ICS Canada Open Day September 12, 2018

Vancouver 

The ICS Open day in Canada continues to be a real success. We continue to see attendance not in quantity, but in quality. As with last year, we look forward to helping attending students to connect to the industry and enroll to become ICS students.

As in previous years we held the ICS Open Day in the BC COS Boardroom and laid out brochures and material for mental stimulation and some snacks and drinks for sustenance.

We had two attendees from a local grain trading house that were looking to expand their shipping knowledge base. They arrived early and stayed for nearly two hours, chatting and asking a variety of questions on the benefits of the ICS and the relevance of the exams to their career goals. They were very interested in enrolling as students and both left the Open day advising they will take the Foundation Diploma in the April 2019 exam session. We will follow up accordingly.

Both prospective students were also very interested in attending the ICS Dry Bulk and Commodities conference and we will ensure they will also have the opportunity to participate in that also.

Montreal

ICS Open Days were held in Montreal at the offices of two major ship operators, Rio Tinto Marine on September 12th and Fednav International Limited on September 18th. Presentations were given on the background and activities of ICS, on the various qualifications and methods of study available and details such as cost, duration, etc. Eight staff from each company attended. Everyone seemed to appreciate having the presentation delivered at their office!