DIGITAL SHIP AT POSIDONIA

in association with AMMITEC

DIVANI APOLLON PALACE & SPA, Athens, June 4th
During Posidonia week

THEME: Should senior management of shipping companies get more involved in IT?

SPECIAL DISCUSSION SESSION What are the potential benefits for shipowners from IMO's e-Navigation initiative?

SPEAKERS INCLUDE


Patrick Slesinger, director and CIO, Wallem InnovativeSolutions Limited	Adonis Violaris, director, Telaccount Overseas Ltd	Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec

Dr Ing Giancarlo Coletta, purchasing director, Grimaldi Group Naples	Charis Nassis maritime IT consultant (previously ICT manager, Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises)	David Patraiko, Director of Projects, Nautical Institute - and chairman of the IALA e-Navigation Strategy and Operations working group

Delegates registered to date include Andriaki Shipping Co. Ltd, IT Administrator; Dynacom Tankers Management, IT Department; Efshipping Co SA, IT operations; Fairsky Shipping and Trading S.A, Purchasing Manager; JL Shipping, IT Consultant; Konkar Shipping Agencies S.A., Operations Assistant Manager; Liquimar Tankers Management Inc, IT Manager, system administrator; Olympic Shipping & Management, I.T.; OSG Ship Managment (UK) Ltd , Vessel Network Manager; Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A, Deputy Manager, bridge equipment manager J L shipping, IT consultant, Fairsky Shipping and Trading Purchasing manager, Chronos Shipping Co. Ltd , Operations Dpt; Eletson Corporation, Chief Information Officer; Gourdomichalis Maritime SA , IT Manager ; Indian Register of Shipping, Associate Vice President Indian Register of Shipping, Asst. Ship Surveyor;Costamare Shipping Company S.A., CIO; Costamare Shipping Company S.A., Head Developer; Carras (Hellas) S.A., IT Manager; Centrofin Management Inc, IT Department; Everlast Shipping sa, IT manager; Danaos Shipping , PM Director; Thenamaris, Manager; Thenamaris Ships Management, IT Manager ; Thenamaris Ships Management, Organizational Planning; Odysea Carriers, IT-Manager

Attendance - free of charge for full AMMITEC members and shipping company employees. Attendance fee for others GBP 300 / EUR 400.

To register: Please e-mail Diana Leahy on leahy@thedigitalship.com

Chairman: Charis Nassis, member of AMMITEC board of directors, and maritime IT consultant (previously ICT manager, Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises)

AGENDA

10.30 - Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee sponsor

11.00 Welcome and words of introduction - Professor Nikitas Nikitakos, president, AMMITEC

11.10 - Keynote speech: Wallem's approach to IT - and how shipping companies can learn from it. Patrick Slesinger, director and CIO, Wallem Innovative Solutions Limited

Mr Slesinger was recently named one of the top five CIOs in Asia by CIO Asia magazine.

11.40 - The development of Shipdex, a standard data protocol for ship maintenance information. Dr Ing Giancarlo Coletta, purchasing director, Grimaldi Group Naples, and Giampiero Soncini, managing director, SpecTec.

Giancarlo Coletta, Giampiero Soncini

12.10 - discussion - should Greek shipping companies be investing more in information technology? With Patrick Slesinger

12.40 Lunch

Lunch sponsor

2.15 - Experiences with FleetBroadband - results from the sea trials at Bernard Schlute Shipmanagement. Adonis Violaris, director, Telaccount Overseas Ltd.

2.35 - IMO's e-Navigation initiatives - what commercial benefits to it could there be for shipowners and equipment suppliers? David Patraiko, Director of Projects, Nautical Institute - and chairman of the IALA e-Navigation Strategy and Operations working group

3.05 - 3.45pm Special discussion: What are the potential benefits for shipowners from IMO's e-Navigation initiative?

Chaired jointly by David Patraiko, Director of Projects, Nautical Institute - and chairman of the IALA e-Navigation Strategy and Operations working group. and Patrick Slesinger, director and CIO, Wallem Innovative Solutions Limited With Peter Martin, managing director, 7CCell, founder of Nauticast, and probably the world's leading e-Navigation entrepreneur, and Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

e-Navigation is the IMO initiative for the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of marine information onboard and ashore by electronic means, to enhance berth to berth navigation and related service for safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment.

Fundamental areas of development for e-Navigation will be communication networks, improved information presentation, system integrity, and analysis functions. Should these developments stay solely focused on safety of navigation, or are there synergies with commercial operations that should be explored?

3.45 - Coffee - alcoholic beverages -

Cocktails sponsor

5.00 - Close

7.00pm - Inmarsat evening dinner barbecue at the Divani Apollon Palace and Spa. The first 30 people to register for this conference will be offered free tickets to attend