Interspill Academy (continued) On 21 and 22 June there will be courses each of 1 hr between 1730 – 1830 each day. The courses available are as follows: 21 JUNE
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COURSE CONTENT
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IOPC Funds/VNCI Coordinator:Mark Homan, IOPC Funds
HNS Reporting and contribution
Panel: IOPC Funds, VNCI
1730– 1830
This session will be a joint session with the IOPC Funds and a representative from VNCI (the Dutch Chemical Industry) and will commence with a short presentation of the basics of the HNS Convention and reporting guidelines, before proceeding into a face-face discussion with the representative from VNCI to discuss the issues faced by the chemical industry and questions / issues already resolved by the co-operation between the various parties engaged in the process of bringing into effect the provisions of the HNS Convention, especially dealing with reporting and contribution aspects under the Convention.
IOPC Funds/ IG P&I Coordinator: Chiara Della Mea, IOPC Funds
Pollution response claims
Panel: IOPC Funds, IG P&I Clubs
This interactive session will introduce how the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and the International Group of P&I Clubs deal with claims for compensation for response activities following an oil spill.
This one-hour session will focus on how achieve optimal cost recovery under the existing liability conventions.
It will introduce the liability system, before proceeding through a face-to-face panel discussion between Fund and IG Club representatives on what are the frequent issues encountered when dealing with response claims, including the contractual element of spill response, reasonableness and admissibility and record keeping and so on. 22 June 18001900
IOPC Funds/REMPEC Coordinator: Mark Homan, IOPC Funds Panel: IOPC Funds, REMPEC
18001900
IOPC Funds/ITOPF Coordinator: Chiara Della Mea, IOPC Funds Panel: IOPC Funds, ITOPF
18001900
Orbital EOS
HNS Tools and Guidelines
This session will be a joint session with the IOPC Funds and a representative from REMPEC (the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea) and will commence with a short presentation by the IOPC Funds, before proceeding into a face-face discussion with the representative from Rempec, concentrating on the tools, guidelines and plans already in place to deal with HNS incidents.
Claims for environmental damage and post spill studies
This one-hour session will focus on how claims for environmental damage and post-spill monitoring studies are covered and assessed under the existing international liability conventions. This interactive session will introduce how the international liability regime deals with claims for environmental damage and reinstatement measures claims, as well as claims for monitoring and post spill studies. It will then proceed to a face-to-face panel discussion between IOPC Funds and ITOPF representatives on what are the frequent issues encountered when dealing with claims for environmental damage and how claims for post-spill monitoring studies are assessed, all illustrated using practical examples of real life cases.
Satellite Surveillance -unbundling the myths!
A lot is spoken about what satellites can and cannot do in terms of visualising oil spills, other pollution, plastic and marine debris. This presentation outlines the capability of available satellites, their advantages, disadvantages but also how interpretation is changing and positively how their use can be merged into modelling tools to provide incident commanders with a powerful management tool.
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