The President’s Column Dear IIMS Member
Good day from sunny Dubai. I write to you with a great deal of enthusiasm and optimism for 2019. I say this because it will be our UAE Branch’s 10th anniversary year. And in readiness, we have already kick started our preparations for the IIMS Dubai Conference to be held in November 2019. Our Conference partner will be Maritime Sky and the venue will be on board the famous Queen Elizabeth 2 which is docked at Port Rashid in the heart of old Dubai. As I write the final dates are being checked for any conflicts and you will be notified as soon as they are finalized.
We are extremely excited about the conference which will mark such a milestone and please accept this as an early invitation to those who intend participating at this conference. I personally assure you that it will be a conference well worth attending.
Saying that, we have had good response to our Marine Surveying International Fest webinar on the 6th and 7th November 2018 in which we collaborated with the Nautical Institute. I personally received a lot of positive responses
as to how it was conducted and a lot of kudos should go to the IIMS team at our headquarters at Portchester who were responsible for coordinating it and making it such a success. If I have one small observation is was that unfortunately we had very little involvement from the students and the younger members amongst our surveying fraternity. It was targeted towards those amongst our group who operate in inconvenient time zones and who do not have the opportunity to travel frequently. I sincerely hope that they have seen the value in it and will participate in the next one in larger numbers.
The IIMS Mumbai symposium which I attended on 10th October 2018 was a great success. One of the highlights was the attendance of the Indian Director General of Shipping, Dr. Malini Shankar who personally opened the conference. It was very rewarding to see the senior professionals amongst us, having such lively discussions at the end of practically every speaking session.
The conference was kept to a tight schedule by the organizer M/s. Offing and the presenters were required to keep strictly to their 20 minute slots. The audience made
a huge contribution on how the conference flowed and how it was received. Full marks to the Indian branch and we look forward to many more successful conferences like this.
In the meantime I have been receiving a large number of emails from members and there is a lot of positive feedback as to how the Institute has made a conscious effort to reach out to the global fraternity recently, its branches and the members who are operating far and wide. I look forward to working with Mike and his team at Headquarters to continue to make our institute move ahead with technological advances and a very positive outlook towards improving professionalism not just closer to home but also in the wider marine surveying fraternity globally.
I end with wishing each one of you a very happy holiday season with friends and family, and here’s to a great 2019 ahead.
Capt. Zarir Irani, President International Institute of Marine Surveying Email:
Capt.Irani@
constellationms.com
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