My CEO Update for October 2022
Hello Ferry Friends,
It was fantastic to see so many of you in Seattle – 490 attendees to be exact – which makes our 46th conference the biggest ever, even outpacing London in 2019. It was especially gratifying to see those of you who were unable to travel to Santander last year due to pandemic restrictions. While there will always be room for improvement, the feedback from our survey and other sources has been extremely positive regarding all aspects of the conference. We always encourage you to provide your input so we can make Hobart even better in 2023!
In this month’s report I would like to provide information on how you can access the Seattle conference Speakers Program videos and presentations, as well as the official Conference Guide. I also want to update you on four new Directors elected to the Interferry Board in Seattle, announce the location of the 2025 conference and highlight important upcoming meetings.
Seattle Conference ? Speakers Program Presentations and the Conference Guide
The Speakers Program videos and accompanying presentations are now available on Interferry.com for members and delegates. I encourage those of you who were unable to be in Seattle to take some time and watch the videos of the sessions that may be of interest under the themes of Power and People.
Interferry members can access the presentations at?https://interferry.com/2022-conference-presentations/. You will need to log in to your Interferry account (your email and password) in order to view the page. If you have any trouble logging in please contact?[email protected].
Non-member attendees have been sent a link and password. If you have any trouble accessing the page or did not receive your link, please contact?[email protected].
You can also read the full conference guide, whether or not you attended the conference, since it is available digitally via PressReader both through their app and online via a browser. Through our strategic partnership with PressReader, conference delegates were offered one month’s free access to the thousands of newspapers and magazines available on their platform, including the Interferry Conference Guide. The online guide is enhanced with hyperlinks in the ads and articles which will help you learn more about our sponsors and their services, so I highly recommend that you take advantage of those features.
Those of you who are not already a customer of PressReader?can sign up for a 7-day free trial. Once you’re set up with PressReader, simply search for “Interferry Conference Guide” in the app or?click this link to get to the browser version.
New Interferry Directors??
I’m extremely pleased to welcome four new Directors to our Board for four-year terms. Representing the supplier community are Robert Clifford from Incat and Anders Rundberg from Carus. Both of these gentlemen should be very familiar to you since they have been directly involved with Interferry for decades, with Robert being a pioneer of building aluminum fast ferries and Anders leading the charge on customer information and billing systems.
Joining Robert and Anders on the Board under the Operators category are Heidi Wolden from Norled AS and Terry MacRae from the Hornblower Group. Heidi’s company is arguably leading the global ferry industry in our push towards zero emissions. Terry brings his vast experience operating passenger ferry systems and related tourism businesses across the globe to the Board table.
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Please join me in welcoming all four of these accomplished individuals to the Interferry Board.
2025 Interferry Conference ? Sorrento, Italy ? Hosted by the Grimaldi Group
I’m very excited to announce that at our Seattle Board meeting the Interferry Board approved Sorrento, Italy as the site of our 2025 conference, to be hosted by long time and influential member the Grimaldi Group.
With the important port city of Naples (head office of the Grimaldi Group) and the world-renowned tourist areas of Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri close by – coupled with the world-class conference center and hotel at the Hilton Sorrento Palace in the heart of Sorrento – 2025 is already shaping up to be another “must attend” event.
We have tentatively locked in the dates of October 4-8, 2025 and will confirm those once we have finalized the arrangements.
OPC Meeting ? Copenhagen ? November 15, 2022 ? Hosted by DFDS
For those of you on Interferry’s Operators Policy Committee that sets the strategic regulatory direction for the organization, I look forward to seeing you at DFDS’s Copenhagen offices on November 15. With a full agenda of regulatory matters on the docket at the EU and the IMO, this should prove to be another productive and important meeting.
Upcoming Meeting with the Danish Ferry Association ? November 14, 2022
While in Copenhagen for the OPC meeting, Interferry’s Regulatory Affairs Director Johan Roos and I will meet with the Board of the Danish Ferry Association on November 14. This is a great opportunity to discuss matters of common interest and opportunities to work closer together. Going forward, we will continue to look for opportunities to do this with other domestic associations as well.
Thanks for reading this latest update. As always, I appreciate your feedback.