Marine Electrical and Control Systems safety under the spotlight

Delivering integrated, dependable, safe and reliable systems is the theme of MECSS 2015, the marine electrical and control systems safety conference, being held in Bristol on 24 and 25 November, which has attracted delegates from Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, UK, and USA.

MECSS 2015 has also attracted over 20 compelling and highly topical speakers, amongst them, opening morning keynote speaker Moritz Krijgsman, from HyPS Hybrid Power Systems, the Netherlands, the innovative company specialising in the design, development, delivery and service of hybrid power and propulsion systems for vessels.

Moritz Krijgsman intends exploring such angles as the objectives and requirements driving ‘new school’ ship owners and designers; the modern features to which these lead (using a state-of-the-art full hybrid explorer yacht as an example); and the new challenges these features invoke in electrical and electronics systems infrastructures.

“This will undoubtedly get our two-day conference off to a flying start,” says Kevin Daffey, MECSS 2015 Conference Chairman, and Global Head of Electrical Power and Control Systems, Rolls-Royce plc,

“and, as well as looking at emerging technology, our keynote speaker will touch on the topic that lies at the very heart of MECSS, the industry’s fundamental responsibility to make people at sea safer.”

Looking at the growing attendance list, Kevin Daffey, who will welcome delegates at the start of the first day of the event explains “The MECSS attendance list already reads like an industry ‘who’s who’. Organisations represented range from cruise ship operators such as Disney Cruise Line, to the UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Materiel Organisation of the Netherlands, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the Royal New Zealand Navy; from merchant vessels owners and operators including BP Shipping and Shell Shipping and Maritime Technology to academia including the universities of Manchester, Strathclyde and Twente; and also includes key players in both the supply chain and Class societies. We are delighted by the response from home and overseas and to be so well supported by Lloyd’s Register as our Principal Sponsor and GE Marine as Associate Sponsor.”