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WORLD NEWS<br />
Later dates for<br />
IWMC Dubai<br />
UAE: Due to the uncertainties and challenges posed by the COVID-19<br />
pandemic, the International Council of Marine Industries Association (ICOMIA)<br />
and P&O <strong>Marina</strong>s have agreed to postpone the next ICOMIA <strong>World</strong> <strong>Marina</strong>s<br />
Conference (IWMC) to October 2021.<br />
The 2021 event will have the highest<br />
levels of safety standards in place<br />
and will adopt the original (<strong>2020</strong>)<br />
main theme of “marinas empowering<br />
tourism and economies”. It will focus<br />
on planned topics such as regulatory<br />
frameworks and barriers, best<br />
investment practices, changing the<br />
public perception of a marina, new<br />
technology, as well as climate change<br />
and environmental sustainability.<br />
Considering the worldwide<br />
AMI Expo –<br />
Entries invited for<br />
<strong>2020</strong> MEDA<br />
GLOBAL: PIANC’s Recreational Navigation Commission (Rec-Com) and<br />
ICOMIA’s International <strong>Marina</strong>s Group (IMG) invite owners, operators and<br />
designers to submit marina project entries for the <strong>2020</strong> <strong>Marina</strong> Excellence<br />
Design Jack Nichol Award (MEDA).<br />
The award, which is the most<br />
prestigious international accolade<br />
to recognise excellence in design of<br />
marinas and recreational navigation<br />
infrastructure, is administered by<br />
PIANC RecCom.<br />
Eligible marinas must have been<br />
built or rebuilt within the last 15 years<br />
implications posed by COVID-19 on<br />
human life, speakers and attendees will<br />
have the opportunity to broaden topics<br />
and discussions to include the impact<br />
the pandemic has had on the nautical<br />
sector.<br />
ICOMIA and P&O are currently<br />
working on the possibility of also<br />
hosting an online event at the end of<br />
this year.<br />
More information will be available in<br />
coming weeks.<br />
call for proposals<br />
USA: The Association of <strong>Marina</strong> Industries (AMI) is inviting suggestions for<br />
breakout and workshop topics relevant to the operations and management of<br />
marinas and yards for the next AMI Conference & Expo (formerly IMBC).<br />
The event is scheduled for 2nd-4th<br />
February 2021 in Daytona Beach,<br />
Florida. The deadline for proposals is<br />
1st July <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
“The health and safety of our<br />
attendees, exhibitors, partners and<br />
team are top priority,” says AMI chair,<br />
Chris Petty. “With that in mind, we fully<br />
expect the AMI Conference & Expo<br />
to occur, despite current conditions<br />
related to the COVID-19 crisis. We are<br />
taking safety precautions for all AMI<br />
events and we continue to position<br />
ourselves to pivot as this unpredictable<br />
pandemic unfolds.”<br />
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and have been operational for at least<br />
two years. Functionality, aesthetics and<br />
environmental sustainability all play a<br />
part in the evaluation criteria.<br />
The submission deadline is 3rd<br />
October <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
For further information, e:reccom@<br />
pianc.org or pianc.reccom@gmail.com<br />
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