Accra,- The Ghana Navy in partnership with Great Minds Events LLC (GM), will host the second edition of this year’s International Maritime Defence and Exhibition Conference at the Kempinski in Accra.
The Conference, which starts from Tuesday July 6 to 8, 2021 will bring together participants from regional Air Forces, to highlight the significance of air-maritime cooperation.
A statement signed by Colonel Emmanuel Aggrey-Quashie, the Director Public Relations, GAF and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President would open the Conference on Wednesday July 7, 2021.
It will start on Tuesday July 6,2021 with a site visit by the attendees and delegates to the Western Naval Command at Sekondi and the Air Force Base, in Takoradi.
The two-day Conference will end on Thursday July 8, 2021 with Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama closing the event.
The Conference is on the theme: “Maritime Security and Trade, the Nexus between a Secured Maritime Domain and a Developed Blue Economy.”
The Conference is expected to bring together about 15 Chiefs of Navies and Air Forces from across Africa, several international maritime experts as speakers, panelists, delegates and exhibitors from global defence industries to share ideas and deliberate on maritime security issues facing the Gulf of Guinea Region, which had witnessed a surge in threats to maritime security in recent times.
The main objectives of the conference was to strengthen regional cooperation and interoperability and to promote inter-agency approaches to curbing maritime security.
Additionally the event will seek to highlight the link between a secured maritime domain and a developed blue economy.
The statement provided a website, www.imdecafrica.com for further details on the speakers, participants, objectives, significance and activities lined up for the Conference.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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