PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

 

9:00am to 3:00pm — Pre-Tour #1: A Taste of Istanbul

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

 

9:00am to 4:00pm — Pre-Tour #2: Old Town Highlights – A 3,000 Year Historical Tour

 

5pm to 6pm — First Time Delegates Reception

 

6pm to 7:30pm — Welcome Reception

 

CONFERENCE DAY 1 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

 

Conference/Exhibition

 

9:00 am

Session 1: Opening

  • Moderator: Wilco Van Der Linden - Wartsila, Netherlands
  • Introductions:
    Dr. Ahmet Paksoy - IDO, Turkey
  • Welcome:
    Kadir Topbas – Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey

 

Session 2: Urban Innovations

  • Resurrecting an Old Waterway – London
    Sean Collins - Thames Clippers, UK
  • Hybrid Solar Electric High Speed Ferries for Hong Kong
    Robert Dane - Solar Sailor, Australia
  • A Taxi Service on Water – Istanbul
    Gurkan Canga – Water Taxi Istanbul, Turkey 
  • Question Period

 

10:30am– COFFEE BREAK

11:00am – FLASH PRESENTATION - IDO

 

 

Session 3: New Frontiers in the Middle East and Black Sea

  • Oman
    Mehdi Al Abduwani - National Ferries Company, Oman
  • Red Sea
    Fares Al-Balwi - MACNA, Saudi Arabia
  • Ferry Services in the Black Sea
    Alexander Gevrek – Ukrferry Shipping, Ukraine
  • Question Period

 

12:15pm – LUNCH

 

 

1:15pm

  • Moderator
    Tom Docherty, UK

 


Session 4: Practical IT Applications for Making Money

  • PART I - RESERVATION SOLUTIONS
  • Keith Sherwood - Carus, Finland
  • Vassilis Spitadakis - FORTHcrs, Greece
  • John Bertell - Hogia, Finland
  • Luigi Silipo - E-Dea, Italy
  • PART II - OTHER SOLUTIONS
  • Steve Chamberlin - Revenue Technology Services, USA
  • Nur Oztin Kurak, Turkey and Andrea Fiorentino, UK - Visa Europe

  • Question Period

2:35PM – FLASH PRESENTATION - DAMEN SHIPYARDS

 

2:45pm – COFFEE BREAK

 


Session 5: Student Presentations

  • Sponsor: Andreas Ullrich - Germanischer Lloyd, Germany
  • Conceptual Design of a Visionary RoRo Ship and Loading/Unloading Terminal
    Munir Cansin Ozden, Ersin Demir and Enishan Özcan – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Impacts of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) on Future Designs of RoRo and RoPax Ferries
    Lennart Pundt – Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

  • Question Period


Session 6: Interferry

  • Activity Report
  • Annual General Meeting

 

4:20pm – FLASH PRESENTATION - CARUS

 

4:30pm – Happy Hour

 

6:30pm to 8:30pm — Networking Reception

 

 

CONFERENCE DAY 2 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

 

 

9:00 am

  • Moderator
    John Waterhouse
  • Special Guest Speaker:
    Alphan Manas – Turkish Futurists Association, Turkey

 

 

Session 7: Surviving Financial Meltdown

  • The Credit Crisis and Its Impact on Shipping
    Richard Jansen - DVB Bank, USA
  • Banking
    Hakan Ates - Denizbank, Turkey
  • An Operator’s Perspective on the Financial Crisis
    Pim de Lange - Stena Line, The Netherlands
  • The Future of Oil
    Mutluay Dogan – Petrol Ofisi A.S., Turkey
  • Question Period

 

 

 

10:30am – COFFEE BREAK

11:00am – FLASH PRESENTATION - CURRENT CORPORATION

 

 

 

Session 8: Managing Risk

  • Underwriters Shipowners and Hull & Machinery Underwriters –
    a Symbiotic Relationship?
    Fritz Stabinger - IUMI, Switzerland
  • Managing Risk – the P&I Club Perspective
    Ben Harris - Shipowners P&I Club, UK
  • Marine Risks - Legal Aspects
    Oliver Weiss - Ince & Co., UK
  • Question Period

 

12:15pm – LUNCH

 

1:30pm

  • Moderator
    Stuart Ballantyne – Sea Transport Solutions, Australia
  • Commemorative Presentation: IDO and Virtu Ferries
    Richard Regan – Austal, Australia; Ahmet Paksoy – IDO, Turkey; Francis Portelli – Virtu Ferries, Malta
  • Interferry President Handover
    Ahmet Paksoy – IDO, Turkey; Tom Fox – New York Water Taxi, USA
  • Invitation to 2010 Interferry Conference: New York City

 

Session 9: Environmental Issues

  • Regulating Air Emissions
    Johan Roos – Stena Rederi, Sweden
  • Boosting Efficiency
    Oskar Levander – Wartsila, Finland
  • New Environmental and Safety Requirements for Ferries
    Johan Snellman – STX Europe, & John Garner – P&O Ferrries, UK
  • Question Period

 

2:50pm – FLASH PRESENTATION - STX EUROPE

 

3:00pm – COFFEE BREAK

3:30pm – FLASH PRESENTATION - AUSTAL

 

 

Session 10: Open Session

  • Discussion with Panel of Moderators
  • Direction for Interferry

4:30pm — Happy Hour


6:30pm to 11:30pm — Gala Dinner



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

9:30am to 3:30pm

Professional Tour: Tour of IDO Operations: Vessels, Terminals and Office



OCTOBER 18 - OCTOBER 21/22

Post Conference Tours to Bodrum/Kusadasi (Ephesus)