Digital Ship Cyprus 2005 Agenda

DAY 2: Thursday, 27 January

9.25 Opening remarks for the 2nd day.
Stephen Chapman, general secretary, ISMA (International Shipmanagers Association)

9.30 SESSION:
Crew calling

Moderator, Paul Ashton, co-founder, Spec 2 Network

9.30 Iridium – Chris Courard, vice president of maritime markets
Crew Calling using Iridium.

9.50 Thuraya – Crew Calling. Jane Macbeth, business development manager, Thuraya

10.10 PrimeTel Ltd (Thunderworx) – Ron van der Pol, Business Development Manager
Wi-Fi in Ports; how the crew will benefit from this service.

10.30 Panel Discussion - Crew Calling
CHAIRMAN: Londhe Shivaji, Operations Manager – Kotani Shipmanagement
PANEL:
Sergiy Nastachenko, IT Manager, Reederei “Nord” Klaus E. Oldendorff
Chris Courard, manager of maritime markets, Iridium
Ron van der Pol, managing director, PrimeTel Ltd (Thunderworx)
George Hoyt, managing director, Newslink Services
Susan Awad, ICT manager, Interorient Navigation
Manos Manoli, ICT Manager, Marlow Navigation
Themis Violaris, marketing manager, Island Net

10:50 – 11:20 Coffee Break, sponsored by Marine Tranasaction Services

11.00 - 11.10 Exhibitor presentation at VideoTel's stand - Distance Learning Courses by Mrs. Loula Mouzouris, Head of Sales and Rental

11.10 - 11.20 Exhibitor presentation at NET U stand - Delivering horizontal solutions to a vertical market by Menicos Mavrommatis, Sales Manager Moderator, Paul Ashton, founder, Spec 2 Network

11.20 SESSION:
Innovation in maritime information technology

11.20 Newslink Services – George Hoyt, Managing Director
How IT is helping with Crew welfare and also with distance learning.

11.40 Seagull – Svenn Lorentzen, Marketing Manager
Computer based training - an alternative solution to onshore training

12.00 AMMITEC – Dr. Panagiotis Nomikos, AMMITEC president
Report on AMMITEC's project on E-Procurement standards

12.20 ShipServ – Mikael Weis, vice President of Client relations
Latest developments in electronic purchasing

12.40 Maritime Transaction Services - Brynjar Gevelt, CEO
Next steps in Maritime E-Business - 2nd Generation Requirements

13.00 LUNCH

14.30 SESSION:
Vessels Software and Support.

Chairman Savvas Lambidonitis, IT manager, Columbia Shipmanagement

14:30 University of Aegean, Dr. Nikitas Nikitakos
Tailoring Software for Maritime Enterprise

14:50 Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd, Christos Vassiliou, Network Administrator
Vessel Module on Hanseatic’s Fleet.

15:10 Marlow Navigation, Manos Manoli, ICT Manager
One day in the life of a modern ICT Department.

15.30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16.00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Workshop 1:
16.00 – 17:00
VSAT live demonstration - Stratos
Fleet 77 live demonstration - Nera \ MVS USA
F 77 128K and 9600 Bps Fax Live Demonstration – Tototheo

Workshop 2:
17.00 - 18:00
Polestar – SSAS Live Demonstration
Seawave – Live Demonstration
World-Link Communications – E-Time Live Demonstration