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Digital Ship Singapore 2008
Conference Day One, 21 October 2008, Communications & Technology
Developments within Satellite Communications
9.30 Opening Remarks from Conference Chair: Geoff Arnold, Managing Director, IT-Maritime Pte Ltd.
9.45 Welcome Address: Tay Yang Hwee, Senior Director of Sales, Satellite, SingTel
10.00 Keynote Presentation - Aligning Corporate and IT Strategy. Patrick Slesinger, CIO & Director, Wallem Shipmanagement
10.30 Inmarsat's Latest Maritime Service FleetBroadband, Piers Cunningham, Director of Maritime Business, Inmarsat
10.50 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
11.30 IT Opportunities and Challenges for FleetBroadband, S.A. Amudan, Senior General Manager, Systems, Personnel & Administration, Varun Shipping & Gerbrand Schalkwijk, Vice President Asia Pacific, Stratos
12.00 An Insight into Today's Crew Communications – Results from Inmarsat's Crew Calling Survey, Kartik Sinha, Maritime Market Manager, Inmarsat
12.30 Overview of Maritime VSAT, Richard Lim, Support Services Manager, American Eagle Tankers, & Pal Jensen, VP Sales, Maritime Division, CapRock Communications
1.00 Managing and Controlling Broadband and IP Communication on Board, Morten Lind-Olsen, CEO, Dualog AS
1.20 Lunch & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
Day One Lunch sponsor:
Developments with Software - Opening Notes from Conference Chair
E-Purchasing for Profitability
2.20 Developments with Software - Opening Notes from Conference Chair
2.30 e-Purchasing for Profitability, Anthony Solimini, Director Asia Pacific, ShipServ
2.50 Efficiency in Work Process, William Ho, Purchasing Manager, Masterbulk
3.20 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
3.50 New Realities in Ship Management, Capt Satnam Singh Kumar, Managing Director, V.Ships (Asia) Pte Ltd
4.20 How to Benefit from WiFi technologies on Board Vessels, Peter Martin, President, 7Ccell Maritime Telecom GmbH
4.40 Updates with Electronic Charts, Capt. Tarun K. Mathur, Deputy General Manager, Transas Pacific, General Manager, Transas Hong Kong
5.10 Panel Discussion Incorporating All Speakers Day 1
5.30 Close of Conference Day 1 followed by Evening Networking Drinks Reception
7.00 Evening dinner
Dinner sponsor:

Conference Day Two – 22 October 2008 – Quality & Competency
SESSION 1: Maritime Training & Education
SESSION 2: Inmarsat Fleetbroadband Training (10.00 - 12.30)
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 deliver a 2-hour 'training' session on FleetBroadband at Digital Ship Singapore. During the session, Inmarsat will update you on the technology behind FleetBroadband, the proposed coverage, the prospective services, and the new terminals and network.
9.30 Opening Remarks from Conference Chair: Farzin R. Karma, Managing Director, Ulysses Systems (Singapore) Limited
9.45 Seafarer Competence Assessment and Training. Capt. Raymond Peter, Director Business Development & Capt. John Anthony, GM, Crewing, MSI Ship Management Pte. Ltd
10.15 E-learning – Gaining the Competitive Edge. Mikkjal Poulsen, General Manager, Technical, Safety & Crewing, TORM Singapore PTE. & Henrik Bisbo, Marstal Maritime Education Centre
10.45 Tea/Coffee Break & Exhibition Showcase for all Speakers & Delegates
11.15 Does STCW Training Alone Meet the Demands of Modern Shipping? Captain Rajaraman, Marine Safety Superintendent, Orient Marine Company
11.45 Safety, Security & Risk Management Session, Capt Sanjay Mittal, Safety, Security and Operations Manager, PB Maritime
12.15 ShipDex Updates, James De Vroome, Executive VP, Asia Pacific SpecTec
12.45 Closing Discussion & End of Conference Day Two
1.15 Lunch & Round Table Sessions (until 3.00)
Day Two Lunch sponsor:
** External Event - Monday Oct 20 **
Evening Buffet Dinner organised by Stratos
This dinner event, with live application demonstrations and presentations from Stratos, Inmarsat and Stratos Eco-partners is free for Shipping Company employees.
If you are interested in attending this dinner event, please contact Stratos directly, the contact is Joanna Soh, joanna.soh@stratosglobal.com
More details to follow shortly.
For enquiries about speaker slots, please contact conference producer Cathy Hodge on cathy@thedigitalship.com.
For enquiries about exhibition stands, please contact Ria Kontogeorgou on ria@thedigitalship.com














