About Digital Ship Cyprus 2007

4TH ANNUAL DIGITAL SHIP CYPRUS

Conference and 20 stand exhibition
St Raphael Hotel, Cyprus - Jan 30-31, 2007

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

In association with Cyprus Shipping Council ICT Committee

Digital Ship Cyprus is the world's largest conference and exhibition for digital technology in the maritime industry. Not just for IT managers, this conference is for everybody in the maritime industry who is interested in how innovative digital technologies can add value.

Special features this year include a survey of hardware and software used on board Cyprus Shipping Council member vessels presented by Hanseatic Shipping; Inmarsat presenting the findings from its second crew calling research project; and a technology showcase with some of the most exciting new digital technology.

As usual, the Digital Ship conference and exhibition is free to attend for employees of shipping companies, subject to prior registration. Attendance for IT vendors is CYP 250 / GBP 295.

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DAY ONE - JANUARY 30

9.30am Opening remarks - Adonis Violaris, chairman, Cyprus Shipping Council ICT subcommittee

9.35am - Welcome to the minister on behalf of Cyprus Shipping Council - Andreas Neophytou, managing director, Marlow Navigation, and 2nd vice president, Cyprus Shipping Council

9.45am - Opening address - Cyprus Minister of Communications and Works, His Excellency Mr Harris Thrassou

CHAIR - Savvas Lambidonitis, IT Manager, Columbia Shipmanagement

10.00am - KEYNOTE - Is ship-management a human productivity business? - What is at the core of the conflict between existing people and new processes? Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

Dimitris Lyras is director of Lyras Shipping in Athens. He is a qualified engineer, and Council Member of Intertanko. He is also special advisor to the board of maritime software company Ulysses Systems. Being very much involved in both the worlds of shipping and information technology, he has a unique perspective on how information technology can add value to shipmanagement, by providing people with the information they need to make decisions to improve efficiency and reduce risk, and streamlining business processes

MORNING SESSION - SATCOMS

10.25am - Full ahead to a FleetBroadband future -
Piers Cunningham, head of maritime business, Inmarsat

- Inmarsat Fleet, launched in 2002, has become the standard communications fit for globally trading, deep sea vessels

- Inmarsat's plans to launch FleetBroadband in 2007, allowing simultaneous voice and IP data services, following a $1.6bn investment in the world's most advanced satellite and ground network infrastructure

- Why this technology will become a standard fit on vessels in years ahead

10.55am - Break / Minister tour of stands

11.30am - Benefits of integrating the ship bridge with satellite communications - J Michael Woodman, communications and network integrator, Sperry Marine

- Benefits of integrating the ship bridge with satellite communications include remote electronic chart management, optimising fuel consumption, recording data with e-log books, and remote monitoring / diagnostics of ship systems

- Addressing security issues of connecting the ship bridge to satcoms

11.55am - Overview to maritime VSAT - with speakers from Broadband Maritime , Intelsat, and Maritime Telecommunications Network

11.55am - Brent Horwitz, VP sales, Maritime Telecommunications Network

12.15pm - Mary Ellen Kramer, CEO, Broadband Maritime

12.35pm - A case study in always-on VSAT services for global vessels – Trevor Willoughby, senior sales director, Intelsat

Trevor Willoughby is one of the Intelsat's senior sales directors for EME region based in London.

He joined Intelsat nearly 3 years ago from SkyStream Networks where he was the Regional Sales Manager for Europe specialising in equipment sales for IP delivery over Satellite to Service Providers and Video Programmers. Previous to SkyStream Networks Trevor was the European Sales Manager for Scientific Atlanta specialising in MPEG -2 Video compression systems for programmers, cable operators and broadcasters as well as complimentary turnkey earth stations for video, VSAT and DAMA network applications. Trevor has over 20 years experience in the satellite industry and has an extensive engineering background.

12.55pm - Panel Discussion - Can FleetBroadband compete with C-band VSAT?

1.10pm - Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION - IT SYSTEMS

CHAIR - Alexey Bozrikov, IT manager, Unicom

2.25pm - How to set about implementing / upgrading an IT system - Lana Al Salem, director of project development, SpecTec

Ms Lana Al-Salem has a long experience in business analysis and project management, as well as systems implementation in various industries including ShipManagement, capital markets, events and entertainment management, chartering, human resources and maintenance. Ms Al-Salem holds a PhD. degree in Information Systems. Ms Al-Salem is currently the director of Project Management at SpecTec for both Greece and Cyprus.

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2.50pm - Survey about hardware / software onboard Cyprus Shipping Council vessels - Marios Papatheodotou, communications administrator, Hanseatic Shipmanagement

3.15pm - Break

3.45pm - Digital ecosystems and the shipping industry - The next data step after networking - Prof Nikitas Nikitakos, president, shipping company IT manager's association AMMITEC

4.10pm - Panel Discussion and Questions

5.00pm - Alcoholic beverages in exhibition room, followed by evening dinner sponsored by Inmarsat

DAY TWO - JANUARY 31

(Running in parallel with TankerOperator TMSA conference - For further information please click here)

MORNING SESSION - SHIPBOARD PC NETWORKS

CHAIR - Adonis Violaris, communications, public relations manager, and HR manager, Hanseatic Shipping
9.30am - Introduction to IT network security - Manos Manoli, IT manager, Marlow Navigation

9.55am - How to keep your shipboard computers secure - keeping viruses off the vessels - Asad Salemeh, managing director, World Link

10.20am - Tasos Makris, information systems director, Gourdomichalis Maritime A user's experience with Inmarsat F77 MPDS & ISDN. Usability of shipboard systems

10.30am - DISCUSSION ON SHIPBOARD IT NETWORKS

11.00am - Break

SESSION - CREW COMMUNICATIONS

CHAIR - Adonis Violaris, communications, public relations manager, and HR manager, Hanseatic Shipping
11.30am - How we managed our crew calling - Sergiy Nastachenko, IT manager, Reederei Nord

11.45am - Getting crew calling off the bridge - findings from Inmarsat's latest crew calling market research
- Carl Bennett, analysis partner, Gilmour Research

- 90 per cent of seafarers can now call from the ship, a big change from 2001, when the majority of seafarers were not able to call from the ship

- However most vessels provide crew calling on the bridge, which is inconvenient for both seafarers and the shipping company, and limits the number of calls that can be made

- 90 per cent of seafarers say they would pay for more phone calls if they were allowed to

- Comprehensive research into changing attitudes of officers, shipowners and crew into all kinds of crew calling / e-mail, including billing, and card distribution systems

- Research into potential size of crew satellite communications market

12.10pm - Overview of crew calling solutions on the market, including Inmarsat and Iridium, and the pros and cons of each - Themis Violaris, marketing manager, OneNet

12.25pm - Results of sea trials on container ships with GSM services for crew - Peter Tuomey, commercial director responsible for merchant marine, AltoBridge

12.35pm - Introduction to RSS feeds - could this be a useful way to manage crew news and e-mails to vessels? Includes a live demonstration of sending Cypriot newspaper Typos by RSS feeds - Baret Kouyoumdjian, managing director, Typos

1.00pm - Lunch

2.00pm - INMARSAT FLEET BROADBAND TRAINING SESSION - led by the Inmarsat training department from London

FleetBroadband is Inmarsat's next generation of maritime services delivered via the world's most sophisticated satellites - the I4s. It will bring you simultaneous voice and broadband data through a single terminal incorporating the latest technology, to take you seamlessly into the IP age.

Inmarsat will be delivering a 2-hour 'training' session on FleetBroadband at Digital Ship Cyprus. During the session, Inmarsat will update you on the technology behind FleetBroadband, the proposed coverage, the prospective services, and the new terminals and network.

There will also be a live demonstration of standard maritime applications across the BGAN network outlining the potential benefits of this technology to the maritime community.

2.00pm - PARALLEL SESSION - DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

The Digital Technology Showcase is an opportunity for vendors who have interesting new digital technologies which can add value to the maritime industry to present ways in which your company can improve its operations.

2.00pm – Using technology to improve maritime training – George Hoyt, CEO, NewsLink Services

2.15pm – How the next generation of Microsoft maritime ERP Seanique will change job profiles in the maritime industry – Peter Guenther, maritime director, Soft Impact

2.30pm – ABS Reliability Centred Maintenance planning and assessment tools – Robert Kessler, Head of Sales and Operations EMEA, ABS Nautical Systems

2.45pm – An integrated, cost effective solution to Condition Monitoring – Bob Hargreaves, managing director, RCM Marine

3.00pm – Cost effective voice communication services – John Yassemis, eStara

3.15pm – Dynamic Licensing will simplify the ordering process and increase the use of ENC – Willy Zeiler, C-MAP

3.30pm – Value from Maritime Digital Services – Philippe Kah, technical director, Maris

4.00pm - Conference closes. Cocktail reception to be held in exhibition hall.

For exhibition stand enquiries contact Peter Patterson, on patterson@thedigitalship.com Tel +44 208 648 7082