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Digital Ship Athens - in association with AMMITEC - October 19-20 2006
Metropolitan Hotel, Athens
Agenda day one
SESSION: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Session chairman:
Professor Nikitas Nikitakos, president, AMMITEC
Prof Nikitas Nikitakos is president, association of shipping company IT managers (AMMITEC). He is also professor and head of the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport , University of the Aegean, Chios, where he teaches IT, communication and e-business focused on the maritime sector. He has been participated as coordinator/principal researcher in several EU and national funded research project related to shipping and took part several times in Greece's delegation to IMO's committees. His research interest includes maritime communications, e-learning for seafarers, maritime software, e-business and e-government applications to the maritime sector.
9.30am - How today's shipping companies use satcoms and software Adonis Violaris, head of communications, public relations and human resources, Hanseatic Shipping Research into satcom terminals which shipmanagement / shipowning companies are using onboard vessels, and how this will change when higher bandwidth is available
Adonis Violaris, head of communications, public relations and human resources, Hanseatic Adonis Violaris is Cyprus Shipping Council ICT subcommittee chairman and also human resource manager, communications and public relations manager of Hanseatic Shipmanagement in Cyprus. The main objective for Adonis and his department is to control communications costs and provide support to the Headquarters, branch offices and vessels on communication matters. He maintains close links with the IT and Communications Industry and is one of the main speakers at various IT & Communication conferences. In March 2005 Adonis additionally took over the responsibilities of the Human Resource Manager at Hanseatic. He has an MBA from Freie Universität, Berlin.
9.55am - Inmarsat and its portfolio evolution strategy into 2007 - Fleetbroadband - Piers Cunningham, head of maritime business, Inmarsat
Piers Cunningham is head of maritime business with Inmarsat, which operates the satellite communications system used by most of the world's merchant shipping fleet which also forms the backbone of global GMDSS provision. During 2005/6 Inmarsat will be launching its next generation Inmarsat-4 satellites, which will provide enhanced service provision to both existing and future users of its maritime services. www.inmarsat.com
10.25am - Experience with Inmarsat Fleet Tasos Makris, information systems director, Gourdomichalis Maritime A user's experience with Inmarsast F77 MPDS & ISDN. Usability of shipboard systems.
Tassos Makris is IS Director with Gourdomichalis Maritime, a shipmanagement company in Greece, which currently manages three Panamax bulk-carriers and two Handysize bulk-carriers trading under the Greek and Panamanian flags.
10.50am - BREAK
11.20am - Schlumberger's plans to offer communications services to the maritime industry. Alistair Grove-White, manager, strategic technologies
SIS Global Connectivity Services, Schlumberger Oilfield. Schlumberger is the world's largest IT supplier to the international oil and gas industry, and provides VSAT communications to oilrigs and drillships.
Alistair Grove-White is manager, strategic technologies SIS Global Connectivity Services, Schlumberger Oilfield. Schlumberger is the world's largest IT supplier to the international oil and gas industry, and provides VSAT communications to oilrigs and drillships.
11.45pm - What is all this fuss about the internet? Kristina Garfjell Kantola, Dualog. Are there any incremental benefits of always on connectivity vs not always on connectivity? Isn't the most important issue the cost per kilobyte?
Kristina Garfjell Kantola is international sales manager of Dualog, a Norwegian company offering services to help shipping companies manage their ship-shore data communication and e-mail
12.00am - Questions and answers about using VSAT onboard vessels - led by Karl Jeffery, editor, Digital Ship
12.25pm - Panel discussion - optimising satellite communications for shipping companies
1.00pm - LUNCH
DAY ONE AFTERNOON
SOFTWARE AND IT SYSTEMS
Chair: Susan Radford, IT manager, Teo Shipping Corporation
Susan Radford is a director of AMMITEC and ICT manager of TEO Shipping
Corporation, which owns and operates 5 bulk carriers and 2 container ships.
She has 5 years previous experience in developing software for maritime
applications, and currently manages for TEO a fully customized software
development effort.
2.00pm - Technology trends in managing ships. Capt. Constantine J. Markakis, president / CEO, Dorian Hellas SA
Capt. Constantine J. Markakis, president / CEO of Dorian Hellas, which has 5 LPG vessels, 1 crude oil tanker and 2 bulk carriers. It has one tanker and four LPG vessels on order.
2.25pm - A shipowners view on how IT and communications can add the most value. Leonidas Polemis, shipowner, Remi Maritime
Leonidas Polemis is shipowner, Remi Maritime, which has two crude oil tankers and one bulk carrier.
2.50pm - Loukas Koumertas, plannned maintenance support engineer, Eletson Implementing a Computerised Plan Maintenance System: A generic review
from the end-user perspective
Loukas Koumertas, Mech. Engineer, is planned maintenance support engineer in Eletson's Technical Dpt. in charge of administration / operation of the company's Planned Maintenance System (Amos), since its inauguration 10
years ago. The system is currently implemented in the company's 25 double hull product carriers with a combined capacity of 1.6 million dwt. The company has on order six 52,000 dwt product tankers and four 35,000 cbm LPG/NH3 Carriers at Hyundai Mipo, South Korea
3.15pm Constantinos Tomasos, chairman, Tomasos brothers. Experience with a planned maintenance system.
Constantinos Tomasos is chairman of Tomasos Brothers Inc, which manages a large fleet of product tankers, chemical tankers, bulk carriers & passenger vessels. The fleet presently consists of 16 vessels, most of which are younger than 10 years: 9 tankers, 4 bulk carriers, and 3 Car Passenger Ships. The Tomasos Family involvement in shipping dates back to the 19th Century. With 100 years of experience in sea transportation our management gives always priority to the quality, the safety of the vessels and the enviroment protection. www.tomasos.gr
3.40 BREAK
4.20pm - Charis Nassis, strategy, leadership and human resources, Hay Group (previously IT manager, Ceres). IT governance - best practises in the IT industry - examples from the shipping industry - how are decisions made in investments, needs, infrastructure, architecture and policies?
Charis Nassis, strategy, leadership and human resources consultant, Hay Group. He was previously ICT Manager, Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, one of the largest shipowners in Greece with 2 Aframax tankers, 9 Suezmax tankers, 15 chemical tankers, 9 bulk carries and 3 LNG carriers, employing 200 shore staff and 3,000 seafarers. He has a MSc in Management of Technology from MIT in Boston.
4.45pm - Lana Al-Salem, senior project manager, SpecTec. Why upgrade your IT systems -
Improving competitiveness and regulatory compliance - how to set about improving your system - role of IT service provider in guiding and supporting the process - justifying the costs / effort
Lana Al-Salem is senior project manager, SpecTec. She was previously IS manager of Sekur Holdings in Greece, and joined SpecTec in summer this year.
5.10pm - Capt. Stergios Nikolaidis, health, safety, quality and security
manager, DPA & CSO, Franco Compania Naviera SA. Shipowner's perspective on computer based training tools
Capt. Stergios Nikolaidis, health, safety, quality and security manager, DPA & CSO, Franco Compania Naviera SA, a Greek operator of 7 dry bulk vessels. www.franco.gr
Perikles Koukis, technical director, CBT Project Manager,
International Business Solutions. Using computer based training to improve safety culture and competence levels onboard. Developing vessel and company specific computer based training modules. Driving company culture beyond compliance.
Perikles Koukis, technical director, CBT Project Manager, International Business Solutions, an Athens maritime consultancy offering services in maritime quality, safety, risk and environmental management.
5.35pm - Panel Discussion - What is the best way for shipping companies and IT suppliers to work together - how to get the best deals?
6.00pm - Coffee / beer / wine (short break before AMMITEC AGM)
6.15pm on Thursday October 19 - AMMITEC Annual General Meeting
7.00pm - Alcoholic beverages in exhibition hall sponsored by Inmarsat
7.30pm - Evening taverna dinner adjacent to Metropolitan Hotel, sponsored by Inmarsat
DAY TWO
Session: How IT can add value to today's shipping company
Chairman: Emmanuel N. Kothris, chief information officer, Eletson Corporation
Emmanuel N. Kothris is chief information officer of Eletson Corporation, which operates 25 double hull tankers with a combined capacity of 1,630,533 dwt. The Company has on order six 52,000 dwt product tankers and four 35,000 cbm LPG/NH3 Carriers at Hyundai Mipo, South Korea. The vessels are scheduled for delivery during 2009 and 2010.
9.30am - Keynote speech: Giancarlo Coletta, purchasing director, Grimaldi Group Naples. Using KPIs to optimise purchasing and maintenance.
Giancarlo Coletta is purchasing director, head of maintenance engineering and cost control director with Grimaldi Group Naples, which transports over 1,800,000 cars per year with 55 owned and chartered vessels, a position he has held since 1996. He was previously head of maintenance, modification and product support with Italian aircraft manufacturer Aeritalia-Alenia, and before that was head of the maintenance engineering department with an Italian regional railway. He has a Phd in mechanical engineering.
9.55am - Proving to authorities that discharge was within legal limits. Paul Morter, head of sales and online services, Transas Telematics. A non-tamperable device which sends information to a trusted independent third party verifying that the level of oil in oil / water discharge at any time is within legal limits, sending data by Inmarsat D+.
Paul Morter is sales director, Transas Telematics, the satcom services division of the maritime software / hardware company Transas. Transas produces software and electronic systems for the maritime industry, including communications services (Transas Telematics), bridge systems / electronic chart displays, simulators, vessel traffic systems and electronic charts. It produces one of the industry leading ship alert systems.
10.20am - Computer tool methods to manage fuel consumption - John Miele, sales manager Micad Marine
Using real time information about fuel consumption
- calculating the financial impact of different navigation systems
- continually updating the calculation as condition changes
- providing real time information to charterers about vessel fuel consumption
John Miele is sales manager Micad Marine, which claims to be the 'world leader in real time marine information systems'. It offers tools to help shipping companies monitor and manage fuel consumption, and do condition based and predictive maintenance.
10.45am - BREAK
11.15am - Automating handling of thickness measurements on ships. Philippe Renard, Bureau Veritas
Eu-funded project to develop a software tool which can calculate and interprete thickness measurements and handle data Measurement consistency checks trigger electronic alerts
Philippe Renard is head of Bureau Veritas' Condition Assessment Scheme (CAS). Bureau Veritas is one of the world's largest class societies, based in Paris.
11.40am - Improved weather routing / bunker purchasing.
Dimitris Theodossiou, managing director, Danaos Management Consultants
- Using software tools to route the vessels more accurately taking into considering weather expections and specific hydrodynamic properties of the vessel;
- managing speed to minimise fuel costs for vessel to reach destination at required arrival time;
- computer tools to source bunkers at most cost effective locations
Dimitris Theodossiou is managing director, Danaos Management Consultants, one of the world's largest maritime software companies, based in Athens, that has served over 500 large and small shipping companies in its 20 years of existense. Danaos Management Consultants is also affiliated to Danaos Corporation that very recently was listed in NYSE.
12.05pm - Developments with electronic charts. Rune Holst Johnsen, director, Primar Stavanger. . Is now the right time to switch to electronic charts? Current coverage area of official charts. Calculating the return on investment - is it worth the effort. Using paper and electronic charts together - costs. Expected regulatory requirements and how to plan for them.
Rune Holst Johnsen is director of Primar Stavanger, the Stavanger (Norway) government organisation which co-ordinates official electronic charts for Scandinavia, France and most of North West Europe.
12.30pm - Panel discussion
1.00pm - LUNCH
2.30pm - Informal / casual roundtable discussions - we will host informal roundtable discussions on topics covered during the conference - an opportunity for a more intimate discussion about items of importance to you, covered during the conference. Discussions will be cancelled if they do not have enough participants - let us know if you have any ideas for other discussions! Sign up with Diana Leahy on the registration desk.
Topics may include:
Choice of VSAT vs Inmarsat (discussion leader- to be announced)
Installing a planned maintenance system (discussion leader to be announced)
Remote monitoring oil water separators (discussion leader Paul Morter, Transas Telematics, not confirmed)
Approaching electronic charts (discussion leader Rune Holst Johnson, Primar Stavanger, not confirmed)
Managing fuel consumption with software (discussion leader, Danaos)
Time to upgrade your company IT system? Led by Lana Al-Salem, SpecTec (not confirmed)
Can you improve how you manage your satcoms? (Discussion leader not confirmed)
3.30pm - End of conference
