Maine Maritime Academy to Host 3rd Annual Women on the Water Conference

WHO?
The Maritime Administration, together with Maine Maritime Academy

WHAT?
The Maritime Administration to hold the 3rd Annual Women on the Water Conference in conjunction with host, Maine Maritime Academy, on the college’s Castine, Maine, campus, October 15-17, 2009...
Sponsored in partnership with the Maritime Administration (MARAD), the Conference aims to connect students from federal and state merchant marine academies and maritime colleges with professional women who are leaders in various sectors of the maritime industry;

Conference is generously underwritten by ABS <http://www.eagle.org/eagleExternalPortalWEB/> (American Bureau of Shipping, Kongsberg Maritime <http://www.km.kongsberg.com/> ; Maersk Line, Ltd. <http://www.maersklinelimited.com/> , and Overseas Shipholding Group <http://www.osg.com/> (OSG); and by Follett Higher Education Group <http://www.fheg.follett.com/> and Sodexo Campus Services <http://www.sodexousa.com/> .

Professional media sources invited to attend this special conference
for coverage purposes with advance reservations to the Maine Maritime Academy Office of Public Affairs.

WHEN?
Panel Discussions all day Friday, October 16, 2009:

8 a.m. - Opening Welcome - Denise Krepp, Chief Counsel, Maritime Administration; and Academy Welcome - Leonard Tyler, President, Maine Maritime Academy;

8:30 - Opening Speaker – Captain Deborah Dempsey, Columbia River Bar Pilots, Maine Maritime Academy, Class of 1976, and the college’s first woman graduate;

Panel discussion topics to include:
Seafaring Women; Seafaring Jobs in Government Service; Women in the Maritime Industry; Maritime Policy… join us for a special Saturday morning (10 a.m.) conclusion panel discussion on Piracy Issues and Responses;

Luncheon speaker, The Reverend Gail Avery of the North American Maritime Ministries Association, to address the importance of the maritime ministries;

Friday evening dinner program to feature keynote speaker, Lois Zabrocky <http://www.osg.com/index.cfm?pageid=65&itemid=28> , Senior Vice President, Overseas Shipholding Group:
Reception – 6 p.m; Dinner Program – 7 p.m., Harold Alfond Student Center.

WHERE?
Maine Maritime Academy, Castine…

Panel discussions and all program activities, Delano Auditorium, Leavitt Hall;
Luncheon Presentation and Keynote Dinner Program, Harborview Room, Harold Alfond Student Center.