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Digital Ship Hong Kong - September 2006
Come to our fourth annual Digital Ship Hong Kong - two day conference and exhibition about IT and communications in shipping, including satellite communications, and software for maintenance / purchasing --
Find out what the shipping industry has learned about how to make best use out of IT and communications in the shipping industry, and the latest technologies on offer to improve safety, efficiency and quality of life onboard
There is no admission charge for employees of shipping companies
Delegates registered so far include Univan Ship Management (business manager, general manager, IT officer, chief accountant); Therica Shipping Corporation (managing director); China Navigation (ship manager); Eurasia (general manager and DPA, manager organisation development, assistant VP, analyst); Pacific Basin (general manager technology); Unique Shipping (senior manager); OOCL (director and CIO, port captain); BW Shipping (IS manager); Wilhelmsen Maritime Services (sales and marketing manager); China LNG Shipping (operations manager); Anglo Eastern Group; Eagle Tankers (IT support services manager); Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (marketing executive), International Registries (marine manager); MISC; Anglo Eastern (systems analyst, captain); Chellaram Shipping (superintendent, IT manager); Eurasia (PR manager, manager, IT manager, marine manager); Hempel (manager, IT manager);
AGENDA: DAY ONE
Chairman: Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
9.30 Keynote Patrick Slesinger, chief information officer, Wallem Shipmanagement. Total cost of ownership and return on investment of your IT system
10.00 Francis Chin Kong Weng, general manager, Petroships Pte Ltd Singapore - implementing integrated on-board software on the Petroships fleet - challenges, limitations and solutions
10.30 Damian Harrington, maritime market manager, Inmarsat Developments and expectations from Inmarsat Fleet and FleetBroadband
11.00 BREAK IN EXHIBITION AREA
11.30 Morten Lind-Olsen, managing director, Dualog
Can you include your fleet into the Internet?
-using existing and future communication systems
-utilizing the web and other standard internet tools
-benefiting from centralized routines and applications
11.55 Reinhold Lueppen, director value added services and maritime products, France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications How easy is it to manage shipboard IT infrastructure from shore without VSAT? Remote configuration and maintenance of systems - centralising shipboard and shore side computer systems - cost and process advantages for the shipping company.
12.20 Satellite communications and seafarer mental health Abhilash Mehrotra, general manager, Newslink Services The North of England P&I club has observed an increase in incidents involving crew members suffering from psychological problems at sea. How providing seafarers with communications equipment can improve seafarer mental health, and the size of investment necessary from shipping companies to make a difference
12.40 Panel discussion - biggest value from satellite communications
12.30 LUNCH IN EXHIBITION AREA
SESSION - SEAFARERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Chairman: Ryan D'Souza, designated person ashore / company security officer, (previously technical superintendent responsible for purchasing), Therica Shipping Corp
2.00 Keynote speaker: Martin Cresswell, director and general manager fleet, China Navigation. How a small shipowner users IT - helping seafarers to get the most out of it - choice between developing your own and purchasing software
2.25 Bhaskar Sambamurthy, director corporate affairs and communication, Eurasia Shipmanagement. Using e-learning for training and professional development
2.50 Choosing between standardised software and customised software. Gerry Nielsen, director of operations, ABS Nautical Systems. Benefits of standardised software, in terms of cost, supportability, documentation, pool of users. Making standardised software meet specific needs of individual users.
3.15 BREAK
3.45 Farzin Karma, managing director Asia Pacific, Ulysses Systems. How to make software easier for seafarers to use.
4.10 Using Microsoft Navision software for shipmanagement. Torben Brammer, CEO, ShipCentric.
4.35 Panel discussion - The ultimate aim of maritime software is to make sure the ship is well maintained, has purchased everything it needs, the vessel is secure, the seafarers know what they are doing and the software works smoothly and reliably enough to acheive all of this. What is the best way to make sure this is achieved? Chairman: Ryan D'Souza, designated person ashore / company security officer, (previously technical superintendent responsible for purhasing), Therica Shipping Corp
5.00 Beverages in exhibition area
7pm EVENING DINNER SPONSORED BY INMARSAT AT HONG KONG YACHT CLUB all delegates, speakers and exhibitors welcome
DAY TWO - SEPTEMBER 6
SESSION - IMPROVING VESSEL PERFORMANCE USING IT
9.30 Condition based maintenance in practical terms Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec. What does it mean and what are the cost - benefit parameters
10.00 Reducing fuel costs using optimum routing tools. Capt Denis L. Menezes, Danaos Searoutes
Optimum routing and optimum bunker purchasing, taking into account vessel characteristics, weather, ETA, and prices of bunkers in different ports
Captain Denis Menezes is managing director of Norcomms (Norcomms), a Singapore maritime software company; he is also technical director of Worldyards, an online shipbuilding database, as well as Asian representative of Danaos Searoutes. He is and IT expert who has spent over 8 years in IT
programming, systems, networks and internet technology. He has had experience in shipmanagement, maritime training and even in software development for the shipping industry. He is also the recipient of a unique award from the President of Singapore for the social work done in educating millions of people about SARS at the height of the outbreak and also for helping Singapore overcoms SARS.
10.25 BREAK
SESSION ELECTRONIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS
Chairman: Mark Haslett, general manager procurement, Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd
10.55 Words of introduction from chairman
11.05 Ai Wee Tan, maintenance and repair sales manager, Asia Pacific, Barwil Unitor Ships Service Unitor Asia Pacificīs perspective on electronic purchasing systems
11.30 Linda Ho McAfee, managing director Asia Pacific, ShipServ
11.55BK Lim, head of Marine Transaction Services, Asia.
12.20 Panel discussion - chaired by Mark Haslett, general manager procurement, Wallem Shipmanagement. With Ai Wee Tan, maintenance and repair sales manager, Asia Pacific, Barwil Unitor Ships Service; Linda Ho McAfee, managing director Asia Pacific, ShipServ; BK Lim, head of Marine Transaction Services, Asia; Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec
1.00 Lunch
2.30 Round table discussions
Delegates and speakers are invited to participate in discussions with fellow experts about topics of interest, each led by an experienced facilitator
PURCHASING - increasing automation of purchasing systems - facilitated by ShipServ
SATCOM MANAGEMENT - improving management control of satcom - facilitated by Dualog
SATCOM COSTS - keeping your satcom costs down - facilitated by France Telecom
SOFTWARE USABILITY - making sure seafarers are comfortable with the software - facilitated by Ulysses Systems
CONDITION MAINTENANCE - the best way to set about introducing condition maintenance - facilitated by SpecTec
PLANNED MAINTENANCE - when do you need to to upgrade your planned maintenance system -
3.15 Round table summaries
3.30 Close
1.00 LUNCH IN EXHIBITION AREA
2.00 Round table discussions
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Getting the most out of your satellite communications
Making systems easier for seafarers to use
What do shipowners need from their software
Persuading shipowners to invest more on IT
Digital Ship Hong Kong is a two day conference and exhibition held every year about the latest developments in maritime information technology. Come and hear from expert speakers from Wallem, Anglo Eastern, China Navigation, New Asia and others about how they are getting the most out of IT in their companies, and where they see developments going, and hear about the latest communications and software technologies.
The conference has three sessions, about satellite communications, software systems and electronic purchasing.
Attendance free of charge for employees of shipping companies subject to prior registration
Limited places - register now to reserve yours!
Scroll down to see the agenda and comments from last year's delegates.
We also have a sister conference about TMSA (Tanker Management Self Assessment) on Monday Sept 4 immediately preceeding Digital Ship Hong Kong, for further information see the link on the left hand side.
Comments from delegates attending Digital Ship Hong Kong 2005
"All the presentatations are very informative. Really happy to have attended the event" -
Captain L.C. Chan - fleet management department, OOCL
"Overall the Digital Ship conference held in Hongkong was a great success." - Ubaya Nandasena, fleet technical dept,
Neptune Shipmanagement Services
"We found the whole event, especially speeches very interesting. It not only gives concerns of what other ship operators are doing when it comes to tech stuff but also bring our attention on how we could make use of it" - Vincent Lee, Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (HK)
"I enjoyed many parts of the event - some more than others" - Ruanthi De Silva, assistant vice president, Eurasia Group
"The topics and discussion are stimulating. Vendors participation are good" - Nicholas Li, IT manager, Eurasia Group
