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Seapower
2004 will consider future Navies
The conference is described as timely and highly
informative and has attracted an impressive array of speakers from
Australia, the UK, India and the United States of America.
A
Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Conference will be one of three
major seminars to be held in conjunction with the Pacific 2004 International
Maritime and Naval Exposition in Sydney in February.
The main theme of Sea Power 2004 will be “Positioning Navies
for the Future”.
It will examine the major issues facing navies as they position
themselves to meet the strategic, technological and cultural challenges
of the new century.
The conference will deal with a broad range of subjects including
strategic technical issues, operational and legal matters, the effects
of technologies on future navies and the challenges of acquiring
appropriate personnel.
Organisers have described Sea Power 2004 as timely and highly informative
and say they have attracted an impressive array of quality speakers.
Delegates from throughout Australia and the world are expected to
attend.
Papers will be presented by experts from Australia, the United States,
the United Kingdom, India and South East Asia, embracing factors
influencing peace and security, Navies and strategy, resource issues
and ocean governance and Maritime Operations and Counter Terrorism.
The conference will also consider, the Legal Dimension to Maritime
Military Operations, Expeditionary Warfare and Technologies and
Smaller Navies
This conference will be conducted over three days in a facility
adjacent the main exhibition halls.
A number of social and networking opportunities have been included
in the conference program.
For details contact CAPT Richard Menhinick via email: richard.menhinick@defence.gov.au.
General maritime issues and cargo logistics are among the topics
covered by the two other conferences being staged in conjunction
with Pacific 2004.
“Maritime Engineering – Challenges and Opportunities”
will be the theme of the International Maritime Conference.
There are eighteen topics set down for discussion including
Naval Ship Technology
Navigation and Operation
Ship Design
Structures and Materials and
Cargo Handling.
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, the Institution of Engineers
Australia and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
are organizing the Conference.
For further details see the website: www.tourhosts.com.au/pacificimc2004
For the first time, the Pacific Exposition will also host a new
conference covering maritime functions and infrastructure associated
with land, air and activities in support of maritime operations.
The International Transport, Freight and Infrastructure Conference
will examine more than a dozen important issues including: Ports
Development, Security and Protection, Handling Technology, Cross
Modal Transport and OH&S Research and Development
The contact for this conference is CAPT Bill Duthie via email: eventaid@bigpond.com
The Pacific 2004 International Maritime and Naval Exposition will
be held in the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre Darling Harbour
between February 3 and 6 next year. Further details contact Tom
Bennett Media Director Pacific 2004 - (03) 5282-0503
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