West African Focus Day: Monday, 24 August 2015
12:00 - 23:59 Focus Day
| 08:00 – 08:45 |
Registration, refreshments and networking |
| 08:45 – 09:00 |
Moderator’s welcome remarks Captain (Ret.) Phillip Heyl, Maritime Advisor, IMO and Director,The Heyl Group |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Protecting Nigeria’s Offshore Petroleum Industry Elisabeth Proust, Chairman of the Oil Producers' Trade Section and Managing Director of Total Upstream Companies Nigeria |
| 09:30 – 10:30 |
Discussion session: Increasing international cooperation in the waters of west Africa Moderator: Captain (Ret.) Phillip Heyl, Maritime Advisor, IMO and Director,The Heyl Group Panellists: Commander Loic Moudouma, Director of Operations, Gabon Navy Col. Abdourahmane Dieng, Executive Director, Inter-regional Coordination Centre |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Enhancing Collective Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea - A Commitment of the Ghana Navy Commodore James Kontoh, Assistant Commandant, Ghana Navy |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee and networking break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Senegal’s contributions to maritime security in West Africa Commander Ibrahim Diaw, Senegalese Navy |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Mauritania’s contributions to maritime security in West Africa Captain Mahmoud El Hadramy, Captain of Vessel, Mauritanian Navy |
| 12:30 |
Moderator’s closing remarks and close of focus day followed by networking lunch |
| 17:00 |
Site visit to NNS Centenary |