The Baltic Sail Committee cordially invite you to participate in the International Conference Maritime Traditions in European Waters - What’s on? organized in consultation with European Maritime Heritage to take place in the Hanseatic City of Rostock.
Preserving our maritime heritage is not only the objective of maritime museums. More than 200 old time sailing ships and about two million visitors can be counted every year during maritime events in the Baltic Sea Region. Many of those festivals are organized by the cities in Baltic Sail: Klaipeda (Lithuania), Halmstad, Karlskrona and Gävle (Sweden), Gdansk (Poland), Lübeck/Travemünde and Rostock (Germany). Their task is to save and to promote traditional shipping as one major part of our common maritime heritage. Traditional vessels are in the center of interest presenting themselves as ambassadors of their countries and their regional maritime heritage in operation. 
European Maritime Heritage is the association of traditional ships in operation. Its task is to safeguard traditional ships and all the skills belonging to shipping. In the European Maritime Policy it is acknowledged that traditional shipping has become economicaly important, but also has the capacity to promote maritime awareness of ports and shipping amoung the general public, to stimulate young people to start a career in seafaring and to revive and disseminate traditional maritime skills.
Opportunities and best practice of these merrits of traditional shipping will be discussed by city representatives, organizers of harbour festivals, owners, agents or operators of traditional sailing ships, scientists of maritime and naval museums, representatives of cities or institutions representing world maritime heritage sites, national shipping authorities, institutions, associations or private persons interested in maintaining or simply displaying the maritime cultural heritage of Europe and especially the Baltic Sea Region.
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