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is with great pleasure that I invite you to
attend the 2007 SNAME Maritime Technology Conference
& Expo and Ship Production Symposium to
be held for a second consecutive year in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida, at the Hyatt Regency Pier
66 Hotel. This combination in conjunction with
a first class Expo, and an excellent Technical
Program, the Student Technical Program, the
Student Design Competition, Annual Banquet,
and numerous networking opportunities, will
make your attendance certainly worthwhile. Departing
from tradition, for the first time the President’s
Reception will open the conference on Wednesday
evening, November 14, in the Expo Hall where
registrants will have an opportunity to visit
with exhibitors in a relaxed social atmosphere
with hors d’oeuvres and refreshments available.
For
the first time the conference will feature two
major panel discussions held in plenary session.
On Thursday a panel of leaders from the cruise
ship industry will discuss some of the major
design and regulatory issues that they face,
while a second panel, of shipbuilders from around
the world, will convene on Friday to discuss
their design and construction challenges and
proposed solutions. The technical program will
include, in addition to the Ship Production
Symposium, the Technical and Research Sessions
and presentations of peer-reviewed scholarly
papers and award-winning student papers. A majority
of the sessions in the technical program will
carry continuing education credit. The Expo
will provide for display of maritime products
and services with opportunity for information
exchange, sales, and networking. The popular
Expo Innovation Sessions will continue.
Ft.
Lauderdale is a favorite tourist site and is
well known as a great family destination. With
an average daily temperature of 77 degrees in
the winter and 89 degrees in the summer, South
Florida is a sports enthusiast’s paradise.
Outdoor activities are endless with more than
60 golf courses, hundreds of parks, miles of
coral reefs and of course the ever-present Florida
sunshine. Ft. Lauderdale is known as the “Venice
of America” due to its expansive and intricate
canal system, as well as for its abundant beaches,
boating, scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing and
cruising… just some of the ways to spend
your free time in the area before or after the
SMTC&E/SPS’07.
I
look forward to welcoming you to the SMTC&E
and SPS. Mark your calendars to join us November
14-16, 2007, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Attending
the SNAME conference not only provides the opportunity
for professional and social interaction with
colleagues and friends, it also provides the
opportunity to enhance professional development.
I hope you are able to join me and your colleagues
for what promises to be an exceptional conference.
Please
click on the left menu for further details.
See you in sunny Florida!
Sincerely,
Admiral
Robert E. Kramek, USCG (Ret.)
President
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