27 - 28 May 2009, Poole, UK FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Overview
The seventh in RINA's series of successful international conferences looking at the Surveillance of Search and Rescue Craft.
Held at the home of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Poole, this is an apt venue for the discussion of such vessels and there will be an opportunity to view the RNLI's facilities and a range of equipment during the course of the proceedings.
With ever greater recreational and commercial use of the marine environment there is inevitably a higher rate of incidents where external assistance is required. This increased pressure on resources provides a new set of challenges that organisations need to adapt to, in order to continue to provide their high level of service.
The conference will provide a forum for discussion of both military and civilian vessels. We hope to include papers across the full range of vessels, equipment and methods, used by pilot craft, coastguards, and police as well as search and rescue organisations. Topics will include analysis of new designs, applications, and operations of these vessels, as well as review existing vessels and their use across all marine environments.
Content
RINA invites papers from designers, builders, lifeboat institutions, police forces, coastguard organisations and operators on the following topics:
- Design: Practice, philosophies, testing and development
- New Vessels: Innovative features, trials and evaluation
- Construction: Materials, techniques and quality control
- Equipment: New ideas & products, control systems, navigation, auxiliary equipment
- Machinery & Propulsion: Power plant, system layout, propulsion
- Operation: Practices, training, health & safety, reliability, and vessel deployment
We are also interested to hear from any organisation wishing to exhibit craft during the conference.
Register your interest
To register your interest or to submit an abstract on line for the Surveillance of Search and Rescue Craft Conference please click here.
The estimated deadline for submission of abstracts is 23rd January 2009
To download the call for papers please click here (approx 158kb)
Sponsors & Exhibitors
For information on sponsorship and exhibition opportunities or for any further information on the SURV7 conference please contact the conference department Tel: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622, email:
or click here to register your interest online.
Venue and Accommodation
This event is being held at the RNLI headquarters. Please click here to download a map to the RNLI (297 kb)
For assistance with accommodation, please contact our hotel reservation agents The Corporate Team who in conjunction with RINA have arranged special rates for delegates attending this event.
If you wish to contact The Corporate Team please quote ID Number 0182SS
Tel: 44 (0) 207 592 3050 Fax: 44 (0) 207 828 6439 E-Mail:
Or visit www.corporateteam.com/events/0182SS for an online hotel booking form or please click here to download the hotel booking form
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