Upcoming Events
February

February 2012

February 2
7th Annual "Groundhog Day Event"
S.U.N.Y. Maritime College, Global Business and Transportation (GBAT) Department
S.U.N.Y. Maritime College Campus, Bronx, NY

Please join us at the 7th Annual "Groundhog Day Event"
S.U.N.Y. Maritime College
Global Business and Transportation (GBAT) Department
Presents Cutting-Edge Issues in Shipping
Thursday February, 02, 2012 from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Co-Chaired by Professor Jeffrey A. Weiss, Esq.,
and Professor Larry Howard, Chair of GBAT

Always free to all attendees, our event starts at 8:30 A.M. in the Special Events Room above Heritage Hall on the campus of S.U.N.Y. Maritime College in the Bronx, NY.

The Conference will begin with a Continental Breakfast at 8:00 am and Refreshments will provided throughout the day.

Presenters: (Listed in order of presentations see below for the Event's Full Agenda and Program)

*Mr. Alan Favicchio (UTC-Houston)
*Prof. F. Pelkowski (USCG/SUNY)
*Mr. James Maloney Esq. (Maritime Lawyer), '80
*Mr. Stefanos Ugbit (Student from BCC)
*Keynote: Mr. Matt Doherty (Chartering Manager,GENCO), '81

NAMEPA ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL:
Ms. Carleen Lyden-Kluss - Co-Founder/Executive Director
• Mr. Christopher Bastis - CEO Seagroup and NAMEPA Director
• Mr. David J. Dolan - HSQE Compliance Director - Roymar Ship Management
• Ms. Allison Tuttle - Chief Veterinarian - Sea Research Foundation

*Ms. Huaping Yang (ICAP Shipping), MS, '10
*Prof. Janis Schulmeisters (SUNY Maritime)

Click here to see the
AGENDA
For the 7th Annual Conference on Cutting-Edge Issues in Shipping

Visit the Official Event page on the SUNY Maritime College website

February 7
"Boom, Bust and the Aftermath of Bankruptcy" 18th Annual HACC & NACC Conference
Hellenic-American/Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, NY

Annual Joint Chambers of Commerce event looks at today and beyond

Examining strategies for survival is the focus of the 18th Annual Hellenic-American and Norwegian-American Chambers of Commerce Conference, often called the New York Shipping Conference. Entitled “Boom, Bust, the Aftermath of Bankruptcy and the Future”, the conference will present macro shipping and economic indicators, an overview of Chapters 7, 11 and 15, the many perspectives of restructuring, who are today’s capital providers, new frontiers and opportunities for ship design, and shipowners’ points of view. The event will be held on Tuesday, February 7th at the Waldorf-Astoria starting at 0815 with conference registration and coffee.

For information on program update and registering, click on this link. Contact for either Chamber (NACC +212 885 9737 or HACC +212 629 6380) or shipping@ntcny.org.

The cost for HACC/NACC members is $655 (additional members from the same company $575) and non-members is $775.

 
February 23 & 24
SMA Maritime Arbitration Course
Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.
Best Western Seaport Hotel, New York, NY

The Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc. (SMA) is pleased to announce a two day course:
MARITIME ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK

Dates: February 23 and 24, 2012
Location: Best Western Seaport Hotel, 33 Peck Slip, New York, NY 10038
(in the historic South Street Seaport District in Downtown Manhattan)

THE COURSE: MARITIME ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK UNDER SMA RULES

The SMA will again offer its popular, comprehensive two–day seminar on “Maritime Arbitration in
New York under SMA Rules”, for the 8th consecutive year, on February 23 and 24, 2012 at the Best Western Seaport Hotel, 33 Peck Slip, New York, NY 10038 (in the historic South Street Seaport District in Downtown Manhattan).

This course is offered to help further and promote the fair, just, ethical and cost effective resolution of
charter-party and other maritime contract disputes by arbitration in New York. Jeffrey Weiss, Esq., Professor of Maritime Law at New York Maritime College, with over 25 years of college and graduate-level teaching experience, will again be the lead instructor.

To read more about the course, click here.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course will be especially valuable to professionals in the shipping business who are users of the
maritime arbitration process. Attendees from shipowners, chartered vessel operators, maritime claims adjustors, insurers, traders and export/import companies should find the course an efficient way to gain an understanding of the current practices in New York maritime arbitration proceedings.

The course will also be uniquely beneficial to newly admitted maritime attorneys or lawyers with less
than two years practice experience or those seeking a more comprehensive understanding of the process.

REGISTRATION: Please complete the registration form here and return to the SMA.

Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.
30 Broad Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-344-2400; Fax: 212-344-2402;
Email: info@smany.org
Web: www.smany.org