2010
International Year of the Seafarer
Click here for further information about meetings of the IMO
Click here for the ICMA conference frequency planner, updated April 2010
May
3 May, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
5 May, ICMA Standing Committee for Education and Training (SCET) (London, UK)
6-7 May, ICMA Executive Committee Meeting (from noon on the 6th to 17:00 on the 7th) (London, UK)
8-9 May, ICSW South Asia Regional Welfare Committee Meeting (Cochin, India)
11-19 May, AOS North America & Caribbean regional conference, (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
12-21 May, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, MSC
31 May, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
June
3-4 June, LAMM retreat (Lutheran Center, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL, USA)
5-9 June, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, FSI
9-10 June, Nordic Council Meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark)
29-30 June, Ecumenical Maritime Mininstry of India (EMMI) meeting (Chennai, India)
July
August
7 August, Finnish Seamen’s Mission 135th anniversary celebrations (Turku, Finland)
9-12 August, NAMMA – NAMMAC 2010 – (Vancouver, Washington)
30 August, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
September
6-10 September, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, FAL
21-29 September ICMA AGM and associated meetings, Penang, Malaysia
- 21 September, delegates arrive for East Asia Regional Conference
- 22-24 September, ICMA East Asia Regional Conference
- 24 September, delegates arrive for Consultative Forum
- 25 September, Consultative Forum
- 26 September, delegates depart from Consultative Forum
- 26 September, ICMA AGM (followed by SCET, CPC, Regional Coordinators Meeting, and other meetings)
- 27 September, ICMA Executive Committee meeting
23 September, World Maritime Day: Handover of the “Enough is enough: stop piracy now!” petition to governments at the IMO, London
27 September - 1 October, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, MEPC
30 September, workshop on MLC2006, Barcelona, Spain (organised by AOS, but called and chaired by the President of the Port of Barcelona. ILO, Spanish shipowners, Spanish Maritime Administration and seafarers will be represented.)
October
4-6 October, ICMA UK & Ireland, All Saints Conference Centre, (London Colney, Herts, UK)
13 October, Annual National Service for Seafarers, St Paul’s Cathedral, London
31 October -12 November, Seafarers Ministry Training (SMT), Cape Town, South Africa
November
31 October -12 November, Seafarers Ministry Training (SMT), Cape Town, South Africa
15-19 November, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, LEG
December
01-10 December, ICMA delegation to attend IMO meeting, MCC
25 December, Christmas: Celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
27 December, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
28 December, Boxing Day, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
2011
The 10th ICMA World Conference
January
3 January: UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
February
Houston Chaplains’ School: dates to be finalised, Houston, USA
March
April
4 - 10 April 2011: ICMA Executive Committee Meeting, Liverpool, UK.
14 - 15 April 2011: Deutsche Seemannsmission General Meeting, with election of the Board, Hamburg, Germany
22 April 2011: Good Friday: Commemoration of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion
24 April 2011: Easter: Celebration Day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection
25 April 2011:, Easter Monday: Public holiday
May
2 May 2011: UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
6 - 7 May 2011: Seamen´s Church in Sweden, Annual Conference
30 May 2011: UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
June
01 - 05 June 2011: Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag in Dresden
25 June 2011: International Day of the Seafarer
July
11 July 2011: International Sea Sunday
August
19-23 August 2011: ICMA World Conference (Hamburg, Germany)
22 August 2011: ICMA Annual General Meeting (Hamburg, Germany) (Date subject to shift between 19th and 23rd August)
24 August 2011: ICMA Executive Committee Meeting (Hamburg, Germany) (Date subject to shift between 19th and 24th August)
29 August 2011: UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
September
19 - 25 September 2011: World Maritime Day (Day to be decided by individual governments)
October
12 October 2011: Annual National Service for Seafarers, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK
October / November 2011: Seafarers’ Ministry Training, date and venue to be decided
November
December
25 December 2011: Christmas, Celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
26 December 2011: UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)
27 December 2011: Boxing Day, UK bank holiday (ICMA secretariat office in London closed)