Croatia´s 1st Ballast Water Management Conference

iluilliluiluilliluilU|| I llliluil il lil REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA M i nistarstvo pomorstva, prometa i infrastrukture 10000 Zagreb, Prisavlje 14 Tel: 01 / 6169 070.Fax:6195 956 KLASA: 303-03 / 16-01 / 152 URBROJ: 530-03-2-16-2 Zagreb, 22. srpnja 20 | 6. godine Subject: Croatia's l't Ballast Water Management Conference - Challenges and Options Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, 14-15 November 2016 Dear Madam/Sir On behalf of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia, I am pleased to invite you to participate atthe Croatia's 1" Ballast Water Management Conference - Challenges and Options. The Conference, otganized by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure and the Croatian Shipowners' Association in cooperation with the GEF-LINDP- IMO GloBallast Partnerships Programme and the Global Industry Alliance (GIA) will take place in Zagreb, Croatia 14 to 15 November 2016,withparticipation of different stakeholders, representatives of national authorities, shipping industry, technology developers, scientific community, educational institutions etc. The aim of this Conference is to discuss different aspects of ships' ballast water management, the requirements, challenges and options related to this important environmental issue and to enhance public-private partnership. We are expecting the Meeting would be addressed by the Secretary General of the International Maritime Or ganization. Please find a Draft Agenda attached for your attention. The practical Information note and a Registration form will be sent to you at a later stage. We are looking forward to welcoming you at this Conference, Yours sincerelv. Attachment: Draft Agenda  I fl----tr ffire I tNtGflNArrOilAL E MAFmMF I oRGAN|ZATTON croatia's 1't Ballast water Management conference - Ghallenges And options Zagreb, Republic if Croatia ,14-15 November 2016 DRAFT PROGRAMME Mondav. 14 November 2016 08.30 - 09.00 Registration 09.00 - 09.15 Welcome address Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and lnfrastructure Croatia of the Republic of 09.15 - 09.45 Key Opening address Mr. Kitak Lim, tMO Secretary_General (TBC) 09.45 - 10.15 Status and update on the BWM Convention Speaker: to be confirmed Markus Helavuori? 10.15 - 10.43 Coffee Break 10'45 - 1 1'45 BWM convention from the view of technology developers - opportunities and challenges Speaker: to be confirmed 11.45 - 12.45 what are the implementation challenges for the shipping industry? Speaker: to be confirmed /CS, tntertinko, nitz 12.45 - 13.15 plenary Discussion 13.15 - 14.30 Lunch break 14'30 - 15'00 What,are the challenges for administration and how to overcome it? speaker. one adminiitration that has not yet itiriea 15'00 - 15'30 The role of financial institutions in facilitating of the implementation of Convention Speaker: Stanislav Suprunenko, Principal Environmentat Advisor, EBRD 15.30 - 15.45 Goffee Break 15.45 - 16.15 psc Guiderines- what differs it from other psc Guiderines? Speaker: To be confirmed 16.15 - 16.45 New G-8 Guidetines Speaker: To be confirmed  16.45 - 17.15 Technology testing vis_a_vis pSC guidelines Speaker: To be confirmed 17.15 - 17.30 plenary Discussion and closing of Day 1 09.00 - 10.00 Bailast water Management- usA approach and practice Speaker: to be confirmed uSCG rep? 10.00 - 11.00 Baila:t Wgt-"t Management and Short Sea Shipping speaker: Maja Markovcic Kosterac, GtoBatttist'-Fp for croatia 11.00 - 11.1S Goffee Break 11.15 - 1 1.45 port Baselines Surveys _ what did we learn? Adnan Awad, lOl_SA 11 '45 - 12' 15 Risk Assessment related to the BWM convention - a practical approach Raphael Baumler, WMU 12.15 - 12.45 plenary Discussion 12.45- 13.00 Closing remarks