IIMS looks forward to welcoming you to the two-day IIMS Canada Branch Conference 2025, taking place at the Waterfront Centre in Hamilton on 22 and 23 October.
The event is open to both in-person and online delegates and you do not need to be an IIMS member to attend and participate.
The timetable for this hybrid event organised by the IIMS Canada branch is as follows:
Wednesday 22nd October
9:00 – 9:30 Check-in and registration
09:30 – 10:15 Opening and welcome presentation by Mike Schwarz – A review of IIMS, the member benefits and current HQ initiatives
10:15 – 11:00 Rui Fernandes ~ Marine Lawyer/ Gardiner Roberts
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 – 12:00 Robert Bell ~ Applied Precision 3D Lidar Scanning /Digital Transformation
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 Vicki Gruber ~ Harbour Master, Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority.
13:30 – 14:15 Jami Buckley ~ BYD Naval Architect
14:15 – 15:00 Maciej Rynkiewicz /ABYC ~ Lithium Battery Systems and Installations on Small Craft
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee
15:15 – 16:00 Jan Willem de Jong Managing Director Neptunus Yachts
16:00 – 17:00 Prem Shankar (6.00am Victoria time, Australia)~ The NavalArch
17:30 – 21:00 Cocktail and dinner at Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (extra cost of CAN $95)
Thursday 23rd October
09:00 – 09:15: Opening remarks by Ed O’Connor. Regional Director – Canada
09:15 – 10:00: Mike Wall (8.15 pm Bangkok) ~ The Surveyor: ” Getting Paid ”
10:00 – 10:45 Luc Tremblay and Kurt Huck ~ Transport Canada ~ Small Vessel Compliance Program (SVCP)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 11:45: Anumeet Toor ~ Managing Liability for Marine Surveyors
11:45 – 12:30: Jordan Elliot~ Marine recycling corporation “ship recycling”
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00: Kamila B. Polus is Vice President of Aon’s Legal and Research Practice Group (LARP). ~ Cyber insurance and claims
14:00-14:45: Jose Duerte Thordon Bearings – Water Lubricated Stern Tube Bearings
15:00 – 15:45: Luc Tremblay and Kurt Huck ~ Transport Canada ~ Upcoming work at TC related to oversight and small vessels
15:45 – 16:15: Ed O’Connor, Mike Schwarz – Closing remarks
The cost of the event
In-person delegate: CAN $560 per head
Online virtual delegate: CAN $395 per head
A dinner is booked for the night of Wednesday 22nd at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (same location as the Waterfront Centre). The cost is just CAN $95 per head.
Please click to use the online booking form to reserve and pay for your place.
Special accommodation rate
The Sheraton hotel is the closest accommodation to the event for out-of-towners and has offered a discount on the rooms for those attending the IIMS Conference.