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Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference was held in 2007. “A combination of factors has made this happen,” says Mike Porter, Riviera Maritime Media’s events director: “a high quality conference programme, the value we put on networking opportunities and, of course, the people who attend: delegates, speakers and chairmen. “The event effectively sold out in 2011 and we had to move this year’s conference to a bigger venue in London to accommodate the increasing demand from people, companies and others wanting to take part. The Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference is now recognised as the global offshore support industry get-together of the year. Six conferences have proved that, and show that this popularity is growing steadily. “Moving to the Lancaster Hotel in 2012 was a great success: delegate capacity was


filled, and the exhibition


was oversubscribed, even though we could accommodate twice as many exhibitors as


even bigger and better D


elegate and exhibitor numbers have grown each year


since the first


the previous year,” Mike says. Riviera


constantly reviews the event,


and feedback from attendees this year gave it – and its new home – a big ‘thumbs up’. “The Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference might as well win a ‘conference of the year’ award!” said Inga Scholz, general manager, Guido Perla & Associates. Chris Williams, commercial director, Graig Offshore,


thought the event was “one of the most professionally run shipping conferences I have attended, the hotel staff were first class˝.


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“The new venue allows us to take the event to the next level in 2013,” Mike Porter says. “It will be even bigger, and we expect to be welcoming up to 500 delegates and 50 exhibitors”. But the conference will retain the features that have made it so popular. “We


recognise the importance of


sticking to a winning formula while also introducing initiatives such as conference streams and the Annual Offshore Support Journal Awards. “We


market wants. Even though the conference continues to grow to satisfy demand, we recognise the need to retain the original principles, established when the event was first launched, offering the right balance of information


gathering, networking and 2011 2012


bringing together industry stakeholders to discuss business opportunities”. The seventh Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference, in 2013, will be able to accommodate up to 50 exhibitors. Sales of these spaces has already started. “To avoid disappointment, I urge you to reserve a


take care to provide what the


for knowledge, networking and debate


John van Os, Damen Shipyards All the decision makers come to this conference and because of the people attending it is a very high networking conference. The level of papers and quality of people attending means it is important for our business


Arnstein Eknes, DNV Again a great opportunity to refresh my own insight and network, and learning from a wide range of skilled speakers sharing their own perspective of their industry


Rasmus Stute, Germanischer Lloyd Excellently organised conference with extremely valuable content


Bas Oskam, Huisman Equipment Great mix of learning, networking and business opportunities


Haydn Jones, Fugro An excellent event at an excellent location


Tony Concagh, Stephenson Harwood This continues to be one of the few events in this market that I will try my best to attend. It is also an event which I recommend to others in the market


Terry Brown, Gulf Offshore Gets you into the thick of the current topics, great networking


Inga Scholz, Guido Perla & Associates OSJ might as well win "conference of the year" award! You guys do an excellent job throughout the entire event! Thank you!


Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference and Awards 2013


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