Australian Institute of Navigation

GENERAL MEETINGS

In 2008 these will be held on the following dates (second Wednesday of the month):

13 February
12 March
9 April
14 May
11 June
9 July
13 August
10 September
8 October
12 November
10 December

General Meetings take place at THE N.S.W. SPORTS CLUB, 10-14 Hunter St., Sydney.

6.30 pm for dinner, followed at 7.30 pm by the General Meeting and Guest Speaker. Please advise the Executive Officer of the Institute of Navigation if you are intending to have a meal.

Next Meeting:

8 October: Anthony Hill author of "Captain Cook's Apprentice"

2008 Meetings:

13 February: Col. Keith Schollum "IRAQ2003 - Observations on the First Months in Baghdad"

12 March: Commodore Terry Roach (Ret'd) "Navigating Submarines Past, Present and Future"

9 April: Commodore David Farthing (Ret'd) "Navigation and the Law"

14 May: Rear Admiral Ken Doolan (Ret'd) "Navigational Reflections on Fleet Operations"

11 June: Cmdr. Dean Schopen "The Challenge of Navigating Accurately During Clearance Diving Operations"

9 July: Dr. Ed Kruzins "Simulation, Situation Awareness and Navigation"

13 August: Dr. Miriam Baltuck "Navigation in Space"

10 September: Ron Gosbee "Interscan Navigation Systems"

2007 Meetings:

14 February: "Expansion of Port Botany" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

14 March: Capt. David Pyett "Visit to Boeing Factory & Seattle Aviation Museum Workshops, Large Private Shipyard, and other stuff..."

11 April: "Restoration of the James Craig" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

9 May: Rear Admiral Doolan "A Licence to Run Aground"

13 June: Cmdr Andrew McCrindell "Forecasting Currents"

11 July: "The Return of the 707"

8 August: George Mylonas "The Qantas A380 - Getting Ready for the Big One!"

12 September: John Jeremy "The 21st Century Passenger Ship Queen Mary 2"

10 October: John Andrew "The Sydney Harbour Bridge"

14 November: Annual General Meeting

12 December: Xmas Dinner

2006 Meetings:

8 February: "Maritime Security Identification Card" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

8 March: Peter Barr -- "PNG Gas Pipeline Offshore Route Survey & the Offshore Gas Industry in 2006"

12 April: Jon Clemesha -- "DMS Port Security and Asset Protection"

10 May: Andrew Forbes -- "Sea Lines of Communication"

14 June: Paul Barclay -- "The History of Our Calendar"

12 July: Capt Ian Watkins -- "Some Aspects of Flying the Airbus A330"

9 August: Cmdr Justin Jomes -- "Navigation Challenges of Naval Operations in the Arabian Gulf"

13 September: Tim Smith -- "NSW's Wartime Shipwreck Heritage"

11 October: Ken Allcott -- "Sydney Airport's Plans for the A380"

8 November: Annual General Meeting

13 December: Xmas Dinner

2005 Meetings:

9 February: Cmdr. Matthew Houston -- "Geospatial Information & Services within Defence"

9 March: Alan Tippett -- "Aeromedical Operations and the RFDS"

13 April: Dr. Magnus Lindgren -- "Practical Application of Hydrodynamic Analysis - State of the Art - Possibilities & Limitations" combined meeting with The Company of Master Mariners

11 May: 500th General Meeting!

8 June: Ken Allcott -- "Sydney Airport Taxiway Deviation Study"

13 July: Louise Anemaat -- "The First Fleet Journals"

10 August: Capt. Richard Morris -- "Super Yachts and Their Impact on the Australian Maritime Industry"

14 September: Graham Murray -- "Lifejackets Throughout the Ages"

12 October: Steven Shorrock -- "Human Error in Air Traffic Control: A Psychological Perspective"

9 November: Annual General Meeting

14 December: Xmas Dinner

2004 Meetings:

11 February: Tracie Barber -- "Ground Effect Vehicles"

10 March: Chris Rizos -- "Galileo and the Future of GNSS"

14 April: Alan Budd -- "Mercy Ships: Bringing Hope and Healing"

12 May: Stephen Harper -- "Crisis & Emergency Management - The Role of the Lawyer"

9 June: Glenn Thornton -- "Water & Waste-water Disinfection of Ship's Ballast Water"

14 July: Brett Moore -- "Boating on the Harbour"

11 August: Ron Armstrong -- "Troubled Times in International Travel"

8 September: Capt. Avraham Ariel -- "Navigating with Dana Sobel - A Sailor's Critique "

13 October: John Colwell -- "Adventure of a Lifetime"

10 November: Dr. Ron Houghton: "Harry Lyon - Trailblazer of Trans Oceanic Navigation"

8 December: Annual General Meeting

2003 Meetings:

12 February: Colin Randall -- "Coal Trade out of Newcastle"

12 March: "Voyages of the DUYFKEN"

9 April: Peter Evans -- "The Fairmile"

14 May: Chris Rizos -- "Advances in GNSS-Based Navigation"

11 June: Ron Armstrong --"Surveillance"

9 July: Chris Oxenbould --"The Port of Newcastle"

13 August: Joint meeting with the Nautical Institute and Master Mariners, Capt. Kit Felor: "There but the grace of ... marine accidents"

10 September: Derek Luxford: "Masters in Peril -- Scapegoats in the Age of Political Correctness at Sea"

8 October: John Marsden: "Flying in the Antarctic"

12 November: Peter Watt & Jim Millar: "The History of Sydney Harbour & its Working Origins"

10 December: Annual General Meeting: Presidential Address by Capt. David Pyett

2002 Meetings:

13 February: Dr Peter Fisk, CSIRO -- "Time & Frequency National Measurement Laboratory"

13 March: Ian Bryce -- "The Christmas Island Space Port"

10 April: Jennifer Trouville -- "Dakota National Air"

8 May: Maurice Glynn, Hydrographic Sciences Australia -- "ECDIS Type Approval & Recent ECDIS Developments"

12 June: Tony Griffiths, NSW Rural Fire Service -- "The Role of Aircraft in Fighting Bushfires"

10 July: Rod Macleod, SAGEM Australia P/L -- "Latest Developments in GPS Products"

14 August: Keith McPherson -- "The GNSS Program - Update & Review"

11 September: Capt. Guy Thomson -- "Getting Logistics Right for Maritime Capability"

9 October: Collin Randall -- "The Coal Trade out of Newcastle"

13 November Annual General Meeting -- Ravi Nijjer: "Bridge Resource Management at Sea and in the Aviation Industry"

2001 Meetings:

14 February: Cmder Robert Ward -- "ECDIS - Where are we now?"

14 March 2001: Capt. Murray Warfield -- "The QANTAS Silk Route to Europe over the Himalayas and China"

11 April: Warwick Adabee (Aust. National Maritime Museum) -- talk on the Dyfken and other museum vessels

9 May: Nigel Leishman (Customer Marketing Director, Pacific, Airbus Industrie) -- "AIRBUS: The Shape of Things to Come"

13 June: Keith Murray -- "The 'Jumboizing' of a Merchant Ship"

11 July: Capt. Trevor Haworth (Captain Cook Cruises) - "Maritime Tourism in Australia"

8 August: Capt. Joe Doyle -- "Matthew Flinders"

12 September: David Aubourg -- "Port design Using PC-Based Ship Simulation"

10 October: Janis Cocking (Aeronautical & Marine Labs, Melbourne) -- "Collins Class Submarines"

14 November: Annual General Meeting

12 December: David Rafferty -- "Marine Voyage Data Recorders - Looking Beyond Compliance"

2000 Meetings:

1 February: Lt-Col Phillip Smith -- "Army Aviation into the 21st Century"

1 March: Capt. James Coldrick (RAN) -- "The RAN Today"

5 April: Robert Russell -- "The 1950 Last Sailing of the Passat from Australia to Europe" and
Lt. Ross Bowden -- "Surveying in East Timor"

3 May: Capt. Steve Hunt, General Manager P&O Cruises -- "The Cruise Ship Industry"

7 June: Phillip Hercus, AO, Executive Chairman International Catamaran Designs Pty Ltd -- "The Design and Operation of High-Speed Catamarans"

5 July: Tracie Barber -- "Wing In-Ground Effect Vessels"

2 August: Peter Moore, SOCOG -- "Olympic Yacht Racing on Sydney Harbour"

6 September: John Date -- "Japanese 'A' Class Midget Submarines"

4 October: Tracie Barber -- "WIGS - Wing In Ground Effect Vessels"

1 November: Chris Rizos, UNSW -- "Current Developments in GPS"

6 December: Annual General Meeting, President's Address

1999 Meetings:

3 February: Capt. Kit Filor -- "Investigating with Developing Technology"

3 March: Prof. Chris Drane -- "Latest Developments in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)"

5 May: Commodore Bob Willis (Hydrographer) & Cmder. Mark Hudson -- "Towards Australia's First Electronic Navigation Chart"

2 June: A/Prof. Chris Rizos -- "Developments in GPS"

7 July: Capt. Mick Costelloe -- "The Sinking of the MV Tulagi in the Indian Ocean"

4 August: David Baker -- "The Discovery of the James Craig "

1 September: Peter Bush -- "The Last Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Inquiry"

6 October: Tom Ware -- "The Sixty Milers"

3 November: Cmdr. (ret.) Sam Bateman -- "The Oceans - Our Future"

1 December: Annual General Meeting

1998 Meetings:

4 February: Tom Ware -- "Titanic -- what happened?"

4 March: Kieran Hosty, Curator Maritime Archeology, Australian National Maritime Museum -- "Diving on the Pandora"

1 April: Ravi Nijjer, Maritime Consultancy Group Pty Ltd -- "Bridge Resource Management"

6 May: Dr. K.C. Wong, Dept. of Aeronautical Eng., Sydney Univ. -- "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)"

3 June: Allan Kneller -- "Quality Assurance and the ISM (International Ship Management) Code"

1 July: Adam Game, Telstra Geoproducts -- "Digitising Land Maps for Vehicle Navigation"

5 August: Capt. Dale Cole -- "The Salvage of the Iron Baron"

2 September: David Kennedy, journalist -- "German Raiders under the Southern Cross"

7 October: Tony Jones, Eurocopter International Pacific -- "Marine Pilot Helicopter Transfers"

4 November: Barry Sargeant, Air Safety Investigator BASI -- "Recent Systemic Investigations Undertaken by BASI"

1997 Meetings:

5 February: Peter Vincent, FUGRO -- "Precise Positioning with DGPS"

5 March: Mike Connell -- "What Became of the Endevour?"

2 April: Keith McPherson -- "GNSS Augmentation Systems"

7 May: Dr Gordon Pike, OPTUS Satellite Planning -- "Chinese Long March Rockets"

4 June: Prof. Ivan Shearer, Sydney University -- "Controversial Navigation Rights in the Asia Pacific Area"

2 July: Derek Williams -- "Piracy in the South East Asia Area"

6 August: Prof. Brian O'Keefe, Air Services Australia -- "FANS -- Future Air Navigation System"

3 September: James Kennett -- "Remote Data Collection and Tracking by Satellite"

1 October: John Macdonald, AMSA -- "The Australian REEFREP System: a Coastal Vessel Traffic Information Service and Ship Reporting System for the Torres Strait Region and the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef"

5 November: Captain Bill Hoogendoorn -- "Transportable Navigation Aid for Harbour Pilots"

3 December: President's Annual Report and Address