Interspill 2022 conference included 21 sessions and we also had the pleasure of hosting the PREMIAM Conference. Many delegates enjoyed the varied but technical nature of the conferences and have commented positively on the quality of the presentations delivered. Thank you to all of the speakers! The Interspill Committee is therefore delighted to share the […]

Interspill 2022 concludes today at 1600CET. It has been a lot of work to get there overshadowed by uncertainty on attendance due to COVID restrictions and the debate of face-to-face or hybrid! As we look to close the event we can say to all who have participated IT WAS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT! There has […]

So far Interspill has surpassed our post-COVID expectations with a larger exhibition, plenty of visitors and many innovations that have made the show so interesting! Today has had the themes of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) running through it.The opening special plenary session by Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton saw a full auditorium captivated by her life […]

Well, Day One at Interspill went well and the hum of discourse was everywhere as friends caught up with overseas colleagues they had not seen during our COVID years! Attendance numbers were higher than expected, the exhibitors were delighted with the quality of the visitors and the keynotes rose to the significance of meeting face to […]

After three years of planning and worry over COVID prompting long discussions on Interspill being a face-to-face, hybrid or online event, today Interspill opens as a pure face-to-face event with three opening keynotes. The following senior industry leaders open Interspill this morning at 0930: Sander Winckels, Rijkswaterstaat Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac, EMSA Executive Director Morten […]

Premiam (Pollution Response in Emergencies: Marine Impact Assessment and Monitoring) is a well-established environmental impact assessment and monitoring approach that was developed to support the UK Government. It has since been used in many incidents as part of a package of support from the UK Government to marine incidents abroad. The Premiam Conference in 2022 […]

The heart of Interspill is the Conference which presents an opportunity for professionals from the international spill response community, private sector, government, and non-governmental organizations, and academia to come together to tackle the greatest challenges facing us with sound science, practical innovation, social engineering, a global research, and imagination. The momentum behind the Interspill Conference builds […]

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) is very important to our industry and is celebrated at the triennial series of response events and other industry exhibitions by holding a dedicated session on this subject. At Interspill 2022, this will be in the form of a workshop and lunch. The aim of the lunch is to create […]

  With just over a week to the start of Interspill 2022, the Interspill Committee is pleased to release its final newsletter to let you know all that is taking place at this key industry event at Amsterdam RAI from 21-23 June 2022. In this edition of the newsletter you will find: Welcome and Introduction […]

  On 31 May Interspill Inform hosted an interesting webinar on Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution. It is part of our Clean Seas webinar series which is a prelude to the Clean Seas Day at Interspill on 23 June. The webinar presented the scale of the problem, how it will get worse without governmental action and set out […]

Spill Response Group Holland (SRGH) as hosts of Interspill 2022 have agreed with the Port of Amsterdam for an On Water Demonstration area to be available on the River Amstel. Up to 10 of the SRGH members have agreed to support an On Water Demonstration. It will be hosted on the sustainable vessel Z8. SRGH […]

The momentum behind the Interspill Conference builds as we are just over 2 weeks from the opening of Interspill 2022. This year we have been delighted by the quality of abstracts received by the Conference Committee. It means that we have 21 high-quality sessions with 3 or 4 papers to be presented in each session […]

Would you like to invite to partner with Interspill, and connect with over 400 conference delegates, over 70 exhibitors, over 1200 delegates, over 70 speakers, and over 150 participating companies within the oil and pollution response sector? Those attending are senior professionals from response organisations, manufacturers, oil companies, and national and international regulatory bodies. Sponsorship […]

The momentum behind the Interspill Conference builds as we are just 4 weeks from the closing of Interspill 2022. This year we have been delighted by the quality of abstracts received by the Conference Committee. It means that we have 21 high-quality sessions with 3 or 4 papers to be presented in each session delivered […]

Interspill Inform: Clean Seas – Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution Webinar 31st May @ 14:00 BST Marine debris and plastic pollution are growing threats to all ecosystems. Plastic pollution leakage into aquatic ecosystems has grown sharply in recent years and is projected to more than double by 2030, with dire consequences for human health, the global economy, biodiversity […]

Science Workshops – Getting Under The Skin Of Emerging Spill And Pollution Risks! INTERSPILL 2022 will once again feature science workshops jointly organised by Cedre and ITOPF. These will cover key topical issues relating to both present and future challenges in spill and pollution response. These workshops take the form of four 1-hour sessions, each comprising three […]

We are running a series of Interspill Inform webinars to support the Sector Themed Days. More details on the Sector Themed Days at Interspill are available at: https://www.interspill.org/about-interspill/industry-sector-working-group-webinars-and-themed-days/clean-seas/ We are pleased to announce the dates of the Interspill Inform Shipping and Salvage Webinar series:   Casualty Management at 1400hrs (BST) 24 May Container losses – stemming the […]

Premiam (Pollution Response in Emergencies: Marine Impact Assessment and Monitoring) is a well established environmental impact assessment and monitoring approach that was developed to support the UK Government. It has since been used in many incidents as part of a package of support from UK Government to marine incidents abroad. The Premiam Conference in 2022 […]

CASUALTY MANAGEMENT – Updating the traditional process of casualty management in shipping to enable great proactive action to prevent environmental harm of losses. 24th May at 15:00 BST This webinar, the first in our Shipping and Salvage Series of Interspill Inform webinars, will look at what happens when a vessel gets into difficulty and follows […]

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) is very important to our industry and is celebrated at the triennial series of response events and other industry exhibitions by holding a dedicated session on this subject. At Interspill 2022, this will be in the form of a workshop and lunch. The aim of the lunch is to create an open forum for […]

Interspill 2022: INTRODUCING OUR NEW OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS : Nancy Scheijven-Westra, the Director of Vessel Traffic and Water Management at Rijkswaterstaat, will welcome us to Amsterdam and to our host nation of the Netherlands which has a strong nautical tradition and people to whom the water is as familiar as the land. She studied business economics and international management […]

Following the Interspill Conference Committee meeting on 4 May, we are pleased to be able to release the very latest Interspill Programme. The Committee agreed on the Conference programme and the experienced session Chairs. The Conference is a blend of traditional oil spill topics – incident management, contingency planning and preparedness, subsea response, and dispersants […]

Around the world, coastal waters are steadily growing darker and murky. Unchecked this has the potential to cause huge problems for our oceans and their inhabitants. The causes are being better understood; fertilizer and sewage run off, heavy rains washing soils and decaying vegetation into the seas, ocean warming causing vegetation to die.  Day at […]

Interspill 2022 is lengthening its stride in the run down to opening on 21 June in Amsterdam. The good news is that despite the potential disruption to travel caused by COVID we have a full exhibition with the major players in our industry exhibiting again plus many new companies attending. We have a very strong […]

The Interspill 2022 Conference to be held 21-23 June at Amsterdam RAI has 21 sessions and over 60 papers to be presented by speakers from around the world in this face-to-face conference. Interspill will be a busy and interesting conference that will appeal to all in the marine protection community. The conference will hear papers […]

We are running a series of Interspill Inform, webinars to support the Sector Themed Days. More details on the Sector Themed Days at Interspill are available here. We are pleased to announce the dates of the Interspill Inform Clean Seas Webinar series: Coastal Darkening 1400hrs (BST) 4 May Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution 1400hrs (BST) […]

Premiam (Pollution Response in Emergencies: Marine Impact Assessment and Monitoring) is a well established environmental impact assessment and monitoring approach that was developed to support the UK Government. It has since been used in many incidents as part of a package of support from UK Government to marine incidents abroad. The Premiam Conference in 2022 […]

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) is very important to our industry and is celebrated at the triennial series of response events and other industry exhibitions by holding a workshop and lunch. The purpose of the workshop is to gather those who wish to promote and encourage DEI in their own workplace, discuss common issues, and […]

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton is one of the few women to have served at the top of the fire service. She combines her role as one of the most senior female firefighters in the UK with work as a Research Fellow at Cardiff University where she specialises in behavioural neuroscience, in particular how humans make decisions […]

World leaders will come together online and in Nairobi, Kenya, next week, in what is described as a “critical moment” in progress towards the first ever global treaty to combat plastic waste.

The Interspill Committee have been working hard to prepare for Interspill 2022 to be held at RAI Amsterdam between 21 – 23 June 2022.

With just 139 days to go it is time to introduce our Keynote Speakers who will welcome you to Amsterdam. The opening keynotes on Tuesday 21 June in the Auditorium, Hall 10, RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, Amsterdam will be:

Before your Halloween celebrations don’t forget to spend a few moments to let us have your 250 word abstract submission for the Interspill conference as the Call for Papers closes at midnight on 31 October!

Interspill 2022 is now just 8 months away, this is the first of three newsletter that we will publish to keep you up to date with what is happening at the event. This issue sets the scene.

At the Interspill Technical Conference Committee Meeting last week it was agreed that the deadline for submission of abstracts would be extended by one month to 31 October 2021.

Interspill 2022 is the next event in the triennial series of international oil spill clean-up events and will be held in Amsterdam, from 21 – 23 June 2022.

It was our pleasure last week to announce that Interspill 2022 is to be held at the RAI exhibition and convention centre Amsterdam from 21-23 June 2022.

Interspill was initially scheduled to be held in Amsterdam in 2021. However, it was agreed that the normal schedule should be moved in light of the uncertainities of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interspill are delighted to introduce the fresh new look for Interspill 2020.

Interspill are delighted to announce that it will attend IOSC from 21 -23 June 2021.

Interspill are delighted to appoint iConex to run the next three editions of Interspill.