Recent Conferences in London, UK
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ACI’s inaugural Emission Control Conference takes place on Wed 30th June & Thu 1st July 2010 in Central London, UK. As the consumer pressure to be green on the global shipping industry increases, it is essential for the shipping industry to develop a common approach to the global environmental challenges and climate change. The shipping industry is gearing up to take advantage of the growing international trade by meeting the needs of their customers. This event will reveal real solutions towards minimising emissions through technical, operational and market-based measures.
Shipping’s contribution to worldwide emissions cannot be overlooked. As the international legislation on environmental impact of shipping and cutting-edge technologies to control emissions develop at a fast pace, it is essential for businesses to successfully adapt to these changes. At this Emission Control event learn how you can improve your environmental record through new technological and operational strategies, and utilise the fantastic networking opportunities to meet your business goals. You will benefit from hearing industry leaders share their experiences, case-studies and real solutions towards ensuring efficient emission control. The event will also look at the long term implications of market-based initiatives to tackle emissions and development of carbon trade in shipping.
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The importance of LNG supply to the world is ever increasing. LNG is emerging as a one of the most viable alternative fuels to oil and holds significant financial and environmental advantages. ACI’s Future of LNG Shipping will deliver the market insight and financial analysis required to run successful LNG shipping operations.
As global economies prepare to expand LNG operations it is vital the shipping community adapts to the changes in demand and supply. This inaugural event will uncover the pitfalls for investment and identify the barriers to entry into LNG shipping. Join this selection of high end industry stakeholders and experts in establishing the future for LNG shipping operations.
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Evaluating Business Development Opportunities across the Value Chain in Established & Growing Markets.
ACI’s World LNG Markets will bring together senior business development executives and market experts from across the entire value chain of the global LNG industry to discover, consider and discuss the latest advancements in major LNG projects as well as future developments affecting your business.
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ACI’s 3rd Ballast Water Management offers vital insight into the latest developments within the industry, updating on current regulations and the latest effective technologies. This is the opportunity to learn the benefits and disadvantages of the approved ballast water systems and alternative systems in the process of being approved. Understand the retrofitting process and the systems ideal for specific vessel types, and identify the costs and returns on investments ahead of the ratification date of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention.
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ACI’s 4th Maritime Risk Management Conference will address the most relevant risk management and safety issues currently faced by the maritime industry and examine how the industry is managing those risks to maintain onboard safety standards and drive profitability.
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ACI’s 2nd Offshore Support Vessel event will follow on from our previous successful conference. The conference will seek to address the key challenges which are currently facing the OSV market, and how they best overcome. This will be looked at from a technical perspective, examining the major operational issues and technical advances.
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ACI’s 2nd Annual Ship Management Conference follows on from the success of our inaugural conference in February 2009. Over the past year relationships between owners and managers have become strained, costs for owners to outsource their commercial, technical and crewing management have spiralled as ship managers struggle to cope with rising costs. The event will tackle issues that have arisen for owners and managers when managing their ships in the current economic climate. Topics include finance, the environment, crewing, piracy and predictions concerning the future of ship management. Attendees will also hear about the strategies shipowners and managers putting in place to achieve greater competitive advantage in the economic upturn.
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Uncovering Trends, Discovering Opportunities and Meeting Challenges
ACI’s European Base Oils and Lubricants Summit will bring together European base oil and lubricant experts from oil majors, base oil and lubricant manufacturers, additive companies and technology providers as well as leading academics. The event will look at current economic trends and discuss the key challenges and opportunities in order to facilitate success and growth for the European base oil and lubricant industry.
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ACI’s 4th Green Shipping conference is offering detailed insights into the latest developments in national, regional and international regulations pertaining to SOx, NOx and CO2 and particulates. This conference will feature case studies and expert presentations on how the leading shipping industry players are rising to the challenge in implementing regulatory emission reduction measures. In this highly interactive event, shipowners and managers will be brainstorming with equipment manufacturers, industry associations and other stakeholders on the most cost-effective and efficient ways to mitigate emissions; switch to low-sulphur distillates or using abatement technology to mitigate emission and the initiatives to reduce greenhouse gasses.
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Achieving Safety Excellence in the Oil & Gas Industry
ACI’s Safety Management in Oil & Gas event will bring together senior executives and experts from the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry to share past experiences, discuss current challenges and develop future strategies in order to maximise the safety of their operations.
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ACI’s 5th Maritime HR & Crew Development follows on from the success of our last event in highlighting the most topical crew management issues within the maritime industry. The escalating cost of recruiting, retaining and training crew is having an impact on the profitability of shipping companies. Shipping organisations is also under pressure to raise the standards of seafarers to maximise operational efficiency and safety. This timely event will look at the real answers to these issues and the solutions that can be put in place to propel your organisation to the next level in the short and long term.
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Exploring bunkering strategies to meet economic and environmental goals in the current economic climate
ACI’s 2nd Bunker Fuel Management event will follow on from the previous event with latest issues exploring the most topical issues in bunkering such as high cost, fuel quality and stability, availability and environmental pressures. This highly relevant event will explore how ship operators are managing bunker challenges is today’s economic climate and the best-practices employed to increase competitiveness. This event will provide a platform for shipowners, managers and other stakeholders to share ideas and actively discuss the most topical issues in the management of bunkering fuels.
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Protecting your Organisation by Recruiting a Secure Workforce
ACI’s Vetting Employees Conference will give you the tools and techniques to vet
new and existing employees in order to protect your business and your workforce.
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ACI’s Recruiting Foreign Nationals Conference will explore major changes to UK legislation and what employers must do to ensure they create a strategy that is compliant, adhering to legislative changes, protecting employees and delivering bottom line success.
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Staying Afloat: Intelligent Solutions for the Shipping Industries
ACI’s 3rd Ship Finance & Economics Summit will explore the availability of financing options in the midst of the global credit crunch and the most viable ways of accessing these facilities. Attendees will discuss the latest challenges and developments in this rapidly changing industry. The event will provide a platform for ship-owners, managers and financial institutions to build confidence in the exchange of ideas, investigating the best available financing methods for securing long term business continuity and competitiveness.
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Managing Modern Risks to Maintain Safety Standards and Increase Profitability
ACI’s 3rd Maritime Risk Management Conference will address the most topical risk management and safety issues currently faced by the maritime industry and examine how the industry is managing those risks to maintain onboard safety standards and drive profitability.
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ACI’s inaugural Health, Safety and Environment for Oil & Gas conference aims to drive world – class thinking on HSE best- practices in the oil & gas industry to the next level. The strong demand for oil & gas products have now pushed HSE issues to the forefront of the industry and you will have the opportunity to hear from your industry peers and discover the hottest developments in the effective management of health, safety & environment for the oil & gas industry.
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Increasing the ultimate recovery factor through efficient EOR and reservoir management strategies
ACI’s Optimising EOR Strategy summit will provide a unique platform for senior production executives from the global oil industry to discover, consider and discuss the latest strategies and technologies in order to maximise the ultimate recovery factor from operating fields.
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Answering the challenge through education, recruitment, retention and development ACI’s timely event will bring together senior HR executives from the global oil and gas industry to address the burning issue of the imminent Big Crew Change and develop the most effective strategies to ensure a talented and innovative future.
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ACI’s inaugural Energy Efficiency for Commercial Buildings conference, taking place in February 2009 in Central London, UK, will consider the key roles of cutting-edge technologies in reducing the cost of energy consumption for leading commercial organisations. This will in turn result in reducing the carbon foot-print of your organisation. Our leading panel of speakers will address the latest challenges and developments within this rapidly changing sector.
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ACI’s 2nd Antibodies in Discovery & Development Conference will assess the challenges and opportunities in the transformation of antibodies into successful therapeutic treatments. The programme focuses on the business strategies and novel technologies currently in use to aid the advancement of antibodies through the drug development pipeline and ultimately delivering greater and better drugs to the market.
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Conference will explore the availability of financing options in the midst of the global credit crunch and the most cost-effective ways of accessing these products. Shipowners are now seeking the most cost-efficient way of financing their new builds which will ensure their competitiveness in the coming years.
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ACI's Biomarkers in Drug Development Conference will address the latest applications of biomarkers within drug discovery and development, with a key focus on integrating biomarkers earlier in clinical development, and maximising their use as part of a personalised approach to treatment.
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Leveraging communications technologies to achieve competitive advantage
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ACI’s Clinical Drug Safety Conference will address the challenges in monitoring and maintaining drug safety strategies throughout clinical trials. Understand how to apply innovative strategic approaches to effectively manage clinical safety; discover key developments in the handling, analysis and reporting of adverse events during trials and understand the regulators requirements with the aim of speeding drugs to market whilst mitigating the risk of recall.
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Active Communications International’s inaugural Driving Green Aviation Conference will address the challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainability within the air travel industry with a specific focus on policy, technology and management environmental solutions. Furthermore, the conference will explore best practice in communicating the industry’s commitment to the environment.
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Following the success of the 2007 meeting, ACI's 2nd Imaging in Clinical Trials event will consider the use of imaging technologies as a key tool in the drive to support and maximise the effectiveness and accuracy of clinical trial studies.
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Maritime Risk Management conference will address the most topical risk management and safety issues facing the maritime industry and examine how the industry is managing those risks to drive productivity and profitability.
The event will feature practical case-studies from your industry peers highlighting how these risks are being effectively managed to achieve lower costs, increase productivity and business continuity, thus achieving competitive advantage.
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