Programme

 

Monday - October 23rd, 2017

0830-1715

Conference Registration

0900-1015

CONFERENCE OPENING AND WELCOMING REMARKS

  • Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University (WMU)
  • Mr. Lawrence Barchue, Assistant IMO Secretary-General/Director, Member State Audit and Implementation Support
  • Ms. Anna Ferry, Ambassador of Sweden in Lima
  • Vice Admiral Manuel Váscones, Directorate of Captaincies and

Coastguard (DICAPI) - Inauguration of the Conference

  • Official Photo (Main Table)
  • WMU Pin Ceremony
  • WMU song

 

PANEL 1 - THE MARITIME SECTOR

1015-1100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session I

Moderator: Mr. Lawrence Barchue, Assistant IMO Secretary-General/Director, Member State Audit and Implementation Support

  • Mr. Dwight Gardiner, Ambassador & Director, Registrar General Antigua and Barbuda Flag Administration - Opportunities and Potential for the Maritime Sector in the Caribbean Region in Light of the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Admiral Carlos Ortega Muñiz, Commander V Naval Region, Secretary of the Mexican Navy, SEMAR - Maritime Authority of Mexico of the XXI Century
  • Ms. Claudia Kay Grant, Deputy Director General, Maritime Authority of Jamaica - Promoting Sustainable Maritime Transportation - the Imperatives for Maritime Administrations in Jamaica and the Caribbean

1100-1130

Coffee Break

1130-1230

 

Session II

Moderator: Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President WMU

  • Lieutenant Commander Ronald Alfred, Director Maritime Services Division, Ministry of Works and Transport of Trinidad & Tobago - 2017 the year of the Audits and more in Trinidad & Tobago
  • Rear Admiral Ivan Valenzuela Bosne, WMU Board of Governors Member, DIRECTEMAR - Regional Conference of the Americas Maritime and Port Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in the Light of the Sustainable Development Objectives (SDGs)

Q&A

1230-1400

Participants Photo

Lunch (International Attendees)

 

PANEL 2 - SHIPPING AND THE PORT SECTOR

1400-1530

Moderator: Rear Admiral Ivan Valenzuela Bosne, WMU Board of Governors Member, DIRECTEMAR

  • Mr. Guillermo Bouroncle Calixto, Manager of the National Port Authority of Peru - Peruvian Port System and Sustainable Development
  • Mrs. Margarita Dávila, Oil Trading Shipping Consultant - Situation of the Maritime Transport of Hydrocarbons in Ecuador and challenges
  • Mr. Alfredo Siles, Chartering Seascape Logistic and Management Services - Shipowners and Shipping Operators - What do we contribute?
  • Mr. Juan Carlos Croston, Vice President Marketing & Corporate Affairs of Manzanillo International Terminal-Panama - Maritime and port sector: a channel approach

Q&A

1530-1600

Coffee Break

 

PANEL 3 - POST GRADUATE MARITIME AND OCEANS EDUCATION

1600-1715

Moderator: Dr. Larry Hildebrand, Professor, WMU

  • Dr. Takeshi Nakasawa, Executive Director, International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) - Does traditional MET need postgraduate qualification
  • Mr. Julio Sanchez Vega, President of the Venezuelan Lawyer Associations - Education in Maritime & Port Law in Venezuela
  • Rear Admiral Mario Germán Rodríguez Viera - Head of Naval Training, Instruction and Education of the Colombian Navy - Sea View Education

Q&A

1900

COCKTAIL RECEPTION – DICAPI, LOS DELFINES HOTEL

 

Tuesday - October 24rd, 2017

0900-0930

SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  • Dr. Larry Hildebrand, Professor, WMU - Setting the Context for Sustainable Development
  • Mr. Kristoffer Eliasson, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden in Lima - The Blue Economy: challenges and opportunities

 

PANEL 4 - PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND OCEANS GOVERNANCE

0930-1100

Moderator: Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President WMU

  • Mr. Jorge Barakat Pitty, Panama’s Minister of Maritime Affairs, Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority - Challenges and Opportunities of the Port Maritime Sector from the Perspective of Panama
  • Mr. Ricardo Sanchez, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - The port and maritime transport sustainable development agenda
  • Ms. Sara Zelaya, Head of Marine Environment Protection Department, General Directorate of the Merchant Marine of Honduras - Marine and Port Environmental Management in Honduras: Challenges and Progress
  • Captain Juan Carlos Frias, International Maritime Affairs, Argentine Navy - Conserve and govern in a sustainable way the oceans, seas and marine resources

Q&A

1100-1130

Coffee Break

 

PANEL 5 - WMU´s LEADERS

1130-1300

Moderator: Dr. Maria Carolina Romero Lares, Associate Professor WMU

  • Rear Admiral Angel Alfredo Tello Gillardi, Commander of the Second Naval Zone of Peru, DICAPI - UMM leaders in the region
  • Ms. Analia Viggiano, Captain, Argentine Naval Prefecture - Training as a central axis in the safety of navigation
  • Ms. Deniece Aiken, Director, Legal Affairs, Caribbean Maritime University - The 5 rules of Leadership

Q&A

1300-1430

Lunch Break (International Attendees)

 

Panel 6 - Roundtable Discussion

1430-1530

Moderator: Rear Admiral Gonzalo Jáuregui Barrenechea, DICAPI

1530-1600

Closing ceremony:

Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, WMU

Vice Admiral Manuel Santiago Váscones Morey, DICAPI

 

Cocktail RECEPTION - Embassy of Sweden Lima

(by invitation only)

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

0900-1200

Visit to the Port of El Callao and to the Polar Ship B.A.P. “Carrasco”, with lunch on board the ship