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Under the terms of an Agreement signed in May 2008 between the UIM, the WPPA and IOTA, the UIM-WPPA Class 1 World and Continental Offshore Championship is promoted and organised by IOTA and run under the WPPA rules.
IOTA - International Offshore Team Association - is the Association which represents the teams participating in Class 1 and is the owner of the Class 1 brand. IOTA is run by the Board, composed of H.E. Sheikh Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani, Chairman, Mr Per Carsten Michelsen and Mr Gianfranco Venturelli ; the General Secretary is Mr Marco Sala.
The WPPA - World Professional Powerboating Association - is an association which was founded in order to professionally organise and manage, under the aegis of the UIM, the Class 1 World Offshore Championship and to be responsible for the conduct and operation of the aforementioned class. Mr Saeed Hareb is the WPPA Chairman and the organisation is run by the Secretary General, Mr Sid Bensalah. | 
