Conference Day Two

30 November 2010

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08.30   Morning Coffee and Networking Opportunity
     
09.15  

PLENARY SESSION: Recent Real - Life Experiences
Dealing with the practical side of legal, safety and financial aspects of your operations can vary substantially from your theoretical preparations. Understanding the details of operations and the common pitfalls through real world examples is the best way to identify your high priority considerations.

  • Deconstructing the critical differences between the theoretical and practical maritime security learning and how they can inform each other
  • The legal background and implications of each action
  • Risk assessment: lessons learnt in hindsight and how this can inform future operation
     
Captain Saleem Alavi, Maritime Advisor/ Director, National Transport Authority (NTA) - UAE
     
09.55  

PLENARY SESSION: Dealing With Crisis – As An Owner, Operator And Contractor

  • Differentiating the challenges that are inherent from those that are circumstantial
  • Coming out of a crisis with distinctive lessons and action awareness
  • Collaborating reports and accounts and cross referencing for critical information that serve a useful integration to future case studies and planning

Tim Stear, Global Head Maritime Security, Control Risks
     
11.00  

PANEL DISCUSSION: Armed Guards And Ransom – The Big Question And Implications
This is your opportunity to ask the tough questions and gain a 360 view of the concepts before you put your own perspective forward to your delegate peers.

  • Armed guards and alternative protection procedures: are preventing kidnapping and reducing premiums mutually exclusive?
  • Legal considerations and implications for use of armed guards/ armed response: rules of engagement
  • Should ransoms be paid? A consideration of the U.S executive order concerning piracy and its effects on actions when threatened with kidnap and ransom

Introduced And Moderated By;
Tim Stear, Global Head Maritime Security, Control Risks

Panelists;
Mark Hankey, Head Of Marketing, Maritime Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) - UK
Graeme Gibbon Brooks, Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service
Shishir Upadhyaya, Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation - INDIA
     
12.00   PLENARY SESSION: Military Readiness, Response And Recovery – Taking Action
  • Requisite planning that makes a difference under attack – what is it and why is it important
  • Training for the realities of piracy and the details and simulations that could save time, money and most importantly, lives
  • Minimising risk by minimising pirate capabilities and coverage
  • What can we learn from our action? Evolving procedures developed through real like learning

Graeme Gibbon Brooks, Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service
     
12.30  

PLENARY SESSION: Process Of Maritime Protection

  • How to creating an airtight strategy to prevent piracy, terrorism and any threat to critical assets
  • What are the greatest risks to maritime infrastructure including ports and terminals?
  • Which are the most effective communication networks that will lead to minimised damage at every stage?
  • What are the preventative protective measures you can implement to secure your maritime assets?

Shishir Upadhyaya, Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation - INDIA
     
13.10   Lunch And Networking Opportunity
     
14.10   Close Of Conference