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:
Tuesday 22nd October
9:00-9:30 Check-in – Room 1 for Commercial surveying OR Room 2 for Small Craft surveying
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 Room 1 – Rui Fernandes ~ Marine Lawyer/ Gardiner Roberts
10:15 – 11:00 Room 2 – Maciej Rynkiewicz /ABYC ~ Lithium Battery Systems and Installations on Small Craft
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 – 12:00 Room 1 – Robert Bell ~ Applied Precision 3D Lidar Scanning /Digital Transformation
11:15 – 12:00 Room 2 – Transport Canada ~ Small Craft Compliance program
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 Room 1 – Vicki Gruber ~ Harbour Master, Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority.
12:45 – 13:30 Room 2 – Small craft technical presentation (to be confirmed)
13:30 – 14:15 Jami Buckley ~ BYD Naval Architect
14:15 – 15:00 Mike Schwarz – Standards and the Marine Surveying Practitioner Scheme
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee
15:15 – 16:00 Jan Willem de Jong Managing Director Neptunus Yachts
16:00 – 17:00 Prem Shanker (6.00am Victoria time, Australia)~ The NavalArch
17:30 – 21:00 Cocktail and dinner at Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (extra cost of CAN $95)
Wednesday 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 ~ Transport Canada
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 11:45: William Sharp ~ Lawyer
11:45 – 12:30: Jordan Elliot~ Marine recycling corporation “ship recycling”
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00: Andrea Arce Rojas Aon’s Vice President and National Financial Lines Claims Lead. In-house legal professional with particular emphasis on managing Directors and Officers, Errors and Omissions, Cyber, Crime and Fidelity losses, and experienced in dealing with complex multiline coverage issues. “ Cyber insurance and claims”
14:00-14:45: Jose Duerte Thordon Bearings – Water Lubricated Stern Tube Bearings
15:00-15:30: 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 Tuesday 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.