Top Class Seminars At Ausmarine 2010 Are Free

The seminars will take place on Tuesday, November 23, and Wednesday, November 24 in Perth, Western Australia. Both seminars are entirely free to industry members but numbers are obviously limited. Interested industry contributors and commentators should be certain to book ahead. The first of the seminars will take place on Tuesday, November 23 and is titled, “Australia and the Indian Ocean: Great Opportunities, Big Challenges”. It runs from 0930 to 1300hrs.
It will be hosted by the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong. It is to be convened by Professor Sam Bateman, Professorial Research Fellow at ANCORS and co-author of the recent report “Our western front – Australia and the Indian Ocean” for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
Australia should be giving greater attention to the Indian Ocean. Australia is a major stakeholder in this ocean, including its security and stability. The country has a larger area of maritime jurisdiction in the ocean than any other Indian Ocean country. Australia’s greatest challenges, and perhaps also opportunities, concerning border security, offshore sovereignty and sovereign rights are in the Indian Ocean.
Australia has extensive offshore interests in the Indian Ocean with strategically important island territories, vital sea lines of communication, and valuable offshore oil and gas reserves. Oil and gas developments off the northwest coast are hugely important for the future prosperity and security of the nation. They are vital elements of national infrastructure. Paradoxically though, Australia has tended to neglect the Indian Ocean in favour of its Pacific and East Asian interests. That situation must change.

Session 1 – The Geo-Political Setting (0930–1100)
• Strategic Overview of the Indian Ocean Region (Dr Alexey Muraviev, Convenor, International Relations Program, Curtin University of Technology).
• India, Pakistan and the Indian Ocean (Professor Samina Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS), University of Western Australia)
• Energy Security (Major General John Hartley, CEO of Future Directions International)
Session 2 – Key Maritime Issues (1115–1300)
• Marine Scientific Research (Associate Professor Lynnath Beckley, Marine Management Research Group, School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University)
• Protecting the Marine Environment (Captain Kerry Dwyer, Australian Marine Environmental Protection Association)
• Natural Hazards and Climate Change (Dr Nick D’Adamo, Officer in Charge, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Office, Perth), UNESCO Fisheries (Professor Dennis Rumley, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, and Chairperson, Indian Ocean Research Group Group)
• The second seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 24, from 0815 to 1630hrs, titled “Marine Challenges 2010”. The high-quality, highly-informative seminar will be hosted by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), with the
following program:
Session 1 – (0815–1015)
Chaired by Len Michaels, President, IMarEST ANZSPAC Division
• Official Opening (Dr Marcus Jones, Chairman IMarEST UK)
• Harnessing the latest in science and technology to meet demand for sustainable marine futures (CN Battershill, PhD Research Team Leader, Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Marine challenges with loadout and marine transportation of heavy structures in Western Australia (Mike Priestly, Principal Engineer ONA Marine
Session 2 – (1030–1245)
Chaired by Dave Cory, IMarEST New Zealand
• Port development and marine engineering (Steve Wade, General Manager, Asset and Infrastructure Maintenance, Fremantle Ports)
• New development in marine engineering (Kent Stewart, Managing Director, Maritime Engineers)
• Challenges of designing a platform to meet key warfighting functionality (Gary Marshall, MIEAust CPEng, Combat Systems Engineering Manager, BAE Systems Australia)
Session 3 – (1330–1630)
Chaired by Harry Arnold, Chairman, IMarEST Western Australia
• Searching for a release in a fouled up market – silicone fouling release coatings as an alternative to antifoulings (Nic Lawrence, National Key Accounts Manager Marine, Hempel (Australia))
• Numerical Analysis of Gross Shipboard Spectographic Oil Analysis Program (SOAP) (Greg Hellessey, Chief Marine Engineer, Australian Customs)
• Oceanographic Update (Dr Nick D’Adamo, Officer in Charge, Perth Regional Programme Office of the Intergovernmental Oceanogaphic Commission (IOC), UNESCO
*Again, attendance at both of these important industry seminars is available free of charge to industry members, but numbers are necessarily restricted. Please be sure to book immediately with Baird Events to ensure your seats.