“WMTC 2006 is ambitious: it takes as its theme ‘maritime innovation – delivering global solutions’ and aims to give a wake-up call on the maritime challenges facing governments and decision makers across the world. What better place than Westminster, in the centre of London, for IMarEST to build on the 2003 WMTC in San Francisco and deliver a clear message on the importance of technology and the sea to world development and wealth creation. It is a unique opportunity for all those engaged in international maritime engineering, science and technology to get together to exchange ideas and information,”

Keith Read CBE, IMarEST Director General
Join us in London, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 6-10 March 2006 for the second World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC). The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will be hosting the WMTC 2006 in partnership with 24 of the world’s leading maritime associations. Organised for the first time in San Francisco by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), WMTC is held every three years and comes to Europe for the first time in March 2006.
WELCOME

Welcome to our first emailed WMTC 2006 news bulletin, designed to link you quickly and easily with the very latest news on this milestone event.
PLENARY SESSION

Speakers who have already accepted the invitation to delivery keynote addresses in the opening plenary session include Commissioner Joe Borg, Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, European Commission, Conrad C Lautenbacher, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Robert E Kramek, President, ABS Americas who was the 20th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1994-1998 and co-chair of the 2003 WMTC held in San Francisco. www.wmtc2006.com/technical/pl/
TEN CONFERENCE STREAMS

The scope of WMTC covers marine engineering systems; commercial shipping; naval engineering; offshore oil and gas; underwater vehicles; marine renewable energy; exclusive economic zone (EEZ) management; coast and ocean mapping; operational oceanography; and reefs of the world – find out the views and aspirations of the chairs of each of the technical streams at www.wmtc2006.com/technical/
FLEXIBLE EXHIBITING OPTIONS

The WMTC 2006 exhibition takes place in parallel with the conference giving an exciting insight into the latest advances in maritime technologies; find out about costs, packages and book your space at www.wmtc2006.com/exhibition/
INNOVATION HOUR

Each day of WMTC during the lunch time period a series of 15 minute presentations will take place in the exhibition areas giving an insight into the latest research and development initiatives, cutting edge technologies and perhaps a little ‘off the wall’ thinking; find out more at www.wmtc2006.com/technical/in/

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Alstom, Carnival Shipping, Inmarsat, Lloyd’s Register and Rolls Royce already feature on the WMTC sponsorship list. Find out about opportunities at www.wmtc2006.com/sponsorship/
Contacts

The Conference: events@wmtc2006.com

Exhibition: exhibition@wmtc2006.com

Sponsorship: sponsorship@wmtc2006.com

Or call us on +44 (0)20 7382 2600
The IMarEST

The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) is the international professional membership body and learned society for all marine professionals, industry, research and education with 47 branches around the globe and over 15,00 members worldwide. It is the first professional Institute to adopt an all-embracing approach and recognise the need to bring together marine engineers, scientists and technologists.

IMarEST. 80 Coleman Street. London. EC2R 5BY. www.imarest.org

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