”Seafarers’ Welfare in the Caribbean Seminar 2016
Location: Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tuesday, March 1
Session 1- Panel: “Seafarers’ Welfare in the Caribbean: An Overview”
– Dr. Jason Zuidema – “Seafarers’ Welfare in the Caribbean”
– Capt. Jerry Pannell – “The Challenge of Sailing in the Caribbean”
– Stuart Rivers – “Sailors’ Society, the Caribbean and the meeting the challenges of Globalization”
– Fr. Ron Perkins – “Seafarers’ House Fort Lauderdale”
Session 2 – Prof. Hugh Williamson,“Piracy and Migration by Sea in the Caribbean”
Wednesday, March 2
Session 3 – Panel – “Seafarers’ Welfare Structures: Best Practices”
– Lilliam Alvarado – “Seafarers House San Juan”
– Rev’d Canon Ken Peters – “The Mission to Seafarers in the Caribbean”
– Darion Lake – “Establishing a Port Welfare Committee in the Caribbean”
Session 4 – Panel: “Crew Welfare”
– Donnie Brown (CLIA) – “Cruise Ship Crew Welfare”
- CDR Bradley Clare (USCG) – “Maritime Security and Environment”
– Tony Sasso (ITF) – “Seafarers unions and seafarers’ welfare”
Session 5 – Panel: “New Resources for Seafarers’ Welfare”
– Peter Tomlin (MNWB) – “Port Levies and Seafarers Welfare”
- Paul Langham (Sailors’ Society) – “The ICMA App to coordinate ship visiting”
End of seminar program