ICMA World Conference 2019
Official Programme Schedule
Welcome message of Rev. Chien-Yueh Chen, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan’s 64th General Assembly.
Monday 21
Session 1 – Opening Ceremony (Video recording)
– Welcome video
– Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis
Session 2 – Introductions and Announcements (auditorium)
– Speech of Rev. Canon Andrew Wright, ICMA chairman
Session 3 – Celebrating 50 Years of Working Together (auditorium)
- Dr. Paul Mooney, “Lessons learned from 50 years of history together” (Video)
- Rev. Christoph Ernst, DSM, “Why should we work together? The challenges and benefits of ecumenism” (Video)
- Dr. Jason Zuidema, “Encouraging ecumenism in maritime ministry: the plans and projects of ICMA”
- Video documentary: A History of ICMA
Official book launch – A History of ICMA by Dr. Paul Mooney
Opening worship at Presbyterian Church (No. 97, Wufu 3rd Road, Qianjin District)
Tuesday 22
Opening prayer – Rev. Stefan Francke, SWPO
Session 3 and 4 – Panel – Understanding the future of the maritime industry for our Work Together
– Natalie Shaw, International Chamber of Shipping (Video message)
– Prof. Dr. Dirk Max Johns, Hamburg School of Business and Association of German Shipowners, “Understanding the future of shipping” (Video)
– Mike Estaniel, President, Trans-Global Maritime Agency and Director for IMEC, “Partnerships for seafarer training in the Philippines” (Video) (see more on the engine rating training program here)
– Govert van Oord, van Oord, “Chaplaincy in the maritime world: an owner’s perspective” (Video)
12:15 p.m. – lunch in hotel
1:30 p.m. – Session 6 – Panel-Discussion – Seeking professionalism in our Work Together
– Gavin Lim, Sailors’ Society, “Wellness training and the future wellbeing of seafarers” (Video)
– Dr. Nelson Turgo, Seafarers’ International Research Center, Cardiff University – “Faith and Religion amongst multinational crews: preliminary results of an international research program” (Video)
– John Canias, Head of Maritime Operations, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) (Video)
Session 7 – Panel – The big picture in our Work Together
– Deacon Ricardo Rodrigues-Martos, AOS Barcelona, Spain, “The importance maritime ministry’s service to the whole port community” (Video)
– Douglas B. Stevenson, Seamen’s Church Institute, New York, “ICMA and the MLC, 2006: the value of a unified voice” (Video)
– Andy Bowerman, Mission to Seafarers, “Giving a voice to abandoned seafarers” (Video)
Wednesday 23
8:30 a.m. – ICMA Annual General Meeting
Session 8 – Workshops on our Work Together
Room 1 – Using ICMA App for our work together – Workshop leader: Paul Langham, Sailors’ Society – see Shipvisitor.org
Room 2 – ICMA Ahoy! Work together for Filipino seafarers – Workshop leader: Matthias Ristau
Room 3 – How seafarers’ ministries work together to establish Port Welfare Committees – see portwelfare.org
Room 4 – Port-based Cruise Ship ministry – Learning best-practice together – Chair: Michelle DePooter, Montreal Ministry to Seafarers, Speakers: Markus Wichmann, Seafarers’ Lounge, Hamburg, Rev. Stephen Cushing, New England Seafarers’ Ministry, Boston, MA, Rev. Tay Un, The Mission to Seafarers, Sydney, Australia
Room 5 – Active Listening for effective ministry – Chair: Fr. Ian Hutchinson Cervantes, Speakers, Deacon Paul Rosenblum, AOS Charleston, Jørgen Knudsen, Danish Seafarers Mission, and Rev. Mia Haapakorva, Finnish Seamen’s Church
Room 6 – An Introduction to Seafarers’ Rights – Workshop leader: Douglas Stevenson
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break
11: a.m. – Session 9 – Workshops on our Work Together
Room 1 – Equipping and Empowering seafarers worldwide: Maritime Leadership across Cultures and Seafarer Wellbeing – Speaker: Rancho Villavicencio, SPWO Philippines
Room 2 – What can research teach us about the need for seafarers’ welfare? Speakers: Joost de Bruijn, NZC, Sören Wichmann and Jan Oltmanns, International Seaman’s Club Duckdalben, Hamburg – link to report of Erasmus University Rotterdam here.
Room 3 – Using Social Media in our work together for seafarers’ welfare – Workshop Leader: Jason Zuidema
Room 4 – Strengthening ICMA’s network to help fishers around the world – Workshop Leader: Kevin Walker
Room 5 – Pastoral Skills for Maritime Ministry – Workshop Leader: Rev. Lance Lukin
Room 6 – Prayer for Seafarers – prayer and workshop
Evening – Fishing Port tour – Cianjhen Fishing Port
– PCT Seamen’s and Fishermen’s Service Center
Thursday 24
Ecumenical prayer – Rev. Stephen Cushing and Noniko Hsu (Video)
Session 10 – Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, “Christ’s call to work together to care for those in distress” (Video)
Session 11 – Panel – Working together for seafarers and fishers in distress
– Capt. Hari Subramaniam, Shipowners’ P&I Club, Singapore (Video)
– Dr. Nai-Chuan Chen, Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital (Video)
Session 12 – Panel – Working together for coastal fishers’ welfare
– Mr. Su, Yu-Kuo, Workforce Development Agency, Ministry of Labor, Taiwan (Video)
– Chialing Chung, Rerum Novarum Center, Taipei (Video)
– Mr. Liu, Chi-Chao, Senior Technical Specialist, Fisheries Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (Video)
Session 13 – Global work together to serve long-range fishers
– ICMA combined presentation on service to Taiwan-flagged long-range fishing vessels – Stacy Lai (PCTSFSC), Fr. Frandy Tamar (AoS), Dane Duplessis (Biblia), Nicholas Barends (AoS), Jacques-Henri David (AoS), Michael Hofmann (DSM), Kevin Walker (NAMMA), Rev. Canon Andrew Wright (Mission to Seafarers) (NB – video recording to be released in December)
Banquet and Cultural evening (watch conference closing video for highlights)
Friday 25
Session 14 – Panel-discussion groups – Focusing resources for continued work together
– Katie Higginbottom, Head of Trust, ITF Seafarers’ Trust (video)
– Ben Bailey, The Mission to Seafarers, “Lessons learned from the Seafarers’ Happiness Index and WeCare”
– Toon van de Sande, Spiritension, “Best practice for engaging with the maritime industry for seafarers’ welfare” (Video)
Session 15 – Closing: Lets celebrate our work together!
Closing remarks Rev. Canon Andrew Wright, Chairman, ICMA
2:00 p.m. – Closing worship at Catholic Cathedral
3:30 p.m. – END of Conference