About Digital Ship Cyprus 2006

3RD ANNUAL DIGITAL SHIP CYPRUS - January 25-26 2006

Under the auspices of Cyprus Minister of Communications and Works, Mr Harris Thrassou

In association with Cyprus Shipping Council ICT Committee

At the Hawaii Grand Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus

Digital Ship Cyprus is currently the world's largest maritime IT event - it is the largest of Digital Ship's events, last year attracting 100 shipping company managers and 126 IT suppliers.

If you plan to attend or exhibit at just one Digital Ship event this year, make it Digital Ship Cyprus.

      

DAY ONE MORNING SESSION: KPI's/TMSA and IT Systems ashore and onboard the vessels

Chairman: George Hoyt, managing director, Newslink

9.25 - 9.30: Welcome address from Cyprus Shipping Council ICT subcommittee chairman Mr Adonis Violaris

SESSION: KPIs / TMSA / monitoring and measuring in ship management

9:30 - 9:50 George Spyrou, financial manager, Navigo Shipmanagers. Selection and implementation of shipmanagement software

9:50 - 10:10 Business continuity after an IT disaster - Manos Manoli, IT manager, Marlow Navigation. Business continuity and IT.

10:10 - 10:30 Paperless Office onboard the vessels and ashore, regulations and requirements - Sergiy Nastachenko, IT manager, Reederei Nord

10.30 - 10.50 How new technologies affect the day to day business onboard our passenger vessels, Case study - Eddy Nassar, network engineer, Columbia Shipmanagement

10:50 - 11:20 Break

11.20 - 11.40 Use of key performance indicators in maritime software - Panagiotis Nomikos, business development director, Danaos Management Consultants

11.40 - 12:00 Panteleimon Pantelis, director of services, Ulysses Systems Using software systems to measure, monitor and improve your TMSA scores

12.00 -12.20 Morten Nordenson, ShipNet. Safety management with TSMA. Striving for measurable and manageable safety standards.

12.20 - 12:40 Arrival notices and the need for standardisation - Regulations and future requirements - Asad Salameh, president, World Link Communications

12:40 - 13:00 Panel Discussion. Chairman: Tim Charalambous, operations manager, Dobson Fleet Management. With Alexei Bozrikov IT Manager of Unicom Management Services (Cyprus) Ltd; Susan Awad, ICT manager, Interorient Navigation; Pawel Bury IT Manager of Intership Navigation;

13:00 - 14:20 Lunch Break

DAY ONE AFTERNOON SESSION: Satellite Communications

Chairman: Londhe Shivaji - Kotani Shipmanagement

14:20 - 14:50 Inmarsat - BGAN and I4 Piers Cunningham, head of marine market management, Inmarsat

14:50 - 15:10 Connection by Boeing - Latest developments. Richard Nordstrom, marine marketing and business development manager, Connexion by Boeing

15:10 - 15:30 Eutelsat - How shipowners can get better packages by dealing directly with Eutelsat. Laurent Paul, director of maritime services, Eutelsat

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:20 Providing worldwide IT support for the vessels - Paul Ashton, chief information officer, Spectec

16:20 - 16:50 Live Video Conference with the M/S Constellation using VSAT Technology - Ron Van der Pol, head of business development, Primetel

16:50 - 17:15 Live Remote Access to a Hanseatic Vessel using Inmarsat Fleet F77 Technology - Antonis Kasios, assistant communications manager, Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd

17:15 - 17:45 Satellite communications and vessels support. Chairman: Londhe Shivaji - Kotani Shipmanagement with Piers Cunningham, head of marine market management, Inmarsat, Richard Nordstrom, marine marketing and business development manager, Connexion by Boeing, Laurent Paul, director of maritime services, Eutelsat, Paul Ashton, chief information officer, Spectec, Ron Van der Pol, head of business development, Primetel, Antonis Kasios, assistant communications manager, Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd.

18.00 Alcoholic beverages at the Hawaii Grand sponsored by Inmarast

20:00 Evening dinner sponsored by Inmarsat Stamna Tavern in Yermasoyia

   



DAY TWO MORNING SESSION

Session: Voyage data recorder and long range identification and tracking systems session

09:20 - 09:30 Address from Cyprus Minister of Communications and works H.E. Mr. Harris Thrassou

9.30 Welcome address from Cyprus Shipping Council Chairman Mr. Andreas Droussiotis

9.40 Keynote speech: George Tsavliris, principal, Tsavliris Towage and Salvage, and president, CYMEPA. Information technology and salvage

SESSION: Long range tracking and ship navigation systems

Chairman: Brian Mullan, head of maritime and aeronautical safety services, Inmarsat

9:50 Keynote: IMO progress towards an LRIT system. Peter Hinchliffe, general manager (marine), International Chamber of Shipping.

The principal role of ICS is to represent the views of shipowners, world-wide, at the International Maritime Organisation and in other international fora. Amongst the many issues on the IMO agenda, Mr Hinchliffe was engaged in the security debate that led to the development of the ISPS Code and has contributed to the debate on LRIT from its inception. is general manager (marine) with the International Chamber of Shipping. His first career was with the UK Royal Navy, including five years in seagoing command.

10:20 Implementation of LRIT and up to date developments at IMO - Andreas I Chrysostomou, Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping Marine Surveyor A' - IMO Marine Environment Committee

Andreas I. Chrysostomou is chairman of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee. He is also chairman of the Assembly of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO). He is a member of the board of governors of the World Maritime University (WMU). From 1999 to 2003 he was chairman of the "Design and Equipment" subcommittee of IMO. Before that he was a marine surveyor with Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping. He has a BEng in naval architecture and shipbuilding and an MBA from the University of Newcastle (UK).

10.50 Questions and answers on long range tracking - chaired by Brian Mullan, with Peter Hinchcliffe (ICS) and Andreas Chrysostomou (IMO)

11.10 Break - including tour of exhibition stands by Cyprus Minister of Communications and works H.E. Mr. Harris Thrassou

11:40 - 12:00 ENCs - now and the future. Carl Bennett, Gilmour Research

12:00 - 12:20 Antonis D. Magoulas, Regional Manager, Rutter Technologies - simplified voyage data recorders

12:20 - 12:40 On board weather: safety and economics. René van Peer, sales executive SPOS, Meteo Consult

12:40 - 1:00

Panel Discussion - Chairman: Savvas Lambidonitis, IT manager, Columbia Shipmanagement.

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break

DAY TWO AFTERNOON SESSION

14:30 - 15:30 Round Table Discussions
TOPICS

Round tables chaired by: Jim Drobile, Iridium director, maritime segment and operations. What do shipowners want from their satcoms?

Jennifer Bewley, business development manager, ABS Nautical Systems What developments in software could do the most to serve shipowners?

NetU Can IT help more to achieve efficiencies in ship operations?



George Hoyt, CEO, NewsLink Services How can information technology help shipping companies develop good procedures, help seafarers to get familiar with company procedures, and help shipping companies check that the procedures are being followed, and provide a safe means for seafarers to report to the company about procedures not being followed?

Andrew Bermejo, sales manager Europe, Shipserv How could shipping companies further optimise their purchasing systems - what IT developments would do the most to help shipping companies?

Themis Violaris, marketing manager, OneNet. Do today's ships need broadband or can they make do with what is available?

Carl Bennett, principal, Gilmour Research. Is the shipping industry ready for electronic charts? Is the electronic charts industry ready for the shipping industry? Do shipowners care if the charts are official or not? Is legally required electronic charts a useful thing?

John Muldowney, C-MAP. Do today’s ships benefit from improved weather forecasting and routing services? 15:30 - 16:00 Panel discussion - findings of the Round Table Discussions. A representative from each table will present the findings and conclusions from the discussion. Chairman: Paul Ashton, chief information officer, SpecTec

16:00 Close - Business card lottery for the participants of the roundtable discussions to win a PDA present (sponsored by NET-U)

Photographs on this page were taken at Digital Ship Cyprus in January 2005