CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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Tuesday 14 February
18.00 – 20.00 Pre-registration, and networking drinks sponsored by TTS Energy
Wednesday 15 February
08.00 Registration and coffee
08.45 Introduction
Mike Porter, Events Director, Riviera Maritime Media
08.50 Conference Chairman’s welcome address
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
08.55 Welcome from Platinum Sponsor
John Shock, Segment Manager Offshore Marine, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems
Session one: OSV markets and commercial
09.10 Session Chair: setting the scene
Larry T Rigdon, Consultant and Investor, Rigdon Investments
09.15 Keynote address: European energy policy for the future: the offshore helping tackle onshore challenges
Philip Lowe, Director General Energy, European Commission
09.35 OSV fleet numbers and statistics: supply, demand and utilisation
How is the market being affected by oversupply, newbuild orders and deliveries?
Alan Pirie, Marine Market Reporter, IHS formerly ODS-Petrodata
09.55 Beyond Macondo: reviewing the impact of new regulations on the OSV market
Mike Wallace, Vice President - International Operations, Hornbeck Offshore
10.15 Growth in cabotage regimes: how can we address this serious business challenge?
George Horsington, General Manager, Swire Pacific Offshore
10.35 Q&A
10.55 Networking, and morning refreshments sponsored by ABS
Session two: join one of two streams
Stream A: OSV strategy and finance or Stream B: OSV global developments
Stream A: OSV strategy and finance
Chaired by Steve Matthews, Editorial Director, Riviera Maritime Media
11.35 Session Chair: setting the scene
David Lyons, Founding Partner & President, Capital Partners Worldwide
11.40 Financing of new and second hand OSVs in turbulent times – what can we learn?
Tom Kuhnle, Senior Vice President, Nordea Bank Norge
12.00 Consolidation in the OSV market, investigating the current mergers and acquisition trends
Geir Sjurseth, Managing Director & Global Head Offshore, DVB Bank
12.20: Extended Q&A and debate
Tom Kuhnle, Senior Vice President, Nordea Bank Norge
Geir Sjurseth, Managing Director & Global Head Offshore, DVB Bank
Sven de Veij, Vice President, NIBC Bank, Oil & Gas Services
Stream B: OSV global developments
Chaired by Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
11.35 Session Chair: setting the scene
Roy Donaldson, COO, Topaz Marine
11.40 Security and piracy: working in cooperation with industry to establish best practice
Cdr Kristian Evjen, Commander / Staff Officer NATO Shipping Centre, NATO
12.00 Challenges for 2012 and Technology Trends
Jonathan Parkes, Deputy Managing Director / Commercial Director, Hallin Ma
12.20: Extended Q&A and debate
Cdr Kristian Evjen, Commander / Staff Officer NATO Shipping Centre, NATO
Jonathan Parkes, Deputy Managing Director / Commercial Director, Hallin Marine
Alessandro Ciocchi, Vice President, V. Ships Offshore
13.00 Networking, and lunch sponsored by Carlsen Offshore Systems
Session three: join one of two streams
Stream C: exploring the legal, contractual and regulatory landscape for the OSV market or
Session D: technical and operational developments in the OSV market
Stream C: exploring the legal, contractual and regulatory landscape for the OSV market
Chaired by Steve Matthews, Editorial Director, Riviera Maritime Media
14.10 Session Chair: setting the scene
Keith MacRae, Partner, Mackinnons
14.15 OSV charterparties: understanding terms, identifying ambiguities and minimising risk and exposure
Ian Perrott, CEO, ER Offshore
14.35 Risk management and insurance covers: offsetting risks and liability through your projects
Kevin Campbell, Senior Executive, Risk Management, Skuld Offshore
14.55 A snapshot overview of regulatory developments in today’s OSV market including EEDI, SPS rules and ballast water
Lucas Zaat, Design and Proposal Manager Offshore & Transport, Damen Shipyards
15.15 MLC: implementation challenges for the OSV sector
Emily Comyn, Technical Adviser - Regulator Affairs, IMCA
15.35 Q&A
Stream D: technical and operational developments in the OSV market
Chaired by Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
14.10 Session Chair: setting the scene
Arnstein Eknes, Segment Director, Special Ships, Det Norske Veritas
14.15 The emerging role of LNG for OSVs: the facts about LNG-fuelled vessels. Economy versus environment
Terje Nordtun, General Manager Offshore Solution Development, Wärtsilä
14.35: Assessing the demand on the OSV market and how this is impacting design: From harsh environments and deepwater to FPSO’s and LNG fuelled OSVs, what is the market situation and how it is affecting OSV equipment?
Geir Johan Bakke, President and CEO, Havyard Group
14.55 Step changing anchor handling and towing operations: an equipment manufacturers perspective
Bas Oskam, Product Manager Winches, Huisman Equipment
15.15 Technical Showcase: a selection of snapshot presentations on the latest technical innovations including:
Multiple use for tanks, multiple benefits for the environment
Sander Castel, Area Sales Manager, Van Aalst Houston
Solving the deepwater challenge: Integrated subsea load handling solutions for ultra deepwater lifts
Frode Grovan, Director, Sales and Marketing, Advanced Load Handling, Cargotec
15.35 Q&A
15.55 Networking, and afternoon refreshments sponsored by ABS
Session four: Brazil focus session
16.35 Session Chair: setting the scene
Sølve Høyrem, Managing Director, Westshore Shipbrokers
16.40 Panel debate, including:
Leif Gross, Segment Manager, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems
Olaf Hafredal, COO, Deep Sea Supply Management
Borge Nakken, Chief Operating Officer, Farstad Shipping
Mike Inglis, Fleet Operations Manager, T-MOS, Technip UK
17.40 Parallel session review:
the chairpersons provide a brief overview of what was discussed during the parallel sessions
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
Steve Matthews, Editorial Director, Riviera Maritime Media
David Lyons, Founding Partner & President, Capital Partners Worldwide
Roy Donaldson, COO, Topaz Marine
Keith MacRae, Partner, Mackinnons
Arnstein Eknes, Segment Director, Special Ships, Det Norske Veritas
18.00: End of day one
19.00 Drinks reception sponsored by Damen Shipyard Group, followed by the Offshore Support Journal Awards sponsored by DVB Bank, Gala Dinner sponsored by ABB and evening entertainment sponsored by Cargotec
Thursday 16 February
08.00 Registration and coffee
08.45 Opening remarks
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
08.50 Opening remarks
David Foxwell, Editor, Offshore Support Journal , Offshore Wind Journal
Session five: OSV design and equipment
08.55 Session Chair: setting the scene
Cor van der Harst, Product Director, IHC Merwede
09.00 Opening highlight: new design and trends - assessing the competition
Simon Liang, Chairman and CEO, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group
09.20: Transformation of the Gulf of Mexico OSV Market
Bill Lind, Marine Director of Technology & Business Development, Americas Division, ABS
09.40 Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and its effects
Ottar Skjervheim, Product Manager System Integration, Norwegian Electric Systems &
Jens Meinhard Rasmussen, Managing Director, Supply Service
10.10 Extended Q&A and panel debate
Cor van der Harst, Product Director, IHC Merwede
Geir Johan Bakke, President and CEO, Havyard Group
Bill Lind, Marine Director of Technology & Business Development, Americas Division, ABS
Ottar Skjervheim, Product Manager System Integration, Norwegian Electric Systems
Jens Meinhard Rasmussen, Managing Director, Supply Service
10.30 Networking, and morning refreshments sponsored by Van Aalst Marine & Offshore
Session six: OSV management
11.10 Session Chair: setting the scene
David Blencowe, VHSEQ Director, Maersk Supply Service UK
11.15 The growing challenge of manning and training: what are the key issues in 2012 and how can we make an industry move towards overcoming them?
Endre Leine, Vice President Crewing, Bourbon
11.35 Vessel operations
Claus Wolff, Senior Consultant Logistics &
Henning Hjartholm, Senior Consultant Logistics, Statoil
11.55 Assurance: how can we prove that vessels are still fit to be on hire? What controls are in place to regulate increasingly complex equipment and software?
Arnstein Eknes, Segment Director, Special Ships, Det Norske Veritas
12.15 Q&A
12.35 Networking and lunch
Session seven: OSV operations
13.45 Session Chair: setting the scene
Ian Perrott, CEO, ER Offshore
14.00 Human factors in an increasingly complex operating environment
Dr Tom Reader, Lecturer Organisational and Social Psychology, London School of Economics
14.20 Future development to meet expectations for DP in OSV offshore operations
Joe Hughes, European DP Manager, GL Noble Denton
14.40 Opportunities in renewables for the OSV market
Rasmus Stute, Head of Offshore Service Vessels Department, Germanischer Lloyd
15.00 Q&A
15.20 Closing remarks from Conference Chairman
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
15.30 End of Conference