Western Australia is getting ready to welcome visiting speakers and delegates from overseas and around Australia to the national Marine Safety Conference being held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth from 22 to 24 August. Themed ‘Safe Passage to a Marine Nation’, the conference has been organised by the National Marine Safety Committee (NMSC).
US Coast Guard’s Boating Manager Jeff Hoedt and ABC Television’s ‘New Inventor of the Year 2009’ for his new safety propeller design, Colin Chamberlain, are just two of the 35-strong fleet of experts set to present at the conference.Jeff Hoedt is looking forward to visiting Australia “to share the US Coast Guard’s best practice in boating safety and marine rescue,” part of the two-day program with other international experts such as Irish Water Safety’s John Leech, Canadian FishSafe’s Gina Johansen, Michigan State University’s Dr Ed Mahoney and Maritime New Zealand’s Catherine Taylor.
WA’s Minister for Transport Simon O’Brien will officially open the conference and several Western Australian marine experts are on board. Geoff Ellis, President of the Boating Industry Association of WA, said it is fitting the conference is coming to Perth. “WA is a terrific location for a forum of this kind,” Mr Ellis said, “we have a far reaching maritime industry and our state is the nation’s second biggest manufacturer of boats and the largest in terms of custom-built vessels.”
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