17:00 – 19:00 Pre-Congress Registration
18:00 – 20:00 Pre-Congress Registration Drinks | Harbour Master ‘Happy Hour’
Hobart Brewing Co. Brewery & Tap Room
08:00 Registration and morning coffee
09:00 IHMA President’s Welcome
Capt Allan Gray, President & CEO, Port of Halifax, Canada & President, IHMA
09:10 HOSTS’ KEYNOTE | TasPorts Port Master Plan – Delivering a Coordinated Vision for Future Demand
Anthony Donald, CEO, TasPorts, Australia
09:40 Official Exhibition Opening and Morning Coffee
10:20 INDUSTRY FORECAST PANEL | 2020-2025: What is impacting us right now?
10:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS | The Future of Digitalization and Navigation
Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General/Secrétaire Général, IALA
VTS UPDATES
11:00 Future VTS – New international Guidelines and a digital world?
Neil Trainor, Principal Advisor Vessel Traffic Services, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Australia
Kerrie Abercrombie, Advisor Vessel Traffic Services, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Australia
11:20 Transitioning to a Digital Era: VTS Capabilities and Competence
Jillian Carson-Jackson, Director, JCJ Consulting, Australia
11:40 Integration on Operational Level in the VTS Control Centre
Alexander Neuhaus, Strategic Product Manager, Frequentis AG, Austria
12:00 The Shift from Product to Services
Mark Pearson, Head Maritime Services, Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
12:20 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
12:35 Lunch and networking within the exhibition
NAVIGATION
13:20 Matthew Turner Tasman Bridge Navigation Risk Assessment
Laurence Benn, Principal Engineer, OMC International, Australia
Matthew Johnston, Executive General Manager, Marine Services and Shipping, TasPorts, Australia
13:40 Managing Channel Risk in Collaboration with Port Users – Port Hedland Case Study
- How to assess and manage navigation and channel blockage risk in a high-traffic, single navigation channel port with approximately 3000 large capesize ships visiting Port Hedland each year
- Quantifying channel risk using latest technology and industry leading studies
- Mitigating and managing channel risk in a multi-user port using a collaborative framework with key stakeholders including pilots and towage providers
Myron Fernandes, Harbour Master – Port Hedland, Pilbara Ports Authority, Australia
Kirsty Timbury, Manager Marine, BHP, Australia
14:00 Port of Melbourne AtoN Asset Network: The new era in Digital Aids to Navigation Monitoring
- The role digital connectivity has played in enhancing reliability, performance, management and maintenance of Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay; one of the most hazardous port entrances in the world
- How digital asset management, control and monitoring of both physical and virtual assets can lead to operational efficiency and improved accountability for many asset managers
- The versatility of Star2M – satellite ready communications for AtoN assets, with added compatibility to third party systems and other technology platforms
Malcolm Nicholson, Global Product Manager – Marine, Sealite, Australia
14:20 Future Technology for Future Improvements
- Leading edge and futuristic technologies that helps ports and pilots
- Next generation portable pilot units
- Future of the electronic charting software
- Technologies that helps for ports in managing piloting tasks
Samitha Ransara, Engineering & Production Lead, Navicom Dynamics, NZ
Dale Marsh, Sales, Marketing & Business Development Manager, Navicom Dynamics, NZ
14:40 A Digital Nautical Chart for the Future
- Why is hydrographic data important for ports and navigational safety?
- Benefits of software to help modernise the process of managing hydrographic data and visualising navigational depth within a port, as well as assist projects such as dredging or construction
- Overview of recent projects and case studies
Dylan Colson, Director, Navigate Hydrographic, Australia
15:00 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
15:15 Afternoon tea and networking within the exhibition
TOWAGE
15:45 International Standard for Bollard Pull Trials
Marinus Jansen, Technical Innovations Manager, Rotortug BV, The Netherlands
16:05 Bollards – The Cinderella of Quayside Equipment
- The safety critical role of bollards
- Is there is a case for a publicly available specification (PAS) for the most common materials from which bollards are manufactured together with coatings and quality requirements?
- In the best interest of the end user, who should buy the equipment that goes on a quayside?
- Methods that may produce better data for use in assessing the risks associated with bollard use
Lara Griffin, Director, Fendercare, UK
Andy Sawyer, Technical Director, Fendercare, UK
16:25 Determining the Required Safe Bollard Capacity Ashore
- The theory behind the improved shared philosophy by Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR), Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and PIANC WG186 (Safe Mooring of Large Ships at Quay Walls)
Capt Jörg Pollmann, Harbourmaster, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
PILOTAGE
16:45 Newcastle Port Case Study: Advantages of Modern Pilotage and Vessel Arrival System
Bruce Cooper, Senior Manager, Port Services – Newcastle, Port Authority of New South Wales, Australia
17:05 Tightening up MPX: Introduction of eMPX
- Rethinking MPX – there is a wide variety of ways of doing it on paper at present, with little or no conformity about it
- Introduction of eMPX – the idea is to create a level of standardisation and improve the Shared Mental Model to reduce accident rates, and improve record keeping
Capt John Barker, Senior Pilot, Ports of Auckland, NZ
17:25 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
17:40 END OF DAY ONE
18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION | MONA
Ferry departs Brook St Pier
08:00 Registration and morning coffee
09:00 IHMA Welcome
09:10 INDUSTRY FORECAST PANEL | 2025-2040: What is planning is needed to meet the demands of the next 20 years?
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DIGITAL PORTS
09:30 Smart Port Strategy: Linking the Entire Port Ecosystem
Dominique Thatcher, Senior Logistics Officer, Fremantle Ports, Australia
09:50 Leveraging Digital Technologies for Growth at the World’s Largest Bulk Export Port
- Port Hedland is world’s largest bulk export port and has implemented numerous innovative technologies to manage risk and optimise operations
- The Dynamic Port Capacity Model is one example that has been utilised to identify latent port capacity, understand the implications of future scenarios, and drive investment and operational decisions
Peter O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer, OMC International, Australia
Capt John Finch, GM Operation / Harbourmaster, Pilbara Ports Authority, Australia
10:10 Step by Step Approach in Digitization
- Focus on minimum set of locations
- Focus on minimum set of timestamps per location
Capt B.R.J. van Scherpenzeel, Chairman, International Taskforce Port Call Optimization, The Netherlands
10:30 Data Transmission using ‘Smart Telemetry’
- Why data transmission is so important?
- How telemetry is used and who uses it?
- What do we mean by the term ‘Smart Telemetry’?
- Smart Telemetry in practise in Ports and Coastal Authorities
John Pepper, Marketing Director, OceanWise, UK
10:50 Preparation for a Digital Future in the Marlborough Harbour
- Technology as a solution to managing navigation safety across 18% of New Zealand’s coastline
- Re-thinking maritime safety within the context of a complex and sprawling harbour environment with a diverse range of harbour users
- Providing data as means to promote compliance and self-regulation among all harbour users
Capt Luke Grogan, Harbourmaster, Marlborough District Council, NZ
11:10 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
11:25 Morning tea and networking within the exhibition
PORT MANAGEMENT – NEW/MORE TECHNOLOGY
11:55 Modern Port Management Information Systems (PMIS)
John Riding, Senior Partner, Marico Marine, UK
12:15 Improving Change Management Efficacy through Simulation
Alden Main, Simulation Manager, Fremantle Maritime Simulation Centre, Australia
12:35 Initiatives to Scale and Open Incident Reporting in Terminals
Hayden Latchford, Manager – Australasia, RightShip, Australia
12:55 Designing a Highly Reliable Port for Australia’s Future
Ben Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, Seafaring, Australian Maritime College, Australia
Capt Jeanine Drummond, Harbour Master – Newcastle & Yamba, Port Authority of New South Wales, Australia
13:15 Optimising Port Operations in the VUCA World: Minifying the Blue Economy Bottlenecks
- Collaboration and Innovation – Strategic Planning, infrastructure investment and innovative use of technology.
Change Management and Integrated Business Management Systems - Preparing for the future – A road map
Capt Arun Rampal, Marine Manager, Port of Melbourne, Australia
13:35 Digitizing the Waterfront
- Revolutionizing the working waterfront technology and Big Data are key factors in the shaping of the modern working waterfront
Matthew Prumm, Global Lead – Business Development, Seaport OPX, Australia
13:55 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
14:10 Lunch and networking within the exhibition
SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE
15:00 A Harbour Master Perspective on Drones in Ports: The Business Case, Impacts, Risks and Opportunities
- What type of drone operations will we see in future?
- How can drones support the Harbour Masters’ tasks?
- How to cope with an airspace full of drones above a port area, full of risks?
Ingrid Römers, Senior Advisor, Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
15:20 Safely Navigating Cybersecurity Risk: Digitisation and Automation of Port Operations
Glenn Murray, Chief Executive, Sapien Cyber, Australia
15:20 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
15:45 Afternoon tea and networking within the exhibition
RISK MANAGEMENT
16:15 Port Operators’ Liabilities and Risk Management
Francis Lansakara, Council Member, The Singapore Nautical Institute, Singapore
16:35 Container Shipping and Pilotage: A Race against Time
John Dolan, Deputy Director, Loss Prevention, Charles Taylor & Co. Limited, UK
Presented by: Capt Paul O’Regan, Chief Operations Officer & Harbour Master, Port of Cork Company, Ireland
16:55 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
17:20 END OF DAY TWO | EXHIBITION NETWORKING DRINKS
08:00 Registration and morning coffee
09:00 IHMA Welcome
09:05 INDUSTRY FORECAST PANEL | Beyond 2040: What does the future hold?
09:25 Young Maritime Professionals Pitching Competition
- An Automated Future
Kayode Akinrinlola, Business Excellence Officer, Associated British Ports - Modern Sextant
Nick Bonser, Senior Advisor Nautical & Hydrography, Australian Maritime Safety Authority - Risk Management & Modelling for MASS
Ricky Rouse, Marine Pilot – Newcastle, Port Authority of NSW - Integration of Existing Quayside Equipment into the Automated Port
Jay Stephens, Project Engineer, Fendercare Marine - Port Intergrated Intelligence – Pii
Isabel Waterfall, Marine Operations Officer Apprentice & Matt Rattenbury, Port Marine Operations Officer, Associated British Ports
10:20 Morning tea and networking within the exhibition
10:40 IHMA OGM hosted in the conference room
11:40 PANEL | Women in Maritime
Capt Carita Roonqvist, Harbour Master, Port of Kokkola, Finland and Vice-President, IHMA
Capt Jeanine Drummond, Harbour Master – Newcastle & Yamba, Port Authority of New South Wales, Australia and WISTA
Jillian Carson-Jackson, Director, JCJ Consulting, Australia and Nautical Institute
SKILLS AND TRAINING
12:20 Adapting Pilotage in the Digital Age
John Lloyd, Chief Executive, The Nautical Institute, UK
12:40 Training the Next Wave: The ABP Academy
Capt Gary Wilson, Head of Marine, Associated British Ports (ABP), UK
13:00 From Social Media to Automation: A Business Case on Developing the Skills the Port of the Future from Social Media
13:20 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
13:40 Lunch and networking within the exhibition
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN SHIPPING
14:30 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Tug Innovation
Julian Oggel, Managing Director, Novatug BV, The Netherland
14:50 The Tug of the Future: Safer and Greener
James Hyslop, Manager, Project Development, Robert Allan, Canada
15:10 A New Mindset: Efficiency and Visibility Across the Supply Chain for a Greener Planet
Argyris Stasinakis, Executive Partner, MarineTraffic, UK (IMO Global Industry Alliance Representative)
15:30 Ask the experts | Your chance to ask questions from the floor
15:45 Launch of 2022 Congress – Welcome from Port Klang
16:00 CLOSE OF 2020 CONGRESS
18:30 IHMA GALA & AWARDS DINNER (including Pre-dinner drinks)
TECHNICAL SITE TOUR
08:00 – 17:30 Australian Maritime College, Launceston
We will visit the Australian Maritime College (AMC) at the University of Tasmania, on the banks of the beautiful Tamar River in Launceston. Globally recognised as being a centre for excellence, the AMC is Australia’s national institute for maritime education, training and research. The group will enjoy a guided tour of the multi-million dollar suite of specialist teaching, learning and research facilities including the Cavitation Laboratory, the Maritime Simulation Centre and Towing Tank and Model Test Basin. We will enjoy lunch at Josef Chromy Wines, listed as one of the Top 10 Cellar Doors of Australia, before returning, via coach to Hobart.