Provisional Programme Asia
Provisional Programme Asia
Provisional Programme Asia
19 OCTOBER 2021*
09:00 – 09:15
> OPENING OF THE WEBINAR
GMT
(Webinar Moderator: Bekir Sitki Ustaoglu, Head, Asia and Pacific Section, Technical Cooperation
19 October Division, IMO)
2021
Opening Address
Speaker: Heike Deggim, Director, Maritime Safety Division, IMO
09:40 – 09:50 Status of the Torremolinos Declaration and ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement
Speaker: Cagri Kucukyildiz, Technical Officer, Maritime Safety Division (IMO)
09:50 – 10:05 Lessons learned from the ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement
Speaker: Ragnhildur Hjaltadóttir, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Local
Government (Iceland)
10:35 – 11:45 > IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT
Video by Pew and panel discussion
Moderator: Tahiana Fajardo Vargas, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Speakers: Matthew Camilleri, Head, Fishing Operations and Technology Branch (FAO)
Brandt Wagner, Head, Transport and Maritime Unit, Sectoral Policies Department (ILO)
Brice Martin-Castex, Acting Head, Department of Member State Audit and Implementation
Support (IMO)
* There will be an hour-long testing session (08:00 to 09:00 GMT) before the actual programme starts on both days, in
order for the participants to familiarize with KUDO conferencing platform, and to test their connectivity and equipment.
Simultaneous interpretation for Chinese-English will be provided.
20 OCTOBER 2021*
09:00 – 09:20 > FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Effects of fisheries management policies on fishing safety
Speaker: TBC (Please contact the IMO Secretariat ([email protected]) if you would like to nominate
speaker(s) not later than 15 October 2021.)