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Preliminary Programme

Thursday 22^nd October 2009

8:30	Participants’ welcome A welcome coffee will be served in the exhibition area.
9:30	Opening address
10:00	Plenary session 1: Unlawful acts President: Mr. Michel QUIMBERT, President of the Superior Council of Merchant Marine Bringing into security of Venice port. Mr Tommaso RICCOBONI, Nethun s.p.a., Italy Container scanning. Mrs Asha MENON, World Customs Organization, Belgium The potential of collective thinking to thwart unlawful acts. Mr Bernard-Michel BOISSIER, independent research Neuroscientist, France
11:30	Opening Cocktail in the exhibition area
12:15	Lunch
13:45	Plenary session 2: Piracy President: Mr John CLARENCE, National Maritime College of Ireland, Ireland The story of the hostage-taking onboard the cruise ship Le Ponant. Captain Patrick MARCHESSEAU, Captain of the Ponant, France Juridical problems linked to piracy. Professor Tullio TREVÈS, University of Milan, Italy Hostage taking - Managing a crise of criminal nature. Captain David C., the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, France
15:15	Coffee break in the exhibition area
15:45	Roundtables Roundtable 1: How to protect the coastline? Moderator: Mr Hervé DEISS, chief editor of the Newspaper of Merchant Navy, France Admiral Georges BOSSELUT, Top Management of the National Navy, France Mr Christian DUPONT, Deputy Head of Unit, Maritime Transport and Port Policies, Maritime Security, European Commission, Belgium Professor Tullio TREVÈS, University of Milan, Italy Roundtable 2: Arming ships: what consequences? Moderator: Professor Jean-Pierre BEURIER, University of Nantes, France Professor Jean-Pierre BEURIER, University of Nantes, France Mr John CLARENCE, National Maritime College of Ireland, Ireland Colonel Dominique DUVAL, Second in Command, of the Maritime Gendarmerie, France Captain Fredrik J. VAN WIJNEN, Secretary General of The International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations, The Netherland Mr Philippe WAQUET, Automatic Sea Vision, France
17:15	End of sessions
20:00	Conference Dinner: The Machines of Nantes Island

Friday 23^rd October 2009

8:30	Participants’ welcome A welcome coffee will be served in the exhibition area.
9:00	Plenary session 3: Port Security President: Mr Eric BEATY, Department of State, USA The consequences of maritime and port security on sea freight transport regulations. Mr Aref FAKHRY, Advocate and Consultant / PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Southampton, United Kingdom ISO 28000. Mr Friedrich DELKER, Business development manager, Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH, Germany Doctrine on the use of video surveillance. Mr Michel DESCHAMPS, Head of Defence Safety Mission, Transport Services Department, French Ministry of Sustainable and Environmental Development, France
10:30	Coffee break in the exhibition area
11:15	Plenary session 4: Security and trade President: Mr Eric Beaty, Department of State, USA Safety/security measures and their impact on world trade. Mrs Corinne BAGOULLA, Teacher and Researcher in Economics, University of Nantes, France Mr Gabriel FIGUEIREDO DE OLIVEIRA, PhD student, Economy and Management Institute of Nantes, France Economic impact of control measures. Mr François-Charles WOLFF, Professor, University of Nantes, France
12:15	Lunch
13:45	Roundtables Roundtable 3: Are security firms in a position to meet the requirements of maritime security regulations? M. Patrick Chaumette, Centre of Maritime and Oceanic Law, France Mr Nicolas HAURY, SERIS Security, France Mr Bruno JOURNE, Elengy, France Mr Alain LECLERE, Head of the Security Mission, Port of Le Havre, France Roundtable 4: Restricted areas. Moderator: Mr Christian DUPONT, European Commission, Belgium Mr Michel DESCHAMPS, Head of Defence Safety Mission, Transport Services Department, French Ministry of Sustainable and Environmental Development, France Mr Christian DUPONT, Deputy Head of Unit, Maritime Transport and Port Policies, Maritime Security, European Commission, Belgium Mr Fernando MENENDEZ REXACH, President of the Port Authority of Gijon , Spain Mr Jeffrey WICKETT, Department of Homeland Security, USA
15:15	Closing address Mr. Michel QUIMBERT
17:15	End of sessions

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