Members Night including Technical Talk

The Joint Branch of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) (Singapore) is the representative body for RINA and IMarEST in Singapore.The Royal Institution of Naval Architects and The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology are the oldest professional institutions in the world, serving the members of the maritime community worldwide.Membership of RINA and IMarEST implies the achievement of the highest standards of professional competency and integrity, recognised throughout the global maritime industry. The Joint Branch is committed to assist its members in maintaining these standards by providing access to up-to-date information on developments in the maritime industry through a programme of regular technical meetings and conferences in Singapore. This is complimented by international publications and events organised by RINA and IMarEST.

The Joint Branch of the RINA and IMarEST (Singapore)

Dear members,
We are pleased to invite Shamsul Huda CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEST, GradIOSH (Lloyd's Register Singapore) to give us a talk on the topic: Affect Heuristic and its Influence on Operational Risk Management.
Special Guest Mr Trevor Blakeley Chief Executive Royal Institution of Naval Architects 
This talk will be followed by a networking dinner.
AGENDA 6.30 pm to 7.00 pm Registration &amp; Networking 7.00 pm to 7.15 pm Institution Update by Special Guest 7.15 pm to 8.00 pm Technical talk and Q&A session 8.00 pm to 8.15 pm  Presentation by ALCONA | AMOS Group Limited
 
TECHNICAL TALK
Synopsis
“The Heart has its Reasons which Reason Knows Nothing of." (Blaise Pascal)
“Affect” means a feeling state (good or bad) that we experience (with or without consciousness) associated with a stimulus (human, task, object). Good or bad affective feelings (Affect), attached to image facilitate information integration, guide and direct our judgements and decisions. This process is called “Affect Heuristic” (Finucane, Peters &amp; Slovic, 2002). Operational risks onboard ships are predominantly managed by experiential mode of thinking. In this thinking mode, we encode reality by images. A lifetime of learning leads these images to become “marked” by good or bad feelings linked to somatic or bodily states. Thus, it is argued that affect heuristic is the centrepiece of the experiential mode of thinking.
However, like other heuristics such as availability, representativeness, anchoring and adjustment that provide efficient and generally adaptive responses but occasionally lead us to ashtray, reliance on affect can also deceive us. There are two important ways that experiential thinking misguides us. One results from the deliberate manipulation of our affective reactions by those who wish to control our behaviour. The other results from the natural limitations of the experiential system and the existence of stimuli in our environment that are simply not amenable to valid affective representation. This talk will discuss the impacts of both types of problems on operational risk management onboard ships, and how to influence employees’ judgement and decision making for safe, effective and efficient operation of ships. 
 
About the Speaker
Shamsul joined Orient Ship Management Hong Kong as Engineer Cadet and worked onboard various types of ocean-going vessels as watchkeeping engineer.  He later joined Norwegian Crew Management, Oslo and thereafter was promoted to Chief Engineer in 1999. He won William Theodore Barker Prize from the Institute of Marine Engineering, London in 1999 for obtaining highest marks in Class – One Certificate of Competency (Motor) Examination from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, UK. In 2005 he was part of Unix Line Pte. Ltd. Singapore as Technical Superintendent managing Chemical Tankers. As of May 2006, he remains with Lloyd’s Register Singapore Pte Ltd. as Senior Marine Surveyor conducting hull, machinery and statutory surveys following types of ships – LPG, Oil, Chemical, Container, Bulk, General Cargo, Off-Shore Support, Special Purpose Ships; carrying out ship condition survey, Condition Assessment Program (CAP) for Hull, Machinery and Cargo Systems onboard Oil, Chemical and LNG Tankers, and Bulk Carriers; Lead ISM &amp; ISPS Auditor; Lead MLC inspector; Lead trainer for Risk Management and Incident Investigation; Lead Risk, Safety and Human Factors Specialist.
Based on his MSc thesis, he has co-developed a new consultancy service by working with LR's Global Technology Centre, Singapore for studying risk perception and decision-making of employees from shipping companies and implementing improvements with a view to minimise losses and maximise gains. He has been working as one of the committee members of the Human Element Working Group (HEWG) from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, London since January 2018.
 
Limited car parking is available in the Sports Centre on a first come first served basis. Closest MRT Station: Newton (Red Line / Blue Line), Exit B / Exit A.  Bus 5, 54, 124, 143, 162, 167, 171. Closest Bus Stops in Scotts Rd: Far East Plaza / Royal Plaza On Scotts. Taxi drop off in Draycott Drive. 
 
Joint Branch Members are welcome and admission is free but early registration is needed. Student members or walk-in guests are not allowed for this event. Dress code: business casual. Photos taken by official photographers may be used by the organizers in their published material.

The Tangling Club, Raffles Room (Level 2)

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