January 27 - 28

PROGRAM - Day 2

9.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Latest developments with the Assocation of Maritime Managers of Information Technology and Communication (AMMITEC)
Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, AMMITEC

Recent developments with AMMITEC and objectives
Co-operation between AMMITEC and Cyprus Shipping Council ICT Working Group
Establishing an AMMITEC branch in Cyprus

Dr. Panagiotis Nomikos is president of AMMITEC, the Association of Maritime Managers of Information Technology and Communications. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University of Sussex, UK. In 1992 - 95 he participated in the establishment of Stelmar Tankers as the I.T. Manager. He established Netshipbrokers.com, a pioneering maritime online Chartering service that today is the most experienced and largest service of its kind with over 6,000 maritime professionals who have become Members. He is also a Professor of Information Technology at the New York College (the Athens branch of New Paltz College of the State University of New York).

10.10 Introduction to the Nautical Institute / Lloyds Register Human Alert initiative
George Hoyt, Newslink Services

George Hoyt is CEO of NewsLink Services, which provides an electronic English language newspaper that sends "good news from home" from 32 countries, plus safety messages and entertainment services, to seafarers at sea on more than 3,000 ships "everyday", as an e-mail attachment.

George is on the advisory committee of the Nautical Institute / Lloyds Register "Human Element Research Initiative". He was executive director of ship-shore communications company Rydex. He is a companion to the Nautical Institute and a member of the Cyprus Shipping Council's ICT Working Group and Manning and Training Sub-Committee. George lives in Hawaii. He speaks at several maritime conferences around the world every year.

SESSION CREW CALLING

10.15 Options for crew communications
Sergiy Nastachenko, IT Administrator of Reederei Nord Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd

Sergiy Nastachenko, IT Administrator of Reederei Nord Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd http://www.rnkeo.com Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff is a family owned company established in Germany in 1964.

The company currently operates a very modern fleet of 41 vessels, totalling nearly 3 million tdw, forming the biggest fleet tonnage-wise under the Cyprus flag. This includes container vessels between 800 teu and 2,500 teu, 8 Panamax bulkcarriers between 72,500 and 75,000 tdw and 10 tankers between 105,000 tdw and 319,000 tdw. The fleet will soon be enlarged by a newbuilding programme of 4 Panamax product tankers of 75,000 tdw in 2004 and 2 container vessels of 2,600 teu in 2005/6.

The company is a founding member of the Cyprus Shipping Council.

10.45 Crew calling in practise
Nicos Goudoulias, director, Oceanwide Ltd, Cyprus

Year 2003 - Crew Calling Practice, different options
Bridge or Messroom
Calling onboard or ashore
Crew calling challenges - what the future brings

Oceanwide is a DNV certified employment agency headquartered in Limassol, specializing in employment, secondment and recruitment of maritime personnel. It supplies personnel to merchant, dredging, offshore and fishing industries.

Dr. John Coustas, president, Danaos Shipping and Danaos Management Consultants www.danaos.gr

John Coustas is director of Danaos Shipping, which specialises in large container ships. It has 11 vessels of 746 to 3915 TEU.

11.15 Discussion: crew calling - social use of vessel communications

Freedom of Communications onboard
Can crew have easy access to the vessel's satcom terminals or do they need their own terminals?
Is there a need for voice only or data as well?

Chairman: Londhe Shivaji, operations manager, Kotani Shipmanagement.
Participants: Asad Salameh, CEO, World Link Communications
Sergiy Nastachenko, IT Administrator of Reederei Nord Klaus E. Oldendorff
Mike Campling, director, International Seafarers' Assistance Network
Nicos Goudoulias, director, OceanWide; George Hoyt, Newslink Services

11.40 BREAK

11.45 Exhibitor presentation in the exhibition hall: Thuraya: "Introduction to Thuraya services" - Stand No. 13

EXPERIENCE WITH SHIPPING IT & COMMUNICATIONS ASHORE

12.00 Next generation system for fleet management
Dr. John Coustas, president, Danaos Shipping and Danaos Management Consultants

Experience with broadband satellite communication on CMA-CGM Kalamata Traditional on board systems together with broadband maritime tools

Dr. John Coustas is the managing director of Danaos Shipping, one of the largest independent container owners with a fleet of 28 container ships, including the world's largest vessels of 9300 TEU and a fleet of 8 bulk carriers (4 Panamax + 4 Handymax). Dr. John Coustas is also president of Danaos Management Consultants, one of the largest shipping software providers with more than 400 clients worldwide. Dr. John Coustas has obtained his Ph.D at Imperial College, London, on the subject of Computer Control

12.30 Applications in a complex dynamic environment
Suzan Awad, ICT Manager, Interorient Navigation Co. Ltd

Implementing the system - Oracle web server connected to database server, intranet
Security issues: SSL certificate for encryption, User login and password on the database and keeping tracking of users logged on the system.
Changing the functionality of existing software to adapt to the web environment.
Enabling owners connect to the database at any time for instant access to crew information.
Enabling branches to connect to the database to query or add data.
Integrating the Acc. System to send payments to the Hellenic Bank using email.
VPN connection established between INC Cyprus and the database in Hamburg.
Connecting one of our vessels directly to our intranet in the office.
Using Fleet technology, VPN and our intranet.

Interorient Navigation is engaged in shipmanagement, crew management, shipowning, container feeder services, shipping and forwarding agency, chartering and travel agency. It has about 250 shore-based employees and over 3,000 seafarers. Its fleet consists of modern double hull product tankers, container ships ranging from 300 TEU up to 3.000 TEU capacity, multi-purpose/Lo-Ro and Ro-Ro vessels, timber carriers and bulk carriers.

1.00 Data & Voice Interconnection between onshore offices and marine fleet
Ron van der Pol, Thunderworx

IP Telephony bridging IP telephony between onshore and offshore, VPN connectivity, centralized mail server, data transfer, security

Ron van der Pol is the Business Development Manager of Thunderworx, a licensed Telecommunication Carrier with extensive networks in the region, covering Greece, Russia and Cyprus combined with a number of European Points of Presence. Thunderworx is offering converged telecom solutions and services for operators, corporate business segment and consumers. Amongst their portfolio of solutions and services is national & international connectivity for telephony, data & video, onshore and offshore turn-key networking, data centre collocation, SMS & MMS mobile entertainment. Ron's extensive experience in the Telecom industry goes back to multinational telecom organizations as Ericsson and KPN Global.

1.30 LUNCH

2.30 Experiences with Inmarsat Fleet with Hanseatic Shipping
Antonis Kasios, communications administrator of Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd

Move from Inmarsat A to Inmarsat F
Testing of F77 terminals: installation, configuration and services
ISDN vs MPDS test results : comparison and advantages / disadvantages
Fleet 77 or Fleet 55

Antonis Kasios was born in Cyprus in 1968. He graduated in 1995 and got his BSC diploma in Computer Science in New York. He began his Communications and IT shipping career in 1999 with Interorient Navigation and was the assistant of the ICT Manager regarding the Y2K problem. In November 2001, Antonis joined Hanseatic Shipping as the Communications Administrator of Communications and Public Relations Department.

2.55 Maximising value from Inmarsat Fleet MPDS
Gregor Ross, maritime business manager, EMS Satcom

How MPDS can be 10 times cheaper than dialup for traffic profile of a typical ship manager
Cost savings of EMS Satcom customers - real life costs of a leading shipmanager

Currently Maritime Business Manager for EMS Technologies, SATCOM Division Gregor has over twenty years experience in ship to shore communications and maritime IT. As founder and Managing Director of MCTS he was one of the pioneers of ship-to-shore email services in the mid 1980's. During the 1990's Gregor held the position of Vice President, Operations at GN Comtext where he was responsible for developing and providing Telex, FAX and Email services for over 600 shipping companies worldwide. As a principal of the Maritime Communications Network (MCN) he has chaired a number of Digital Ship conferences on INMARSAT Fleet. In his current role he is responsible for maritime Business Development in EMS Technologies with particular emphasis on the Fleet 55 product range.

3.20 DISCUSSION Communication & IT Applications - Implementation and Integration.
Chairman: Mr. Savvas Lambidonitis, IT Manager, Columbia Shipmanagement
Participants: Susan Awad, ICT manager, Interorient Navigation
Antonis Kasios, communications administrator, Hanseatic Shipping
Dimitris Theodossiou, managing director, Danaos Management Consultants and IT manager, Danaos Shipping

3.40 BREAK

3.45 Exhibition presentation by Teledata Marine Systems - Stand No. 6

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS

4.00 How shipping companies and their suppliers should use e-commerce to cut costs
Anita Curry, alliance and sales manager, ShipServ

The real meaning of e-business
E-business successfully applied in shipping
What are the benefits
What lies ahead
The e-business surprise

Anita Curry, alliance and sales manager of ShipServ, which merged with merged with Seavantage and iShipExchange to become the world's leading supplier of online ship supply management solutions. The company also invented MTML, the standard electronic communications language for maritime purchasing.

Clients include Graig Shipping, Höegh Fleet Services, J Lauritzen, Neptune Shipmanagement, Norbulk Shipping and Tschudi and Eitzen, with purchasing handled for over 40 shipping companies which own / manage about 1,200 ships.

4.30 Current and future telecommunication services for the Cyprus Shipping Industry
Dr Sotiris Alexandrou, assistant manager International Commercial Services, Cyprus Telecommunication Authority

Cyprus Telecommunications Authority is the Cyprus State Telecoms Company. The International Commercial Services Department provides satellite communications services over Inmarsat.

Adonis Violaris, communications and public relations manager of Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd. He is the producer of this conference and serves as head of the IT Committee of Cyprus Shipping Council.

5.00 INMARSAT - Latest Developments and future plans
Adonis Violaris, communications and public relations manager of Hanseatic Shipping Co.

Adonis Violaris graduated from the Freie Universität, Berlin in 1993, where he was awarded a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He began his career with Interorient Navigation Co. Ltd in 1993, as the Marketing Manager. In 1995, he also took on the role of Manager of Information Technology.

He has maintained close links with the IT and Communications Industry and is one of the main speakers at various IT & Communication conferences.

Since March 2001, Adonis is the Communications & Public Relations Manager of Hanseatic Shipping Co. Ltd.

5.30 Alcoholic Beverages in exhibition hall

6.30 Exhibition closes