CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Sunday, 18 May 2008

19:00

Welcome Reception

Hosted by the Institute for Maritime Simulation

Monday, 19 May 2008

09:00

Registration


10:00Opening Ceremony
Chair: Christina Prieser, ISPIC 2008 Conference Chair

Capt. Assoc. Prof. Willi Wittg, ISPIC 2008 Conference Scientific Chair
Prof. Dr. Thomas Rogge, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rogge Group of Companies and Managing Director of RMC
Prof. Dr. Uwe Apel, Con-Rector of Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Mr. Ralf Nagel, Minister of Economy and Ports, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Capt. Christer Lindvall, President of the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations
Capt. Gurpreet Singhota, Head of Operational Safety Section, on behalf of the Patron, H.E. Admiral Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation

11:00Coffee
Sponsored by Hochtief Construction AG

11:30Poster Session
Chair: Prof. Dr. Cerit, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
 Computer Based Training in the Familiarization and Basic Safety Training of Hotel and Catering Personnel aboard Cruise Ships
 Mr. Dirk Albrecht, Hapag-Lloyd AG
 SECURITAS MARE - Crowd and Crisis Management
 Capt. Asst. Prof. Christer Bergquist, Kalmar Maritime Academy
 Game Engine Based Learning - New Perspectives for Web and Computer Based Learning
 Mr. Thomas Daroszewski, benntec Systemtechnik GmbH
 Selection of Future Seafarers by Means of Measurement of Competency
 Asst. Prof. Dr. Gudrun Frank, Dr.Ing.G.Frank AG, Institut für Kompetenz-Diagnostik
 3-D Nautical Charts as Decision Support for Land Based Piloting
 Dr. Thomas Porathe, Mälardalen University
 Intersectoral Co-operation in Maritime Medicine - A Study about Improvement of Telemedicine on Board of Norwegian Merchant Ships
 Dr. Monika Puskeppeleit, Medi 3 AS / Norway
 Interport Competition in a Single Market: Lessons from the Cases of the River Plate and Concepcion Port Ranges
 Mr. Gordon Wilmsmeier, Napier University Edinburgh
 
12:00Lunch
Sponsored by Germanischer Lloyd AG

14:00 Technical Session 1 - Setting the Scene
Chair: Dr. Anthony Morrall, BMT Group Ltd., UK
 Fair Play - or is there?
 Mr. Norbert Bellstedt, Hamburg
 Investment in Quality Personnel - An Inescapable Cost
 Mr. Allan Graveson, Nautilus UK
  The Impact of Funds Reallocation on overall Potential Human Resources - a Case Study of a Slovene Port and a Slovene Ship Owner
 Asst. Prof. Dr. Majda Prijon, IPPOL, Koper

15:30Coffee
Sponsored by Hochtief Construction AG

16:00Technical Session 2 - Maritime Infrastructure
Chair: Capt. Franz Hörberg, ROGGE MARINE CONSULTING G.M.B.H., Germany
 Port and Terminal Developments
 Mrs. Hind Zahr, Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency
 Deepwater Container Terminal in Gdansk, Poland
 Mr. Frank Utes, HOCHTIEF Construction AG
 Port Development Planning and Emergency Preparedness
 Mrs. Antje Willnow, GAUSS mbH
 The German Strategy for Dealing with Maritime Emergencies
 Capt. Ulf Bustorff, Central Command for Maritime Emergencies

19:00Reception at Bremen Town Hall
Hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Ports, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

09:00

Technical Session 3 - Maritime Safety and Security

Chair: Prof. Capt. Peter Irminger, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
 Ship and Port Safety in Ports Subject to Globalisation
 Dr. Carlo de Hennin, de Hennin & Associés
 An ISPS Balance with Aspects of the Human Element
 Capt. Dieter Hentschel, Bremen University of Applied Sciences
 Security Event Management System Supports Staff of Transport Organisers
 Mr. Rainer Müller, Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics

10:30 Coffee
Sponsored by Wolfgang Ritter Foundation

11:00Technical Session 4 - Maritime Quality and Risk Management
Chair: Prof. Hercules Haralambides, Center of Maritime Economics and Logistics-Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 CTQI: A Container Terminal Performance Indicator Established by GLC in Co-operation with Global Institute of Logistics (GIL)
 Mr. Bernhard Ständer, Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH
 Increasing Quality Demands on Carriers and Ports by the Globalization of Production/Exemplification - Vehicle Shipments
 Capt. Bernd Franck, Franck Consulting Limited

12:00Celebration of the 1st European Maritime Day
Capt. Dr. Jaime Veiga, European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal

12:30Lunch
Sponsored by Hanseatic P&I

14:00Technical Session 5 - Maritime Legislation
Chair: Capt. Frederik van Wijnen, Confederation of European Shipmasters' Associations, The Netherlands
 Observations on the 2006 ILO Maritime Labour Convention as a System of Protection
 Dr. Peter B. Payoyo, Philippine Seafarers Assistance Programme
 Criminalisation of Seafarers - Ensuring Fair Treatment?
 Capt. Bert Wardetzki, Zeller Associates Management Services GmbH
 Fatigue at Sea: Effects of the Two-Watch System
 Capt. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margareta Lützhöft, Chalmers University of Technology

15:30Coffee
Sponsored by Wolfgang Ritter Foundation

16:00Technical Session 6 - Maritime Policy
Chair: Dr. Jaime Veiga, European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal
 Solving the Stowaway Problem
 Capt. Koichi Akatsuka, Japan Captains' Association
 'Ocean Governance' - A Subject the Maritime Industry should pay Attention to?
 Capt. Dr. Arnd Bernaerts, Hamburg
 Contributions to the European Commission's Consultation on a Future EU Port Policy
 Capt. Dieter Blöchl, European Maritime Pilots' Association
 Seafarers and Port Reception Facilities: The Usual Warm Welcome!
 Capt. Mohab Abou-Elkawam, Seafarers International Research Centre

18:00Conference Photograph

19:30Cocktail Reception
Hosted by the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations

20:00Conference Dinner
Sponsored by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics

After Dinner Speaker: Rev. Peter Bick, German Seamen's Mission, Bremen

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

09:00

Technical Session 7 - Maritime Human Resources

Chair: Capt. Rodger MacDonald, International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations, UK
 Leadership on Board, among Multinational Crews
 Capt. Prof. Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez-Martos Dauer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
 Cultural and Gender Diversities Affecting the Ship/Port Interface - Maritime Education and Training Efforts to Bridge Diversity Gaps
 Capt. Asst. Prof. Jan Horck, World Maritime University
 Heavy Lift Simulation
 Mrs. Alexandra Oesterle, Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH
 Occupational Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Safety Culture on Board Ships
 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Heikki Saarni, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

11:00Coffee
Sponsored by VdKS "Columbus" von 1856

11:30Closing Session
Chair: Capt. Assoc. Prof. Willi Wittig, Conference Scientific Chair

Click here to download the Conference Resolution as pdf file.

12:30Lunch
Sponsored by Verband Deutscher Kapitäne und Schiffsoffiziere

13:00Press Conference

14:00IFSMA 34th Annual General Assembly

Thursday, 22 May 2008

09:00

IFSMA 34th Annual General Assembly (continued)





 
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