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Underwater Ship Husbandry Seminar Programme

Marina Bay Sands,
Singapore,
Thursday 10 October 2024

TimeSessionDuration (mins)
08:00Registration – tea and coffee.45
08:45Welcome and Daily brief with safety brief15
Session one
09:00
 
Welcome by IMCA CEO Iain Granger –
IMCA Commitment to stop SCUBA diving on UWSH
10
09:10Welcome by ADCI President Phil Newsum –
ADCI Commitment to stop SCUBA diving on UWSH
10
09:20Mr Silas Sng Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health Divisional Director, Occupational Safety and Health Division, Ministry of Manpower: 
Keynote speech
15
09:35Alexis Chee – Chairman Commercial Diving Association Singapore (CDAS)
The commercial diving safety journey in Singapore (from 2010 to today)
25
10:00Coffee break and networking45
Session two
10:45Desmond Goh, QHSSE Manager, GAC Singapore:  Member of Services Committee Singapore Shipping Association –
Underwater Ship Husbandry in Singapore
25
11:10Nick Laker SeaTec Operations Director for Underwater:  
UWSH Cleaning / brush carts / use of ROVs for UWSH cleaning ops. 
25
11:35  Simon Binsted Subsea 7 Diving Operations Authority:
“Trust Nothing – Check Everything”.
25
12:00Mr Darren Loh, Senior Assistant Director, Ops (General Workplaces) Ministry of Manpower
Enforcement actions taken – case studies
25
12:25Buffet lunch75
Session three
13:40Lewis Beddows: Lewis’s Story: How bad it gets when it all goes wrong
Derek Beddows:  Lessons Learnt
70
14:50Lewis Beddows Q & A15
15:05Coffee break and networking50
15:50Phil Newsum ADCI (Emergency Response: Planning and Practice)25
16:15Jord Lucas, TOTAL Energies Head of Underwater Operations (ROV and Diving): UWSH from an operators’ perspective25
16:40Q&A: Panel Discussion with all speakers30
17:10The day in summary5
17:15Closing/thank you by IMCA CEO10
1730Seminar closes
Networking reception