alexis Dorais
Alexis Dorais
Fednav Ice Services
Leveraging modern situational awareness technology to improve safety and efficiency of shipping operations in polar waters, a shipowner’s perspective
12:30-13:30 | LUNCH
Sponsored by Fednav
13:30-14:00 | Russell Davison
Russell Davison
Seaspan
Polar Progress: The Development of Canada’s New Polar Icebreaker
14:00-14:30 | Rob Hindley
Rob Hindley
Aker Arctic
RRS Sir David Attenborough Ice Trials
14:30-15:00 | Tony Patterson
Tony Patterson
Virtual Marine Training
VMTs ice simulator
15:00-15:30 | COFFEE
Sponsored by TBD
15:30-16:00 | Sampo Viherialehto
Sampo Viherialehto
ABB
Best Practices in Ice Operation with Azipod Propulsion
16:00-16:30 | Tom Ekegren
Tom Ekegren
Steerprop (invited)
Steerprop’s Arcitc Propulsion Solutions
16:30-17:00 | Yumihiko Kobayashi
Yumihiko Kobayashi
MOL
Japan’s new icebreaking research ship
17:00-17:30 | RAdm Nigel Greenwood
RAdm Nigel Greenwood
Greenwood Maritime
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