Augmenting Coast Guard Capabilities through enhanced Cooperation & Technology Adoption
The battle against illegal smuggling of drugs, weapons, wildlife, illegal immigration and human trafficking rages on and the importance of a nation's coast guard in boosting its blue economy cannot be overstated. The rise of illegal fishing threatens the potential maritime prosperity of nations. In this current maritime landscape, the role of the coast guard is actively being re-defined to be more than just civilian and more quasi- military in nature. Governments need to understand the coast guard as a key asset in maintaining maritime security and boosting maritime prosperity.
With newer threats to maritime infrastructure and security emerging (including the attack on underwater cables, drone attacks) Coast Guards must be aware of the latest technologies being used to counter these threats. With the key challenges of tight budgets, limited human resource, training difficulties, and interagency competition and lack of collaboration- it is more important now than it has ever been that Coast Guards have a forum where the biggest challenges are tackled head on.
Coast Guard Capability 2025 brings together coast guards from across all continents of the globe in collaborative forum, designed to aid in addressing each nation's coastal needs. At this, coast guard collaboration is at the center- both interagency and international collaboration.
Why Should You Attend Coast Guard Capability 2025
- Understand how coast guards from different regions are implementing new and cutting-edge technology to maintain domain awareness through enhanced surveillance and protect ports and harbors from underwater threats
- Join discussions on how coast guards are being interoperable and collaborating with interagencies, with the shared goal of increasing maritime security
- Learn how coast guards are navigating the complexity of training personnel and adopting the tools that are helping overcome the challenge of lack of maritime expertise and building up a well-trained maritime workforce
- Hear how established coast guards from around the world accomplish their missions to combat illegal immigration, IUU fishing, and drug smuggling; and learn more about the trajectory of younger coast guards - in the earlier phase of their development
- Get updated on the techniques being used to ensure better safety at sea and more success during SAR missions
2025 Chairman
- Christopher Trelawny, Deputy Secretary General, INTERPORTPOLICE (International Organization of Airport and Seaport Police)
2025 Speakers
- Admiral Guillermo José Giménez Pérez, Commandant, Prefectura Naval Argentina
- Rear Admiral (UH) Valentino Rinaldi, Operation Commander, EUNAVFORMED IRINI
- Nicole Spencer, A/g Deputy Commissioner Strategy and Capability, Australian Border Force
- Mr. Alexandru Oae, Head & Police Chief Commisisoner, Romanian Border Police
- Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General, International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
- Gary Ivany, Assistant Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard
- Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director for Capabilities (DED-CAP), FRONTEX
- Caroline Jupe, CEO, International Maritime Rescue Federation
- Commander Robert Scotland, Commandant, Cayman Islands Coast Guard
- Mr. Martin Cauchi-Inglott, Project Director, CRIMARIO II
- Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch
- Crawford Allan, Vice President of Nature Crimes and Policy Advocacy, Wildlife Conservation, WWF - US
- Jihoon Yu, Director of External Cooperation/ Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
- Chris Reynolds, Former Head of Irish Coast Guard and of European Union Capability Development in Somalia, EUCAP Somalia
- Roland Mckie, IMO Representative & SAR Adviser, International Maritime Rescue Federation
- Captain Ali Ashour FRINA, FIES PhD Researcher, PDRC-UoS, Senior Engineering Officer KCG, Ministry of Interior - State of Kuwait
- Captain Roberto D’Arrigo, MRCC Director, Italian Coast Guard Headquarters
- Commander Marco Chianella, Section Head, International Planning Branch, Italian Coast Guard Headquarters
- Chris Stockdale, President, CIMSEC (Center for International Maritime Security)
- Anne-Marie Weeden, Senior Research Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher, RUSI
- Professor Erkan Oterkus, Director of The PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC) Director of Ocean Energy Res, Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, University of Stra
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Venue
Copthorne Tara Hotel
Scarsdale Pl, Kensington, W8 5SY
London, UK
Tel: +44 207 937 7211
