The International Maritime Organization (IMO), World Maritime University (WMU) and the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) working group of the Arctic Council have announced a call for papers for a joint International Conference on Safe and Sustainable Shipping in a Changing Arctic Environment (ShipArc 2015), to be held from 25 to 27 August 2015 at WMU in Malmö, Sweden.
As an increasingly ice-diminished environment in the Arctic accelerates interest in and potential for new maritime trade routes, merchant transportation, and resource development such as mining, oil & gas exploration, tourism and fishing, all of which will involve increased shipping activity, ShipArc 2015 will provide a timely opportunity to address pressing issues regarding the rapidly changing Arctic environment.
IMO adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) in November 2014, and safe and environmentally sound Arctic shipping has long been an important theme among the Arctic Council’s priorities. The World Maritime University plays a key role in conducting research on and building capacity in Arctic issues and governance.
As the pace of development and related activity in the Arctic marine environment challenges the world’s capacity to prepare for it in a safe and sustainable way, ShipArc 2015 will provide a timely opportunity to engage those proposing and engaging in resource development and shipping, those most likely impacted by Arctic shipping (for example, coastal communities and indigenous peoples) and those responsible for its wise and sustainable management, to come together in an international symposium to discuss a forward-looking regulatory, governance, research and capacity-building agenda that will define and assist in achieving safe and sustainable shipping in a changing Arctic environment.
The opening address for the event will be delivered by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu. Themes to be addressed throughout the three-day event include:
• The Polar Code: Implementation & Compliance Assurance
• Beyond the Polar Code
• Arctic Governance
• Sustainable Arctic Business Development
• Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
• Training, Capacity-Building, Science & Research
Call for Papers
Papers under all themes will inform and enrich the conference discussions. The abstract submission deadline is 31 May 2015 to [email protected]
Source: IMO
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