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Office closures - December 2024

Season’s greetings from everybody at the IMarEST.

Our staff are taking some well-deserved time off, so our offices will be closed for the festive period from Wednesday 25th December to Wednesday 1st January inclusive.

During this time, staff will be unable to provide any support. Don’t forget you can reset passwords automatically by clicking ‘Forgot password’ on the login screen. We wish you all a peaceful break.

Council

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Our Council of elected members ensures effective governance for the Institute and takes a leading role in strategy development.

The Council is the most senior outlet for member representation in the Institute. Led by our President, who serves a one-year term that begins and concludes at our Annual General Meeting, the Council provides advice and support to our governing Board of Trustees.

Members are either elected to represent international divisions, or invited to attend in their capacity as a committtee chair.

Council Members

Our Council membership changes annually, with a portion of members elected each year.

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Committees of Council

The Council is responsible for our professional, technical and learned society activities, delivering much of its work via committees:

Branches Committee

The Branches Committee provides oversight, monitors performance and offers guidance to the Institute’s global network of branches and joint branches.

Chairs - Mike Watt and Keith Hutchinson

Council Executive Committee

The Council Executive Committee (CEC) oversees the implementation of Council decisions and fosters interaction and interworking between and among other Council committees, the Board of Trustees and the Executive.

Chair - Phillip Parvin

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee has the responsibility to assess and scrutinise applications for election, transfer, reinstatement and resignation of our Voting membership (Fellow, Member and Associate Member), as well as the suitability of applications for our professional registrations.

Chair - Gary Hindmarch

Professional Affairs & Education Committee (PAEC)

The PAEC is responsible for setting our academic and professional development standards and making the final decisions regarding the accreditation of academic courses and graduate training programmes and the granting of IMarEST recognition for relevant CPD courses.

Chair - Ian Tuersley

Publications Supervisory Board (PSB)

The PSB oversees the quality of our conference proceedings and, acting through the individual editorial boards, the Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology and the Journal of Operational Oceanography. This includes the appointment of the journal's Editors-in-Chiefs and oversight of individual editorial boards.

Chair - Oliver Simmonds

Technical Leadership Board (TLB)

The TLB leads the Institute’s technical activity.  It oversees and supports the work of the technically-themed Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and identifies current, emerging and future technical issues and priorities. It ensures that the Institute operates in the public benefit by delivering sound technical outputs and providing leadership on key issues of importance and relevance to our members, the broader marine sector, governments and other regulators and the general public.

Co-chairs -  Jennifer Gomez Molina and Tim Kent