Conference program

Brugge
Hereby you will find the provisional program of the IUMI 2009 Conference in Bruges. This program will be updated regularly.

BRUGES CONFERENCE, 13 - 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
Saturday, 12 September
14.00 – 20.00 Registration   Crowne Plaza,
Oosterpoort
15.00 – 17.30 Audiovisual Preview    
       
19.30 – 22.30 President's Dinner    
Sunday, 13 September
09.00 - 18.00 Registration   Crowne Plaza
       
09.00 - 17.00 Audiovisual Preview   Crowne Plaza
       
09.30 COMMITTEE MEETINGS
(Coffee served in the committee rooms)		   Crowne Plaza
       
09.30 - 10.00 Nominating Committee   Boardroom I
       
09.30 - 12.30 Cargo Committee   Burgh II
  Legal and Liability Committee   Princess Judith
  Ocean Hull Committee   Burgh V
  Loss Prevention Committee   Burgh I
  Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachting Committee   Burgh IV
  Facts and Figures Committee   Boardroom II
       
10.30 - 12.30 Executive Committee   Boardroom I
       
12.30 – 15.00 Informal Meeting for President, Members of the Executive Committee, General Secretary, Chairmen of the Technical Committees and Liaison Officers with the Press
(with buffet lunch outside the room)		   Provinciaal Hof,
Counsel room
       
14.15 - 16.30 Review of the Open Forum by the Open Forum-Teams   Provinciaal Hof,
Balcony room
       
15.00 - 18.00 Offshore Energy Committee – individual session   Burgh III
       
16.30 – 17.00 Meeting for President, General Secretary and Committee Chairmen for final details (if necessary)   President's Office
       
18.30 – 22.00 Opening Welcome Reception by Host Association   Oud Sint-Jan Hospital
Monday, 14 September
08.00 - 09.00 AV Testing in Plenary    
09.00 - 18.00 Audiovisuals Preview    
09.15 - 15.30 City Tour for accompanying persons:
Bruges, the beautiful … 		  Provivciaal Hof,
Counsel Room
07.00 – 20.00 Registration – IUMI Conference Office/Hospitality Desk.   Belfry Rodenbach room
       
08.45 – 09.45 OPENING SESSION   Belfry Hendrik Pickery room
       
08.45 – 09.15 Introduction of the common theme Deirdre Littlefield, President  
       
09.15 – 09.20 1.Call to order by the President and Opening Procedures President  
  1.1 Welcome to past Presidents,
former Vice Chairmen,
Delegates of Member Associations,
Committee Chairmen and Committee Members,
Liaison Officers,
Accredited Underwriters,
Accredited Press,
Guest Speakers and Observers		    
  1.2 Number of Associations attending the Conference and of attendees    
  1.4 Obituaries    
  1.5 IUMI in 2008 - 2009    
  1.6 1. Meetings of the EC
      2. Meetings of the Technical Committee		    
       
09.20 – 09.30 Welcome by the Host Association Norbert Nelen - President ABAM/BVT 2009 - 2010  
       
09.30 – 09.50 PRESENTATION BY HOST COUNTRY KEYNOTE-SPEAKER Nicolas Saverys, President Flemish Port Assocation and CEO Exmar  
09.50 – 10.20 PRESENTATION BY KEYNOTE-SPEAKER Victor Peignet, CEO SCOR Global P&C SE  
10.20 – 10.35 2. Report of the Secretary General    
  2.1 Minutes of the 2008 Annual Conference Vancouver    
  2.2 IMO from October 2008 to September 2009 Secretariat’s Activities 2008/2009    
  2.3 Finances    
  2.4 IUMI Policy Statement - enhanced    
  2.5 Announcements and information on practical details    
  3. Organisation of the Union    
  3.1 Report of the Nominating Committee Art Payne, Chairman, Nominating Committee    
  3.2 Composition of the Nominating Committee 2009/2010 President  
       
10.35 – 10.50 EC Members comment on special tasks Ole Wikborg,
Carlo Franchini,
Bernie Cissek		  
       
10.50 – 11.20 COFFEE BREAK   Belfry Rodenbach room
       
11.20 – 13:00 FACTS AND FIGURES COMMITTEE   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
11.20 – 11.35 Chairman’s Report & Report on World Merchant Fleet Cedric Charpentier,  Chairman Facts & Figures Committee, AXA Corporate Solutions, Paris  
11.35 – 11.55 Global Marine Insurance Report Astrid Seltmann, Facts & Figures Committee,
Analyst/Actuary, CEFOR, Norway 		 
11.55 – 13.00 FACTS AND FIGURES OPEN FORUM      Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
11.55 – 12.00 Introduction Cedric Charpentier
       
12.00 – 12.25 World Commodities Trade – Trends and Outlook Philippe Chalmain,
Professor of Economics,
Paris Dauphine University
       
12.25 – 12.50 Impact of the Economic Recession on Global Marine Insurance Dieter Berg, Facts & Figures Committee  
       
12.50 – 13.00 Take Aways and Q&A Cedric Charpentier  
       
13.00 – 14.30 LUNCH BREAK (participants)   Belfry, ground floor
       
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch with Keynote-Speakers, International Observers, Members of the Executive Committee, Committee Chairmen and Liaison Officers with Belgian Delegation. Invitation via IUMI Provincie Huis,
Counsel Room
       
14.30 – 17.10 CARGO  WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION ‘Risk Management’   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
       
14.30 – 14.50 Chairman’s Report Mike Davies, Chairman, Cargo Committee  
       
14.50 – 15.15 Marine LOP/DSU – What an Underwriter Needs to Know! Tillmann Kratz-Dunkel, Munich Re  
       
15.15 – 15.45 Marine LOP/DSU – Can Claims Really Happen?    
       
15.45 – 16.15 COFFEE BREAK   Belfry Rodenbach room
       
16.15 – 16.35 The Port of Zeebrugge – International Transport, Storage and Distribution of Fresh Fruit Hans Frans, Manager, DP Survey Group, Antwerp  
       
16.35 – 17.00 Supply Chain Risk Management - A Balancing Act Barry Tarnef, Chubb  
       
17.00 – 17.10 Take-aways and Q&A Mike Davies  
       
17.15 – 18.00 MEETING THE PRESS President, Secretary General, Others as appropriate Provinciaal Hof,
Press Room
       
19.00 – 23.00 Secretaries' Dinner   De Visscherie, Bruges
Tuesday, 15 September
08.30 – 17.30 Optional Excursion for  accompanying persons
Discover Ghent + St.-Martens-Latem		   Shuttle - (‘t Zand)
08.30 – 18.30 Hospitality Desk    
08.45 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview    
       
08.45 – 11.20 OCEAN HULL WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION ‘Mastering Rough Seas – The Hull Underwriting Puzzle’   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
08.45 – 09.05 Chairman’s Report and State of the Market Peter McIntosh, Chairman, Ocean Hull Committee  
       
09.05 – 09.30 Cold and Hot Lay-Ups – Rules and Procedures – a Class Surveyor’s View Giosue Vezzuto, South East Country Manager, RINA  
       
09.30 – 10.00 Developments in the Shipping Cycle and the Impact on Revenues and Asset Values Martin Stopford, Clarkson Research Studies  
       
10.00 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK   Belfry Rodenbach room
       
10.30 – 11.20 OCEAN HULL  WORKSHOP  AND PRESENTATION (continued)     Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
       
10.30 – 11.10 The Shipping Cycle – A View from the Banking
Sector		 Paul Mellett, Managing Director, Bankserve Insurance Service Ltd.  
       
11.10 – 11.20 Underwriters’ Perspective and Wrap-Up Andrea Cupido, Ocean Hull Committee  
       
08.45 – 11.25 CONCURRENT LEGAL AND LIABILITY WORKSHOP   Crowne Plaza,
Burgh I–V
       
08.45 – 08.55 Chairman’s Report Andrew Garger, Chairman, Legal and Liability Committee  
       
08.55 – 09.10 International Conventions Update Andrew Bardot, CEO IGP and Member of the Legal and Liability Committee  
       
09.10 – 10.05 The Rotterdam Rules – A Trap for Unwary Underwriters? Wilfried Van Gompel, Member of the Legal & Liability Committee + Prof. Charles Debattista, MA (Oxon), LLD (Malta)  
       
10.05 – 10.35 COFFEE  BREAK   Crowne Plaza
       
10.35 – 11.20 CONCURRENT LEGAL AND LIABILITY  WORKSHOP (continued)   Crowne Plaza,
Burgh1–V
       
10.35 – 11.10 Forum Shopping  and Anti  Suit Injunctions Rhys Clift  
       
11.10 – 11.20 Take Aways and Q&A Andrew Garger  
       
11.30 – 13.00 PIRACY WORKSHOP     Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
  Introduction and Moderation Ole Wikborg, Vice Chairman  
       
  Update on the Global Piracy Situation Hans T. Hansen + Karsten v. Hoesslin, Risk Intelligence, Denmark  
       
  NITC's Views: How to Assess the Piracy Threat and How to Protect Ships Mohammad Souri, Chairman & Managing Director, NITC, Tehran  
       
  Panel Discussion Ocean Hull,
Peter McIntosh		  
       
  Legal & Liability Dieter Schwampe  
       
  Cargo Tim Pembroke  
       
  Loss Prevention Alessandro Morelli  
       
  Wrap-up and Take Home items Ole Wikborg  
       
13.00 – 14.20 LUNCH BREAK (participants)   Belfry, ground floor
       
13.00 – 14.20 Meeting of the Secretary General with the Organising Committee of the 2010 Zürich Conference and with representatives of the Bruges (2009),  Paris  (2011) and San Diego  (2012) Organising Committees   Provinciaal Hof,
Counsel Room
13.00 – 14.20 The President's Lunch by invitation Provinciaal Hof,
Meeting Room
13.00 – 14.20 The Affiliates' Lunch by invitation Provinciaal Hof,
Balcony Room
       
14.20 – 17.00 INLAND HULL, FISHING VESSELS and YACHTS WORKSHOP     Belfry, Hendrik Pickery room
14.20 – 14.35 Chairman’s Report and Introduction Harry Mulder, Chairman, IFY Committee  
       
14.35 – 15.00 Inland Navigation – Difficult Times Are Ahead Georg Hötte, Rhenus  
       
15.00 – 15.30 Theft of pleasure craft – When owners run into rough seas Luigi Bertoli, Studio Farina, Genova Belfry, Rodenbach Room
       
15.30 – 16.00 COFFEE BREAK    
       
16.00 – 16.20 …and a Yacht Underwriter’s Views Paul Miller, member of  IFY Committee  
       
16.20 – 16.40 ... and the Fishing Vessels underwriter... Brent McIver, member of IFY Committee  
       
16.40 – 17.00 Insurer’s Response to a major oil spill Richard Bardwell  
       
17.00 – 17.20 The port of Antwerp – an oil pollution scenario Eric De Smet, member of IFY Committee  
       
17.20 – 17.30 Take-aways and Q&A    
       
14.20 – 17.00 CONCURRENT OFFSHORE ENERGY WORKSHOP     Crowne Plaza
Burgh I–II–III
14.20 – 14.30 Chairman’s Introduction Frank Costa, Chairman, Offshore Energy Committee  
       
14.30 – 15.00 Construction Risks - an Adjuster's Views John Harris, Steege Kingston  
       
15.00 – 15.30 OEE - Oil & Gas Wells - Technical Risk, Probability & Impact David Noble Smith & Thane Pitt Roche  
       
15.30 – 16.00 COFFEE BREAK    
       
16.00 - 17.20 CONCURRENT OFFSHORE ENERGY WORKSHOP   Crowne Plaza
Burgh I–II–III
       
16.00 – 16.30 …and you think you know your wordings?
An Attorney’s view		 Tim Taylor, Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert  
16.30 – 17.10 Panel Discussion Speakers, moderator Frank Costa  
       
17.10 – 17.20 Take Aways and Q&A Frank Costa  
       
17.10 – 18.00 MEETING THE PRESS President, Secretary General, Others as appropriate Provinciaal Hof,
Press Room
  Evening Free    
Wednesday, 16 September
09.00 – 15.00 Optional Excursion for accompanying persons: Bruges’ astonishing surroundings: Damme / Knokke   Shuttle(’t Zand)
08.30 – 18.00 Hospitality Desk      
08.45 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview      
       
08.45 – 10.40 LOSS PREVENTION WORKSHOP I     Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
08.45 – 08.50 Chairman’s Report and Introduction Alessandro Morelli,, Chairman, Loss Prevention Committee  
       
08.50 – 09.25 The Correct Strategic Planning Approach for Project Cargo Roland Fieberg, Siemens AG  
       
09.25 – 10.00 Transport Security and Theft Prevention: New Loss Reduction Models by the Use of Telematic Technologies Mark Schwartz, Eurowatch  
       
10.00 – 10.40 Container Transportation – More Than a Coloured Box; Cargo Lashing, Stowage and Humidity Issues Uwe-Peter Schieder, Loss Prevention Committee – GDV, Berlin  
       
10.40 – 11.10 COFFEE BREAK   Belfry Rodenbach room
       
11.10 – 12.30 LOSS PREVENTION WORKSHOP II   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
11.10 – 11.35 Crew Availability, Training and Skills: Issues in the Current Economic Environment Guy Morel, International Association of Ship Managers - Intermanager  
       
11.35 – 12.00 Belgian Shipping Policy and the crewing challenges Peter Verstuyft, Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association  
       
12.00 – 12.20 IUMI at IMO – Comments on one of IUMI’s core competencies Andrew Higgs, Alternate IMO Liaison Of  
       
12.20 – 12.30 Take Aways and Q&A Alessandro Morelli  
       
12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH BREAK (participants)   Belfry, ground floor
       
12.30 – 14.00 Working lunch for President, Members of the Executive Committee, Committee Chairmen, International Organisation Liaison Officer, Secretary General with Heads of Delegations Invitation via IUMI Provinciaal Hof,
Counsel Room
       
14.10 – 14.25 Educating & Training – Key factors in preventing loss Dr. Phil Anderson, Managing Director Consultism Ltd.
Capt. Pradeep Chawla, Anglo Eastern Ship Management, Hong Kong		  
       
14.25 – 16.30 THE PRESIDENT’S WORKSHOP   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
       
14.25 – 14.30 Introduction and Moderation Deirdre Littlefield, President, IUMI  
       
14.30 – 15.00 Is the world less risky than we think? The difficult job of assessing political and security risks on business Richard Fenning, CEO, Control Risks Group  
       
15.00 – 15.30 Gybe-Ho The Reinsurance market turning-about Chris Klein, Man. Director Guy Carpenter  
       
15.30 – 16.00 Is The Arab World Mastering Its Rough Seas? Introduction to GAIF, BIA and AWRIS Ashraf Bseisu, Chairman of GAIF, Chairman of the Bahrain Insurance Association (BIA), Deputy Chief Executive of Solidarity Group  
       
16.00 – 16.30 Wrap-up Session The President and TC/ Workshop Chairmen Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
       
16.30 – 17.30 FINAL SESSION   Belfry Hendrick Pickery room
       
  1. Elections Art Payne, Chairman, Nominating Committee  
  1.1 President    
  1.2 Executive Committee members    
  2 Thanks and Wrap-up President  
  3 Handing over of IUMI flag to the Delegation of Zürich    
  4 Information on the Zürich Conference 2010    
  5 Closing of the Conference President  
       
17.30 – 18.15 Meeting of the Executive Committee with Chairmen of the Technical Committees and Liaison Officers   Belfry,
Secretary General’s Office
       
18.30 – 00.30 Belgian Evening   Concert Hall
Thursday, 17 September
09.00 - 12.30 MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE   Crowne Plaza
       
12.30 - 15.00 LUNCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE   knokke