Past event: Coastal & Maritime Surveillance Africa Conference

Homeland Security Africa Focus Day - 16 March 2015
Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Summit 17 – 18 March 2015
Critical Infrastructure Protection in Oil and Gas Focus Day – 19 March 2015

Delivering Total Surveillance of African Maritime Domains

Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Africa is an official event of the Ghana Navy with full governmental support. The level of endorsement and participation from the Ghanaian authorities is such that this crucial and unique conference will include delegates from the highest echelons of government, the tri-services, police and maritime authorities. The scale and participation of this event is unprecedented for the maritime community. Furthermore, oil and gas company executives taking a multi-lateral approach to increasing maritime security through the purchasing of vessels and contracting of private security measures will also feature heavily.


Why attend?

  • Meet and network with the most senior hierarchy of the Ghana Navy and other agencies feeding into the maritime security picture
  • Improve your coastal and maritime surveillance equipment to achieve a full picture of activity at sea
  • Learn how to upgrade legacy surveillance equipment, or interoperate it with new components to penetrate further distances and pick up smaller objects
  • Explore the most cost-effective ways to integrate patrol boats, fast interceptors and other marine systems into your navy
  • Successfully integrate air force reconnaissance systems, including aircraft, UAVs or helicopters, into the coastal surveillance mix
  • Benchmark and assess the different on-board maritime surveillance technology in order to best decide which should be utilised into your fleet
  • Hear from the world’s experts on MDA, coastal surveillance and maritime security operations to learn how to surmount the most complex operational challenges facing armed forces operating by the coast and in the maritime domains of Africa


Key topics to be discussed at the Summit

  • Surveillance ships and offshore patrol vessels
  • Coastal surveillance systems
  • Sea surveillance radars
  • Surface to air radars
  • Anti-piracy
  • Anti-smuggling
  • Search and rescue
  • Air surveillance and reconnaissance
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Interoperability and integration of systems
  • Unmanned aerial systems
  • Naval helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft
  • Protection of offshore oil and energy assets
  • Multilateral operations to increase maritime security



"Excellent opportunity to connect with constellation of same interest. Fascinating, well-paced and the team did a great job."
Capt Chuck Gunzel, US Navy

"Very good mixture. Very valuable. I met the people I wanted to meet."
Markus von Albed, MTU

"Very valuable, several important points of view and experiences have been exchanged during the lectures and the meeting."
R. Adm. Edoardo Compiani, Italian Navy

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Speakers and VIP attendees

  • Richard Anamoo, Director General, Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority
  • Vice Admiral Hervé Nambo Ndouany, Special Chief of Defence Staff to the President of Gabon
  • Rear Admiral Emmanuel Akoto-Bonsu, The Commandant of the Military Academy and Training Schools, Ghana Armed Forces
  • Brigadier General Abalo Kadghanga, Chief of Defence Staff, Togolese Armed Forces
  • Commodore Gregore Augusto Gomez, Chief of Materiel, Colombian Navy
  • Alain Michel Luvambano, Director General, MOWCA – AMSSA
  • Rear Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro, Chief of Naval Staff, Ghana Navy
  • Major General Richard Opoku-Adusei, Chief of Army Staff, Ghana Army
  • Moussa Rohbley, Commissioner General, Djibouti Customs
  • Yankuba Sonko, Inspector General, Gambia Police Force
  • Lieutenant Colonel Victor A. Ellis, GA ANG, Director of Operations, Plans & Readiness, Georgia AFB, USAF
  • Rear Admiral Jürgen Ehle, Chairman, European Union Military Committee Working Group
  • Commodore Steve Kweku Darbo, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, Ghana Navy
  • Captain (GN) Issah Yakubu, Director of Naval Administration, Ghana Navy
  • Captain (R) Ned Lundquist, Principal Science Writer, MCR Federal
  • Commander Loïc N. Moudouma, Maritime Strategy Expert, Gabon Ministry of Defence
  • Dr Karen Sumser-Lupson, Commissioner, African Maritime Safety and Security Agency
  • Mike Griffin, Director Administration, Ghana Ports & Habours Authority
  • Helen Tung, Barrister, Temple Chambers, London, UK
  • Serge Rinkel, Director, Borderpol
  • Delali Otchi, CEO, Hydra Offshore Ghana
  • Eric Kwame-Tetty, Research and Investigations Advisor, Tullow Oil
  • Ali Maji Odoma, Security Supervisor, NLNG plant complex bonny, Nigeria
  • Chukwuka Igbokwe, HES Engineer, Chevron Nigeria Ltd.
  • Edldlong Efiong, Instrument & Process Control System Specialist, ExxonMobil, Nigeria
  • Alade Yusuf Olarewaju, HSE Lead Engineer, Eni-Saipem S.P.A, Nigeria

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Venue

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Who should attend?

  • Naval Commanders
  • Air Force Commanders
  • Inspector Generals of Police
  • National Security Advisors
  • Directors of Naval Procurement
  • Directors of Plans and Policy
  • Directors of Training and Doctrine (TRADOC)
  • Operational Vessel Commanders
  • ISR Programme Managers
  • Coastal Surveillance Programme Managers
  • Riverine Security Managers


Venue & Accommodation

Accra International Conference Centre
Castle Rd, Accra,
0001, Ghana

Accommodation
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Please note: We will never recommend, approve or appoint any third party rooming service to act on our behalf. Please be extremely wary if you are approached by any such companies. We will always endeavour to negotiate the best available rates for you so please use the Hotel´s website link provided.

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Event details
Organizer : IQME
Event type : Conference
Reference : ASDE-4645