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27th HR & Crew Management Conference
ACI’s 27th Maritime HR & Crew Management conference will focus on training solutions provided to seafarers for the new decade until 2030 especially considering the development of automated vessels, and will approach the impact of new technologies on recruitment, as well as on the evolution of seafarers’ roles and its impact on health.
This conference will also address diversity topics focusing on the place of women in shipping and training solutions to resolve intercultural miscommunication issues within multicultural teams.
Join us in this year to learn more of how ship operators are meeting these challenges. The conference will bring together various key industry stake-holders including Ship-owners, Ship-managers & associated solution providers, fuel solutions, IT & data associations, consultants & technology providers.
COVID-19
ACI is doing everything to ensure that all its events go ahead as advertised. Like you, we are keen to get the meetings to happen and return to some form of normality. We are constantly tracking WHO updates, local government regulations and talking to our attendees wherever possible. Venues are chosen and procedures are adjusted in order to make the conferences possible.
But we do accept that these are exceptionally challenging times and the updates are very fast moving. As such, it may help you to understand how and why we arrive at decisions on moving ahead with any current event: One month before the meeting we again re-assess the situation specific to the individual summit, both local to the event and globally. We then take a decision as to the viability of holding the meeting as if it were happening the very next day. If it is possible to run on that basis, we will proceed. If not, we will be forced to take the decision to postpone the event to a later and better date.
- Details
- 2020 Speakers
- Key Topics
- 2019 Testimonials
- Agenda
- 2020 Agenda Committee
- Sponsors
- Media Partners
- Who Will Attend?
- Maximising Face-to-Face Networking
Keynote Speaker
- Kelly Tolhurst MP, Minister for Aviation, Maritime & Security, Department for Transport
Chairman
- Capt. Faouzi Fradi, Group Director Training, Columbia Shipmanagement
Speakers
- George Pitaoulis, Crewing Manager, ABC Maritime
- Margareta Jensen Dickson, Group Head Of People, Stena Line
- Pradeep Correa, Vice President, Great Eastern Shipping Co
- Laxmi Chaudhry, Intercultural Consultant, 1 Stop HR
- Dr. Dimitrios Dalaklis, Associate Professor, World Maritime University
- Martin Dixon, Director – Head of Products, Drewry
- Karen Waltham, Managing Director, Spinnaker
- Julia Anastasiou, Crew Director, OSM Maritime
- Sue Terpilowski, President, WISTA, UK
- Tom Solberg, CoS – Chief of Staff, Höegh LNG
- Christos Sialakoumas, Crewing Manager, Dorian LPG
- Prasanta Roy, Director General, Sailors’ Society
- Kjetil Meling, HR Director, SOLVANG ASA
- Francesca Manzi, General Manager, Sirius Shipmanagement
- Capt. Fabrizio Mazzuchi, Manning Manager, Amoretti Armatori Group
- Seafarers’ Changing Roles on Automated Vessels
- Maritime Digitalisation: Seafarers’ Near Future at Sea
- Improving the Maritime Industry’s Attractiveness to Employees
- Women in Maritime
- Focusing on Cadet Trainings in the Digital Age
- Enhancing Seafarers’ Life Conditions at Sea
- Managing Conflict and Communication Issues
- Communication within Multicultural Crews
- Commercial Impact of the Technological Transition
- Keeping Up with the Legal Framework and Regulations
‘Interesting audience and mix of shipping companies. The various presentations have an interesting and up to date relevance’ – Mintra Group
‘The conference helps keep pace with the industry and the best HR practises. It gives the opportunity to share views and prospects and to network’ – Crewsecure Insurance
‘Excellent stuff, good materials and quite happy I turned up. Looking forward to sending more of team members for next editions’ – ASML
‘I learned so much from the conference, key thing to take away with is “we need to enter into the world of the millennials in order to move forward into the next generation.” Great conference’ – Shell Ship Management
‘Interesting presentations throughout! We must look ahead to grow and succeed’ – IRI
‘Good speakers + content – thanks’ – Shipmoney
‘Thank you for the invitation! Interesting subjects & people’ – USN · Department of Maritime Technology and Innovation
‘A very good platform for industry practitioners to share their opinions and views to common challenges and thinking on ways forward’- NLNG Ship Mgt. Ltd.
‘A very nice session this year! Good topics and good presentations! Keep it up!’ – Solvang Ask
Sanjay Bhavnani
MMS Maritime
Capt. Faouzi Fradi
Columbia Shipmanagement
Pradeep Corea
Great Eastern Shipping Co
Kjetil Meling
SOLVANG ASA
Margareta Jensen Dickson
Stena Line
Christos Sialakoumas
Dorian LPG
ACI has put together a range of packages to suit your requirements. These range from branding options, to full scale partner solutions and can be tailored to meet your objectives and budgets.
If you are launching a new product or service and wish to gain visibility and brand recognition within your industry, contact us today!
For commercial opportunities, please contact:
Ketan Kulkarni
Phone: +91 9860 70 8434
Email: [email protected]
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Furthermore, a free daily newsletter with the most important news is delivered to thousands of listed recipients from more than 165 countries worldwide.
Drewry is a leading international provider of research and consulting services to the maritime and shipping industry. From its origins in 1970 London to a 21st century maritime and shipping consultancy, Drewry has established itself as one of the most widely used and respected sources of impartial market insight, industry analysis and advice. Offering a unique combination of sector knowledge, rich market insight and commercial awareness Drewry is able to consistently deliver the performance, profitability and competitive advantage its clients seek. Drewry has a truly global perspective of the maritime sectors and areas of expertise it covers and employs over 100 professionals across an international network of offices in London, Delhi, Singapore and Shanghai.
Professional Mariner magazine was founded in 1993 to serve owners and operators of commercial maritime vessels of all types in the U.S. and Canada.
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In addition to the print magazine which comes out 11 times per year, Professional Mariner publishes e-mail newsletters, this website and a digital replica of the print magazine which reaches readers around the world. Special issues called American Tugboat Review and American Ship Review cover shipbuilding while regular issues cover training and licensing, maritime casualties, technology, engineering and regulatory trends and issues.
UAE Ports & Shipping Directory
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Maritime Security Review is striving to be the premier online portal for maritime security news. With a growing readership from across the industry we pride ourselves on keeping you up to date with the issues that matter. We are committed to keeping our service free for all as we believe money should be no barrier to knowledge, and all decisions should be informed.
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Website: http://www.marsecreview.com
CSO Alliance Ltd.
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By improving awareness of the threat and providing best management practice we can help mitigate the risks to Company and Port Security officials within the maritime industry. Working as one we provide security through community. This is the aim of the CSO Alliance.
The new Superyacht Alliance will be rolled out later in 2019 aimed at Superyacht captains, managers and owners.
Delegates can register to receive our weekly threat and activity report on the following link – Register here.
Website: http://www.csoalliance.com
By improving awareness of the threat and providing best management practice we can help mitigate the cyber risks to the maritime industry, working as a collective while offering strength through community. This is the purpose of the Maritime Cyber Alliance (MCA)– the second of the two online communities provided by CSO Alliance Ltd. The MCA provides the facility for our members to submit anonymised incident reports to like-minded professionals over a secure, membership-based platform.
Website: http://www.maritimecyberalliance.com
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Marine & Maritime Gazette is read across the globe by professionals within the marine, renewables and offshore industries. On a monthly basis the publication focuses on salient news, reviews and features across the whole of the industry. The printed copy of the magazine is circulated to industry professionals and decision makers across the UK and Europe and the digital version hits a unique Worldwide circulation.
http://www.marineandmaritimegazette.com/#!about-us/c1wjm
HR in Asia is a human resource online media publication. We cover Human resources News, trends, interviews, and events articles across Asia. We covering the latest developments in the domains of employer branding, recruitment, retention, employee relations, people development, HR technology, and outsourcing.
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www.specialistfreightnetworks.com
The Nautical Institute is an international representative body for maritime professionals involved in the control of seagoing ships. It provides a wide range of services to enhance the professional standing and knowledge of members, who are drawn from all sectors of the maritime world. Founded in 1972, it has over 40 branches worldwide and some 7,000 members in more than 120 countries. For more information, please visit www.nautinst.org
International Freight Network (IFN) brings together 200+ independent freight forwarders in 108 countries. Based in London, UK, IFN provides its members with the platform to connect and exchange business with other strong and proactive freight forwarders. IFN ensures it recruits only top quality companies; those dedicated to providing a highly expert service to their fellow members. In short, IFN is a growing international group of vetted business partners, ready and able to professionally handle business requests, all around the world.
Ship2Shore is one of the most successful on-line magazines in the Mediterranean region and the leading news provider in Italy exploring the financial, economical, political and legal aspects of the transports industry.
News are published daily on the website, grouped into macro-categories (shipping&shipyards, ports&services, logistics&intermodal transport, energy&offshore, others) to help readers finding easily and quickly what they need.
A weekly pdf magazine, published on Monday and announced by a newsletter, offers a complete overview of the most important topics as well as in-depth analysis, interviews and further stories; periodic Special Features complete the information offer.
Thanks to accurate and high quality information that can be browsed directly on desktops and mobile devices, Ship2Shore is a useful working tool for being regularly updated as well as an effective means for web advertising.
A free trial is available by signing up on www.ship2shore.it/english
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Visit projectcargonetwork.com
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uk.jooble.org
ACI’s meetings are strictly end-user focused. Delegates will be drawn from the Shipping Operators including VP’s, Directors and Managers of: HR, Crew & Personnel, HSEQ, Manning and Training. Also present will be the relevant authorities involved in the development and training of crew.
At the event we strive not only to bring you to the same location at the same time as your customers/suppliers/peers, we strive to ensure you meet face-to-face with each and every one of your target contacts and to provide you with the time you need to have multiple unhurried conversations with them and build a lasting business relationship:
• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
• A minimum of five hours’ networking built into the two day conference agenda
• A networking grid which enables you to make your target contacts aware you are looking for them
• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
• ACI’s on-site team will assist you in locating your hard-to-find target contacts & make face-to-face introductions
Of course, if there is anybody you are unable to meet over the two days, ACI’s event team will do their best to initiate contact after the event.
