Conference Programme
Programme updated as of 31 August 2007.
Monday, 24 September 2007
| 9.00am | Registration |
| 9.30am | Opening |
| 9.45am | Keynote “2005 Happiness, 2007 Elation, what will be the market temperament in 2009” An industry insider Perspective of the current boom cycle and what it may hold for us all” Captain Mike Meade MNI M3 Marine Pte Ltd |
| 10.30 | Tea-Break |
| 11.00am | Offshore Support Vessels – Ripe for an Independent Regulatory Regime Francis Tang, A.K. Seah & W.F. Cheung American Bureau of Shipping |
| 11.40am | Environmentally Friendly Class Notations Eivind Haugen & Øyvind Pettersen Det Norske Veritas |
| 12.20pm | Dynamics of Single Point Mooring Configurations Thomas E. Schellin Germanischer Lloyd |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Experiences from Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Testing of Dynamic Positioning and Power Management Systems Tor. A. Johansen, Asgeir J. Sørensen, Olve Mo & Thor I. Fossen Marine Cybernetics Ole J. Nordahl Staoil ASA |
| 2.40pm | A Survey of Concepts for Electric Propulsion in Conventional and Ice Breaking OSVs Alf Kåre Ådnanes ABB AS |
| 3.20pm | A Large Multipurpose Offshore Vessel that Integrates Industry Demands and Owners’ Requirement Jan-Paul de Wilde Rolls-Royce Marine B.H. Wong EZRA Holdings Limited |
| 4.00pm | Tea-Break |
| 4.30pm | Performance and Concepts of uprated versions of MAN Diesel L27/38 Propulsion and GenSet Engines Thomas Thomsen & Klaus Petersen MAN Diesel |
| 5.10 pm | Advances in High Volume Bulk Handling System Pankaj Thakker MacGregor Bulk AB |
| 5.50pm | End of Day 1 |
| 6.15pm | Cocktail Reception |
| 6.45pm | Dinner |
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
| 9.30am | Plenary Discussion |
| 10.30am | Tea-Break |
| 11.00am | MACS®-Multi Application Cargo System Anders Eide PG Marine |
| 11.40am | Steerable Kort Nozzles for Offshore Vessels Dirk Lehmann Becker Marine Systems |
| 12.20pm | Offshore Supply Vessels equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers Ivo Beu Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Innovation in Large AHT(S) Winches Helge Bartels & Ralf Nicolaisen HATLAPA Uetersener Maschinenfabrik |
| 2.40pm | Prediction of Bow Flare Slamming Load Thomas E. Schellin Germanischer Lloyd |
| 3.20pm | Insurance Coverage Issues for Offshore Support Vessels Keith Jones Benfield Corporate Risk |
| 4.00pm | Tea-Break |
| 4.30pm | End of Conference |
