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16th February |
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| 9.30 |
Registration and warm coffee |
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Chairman: Professor Pentti Kujala, Aalto University |
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| 10.00 |
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS |
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| 10.10-13.10 |
THE BOW TO THE NORTH |
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| 10.10 |
KEYNOTE SPEECH: THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTES: FINNISH VIEWS |
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Mr Hannu Halinen, Arctic Ambassador of Finland, Arctic Council |
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| 10.40 |
SEA ICE CONDITIONS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND BALTIC – NOW AND FUTURE |
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Mr Jari Haapala, Head of Group, PhD, Marine Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute |
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| 11.10 |
HOW TO MAKE THE NORTHERN ROUTES COST-EFFECTIVE? |
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Mr Niko Ristikankare, Vice President, Shipping and Terminals, Neste Oil Ltd |
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| 11.40 |
Sleet break |
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| 12.00 |
NEED FOR ICE BREAKING CO-OPERATION AT THE GULF OF FINLAND |
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Capt. Oleg Glukhov, Deputy Harbour Master on Branch Affairs, Sea Port of Saint Petersburg |
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| 12.30 |
WINTERIZATION OF SHIPS AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS, AN IMPORTANT PART OF SAFE OPERATION IN COLD CLIMATE |
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Mr Morten Mejlænder-Larsen, Director, Arctic Operation and Technology, Det Norske Veritas |
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| 13.00 |
COMMENTING THE MORNING SESSION |
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| 13.10 |
Lunch |
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| 14.20-17.00 |
ICE IS A CHALLENGE, NOT AN OBSTACLE |
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| 14.20 |
MERCHANT SHIP FLEET CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ICEBREAKER SERVICE – EXPERIENCES FROM WINTER 2011 |
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Ms Leena Vedenpää, Naval Architect, ILS Oy |
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| 14.50 |
CHALLENGES OF THE DYNAMIC ICEFIELD |
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Professor Pentti Kujala, Aalto University |
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| 15.20 |
Hail break |
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| 15.50 |
MULTIFUNCTIONAL ICEBREAKING VESSELS - INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR HARSH CONDITIONS |
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Mr Esko Mustamäki, Managing Director, Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. |
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| 16.20 |
SHIPREPAIRS IN COLD AND HARSH CONDITIONS |
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Mr Hans Sundqvist, Managing Director, Turku Repair Yard Ltd |
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| 16.50-17.00 |
COMMENTING THE SESSIONS AND ENDING OF THE DAY |
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| 18.30 |
FROZEN EVENING - Special programme outside Saariselkä, far from the busy world, under the northern sky
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Dinner by the open fire à la Lapland |
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| Friday |
17th February |
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Chairman: Mr Tero Vauraste, President, Arctia Shipping Ltd |
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| 9.00 |
CHAIRMANS'S OPENING REMARKS: Effective Future Use of Icebreaker Resources in the Northern Hemisphere |
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| 9.10-11.50 |
IT'S COLD OUT THERE! |
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| 9.10 |
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN FACTOR IN WINTER NAVIGATION SYSTEMS |
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Mr Jarkko Toivola, Chief Maritime Specialist, Head of Winter Navigation Unit, Finnish Transport Agency TraFi |
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| 9.40 |
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO COLD |
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Mr Hannu Rintamäki, Professor, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and University of Oulu |
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| 10.10 |
Snow break |
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| 10.40 |
COLD CLIMATE EVACUATION AND SURVIVAL |
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Mr Sami Raappana, Manager, Survival Training Unit, Meriturva Maritime Safety Training Centre |
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| 11.10 |
EXPERIENCES FROM AN ICE BREAKER |
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Captain Matti Björkman, Arctia Shipping Ltd |
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| 11.40 |
COMMENTING THE MORNING SESSION |
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| 11.50 |
Lunch |
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| 12.50-16.00 |
MAKING ICE OUR BUSINESS |
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| 12.50 |
CURRENT STATUS OF ICE NAVIGATION TRAINING IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA |
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Mr Vladimir Kuzmin, Senior Lecturer, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy |
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| 13.20 |
MATCHING OFFSHORE AND ICE BREAKING - CHALLENGE OR MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? |
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Mr Anders Backman, Fleet Manager, Arctic Operations, Rederi AB TransAtlantic |
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| 13.50 |
Ice break |
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| 14.20 |
CHALLENGES OF PLANNING AND EXECUTING NSR TRANSIT BY SUEZMAX TANKER |
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Mr Igor Pankov, Chief Safety & Quality Officer SovComFlot |
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| 14.50 |
NEW POLAR SUPPLY AND RESEARCH VESSEL |
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Mr Jukka Vasama, Manager Naval Architecture, STX Finland Oy |
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| 15.20 |
CONTRACTUAL AVOIDANCE OF ICE DAMAGES – THE RIGHT INSURANCE AND CHARTERPARTY CLAUSES FOR DIFFICULT ICE CONDITIONS |
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Mr Peter Ivar Sandell, Senior Lecturer, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technology and Maritime Management Rauma |
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| 15.50-16.00 |
DISCUSSION AND PACKING THE ICE |
