Digital Ship USA
22 - 23 September 2010

Digital Ship USA 2010 is the event for maritime IT, satcom, technical, electronics, navigation managers, who want to know about the latest developments in satellite communications, software, electronic charts technology for shipping – with reports direct from the people who use it.

Freely giving up their time to share their experiences with you at the conference are senior IT and communications managers from Clipper Bulk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Teekay Corporation, Nordic Tankers, US Coast Guard, Princess Cruises, Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, Heidmar, Canfornav and many others.

You’ll learn information which you can take away and use in your company tomorrow – from the experiences of people who learned the hard way. Best of all, admission is free of charge for employees of shipping companies and charterers and just $695 for all others. Click here to register and secure your place now.

Day one
Session A: maritime satellite communications
Session B: information technology and software on board

Day two
Session A: Inmarsat FleetBroadband training
Session B: Using technology to mitigate risks of dispute between charterer and owner
Session C: Developments with electronic navigation and charts

Delegates registered include
Technical Manager, Colonial Navigation Co., Inc. - Vice President, Operations, BGT Limited - Business Development Director, James Fisher Marine Services Ltd - Navigation SME, US Coast Guard - Technical Manager, Fairfield-Maxwell Services, Ltd - Marine Technical Advisor, SUNOCO - CIO, d'Amico Società di Navigazione S.p.A. - Manager, Vessel Electronics, Vane Brothers - Senior Electronics Technician, Vane Brothers - New Technologies, Safety & Environment Representative, Rickmers Reederei GmbH & Cie. KG - IT Manager, Liberty Maritime Corporation - IT Manager , Navios Corporation - IT Manager, Shiptrade, Inc. - Oceangoing Officer of Watch, Transal Shipping - Superintendent Engineer , Delta Navigation Corp - Director, - Marine Services, Horizon Lines - Marine,Safety & Quality Mgr. , PetroMed Corp - Business Intelligence Specialist, TBS Shipping Services Inc - Business Analyst, TBS Shipping - Naval Architect & Marine Engineer, Wheeler Associates - Ship Operator, Stolt-Nielsen USA Inc. - Superintendent Engineer , Delta Navigation Corp - Director of Ferry Operations, NYCDOT Staten Island Ferry - Senior Port Captain, NYCDOT Staten Island Ferry - Deputy Program Manager, General Dynamics, American Overseas Marine Corp - Network Administrator - Shipboard Systems, Seaway Marine Transport - IS Leader, Atlantic Towing Ltd. - Businss Analyst, Atlantic Towing Ltd. - Surge Sealift Project Officer, Military Sealift Command

Day One Conference Agenda:
Chairman: Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec

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.

Welcome Address: Molly McCafferty, Vice President, Connecticut Maritime Association and Manager, Claims and Legal Affairs, Clipper Bulk (USA)

Morning Session

SESSION A: MARITIME SATELITE COMMUNICATIONS
- shipping company experiences with new satellite communications tools, including Inmarsat FleetBroadband, VSAT and Iridium; ways to keep shipboard PC networks running and keep viruses off the ships; communications services for seafarers
Speakers include:

Frank August, Director Business Development, Inmarsat Americas
Maritime Satellite Communications – Inmarsat Expands Voice and Broadband Data Portfolio
• FleetBroadband update
• IsatPhone Pro service launch and maritime docking stations
• Global Xpress

Sonia L. Kendall, LT, United States Coast Guard Commercial Satellite Communications Program Manager
Commercial Satellite Communications in the Coast Guard

Mike Gagne, Sr. Electrical Engineer, Ship Operations, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fleet Broadband Group on the UNOL's Research Vessels

Mike Gagne is the senior electrical engineer for the Ship Operations Marine Electronics Group, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He previously owned a marine electronics facility in New Bedford, MA for a number of years, repairing all commercial Maritime vessels navigation electronics. Mike also was an electronics instructor, and is currently certified by the Massachusetts Department of Education. He is a certified technician for SeaTel, Furuno, NMEA, and Kongsberg (Dynamic Positioning Systems.) He is a member of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System Task Force, NMEA, IEEE, and holds a current FCC GMDSS Maintenance Technician license.

Morning Break Sponsored by:

Peter Blackhurst, Head of Maritime Safety, Inmarsat
eGMDSS? Inmarsat’s Place in Future Safety Service Provision
• 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

Speaker from Teekay Corporation with Steve Sybeldon, Senior Vice President of Sales, MTN Satellite Communications & Susan Agemy, Director of Project Engineering, MTN Satellite Communications

Day 1 Lunch Sponsored by:

Lars Kirstein, Vessel IT Specialist, Nordic Tankers & Niels Reuther, Commercial Marine Sales Manager, KVH
Rolling out TracPhone V7
• miniVSAT in 1 year - 37 vessels
• Tanker Company benefits moving up to vessel Broadband communications

Alan Gottlieb, Managing Director, Gottlieb International Group Inc.
Buyer Beware: What you Need to Know before Buying VSAT
• Defining your requirements: Solutions for the high capacity vs. light duty user: key system and software components
• Myths and misconceptions - VSAT trials, testimonials, committed information rate, contention ratios, fair access policies, antenna sizes, etc.
• Getting the service You Paid for: the service level agreement, software to monitoring vendor performance

Captain Larry Wade, Master of Training Ship State Of Maine & Adjunct Professor, Marine Transportation Operations Department, Maine Maritime Academy
Communications at Sea...Academia and Social Impact

Satellite Commnunications Panel Session

Afternoon Break Sponsored by:

SESSION B: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE ON BOARD
New technologies, developments and best practice experiences for you to take back and implement

Jim Craig, Fleet Maintenance Systems Director, Princess Cruises
Integrating Maintenance Management Systems in a Worldwide Fleet of Cruise Ships

Giampiero Soncini, CEO, SpecTec
What Future for Information Technology in Shipping?
• The shipping world has changed enormously and managing ships is quite a different art compared to the past
• The paper will look at the changes which have occurred, the present and future challenges, and the needed management changes

Gregg M. Ward, Vice President, Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry

Richard Abrahams, Director, Information Technology & Johan G. Wenman, Project Manager, Info. Technology, Heidmar Inc.

Infomration Technology Panel Session

Drinks Reception Sponsored by:

Followed by
Evening Dinner Sponsored by:

Day Two Conference Agenda:

Morning Session

Welcome Break Sponsored by:

PARALLEL SESSION A: INMARSAT FLEET BROADBAND TRAINING
Howard Hughes from the Inmarsat Training Academy will be giving a presentation on FleetBroadband and IT Security awareness.

This session provides a high level overview and general awareness, safe practice approach regarding protecting your FleetBroadband from unnecessary congestion, downtime and optimizing cost control.

PARALLEL SESSION B: USING TECHNOLOGY TO MITIGATE RISKS OF DISPUTE BETWEEN CHARTERER AND OWNER

A Digital Ship themed session about common disputes between charterer and owner, and how the risks can be mitigated with timely accurate information

Smoothing Negotiations and Effective Communications between Charterer and Owner
• Common sources of dispute between charterer and shipowner and how the risk of dispute can be mitigated
• Demonstrating that you have taken the most appropriate route, consuming fuel efficiently
• Providing information which charterers want about their vessels
• Providing detailed information about lay-ups, delays and their causes
• Providing substantial information about vessel to give charterer peace of mind

Session Chaired by: Barry Parker, President, bdp1 Consulting Ltd
Panelists include:
John Veson, President and CEO, Veson Nautical

Richard Brown, Vice President of Product Management, AWT

Errol Francis, Vice President, Operations, Canfornav Inc

Albert R. Carbone, President and CEO, Stelvio Inc (ShipDecision)

Morning Break Sponsored by:

SESSION C: DEVELOPMENTS WITH ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION AND CHARTS

Requirements for electronic charts to be carried onboard, updated, with seafarers who know how to use the specific navigation equipment on that vessel. Also - developments with space based AIS

Session Chaired by: Captain Sandberg USMS, FNI, Nautical Institute Branch Secretary North East Coast United States Branch, Professor and Director of Nautical Science Simulation U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Panelists include:
Alan M. Weigel, Maritime Attorney, Blank Rome LLP
ENavigation Technology, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Future of Ship Owners' Legal Liability
• 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

John Haumann, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Commander Christian Hempstead, Associate Professor, United States Merchant Marine Academy
Training Requirements, Competency and Revisions to ECDIS
• 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

George B. Burkley, Executive Director, Maritime Pilots Institute

Jason Scholey, AVCS Product Manager, UKHO
Electronic Navigation – 10 Steps to the ECDIS Mandate
• 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

Lunch Followed by Technology Showcase and Close of Conference

For more information on this and other Digital Ship conferences, please contact
Conference producer: Cathy Hodge
E-mail: cathy@thedigitalship.com
Tel: +44 207 510 0015

Digital Ship USA 22 - 23 September 2010

Digital Ship USA
22 - 23 September 2010