Ist International Conference

 

Organized by Marine BizTV

 

Marine BizTV, the 24-hour free to air global maritime television channel completes one successful year after its inception. Redefining the maritime world, the channel has made a significant mark in the marine history and is sailing to newer heights. The ISO certification has added much glory to its existence, making it the first of its kind in the telecast media to attain this milestone.

Marking its completion of a successful year, the next major event on course by Marine BizTV will be witnessed by the port city of Kochi. Mr. Sohan Roy, CEO, Marine BizTV and M.D, Aries Marine has announced the first International Conference on Ship Building and Conversion Technology along with the first anniversary of Marine BizTV and the 10^th anniversary of Aries Marine to be held at Renaissance, Kochi on April 29th and 30th, 2008 respectively. The Prestigious Maritime Video Awards, a first of its kind is also making its second appearance at Kochi in the same venue.

The two-day conference cum awards will feature 20 international paper presentations by distinguished personalities and over 200 delegates from the worldwide maritime community. The conference will throw light on topics such as Demand and future of shipbuilding around the world, Infrastructure of development of shipbuilding industry, New trends in ship building, Repair and Conversions, Ship Financing , Ship Building Softwares, Indian shipbuilding scenario, Classification society and Rules for new shipbuilding etc.

Last year a major event in the maritime industry, which gained a huge publicity for Marine BizTV was the first ever time International Maritime Video Awards, given away at the mega launch ceremony of Marine BizTV at Dubai. Mr. Sohan Roy has also announced to conduct the prestigious Marine BizTV award nite for the year 2008, on the evening of April 30 at the same venue.

The award ceremony held last year saw the largest ever convergence of all maritime communities from around the world. The nominees for various awards under various categories will be invited shortly. The award categories are best corporate video, best audio score, best narration, best camera, best directed video, best marine documentary, best graphics, best script, best maritime project, best editing and so on.

For details contact:

Marine BizTV

Kochi

Tel : 0484 4066666 Fax: 0484 4055561

Email: info@marinebiztv.com

Please visit our website at http://www.marinebiztv.com/videoawards08/

 

 

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