Capt Nick Sloane (leſt) receiving an Honorary Fellowship


Additionally, three Blue Water awards were presented. This award is given to someone externally who has made a significant contribution to the Institute. Mike Schwarz presented one to Mark Ford, IMCA Technical Director and to Michelle D’Silva and Shreya Shirodkar, both from eDot Sulitions, the company behind the various Apps that have been engineered for the Institute.


Donations at the Conference dinner for the President’s chosen charity, the Jubilee Sailing Trust, made the sum of £363. IIMS has doubled this and has donated £726 to the Jubilee Sailing Trust in Southampton.


A full report on the event and transcript of Mike Schwarz’s dinner speech is at: https:// bit.ly/2J40rWL.


Mark Ford, IMCA Technical Director (leſt) receiving a Blue Water award


Shreya Shirodkar (leſt) and Michelle D’Silva (right) each receiving a Blue Water award


Said Hilary Excell, Director, Marine Surveying Academy, “Great to return to the superb venue at Regent’s University with spacious rooms, loads of character


and atmosphere, and a welcoming team to support the IIMS Conference and eCMID AVI Seminar. The speakers were fascinating, everything from client expectations of surveyors to cyber security - what a mix. The eCMID AVI day was interactive as we have come to expect with lively detailed discussions all day long. It is always a pleasure to meet IIMS members and AVIs, putting names to faces, as well as catching up with old friends. We are now very much looking forward to our next two eCMID AVI events in Singapore on 7th and 8th August, and Amsterdam on 26th September.”


Camella Robertson, IIMS Membership Secretary said, “Its great to see members from all over the world meeting each other and networking, some for the first time, and others who haven’t seen each other for years reconnecting. The personal interaction for me was a highlight especially as most of our communications are done over email. I finally got to talk to them face to face.”


Craig Williams, IIMS Graphic Designer, said, “The highlight of the conference for me was being in awe at an iceberg being delivered from Antarctica to South Africa (the country I grew up in) and the low point was finding out that it hadn’t actually happened yet!”


David Parsons, Certifying Authority Administrator said, “It was hard to know what to expect from my first IIMS conference, but I was not disappointed. The dinner in particular was superb, a beautiful setting.”


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