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Bordeaux 2017

2017’s International Sail Training & Tall Ships Conference took place in the beautiful French city of Bordeaux, from Thursday 30 November to Saturday 2 December.

The vibrant and high-spirited capital of south-west France welcomed delegates with its characteristic joie de vivre and took in of the some of the city’s most iconic landmarks, with a welcome reception at the historic City Hall Salons and a Gala Wine Party at the elegant Palais de la Bourse.

Speaker Presentations
The Opening Plenary
Session 1A- Host Port feedback from The Tall Ships Races 2017-Carina Jacobsson
Session 1A- Host Port feedback from The Tall Ships Races 2017-Heli Toika
Session 1B- Risk Assessment- working aloft- Stephan Kramer
Session 1C - Creating meaningful partnerships - Duncan Souster
Session 1D - Creating Cruise in Company value - Birger Haraldseid
Session 1D - Creating Cruise in Company value - Fernando Gil Vazquez
Session 2A - Working with volunteers - Kirsten Bisgaard Kirchner
Session 2A - Working with volunteers - Weronika Karpinska and Anna Piskorska
Session 2D - Staff training, professional development and retention - Daniel Moreland
Session 2D - Staff training, professional development and retention - Billy Sabatini
Session 2E - Square-Rigged masterclass - Pedro Mendes
Session 3A - Sail training programme showcase - Jill Hughes
Session 3A - Sail training programme showcase - Hillary Smith
Session 3A - Sail training programme showcase - Shigeru Nishitani and Kei Minamiyama
Session 3B - Crowd Management - Stephan Kramer
Session 3C - Sail training reaching out to refugees and migrants - Shauna Gillan
Session 3C - Sail training reaching out to refugees and migrants - Bjarne Ugland
Session 3D - Research workshop - Eric Fletcher
Session 3D - Research workshop - Stuart Bryson
Session 4A - The Tall Ships Races 2018 preview - Sunderland
Session 4A - The Tall Ships Races 2018 preview - Esbjerg
Session 4A - The Tall Ships Races 2018 preview - Stavanger
Session 4A - The Tall Ships Races 2018 preview - Harlingen
Session 4B - The welfare and safety of trainees - Monique Touw
Session 4C - Rehabilitation or a new ship? - Vladimir Martus
Session 4D - Blue Flag behaviour and environmental issues - Daniel Schaffer
Session 4D - Blue Flag behaviour and environmental issues - Jurgen Hinrichs
Session 4D - Blue Flag behaviour and environmental issues - Antti Karjalainen
Session 4D - Blue Flag behaviour and environmental issues - Sally Titmus
Session 5A - Host Port feedback from The Tall Ships Races 2017 - Turku
Session 5A - Host Port feedback from The Tall Ships Races 2017 - Klaipeda
Session 5C - At sea training using the ASVO textbook - Andy Chase
Session 5C - At sea training using the ASVO textbook (notes) - Andy Chase
Session 5D - National Sail Training Organisation workshop - Stefan Abrahamsson
Session 5D - National Sail Training Organisation workshop - Lena Maekler
Session 6A - Putting trainees at the heart of the programme - Knud Helge Robberstad
Session 6A - Putting trainees at the heart of the programme - Ian Flannery
Session 6B - Emergency at sea - Arjen Mintjes and Clas Jagdum
Session 6C - Sail training and shared value - Jon Simpson
Session 6D - Group dynamics - Murry Henstock and Lena Maekler
Session 7A - Ship recruitment strategies - Paul Thompson
Session 7D - International non-formal education and EU funding - Sinitja Lase
The Closing Plenary

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