Digital Ship - Scandinavia 2009

Come to Digital Ship Scandinavia in Oslo on March 10-11 2009 to learn about how to get the most from maritime broadband satellite communications, electronic navigation and documentation, where Scandinavian shipping companies, in many respects, lead the world.

Peter Faurhoej, head of navigation and communications systems with Maersk Supply Service, will explain why Maersk made the decision to implement Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service across the entire Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers Fleet.

Lars Brodje, managing director of Telemar Scandinavia, will tell the story of probably the world's largest merchant marine VSAT cluster in Göteborg with 250 vessels using VSAT, downloading up to 40 gb per vessel per month. Wasim Kayani, ship delivery manager with BP Shipping, will talk about BP's efforts to keep its vessels always on.

In a special session on electronic navigation, you can get an update on IMO plans to force all vessels to use electronic charts from Gerry Larson-Fredde, Director General, Norwegian Hydrographic Service - learn about developments in intertial positioning, which uses the same technology as on the Wii for ships to know where they are - as a reliable back-up to GPS.

The event will be held in the beautiful Telenor headquarters building at Fornebu, Oslo, which has won many architectural awards. All delegates will be invited to a dinner at Cafe Christiana, central Oslo, on the evening of March 10th, courtesy of our event sponsors Inmarsat.

Delegates registered so far include Bergshav Management , IT manager / purchasing manager; Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co.KG , IT Manager; Broström AB, Manager Vessel ICT; Chevron Shipping , shipboard system specialist / fleet senior engineer, electronics; Clipper Technical A/S, Vessel IT Manager; Consafe MSV AB, IT Engineer; Crystal Pool Ltd, Q/S Superintendent, IT manager; HAV Shipping AS, Managing Director; I.M. Skaugen SE, Vice President IT; Knutsen OAS , manager communication and navigation; Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi AS, Vice president IT; Lauritzen Tankers, Marine Superintendent; Lauritzen Kosan , safety officer; Phoenix Reederei Bereederungs GmbH & Co.KG, IT manager; Stolt-Nielsen, Global Service Delivery Manager; Ulstein Marine Servces AS, Fleet Manager Utkilen AS, ICT-Manager; WesternGeco , InTouch support engineer; Wilhelmsen Ship Management, Business Architect

AGENDA DAY 1 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SESSION

8.30 am Welcome coffee

Welcome coffee sponsor:

Chairman: Börje Silverfjäll, manager - vessel IT, Brostrøm AB

Broström is one of the leading logistics companies for the oil and chemical industry, focusing on industrial product and chemical tanker shipping and marine services. Broström supplies the oil and chemical industry with complete, global transport solutions with a strong focus on quality and safety. It has nearly 1,400 employees throughout the world. Including newbuildings, Broström’s commercially operated fleet comprises of 104 vessels. The company was acquired by Maersk Product Tankers in January 2009.

9.20 - Peter Faurhoej, head of navigation and communication systems, Maersk Supply Service - Implementing FleetBroadand across the Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Tankers Fleet

Peter Faurhoej is head of navigation and communication Systems, A.P.Moller - Maersk A/S - Maersk Supply Service. He has been with AP Moeller - Maersk for 5 years, and has been working with satellite and navigation communication equipment for 20 years. He is 44. www.maersk.com

9.50 - Sandro Delucia, maritime market manager, InmarsatFleetBroadband evolution and adoption

Sandro Delucia is a maritime market manager with Inmarsat, which operates the satellite communications system used by most of the world's merchant shipping fleet which also forms the backbone of global GMDSS provision. At the end of February 2009 Inmarsat completed the positioning of last of the three next generation Inmarsat-4 satellites, now providing simultaneous voice and data at speeds of up to 432 kbps on a global basis. Inmarsat is the world’s largest mobile satellite communications company. www.inmarsat.com

10.20 - Erling Synnes, Vice President IT, PGS Experiences using maritime VSAT

Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) operates 20 seismic data gathering vessels. It also has 10 onshore crews and operates 23 seismic data processing centres. Services include seismic and electromagnetic services, data acquisition, processing, reservoir analysis/interpretation and multi-client library data.

10.50 BREAK

Coffee Break sponsor:

11.30 - Lars Brödje, managing director, Telemar Scandinavia - The world's largest merchant marine VSAT cluster in Gothenburg - 15-20 shipping companies with 250 vessels

- 16,000 phone calls, with over 70,000 minutes over the Christmas period
- Charges under US $0.04 per minute end to end
- The world's largest merchant marine VSAT project, with 40GB downloaded per vessel per month
- Challenges with technology
- How the satcom has changed people's working and personal lives

Captain Lars Brodje is managing director and part owner of Telemar Scandinavia, a company in the international Telemar Group. He was previously the maritime adviser at Inmarsat, leaving to establish Satpool Sweden in 1996, a maritime satellite communications company. He is an independent expert to the European Commission (DG INFSO) and Board member at the Swedish Institute of Maritime Education. www.telemar.se

12.00 - Jouni Salo, quality and safety superintendent, Crystal Pool Ltd - Using VSAT and document management systems, to streamline the company's safety management system.

Crystal Pool, based in Helsinki, operates parcel tankers carrying IMO2 and IMO3 hazardous chemicals, between Baltic and North Sea ports. It has a dominant market share shipping Russian chamicals from Gulf of Finland ports. Altogether it carries about 2m tons of hazardous cargoes every year. All vessels are strengthened for ice navigation, with an average vessel age well under 10 years. www.crystal.fi

12.30 Wasim Kayani, ship delivery manager, BP Shipping Areas of work BP Shipping is doing with communications - achieving an always on connection

BP Shipping provides the logistics to move BP’s oil and gas cargoes to market as well as marine assurance on everything that floats in the BP group. It manages a large fleet of vessels most of which are held on long term operating leases. BP Shipping’s Chartering Teams based in London, Singapore and Chicago also charter third party vessels on both time charter and voyage charter basis. As of the end of 2006 the BP-managed fleet consisted of 57 vessels - four Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), one North Sea shuttle tanker, 42 medium size crude and product carriers, seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and three new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers. All of these ships are double-hulled. We also managed 24 regional vessels, including coasters. In addition, we had 100 hydrocarbon-carrying vessels above 600 deadweight tonnes on time charter, of which 83 were double-hulled and three were double-bottomed.

12.45 - PANEL DISCUSSION

1.10 - LUNCH

Lunch sponsor

2.30 - Frank Coles, president and CEO, Globe Wireless - an objective view on VSAT, Iridium and Inmarsat. "Fast, cheap and good - you can have two out of three, but not all three at once."

Frank Coles joined Globe Wireless in 1999 as the Chief Operating Officer and became CEO and President in August 2005. He is a Master Mariner and served 13 years as a deck officer. Mr. Coles practiced shipping law in London with Richards Butler and in Hong Kong with Stephenson Harwood & Lo. He moved on to become General Manager of Pacific Basin Bulk Shipping in Hong Kong, and spent three years as CEO of Rydex Industries Corporation, a pioneer company in marine satellite communications. Before joining Globe Wireless, Mr. Coles was with Litton Marine Systems, serving as their Vice President, Business Development and Information Technology.

3.00 - Jon Helge Ulstein, IT Superintendent, Bourbon Offshore Norway AS - A system to make sure procedures are followed.

Jon Helge Ulstein is IT superintendent of Bourbon Offshore Norway AS. Altogether, Bourbon Group operates 260 offshore vessels and has 176 units on order (as of June 30, 2008), offering a full range of vessels and offshore oil and gas services. As of June 30, 2008, the Division relied on 4,600 employees, office workers, officers and qualified seamen who receive ongoing training and supplemental training in accordance with the Bourbon standards of expertise. www.bourbon-online.com

3.30 - BREAK

4.00 - Introduction to the Crew Welfare Initiative Holger Ritter, director global sales, umc.global

- The Crew Welfare Initiative is suppored by The Global Institute of Logistics, umc.global network, Google, Intel, Duckdalben International Seaman’s Mission and the Hamburg Port Authority

- Aim to improve the quality of life of the world's 1.6m seafarers with better communication infrastructure in the global maritime community.

Holger Ritter is director of global sales with umc.global of Hamburg, an integrated, secure and cost efficient managed service platform for maritime communications. umc.global was founded as a subsidiary company of Becker Marine Systems, the global market leader of high end manoeuvring systems with an installed base of +7.000 vessels and more than 61 years experience in the shipping industry."

4.30 Cost comparison undertaken by Holland Marine Equipment of VSAT vs Inmarsat FleetBroadband Ron Vollenga, CEO, Outsource-IT management

- How your spending on VSAT and Inmarsat FleetBroadband would compare in a typical operations scenario based on published rates

- Holland Marine Equipment project to improve shore support for vessel engine rooms

Mr Vollenga runs Outsource IT management. He was previously IT Project Manager for Maersk Ship Management at Maersk Line, IT Account Manager Fleet & Chartering, P&O Nedlloyd.

4.45 Panel discussion - how do you choose between VSAT and Inmarsat FleetBroadband?

5.00 Close

17.00 Drinks reception sponsored by ABS

Day One Cocktails Sponsor:

18.30 - Bus departs for EVENING DINNER IN CENTRAL OSLO

Day One Dinner Sponsor:

DAY 2 - PARALLEL SESSIONS: Electronic charts and Inmarsat FleetBroadband training

Session: Electronic navigation

Chairman: Frode Klepsvik, VP business development, Marine Technologies LLC (previously Hydrographer of Norway)

Marine Technologies LLC is based in Louisiana, USA, with a branch office in Egersund, Norway. It specialises in dynamic positioning systems, bridge systems and communications for offshore vessels. Mr Klepsvik was previously head of the Norwegian Hydrographic Office.

9.30 Gerry Larson-Fredde, Director General, Norwegian Hydrographic Service - Incoming requirements for mandatory electronic charts

Captain Gerry Larsson-Fedde was appointed Director General of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in February 2008. The Norwegian Hydrographic Service is responsible for surveying the Norwegian coast, and preparing and updating charts. Captain Larsson-Fedde was previously a captain on two of the world's largest cruise ships, Marine of the Seas and Voyager of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises. Before that he served as director of nautical operations with Royal Caribbean, and also superintendent for audits and training. From 1997 to 2000 he served in the Norwegian Coastal Administration, initiating a project for pilots to carry portable laptops with electronic charts; today all pilots in Norway and Sweden are using portable laptops with electronic charts.

10.00 Tor Svanes, managing director, Jeppesen Norway - Heading towards mandatory ECDIS

Tor Svanes is managing director of Jeppesen Norway AS (formerly C-MAP) and director of Jeppesen’s commercial navigation division. He is chairman of the Norwegian ECDIS forum. He was one of the founders of C-MAP Norway, which became one of the world’s leading electronic chart producers and distributors. He served as a shipboard officer between 1968 and 1974, mainly on tankers and cruise liners.

10.30 Captain Andreas Arvidsson, sales manager - newbuildings, Transas Making ECDIS easier to manage - lower workload, better verification

- Reducing the workload of managing charts - Making it easier to ensure you have the necessary charts and they are up to date - Ensuring that shipboard procedures are adequate

Capt. Andreas Arvidsson is sales manager, Transas Norge, part of Transas, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of shipboard bridge systems, simulators and electronic charts, among other products. Transas was founded in St Petersburg, Russia, and its head office is in Ireland. www.transas.com

11.00 BREAK

11.30 Developments in high performance positioning. Haydn Jones, business development manager, Fugro Seastar

Increased reliability and availability through the use integrated GPS/GLONASS with reference to the new Fugro SeaSTAR G2 service. Applications in commercial shipping, including berthing assistance and dynamic trim measurement. Possible uses in hydrographic survey for real time keel clearance calculation

Fugro Seastar AS is the market leader in providing positioning data via satellite channels to the marine market and is at the forefront in the design and development of Differential GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Services) positioning technology.

12.00 Edgar Johansen, senior engineer, Kongsberg - Developments with inertial navigation, which have reportedly increased in accuracy by a factor of 10 and dropped in price by 90 per cent. An acceptable back-up to GPS?

Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) is an internationally-oriented, knowledge-based corporation with more than 5 200 employees in some 25 countries. KONGSBERG supplies high-technology systems to customers engaged in offshore oil and gas production, the merchant marine, and the defence and aerospace industries. 12.30 Panel discussion - What is the best way forward for electronic navigation technology?

Parallel session: Inmarsat FleetBroadband training

Inmarsat's Training Academy, in conjunction with its maritime team, will be taking the Digital Ship Inmarsat FleetBroadband training to the next level for 2009.

At previous events, Inmarsat has covered the technology and hardware that goes into making FleetBroadband a service, but for 2009 it is moving forward to identify where FleetBroadband is best used.

Going with the themes of control and connection management, it will be looking at the best practices that can be used for a ship manager/owner to achieve maximum return on investment with FleetBroadband being installed on their vessels. It will be reviewing different solutions and applications that can be used that maximise the efficiency of this service while also providing management productivity and catering for the growing concern of crew welfare.

To register, please complete the conference registration form , selecting "Inmarsat FleetBroadband training on 11 March."

1.00 LUNCH

2.00 Technology showcase - 10 minute presentations of new technology

2.00 Frode Klepsvik, VP business development Marine Technologies LLC

Marine Technologies LLC is based in Louisiana, USA, with a branch office in Egersund, Norway. It specialises in dynamic positioning systems, bridge systems and communications for offshore vessels. Mr Klepsvik was previously head of the Norwegian Hydrographic Office.

2.10 Bryan Munro-Smith, director commercial sales, AEP Networks (Vados Communications Group) - new satellite roaming techniques blending Inmarsat and VSAT

Vados Systems is based in Ascot, UK. It addresses communications needs of customers in the maritime, media, military/government, finance and construction markets, manufacturing. Products include multiplexing, routing, switching and protocol conversion processors; mobile communication devices for remote deployment; network monitoring and reporting systems; and bandwidth management systems.

2.20 Peter Martin, president, 7CCell How ship owners and crew can benefit from wifi broadband

Peter Martin is managing director and founder of 7CCell, an Austrian company which claims to be the maritime industry's first mobile voice over IP (VOIP) provider, offering a service (com4crew) to set up securely integrated wi-fi networks on ships, which can be used for voice and data communication to enhance crew welfare and efficient ship operation.

2.30 Niels Reuther, KVH Europe. Using mini VSAT to get low cost high bandwidth data communications for most of the world

Niels Reuther is commercial sales manager with KVH Europe. He was previously communications business unit manager with Furuno Denmark, working on Furuno's VSAT business. KVH Europe provides a mini-VSAT service, which can provide high speed satellite communications service for most of the world's oceans, with a 60cm antenna. KVH is a subsidiary of KVH Industries of Rhode Island, USA, which has sold over 150,000 mobile satellite antennas for boats, vehicles, trucks, buses and automobiles.

2.40 Paul Elgar, Jeppsen Marine A new service for licensing and updating ENC (electronic charts) by satellite

Paul Elgar is Product Manager for OEM Services at Jeppesen Marine and is based in Egersund, Norway. He has been working for Jeppesen Marine (previously C-MAP) for nearly 13 years and has built up a close working relationship with the approximately 100 OEM partners that he manages. Paul is also responsible for the ECDIS kernel products offered to OEM partners which allow them to maintain compliance to official specifications and to implement new services and functionality developed by Jeppesen Marine.

2.50 End of conference

To register: please fill in our online form. Admission is free for shipping company employees and NOK 4186 / GBP 450 / Eur 450 for others.