Giampiero Soncini is CEO of software company SpecTec, the world's largest maritime software company. He has led the development of Shipdex, a new standard protocol for ship technical information, which should avoid the need to use paper manuals and drawings on ships. He spent 14 years in the Italian Navy and 12 years at NATO, where he acted as a technical manager for research vessels, one of which was the first vessel with GPS and an INS.

• Maritime Bandwidth - buying it and getting the most out of it
• Internet usage - Operational possibilities and challenges
• Crew welfare

• Introduce new & innovative marine communications and IT solution
• Integrating sat-com, GSM, dual firewalls, crew communication services and shoreside admin control
• Taking the spaghetti out of shipboard IT installations
• Discuss a new phase in maritime communications

• 20 years and more of the GMDSS
• Changing times? Why now?
• Low fat or full cream?
• New technologies in a brave new world
• Safety services from Inmarsat
• Over the horizon

• Vessel VSAT implementation, including:
• Site preparation and planning
• Equipment installation
• Network configuration
• Remote diagnostic capabilities
• Crew morale initiatives

• Ship details and configuration
• Ship mission and dual usage details
• Clientele: Challenges sailing with 230 tech savvy students

• Leveraging technology to provide the right information at the right time to the right people
• External and business challenges collecting this information
• Internal and technological challenges utilizing this information

• Leading Owners and Charterers must have an integrated Chartering and Operations platform to compete in today’s market
• Real-time data services linked to enterprise software solutions yield better decisions
• Traders and Risk Managers rely on these services to optimize their portfolio

• Government data sources
• Reporting formats in line with London Law or arbitration rulings
• Customized products allowing Owner/Charter to negotiate effectively

• With 24/7 on-line access to their Chartering and Operations information, Canfornav’s personnel can identify discrepancies as they occur, and take corrective actions
• Niels Lorenzen will share real examples of how disputes were settled due to access to information
• The technology that improved the way Canfornav could manage voyages is ShipDecision
• Albert Carbone will quantify how the ShipDecision solution has benefitted both operators and charterers

• Limiting a ship owner’s liability for marine accidents that occur without its prior knowledge or control has been an important element of maritime law
• As a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the U.S. Congress is considering amending the law to allow imposing liability on ship owners without a finding of fault
• At the same time, new electronic navigation systems are being proposed that would give ship owners the ability to monitor vessels in real time and giving them virtually “continuous” knowledge and control
• If the Limitation Act is repealed these new systems will be essential to providing ship owners with the means to improve safety oversight and avoid liability for accidents
• Even without an change in the law, as these new systems become available, the maritime industry will need procedures to maintain vessels in seaworthy condition which make meaningful use of the wealth of shipboard data these systems will provide

• DNC global coverage and major DNC users
• Why DNC - A short history
• Improvements to the product
• Vector data update
• ENC/DNC differences – why change?
• Challenges
• The future – 2012 and beyond

• Methods of effective use and training to enhance the safety of navigation
• Revisions to existing ECDIS training guidelines
• Issues relating to competence with ECDIS use
• Methods of assessing competence in simulation-based training and on board

• US State Pilots continue on the forefront of technology innovation
• Overcoming AIS limitations in pilotage
• Tuning equipment for precision docking
• Challenges to Pilots arising from AIS and DGPS errors

• How prepared are you for the ECDIS Mandate? Admiralty’s advice as 2012 approaches
• What’s your strategy for introducing electronic navigation to your fleet? Consider the options with Admiralty
• Why make going digital harder than it needs to be? Admiralty’s solution to the new ECDIS mandate works the same way as Admiralty paper

• Implementation of E-Navigation principles and equipment by Staten Island Ferries
• Establishment of Staten Island Ferries’ own training center
• Operational use of shore based and vessel based navigation equipment