IMCA’s North American Regional Meeting returns to Houston on Wednesday 15 October 2024.

IMCA’s regular regional meetings bring our Members together to discuss industry issues, trends, and developments, explore the latest from IMCA’s technical teams, and offer a great opportunity to meet colleagues from across the industry.

As with previous meetings, attendees will hear from our Technical team. From IMCA, Richard Purser, Technical Adviser – Marine will be joined by Margaret Fitzgerald, Head of Legal & Advisory, David Slater, Technical Adviser – Diving. Also in attendance from IMCA's business development team will be Bruce Gresham and Dustin Varnell. 

The Regional Meeting takes place at The ARK by Norris in Houston. Places are free to anyone working for an IMCA Member; however, they are extremely limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

 

Featured speakers

Gustavo Garcia Hernandez

Gustavo Garcia Hernandez

TechnipFMC

Mark Wieneke

Mark Wieneke

Aqueos Corporation

Diving Manager

Jose Owens

Jose Owens

American Marine Corporation

Operations Manager

Sean Hogue

Sean Hogue

Baker Marine Solutions

Senior Vice President Operations

Morning programme

Registration

08:00 – 08:30 – Registration

Foyer

Arrivals, registration and networking

Welcome

08:30 – 08:45 – Welcome

Cypress room

Chair of IMCA North America on safety, welcome, introductions, and a competition law compliance policy reminder.

Welcome

Adam Dushinke

TechnipFMC | Director of Operations

IMCA update

08:45 – 09:00 – IMCA update

Cypress room

IMCA update

Richard Purser

IMCA | Technical Adviser – Marine

Human elements – Tool box talks

09:00 – 09:20 – Human elements – Tool box talks

Cypress room

Human elements – Tool box talks

Gustavo Garcia Hernandez

TechnipFMC |

Safety – Presentation TBC

09:20 – 09:40 – Safety – Presentation TBC

Cypress room

MOC

09:40 – 10:00 – MOC

Cypress room

MOC

Mark Wieneke

Aqueos Corporation | Diving Manager

Coffee break

10:00 – 10:40 – Coffee break

Foyer

Refreshments and networking opportunities.

Presentation TBC

10:40 – 11:10 – Presentation TBC

Cypress room

Session from US Coastguard / BSEE.

IMO Update

11:10 – 11:50 – IMO Update

Cypress room

IMO Update

Margaret Fitzgerald

IMCA | Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs

Q&A

11:50 – 12:00 – Q&A

Cypress room

Q&A with our panel of speakers.

Networking lunch

12:00 – 13:00 – Networking lunch

Foyer

Afternoon programme

Presentation – TBC

13:00 – 13:20 – Presentation – TBC

Cypress room

Topic and speaker from IMCA – TBC.

Underwater Ships Husbandry

13:20 – 13:40 – Underwater Ships Husbandry

Cypress room

Underwater Ships Husbandry

David Slater

IMCA | Technical Adviser – Diving

Diving – Guidance update

13:40 – 14:00 – Diving – Guidance update

Cypress room

Diving – Guidance update

Jose Owens

American Marine Corporation | Operations Manager

Coffee break

14:00 – 14:30 – Coffee break

Foyer

Refreshments and networking opportunities.

Baltimore/Galviston Bridge incident sharing

14:30 – 15:10 – Baltimore/Galviston Bridge incident sharing

Cypress room

Baltimore/Galviston Bridge incident sharing

Sean Hogue

Baker Marine Solutions | Senior Vice President Operations

Q&A IMCA Secretariat

15:10 – 15:20 – Q&A IMCA Secretariat

Cypress room

Ask any question of the IMCA experts in the room.

Closing remarks

15:50 – 16:00 – Closing remarks

Cypress room

Final words from the IMCA North America Chair.

Closing remarks

Adam Dushinke

TechnipFMC | Director of Operations

Event details:

Norris Conference Centers – The ARK by Norris
Katy 21402 Merchants Way,
Houston, TX 77449, United States.

Venue website | Google Maps

Price: Free to Members

IMCA contacts

Richard Purser

Richard Purser

Technical Adviser – Marine

Bruce Gresham

Bruce Gresham

Director for Client Engagement – North America

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