Mariners’ Workshop January 24 and 25, 2023
The Shipping Federation is pleased to invite you to the 2023 annual Mariners’ Workshop organized in collaboration with key Federal partners such as the Canadian Coast Guard, the Canadian Hydrographic Service and Transport Canada.
Thank you to our Sponsors
| PRESENTATIONS & PANEL ONE: Day 1 |
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| Government Agency Perspectives & Initiatives | |
| Canadian Coast Guard | Antonella Ferro |
| Transport Canada | Jey Rajasingham |
| Canadian Hydrographic Service | Mark Leblanc |
| St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation | Alain Godard |
| National Research Council – Part 1 | Fraser Winsor |
| Part 2 – Navigation in Ice | |
| Part 3 – Physics Simulation | |
| Part 4 – ‘Warm’ Ice Tank | |
| Part 5 – Testing of Lattice Planner Methodology (animation disabled) | |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Daniel Huang |
| U.S. Coast Guard | Dave Lewald |
| Panel One : Marine Environmental Initiatives – Navigating Complexity | |
| Clear Seas | Meghan Mathieson, Moderator |
| What are the environmental initiatives that impact mariners in Canada? | Miako Ushio, Shipping Federation of Canada |
| What are the challenges of incorporating evolving environmental requirements into voyage planning in Canadian waters? | Nathan Boutilier, British Columbia Coast Pilots |
| Chris Connor, Company of Master Mariners | |
| What are the best practices for communicating with mariners? | Antonella Ferro, Canadian Coast Guard |
| What are the lessons learned from the Proactive Vessel Management initiative? | Louise Murgatroyd, Transport Canada |
| Regional Activities & Initiatives | |
| The West Coast | Paul Devries, British Columbia Coast Pilots |
| The Great Lakes | Scott Porter, Canada Steamship Lines |
| Quebec / St. Lawrence River | Jean-François Belzile, Montreal Port Authority |
| The Atlantic | Darlene Sampson, Canadian Coast Guard |
| Port Collaborative Decision Making Initiatives in Canada | |
| Optimized Pilotage Service | Etienne Landry, Laurentian Pilotage Authority |
| Active Vessel Traffic Management System | Shri Madiwal, Vancouver-Fraser Port Authority |
| Collaborative Vessel Management System | Marc-André Morin, Canadian Coast Guard |
| Voyage Information System | Alain Godard, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation |
| PRESENTATIONS & PANEL TWO & BREAK OUT SESSIONS Day 2 |
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| Waterways Management, Training, Technical and Operational Developments | |
| A Canadian Maritime Single Window by 2024? | Karen Kancens, Shipping Federation of Canada |
| Physics-based Port Traffic Management System at Port of Vancouver | Shri Madiwal, Vancouver-Fraser Port Authority |
| Danker Kolijn, DHI Water & Environment Inc. | |
| Simulation to Safely Optimize Canadian Waterways
Part 1 – Pilot Challenges Part 2 – Virtuality based on reality Part 3 – Developing a ship model Part 4 – Pilots & Simulations Part 5 – Size of Vessels Part 6 – Data Validation Part 7 – Montreal 101 Jet Fuel Project (animation disabled) & Improving Waterways via Technology |
Alain Arsenault, National Center of Expertise on Maritime Pilotage |
| Bruno Boissoneault, CPSLC | |
| Pascal Rhéaume, CPBSL for the Maritime Simulation and Resource Centre | |
| Roger Williams, British Columbia Coast Pilots | |
| Panel Two: Building a Workforce of Diverse and Tech-Savy Mariners | |
| Canadian Marine Careers Foundation | Julia Fields, Moderator |
| How to recruit the next generation of mariners? | Linda Feuerhelm, British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| How to design the future fleet to support diversity? | Sowmya Iyathurai, Canadian Coast Guard |
| Can technology address the capacity gap and what new skill sets are required? | Alain Arsenault, National Centre of Expertise on Maritime Pilotage |
| What are Nautical Colleges doing to attract underrepresented groups? | Richard Haire, British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| What are shipowners doing to address the capacity gap? | Karen Ogidigben, Algoma Central Corporation |
| What more can Canada do? | Danielle Wensauer, Transport Canada |
| BREAK OUT SESSIONS | |
| Integration of nautical publicaiton layers (S-123, S-125 & S-127) into ECDIS; influencing international standards | Natacha Riendeau, Canadian Coast Guard |
| Breaking down barriers to address the workforce capacity gap | Linda Feuerhelm, British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| Navigating in a storm of digital data; effective integration of information for use by mariners | Meghan Mathieson, Clear Seas |