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Istanbul 2009

The 361 delegates from 31 countries headed to Istanbul, Turkey, for the 2009 International Sail Training and Tall Ships Conference.

Half the delegates represented sail training organisations, and half were from past, future and aspiring host ports. Almost a third of the sail training delegates were under the age of 26, including 12 members of the International Youth Forum created earlier in the same year to give young people a stronger voice in Sail Training International.

Full Event Programme
Event Programme
Speaker Presentations
Opening Plenary- Nigel Rowe
Second Plenary
International Youth Forum- Meeting
International Youth Forum- Report
The Sea as a Classroom (Part 1)- Kate Knight, Head of School, Class Afloat
The Sea as a Classroom(Part 2)- Lennart Martinson, Founder, The Sailing College of Gunilla
"I want to get off the boat"- engaging with disengaged trainees- Amy Schwartz, Executive Director, Nova Scotia Sea School, Canada
"I want to get off the boat" - engaging with disengaged trainees(Part 2)- Budgen, volunteer, Spirit of Adventure Trust, New Zealand
"I want to get off the boat" - engaging with disengaged trainees(Part 3)- John de Haas, De Tukker, Netherlands
"I want to get off the boat" - engaging with disengaged trainees(Part 4)- Gerbrand Schutte, De Tukker, Netherlands
Jordi Renom-Pinsach, Professor of Psychology, Barcelona University, Spain
Robin Snouk Hurgronje, Chairman STA Netherlands
Craig Burton, Business Manager, ASTO, UK
Sponsorship Programmes- funding Tall Ships events- Tero Kumpulainen, Deputy Managing Director, Infront Finland
Commercial Impact Studies - measuring the impact of Tall Ships events(Part 1)-Sami Liukka, Research Director, Eccu Finland Ltd
Commercial Impact Studies - measuring the impact of Tall Ships events(Part 2)-Kipras Paldauskas, Project Manager The Tall Ships Races Klaipeda, Lithuania
Publicity- timing is everything (Part 1)-Krzysztof Romanski – marketing specialist, Gdynia City Hall, Poland and Joanna Leman – Foreign Relations Manager, Gdynia City Hall, Poland
Publicity-timing is everything (Part 2)-Marco Francesconi – Project Manager ISM, Italy
EU Funding and Sail Training - "Is this a realistic funding source?"(Part 1)-Paul Quantock – Senior Partner, European Consultancy Services, UK
EU Funding and Sail Training - "Is this a realistic funding source?"(Part 2)-Monique Touw – Director, At Sea Sail Training, Netherlands
Adventure NOT under sail - lessons from non-sail training youth organisations(Part 1)-Jim Mayer, Expedition Leader, British Schools Expedition Society, UK
Adventure NOT under sail - lessons from non-sail training youth organisations(Part 2)-Will Taunton-Burnet, Executive Director, British Schools Expedition Society, UK
Adventure NOT under sail - lessons from non-sail training youth organisations(Part 3)-Cal Pifer, President, American Foundation for Education Under Sail, USA
Recruiting Trainees - Maximise the numbers, not the cost(Part 1)- Zlata Bredova – Project Manager, Sea/Sail Training Projects, St Petersburg Russia
Recruiting Trainees - Maximise the numbers, not the cost(Part 2)-Jerzy Raducha – Director, Maritime Office Szczecin, Poland
Incident Analysis - where studying the past and prepare us for the future(Part 1)-John Lang, Former Chief Inspector, Marine Accident Investigation Branch, UK
Incident Analysis - where studying the past and prepare us for the future(Part 2)-Einar Corwin, Managing Director, Christian Radich Foundation, Norway
Evaluation - Sail Training International's self-help toolkit- Pete Allison, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK, and Kristin von Wald, Director, Learning and Change, UK
Project Planning - what-to-do-when in order to maximise success(Part 1)-Mike Richmond: Managing Director, Richmond Event Management and the Event Safety Shop UK
Project Planning - what-to-do-when in order to maximise success(Part 2)-Birger Haralseid: Energy Sector Expert, Stavanger Economic Development, Norway
Project Planning - what-to-do-when in order to maximise success(Part 3)-Phil Payne, Head of Corporate Services, NewcastleGateshead, UK
Ship recruitment- what does it take?(Part 1)-Paulus Mooyman, Managing Director, Nautisch Evenementen Bureau, Netherlands
Ship recruitment-what does it take?(Part 1)-Claudia Bankert, International Ships Liaison, ASTA, USA
Meeting the Needs of Trainees(Part 1)-Ina Sidlauskiene, Chief Expert, International Relations and Tourisn, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Meeting the Needs of Trainees(Part 2)-Kimmo Hyyppa, Project Manager The Tall Ships Races Turku, Finland
Sensible Risk - balancing challenge with safety-James Stevens: Chief Examiner and Head of Training, RYA, UK
Liaison Systems - how to make them effective with the resources you have(Part 1)- Vladimir Martus: Chief Liaison Officer, St Petersburg, Russia
Liaison Systems - how to make them effective with the resources you have(Part 2)-
The Value of Sail Training for Naval and Merchant Marine Cadets(Part 1)-Marcus Seidl: Captain Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Norway
The Value of Sail Training for Naval and Merchant Marine Cadets(Part 2)- Nick Fleming: CEO, Ocean Youth Trust Scotland, UK
The Value of Sail Training for Naval and Merchant Marine Cadets(Part 3)-Stefan Abrahamsson: Managing Director, STA Finland
The Value of Sail Training for Naval and Merchant Marine Cadets(Part 4)- Ferry van Schoonhoven: Commanding Officer, Urania, Netherlands

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