THE CONFERENCE EXHIBITIONS

Successful Voyages, Sustainable Planet THE CONFERENCE EXHIBITIONS

World Festival for all

The 19th IALA Conference comprises a series of Companion Programme Industrial Expo & Fair Heritage Exhibition A Meaningful Legacy for the Future activities that bring members of IALA together to share their experiences in improving navigation safety through knowledge and innovation. This has established itself as a major transportation hub in Industrial EXPO & FAIR at the Conference covers a wider range of The Conference will open an cultural heritage exhibition of northeast Asia with the world-renowned Incheon International themes and exhibits - R&D, AtoN services, AtoN products, AIS, lighthouses. The exhibition will be co-organised with IALA edition of the Conference will consist of the Airport and Incheon Port. The transport system in Incheon is Monitoring as well as Energy sources and Power supply. national members with the aim to raise awareness of the THE CONFERENCE following events. very convenient. Gangnam District in , which inspired the importance of lighthouse heritage conservation. Council & General Assembly It will provide an ideal platform for industry leaders to meet, singer 's world famous song "Gangnam Style", is an easy Heritage exhibition will be one of the most notable events, Social Events network and share knowledge and experience. Companion Programme distance away. showcasing a wide-ranging display items concerned with lighthouses from all over the world. The companion programme involves three courses to popular Council and General Assembly places in the city and its suburbs.

There will be two sessions of the IALA Council. The last ordinary Experience Programmes HERITAGE EXHIBITIONS session for the period 2014-2018 will be held, and the formation Incheon Declaration to Industrial EXPO & FAIR of the new Council will take place after the elections. At this Recognise Lighthouses as Heritage Exhibition Social Events The Conference also will feature a variety of experience programmes World Heritage Experience Programmes meeting, the Council will elect the President, Vice President and such as virtual realities, maritime IOT(Internet of Things). Treasurer for the period 2018-2022.

There will be Social Events during the Conference such as The venue will offer unique experiences regarding aids to navigation The General Assembly meets every four years, coinciding with IALA CHANGE OF STATUS the Conference, and does its work in two sessions, with the voting Welcome Reception, Conference Dinner, IMC Evening and and maritime safety for students in kindergarten, elementary, middle, Change of Status from NGO to IGO for the election of Council members taking place in the second Gala Dinner. high schools, and even the professionals in the aids to navigation Diplomatic Conference session. field, and general public.

Experience programmes allow participants to get the best knowledge of aids to navigation by viewing the exhibited items and gaining first-hand experience. More information

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Incheon Port Gwanghwamun, Seoul Website http://www.iala2018korea.org E-mail [email protected]

IALA Website http://www.iala-aism.org E-mail [email protected] Songdo ConvenciA Songdo Central Park Korean Folk Village Industrial EXPO & FAIR Experience programmes Heritage exhibition of lighthouses

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IALA CHANGE OF STATUS Heritage

The change of status will mark a major milestone in the history of IALA. “Incheon Declaration on historic lighthouses as world heritage" The Government of Korea welcomingly offer to host, if appropriate, Incheon Declaration is planned to be adopted during the 19th IALA Conference, Incheon, Korea. a Diplomatic Conference for formal adoption of the draft IALA Convention, Through the declaration, IALA members will bring their thought together ; th which would be convened in conjuntion with the 19 IALA Conference, to recognise historic lighthouses, their equipments and other aids to navigation as world heritage, to be held in Incheon in 2018. to recognise it is valuable to conserve such heritage, and to work together for promoting the value of such heritage and conserving such heritage in its original form.

Starting point of IALA General Assembly The lighthouse is irreplaceable New vision for the evolution of IALA Resolution cultural heritage lighthouse heritage

At the meeting of the IALA Council in Busan, Korea, the Council At its 18th session held in Spain in 2014, the IALA General As historic lighthouses are the unique and strong symbol of the The government of Korea prepares to adopt the Incheon approved the road map for the implementation of an International Assembly adopted a resolution stating its firm belief that status world maritime heritage and hold great significance to local and Declaration, which sets out a new vision for the preservation Agreement that would change the status of IALA from NGO to as an IGO will best facilitate IALA's aims in the 21st century and national communities, it should be treated differently from other and sustainable management of historic lighthouses as IGO. This is the starting point of the evolution of IALA. determining that the new status should be achieved, as soon assets. world heritage, in the 19th IALA Conference held in 2018. as possible, through the development of an international treaty instrument. The cultural heritage of lighthouses is a meaningful legacy from By taking this opportunity we hope to revitalize the IALA the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future Heritage Forum and develop a mechanism for managing a generations. Our cultural heritage of lighthouses is irreplaceable World Lighthouse Heritage List. source of life and inspiration. MAY 27 - JUNE 2

18th IALA Conference Diplomatic Conference The Tower of Hercules(UNESCO World Heritage) The Lighthouse at Alexandria: the Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World

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