• Can technology create a strategic position for ship managers?

• An overview of Inmarsat Maritime’s key priorities for 2012 and beyond
• A vision of changing customer requirements and how Inmarsat plans to address them in the future
• An overview of Inmarsat’s new approach to its distribution model
• An outline of a new fully comprehensive service portfolio
• An outline of the migration path to GX via Xpresslink

• A discussion on the Iridium approach to maritime communications, especially vis-à-vis the recent launch of its second generation global broadband service, Iridium Pilot (TM)
• The value play of not only being able to provide fully global communications coverage, but also at an extremely cost effective cost for voice and data, an upgraded antenna for the harshest environments, and a host of features that help ship IT/telecoms managers smartly optimize their comms tools
• A fleet case study will be discussed on WiFi services for crew
• Iridium's broader maritime strategy for building important partnerships to offer VSAT companion services as well as an unprecedented fashion as well as providing voice and data communications services through increasingly smaller devices with innovative functionality will be discussed, especially vis-à-vis Iridium's upcoming next-generation satellite constellation launch, Iridium NEXT

The presentation will cover training strategies being implemented at the EMAS Training Academy & Simulation Centre, Singapore and would touch on:

• Establishing a strategic partnership
• Management styles
• Opportunities
• Marketplace
• Benefits

• How to source smart on web
• Is E-sourcing hampering the personal relationships between buyer and seller
• E-sourcing and the advances made in this field over the decade
• Electronic trading platforms and their role
• Future of E-sourcing

• Enabling performance-based ship management
• Defining performance metrics that fit the individual organization
• Structuring information flows to automate and standardise collection and processing of data for KPI monitoring
• Using modern BI systems also to be able to identify weaknesses, trends, etc. and thereby facilitating organisational learning and continuous improvement

• Emissions related legislative requirements
• Expectations from us as ship owners/managers and service providers
• Compliance methodology with the commercial driver
• Implemented measures to reduce emissions
• Advanced technology support for efficient measurement of energy and evaluation of fleet performance

• The importance of establishing Business Intelligence in the maritime software stack
• Critical factors in sourcing the right BI partner
• Why the Intermanager KPI framework serves as a great first BI project for a maritime company
• The concept of a Business Intelligence Software as a Service (SaaS) for a cost-efficient entry to BI
• The evidanza3 corporate performance platform

• Water and data leaks / contamination. Are they similar?
• High profile data breaches? Aren't we already convinced?
• A maritime shipping scenario: A 'breach' too far?
• No breach is too far but it can be staved off
• IT security solutions galore. What's needed?

Inmarsat will be running a presentation on their latest high-speed Broadband offering. This is a fully integrated Ku-Band and L-Band offering giving the maritime industry a compelling combination of reliability and fast access for both proprietary and commercial off-the-shelf applications on a global basis.

This training is designed to show you how Inmarsat can provide a fully managed, quality service to the industry. The subject areas are:

• What is XpressLink?
• What makes XpressLink different?
• The Fully Managed Integrated Solution
• The Pathway to GlobalXpress

• Aspects related to navigational efficiency.

• The performance standards give requirements for the tools that must be available for navigation – are these sufficient for safe navigation?
• If they are, what can be done to improve them?
• If they aren’t, what needs to be included?

• Current stringent compliance of rest hours and treatment of violation as high risk
• How the involvement of software can assist in tracking rest hours and planning etc.

• Compliance with Anti-Piracy CCTV surveillance systems

• Challenges of bringing satellite voice and data into the Citadeld
• NATO response guidelines for Citadel communications
• Installation Keys and methods
• Advanced features of remote configuration/polling
• Accessing/Viewing GPS coordinates in the Citadel and sending emergency reports

• VSAT broadband technology and antenna systems breakthroughs