The who, the theme and the what’s going on for the STI/ASTA conference

Here is a little bit more information about the STI/ASTA joint conference this November in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It will be an awesome way to meet fellow sail trainers and sailors from all over the world. It promises to be informative, inspiring and, most of all, fun. 

Sail Trainers: Best Practices - Why we do it and how we do it.
Host Ports: Working Together - measuring and maximizing the benefits of partnering with the sail training industry.

The theme for the Sail Training Program content will be ‘Best Practices – why we do it and how we do it’. This will include workshops on subjects such as media relations, medicine at sea, youth work, State funding, and navigating the regulatory seas. The theme for the Host Port Program content will be ‘Working together – measuring and maximising the benefits of partnering with the sail training industry’. This will include workshops on subjects such as recruiting trainees, media case studies, corporate hospitality and economic impact studies.

The conference will be preceded by a ‘Port to Port Day’ on Thursday November 13, which will provide opportunities for host port delegates to network with other ports and representatives of the port business community in Halifax.
   
Full details of the conference and online registration will be available on the ASTA website (http://www.sailtraining.org/)
and on the Sail Training International website (http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/) beginning June 1.

***Delegates from North America must register via the ASTA website. All others must register via the Sail Training International website.***

 

 

 

STI/ASTA announce joint conference in Halifax, NS for November 2008

Halifax will host the first joint Sail Training International/American Sail Training Association annual conference and the first Sail Training International conference to be held outside Europe on November 14 and 15, 2008. 400 - 500 delegates from close to 30 countries are expected to attend the conference which will take place at the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. More than half those attending are expected to be sail training tall ship operators from around the world, with the balance representing ports that host Tall Ships® events.

The Waterfront Development Corporation Limited will support the joint Sail Training International/American Sail Training Association conference with funding assistance and logistics. Sail Training International has committed funds for a bursary programme to subsidize the attendance of sail training operators from around the world outside North America.

“Halifax was a great host port for Tall Ships® 2000 and has been a very successful TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® port twice before. WDCL’s long term plan includes some bold and ground-breaking initiatives we will showcase at our conference this year in Europe,” said Nigel Rowe, President and Chairman of Sail Training International. “Bringing our conference to Halifax next year is one of a series of initiatives we have embarked on to extend our global reach and influence, working with our member national organizations.”

“The American Sail Training Association is a founder member of Sail Training International. The joint venture on this year’s conference will strengthen our links with the international sail training community as a precursor to the Tall Ships® Atlantic Challenge 2009,” said Mike Rauworth, Chairman of the American Sail Training Association.

Further details of the event will be posted on this blog and on our website in the future.

American Sail Training Association • 240 Thames Street, PO Box 1459 • Newport, RI 02840 USA • (401)846-1775 • asta@sailtraining.org

Photos of the 35th Annual Conference in Victoria, BC

The end of another ASTA conference is always bittersweet. Reconnecting with old friends, learning from each other and exploring a new city all combine to make these annual meetings something to look forward to every November.  For those of you who missed it and would like to know more about the sessions, speakers and Safety Under Sail Forum, follow this link- www.tallships.wikispaces.com -for audio, photos and the agenda of the conference. Also, feel free to add your thoughts and opinions to the wiki, that is what it is there for.

For those of you who did attend, these photos are for you to relive the two day whirlwind that is the ASTA Conference.