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TECHNOLOGY FOR SEAFARERS
MARCH
5, 2002, INMARSAT CONFERENCE CENTRE, LONDON
Delegate
fee: €400 (£250) + VAT
Ship owners / managers delegate fee: €230 (£150) + VAT
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here to purchase a delegate ticket online
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a one page fax back booking form here
HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY BE USED MOST EFFECTIVELY ONBOARD VESSELS
delegates already registered from Wallenius Lines - Teekay
Shipping - Seacor Smit - Japan Radio Corporation - Global Medical
Assistance - Maersk Data - ICO Services - Seafarers International
Research Centre - iOra - Tata Consultancy Service - Stratos - Globe
Wireless - Liverpool John Moores University -
* ANDY WINBOW, head STCW and human element section, marine safety
division, International Maritime Organisation.
* DAVE MARTIN head of Information Systems with V Ships
* ANDREW CRAIG-BENNETT, marketing director, Wallem Shipmanagement
* PER-ERIK HOLMBERG, general manager, information and communication
technology with shipowners Brostrom
SEAFARER NEWS AND COMMUNICATIONS - INTEGRATING BRIDGE INFORMATION
- COMPUTER BASED TRAINING - DOCUMENT AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT -
some of the issues to be covered
* how can voyage data recorder data be used for training and seafarer
evaluation
* is seafarer communications really a $1.5 bn market
* how can shipowners use technology to improve seafarer safety
* when is too much computers onboard a distracting hazard rather than
a benefit
* can technology improve or assist management of tasks and working
relationships onboard
If you work with, develop or use any technological systems for seafarers,
you will find this event an invaluable way to learn and discuss with
the experts about which systems are most effective.
Click
here to purchase a delegate ticket online
Alternatively, book through Fernand de Beer, conference marketing
executive,
Tel (+44 207) 510 0015, Fax (+44 207) 510 2344, debeer@thedigitalship.com
Download
a one page fax back booking form here
9.15 AM How can technology best serve seafarers, to improve safety,
quality of life and operational efficiency onboard? Andy Winbow, head
STCW and human element section, marine safety division, International
Maritime Organisation
9.45 AM Which technological developments provide most benefit to seafarers
and how does it benefit the shipowner? What is V.Ships' perspective
on which technology investments make the most sense? Dave Martin,
head of information systems, V.Ships
10.15 AM What is Wallem Shipmanagement's perspective on technology
onboard and the benefits it provides? Which systems is Wallem installing
onboard and what are the benefits to seafarer and shipowner? Andrew
Craig-Bennett, marketing director, Wallem
10.40 AM BREAK
11.05 AM Experiences implementing a shipboard safety and quality system.
What are the benefits to the shipowner, and how much did it improve
onboard safety and quality? What are the criterias when selecting
onboard systems? Per-Erik Holmberg, general manager, information and
communciation technology with shipowners Brostrom
11.30 AM Discussion panel between technology end users, taking questions
from the audience. With Dave Martin, head of information systems,
V.Ships; Andrew Craig-Bennet, marketing director, Wallem; Per-Erik
Holmberg, general manager, information and communications technology,
Brostrom. Moderator Philip van Bergen, company secretary, Maritime
E-commerce Association
12.30 - 2pm LUNCH
2pm CREW COMMUNICATIONS AND NEWS SERVICES Are there any cost benefits
to providing crew communications facilities for seafarers?
Weather information - tide information - sports scores - news from
home - shipping news. Which information services prove most beneficial
to seafarers and their employers, and who should pay for them?
Alan
Golob, managing director, TEAMtalk Satellite (previously IMC);
Cruise companies earn revenue from passenger email traffic - can the
same model be used for crew communications and is this reasonable?
Dimitris
Theodossiou, Dimitris Theodossiou, managing director of Danaos Management
Consultants.
An innovative communications package which benefits both shipping
companies and seafarers
George Hoyt, CEO, Newslink Services;
David Frampton, senior marketing manager, Europe, Middle East and
Africa, Stratos;
Haydn Jones, marketing director, ChartCo.
What are the benefits to providing crew communications for seafarers?
Discussiong
3.45 pm BREAK
4.15 pm SHIP SAFETY What are the industry trends in installing systems
onboard vessels which improve safety for seafarers? How can information
onboard the bridge, including radar, electronic charts, weather information
and ship control data, best be integrated, to aid situation awareness
and decision making? Sven Rasmussen, sales and marketing director,
Transas
4.35 ISM Code. How can IT best be used to help seafarers keep up with
the ISM Code? What is the best way to manage documents in a computer
system? Panteleimon Pantelis, customer services director, Ulysses
Systems
4.55 How thermal imaging cameras be used to improve safety for seafarers,
by helping examine engine rooms, heating components, motors, gearboxes
and distribution panels. David Hinds, sales engineer, Marconi Applied
Technology.
5.15pm CLOSE
Chairman: Philip van Bergen (Company Secretary for the Maritime e-Commerce
Association and co-founder of Maritime
Consultancy Network - previously with P&O Containers, BIMCOM,
EQUANT, Inmarsat and GN Comtext)
For online booking click here
Alternatively, book by contacting Fernand de Beer, conference marketing
executive, tel (+44 207) 510 0015, Fax (+44 207) 510 2344, debeer@thedigitalship.com
Download
a one page fax back booking form here
Exhibition stands:
There is a wealth of innovation going into technology which can be
used onboard vessels, to improve navigational and operational safety,
help seafarers communicate with home, let seafarers develop their
maritime skills onboard, make it easier for them to manage their documents
and tasks, and improve quality of life.
The problem is that shipping companies only pay for systems like this
if they can clearly see the benefits that it provides, which usually
means a way of making money or saving money. It is often very difficult
to justify a technological investment in terms of real maritime value.
For example, whilst everybody agrees that providing seafarers with
news from their home town, onboard payphones and systems to help them
manage their work is a good thing, its much harder to see the economic
benefit.
Our ambition behind our Digital Ship conference on March 5 in London,
"technology for seafarers," is to try to answer some of these questions.
What benefits do the various differnet systems actually provide for
the shipowner, who normally has to pay for them at the end of the
day? Can this technology really provide quantifiable improvements
in safety, make seafarers more loyal to the same employer and less
likely to make expensive mistakes? Find out on March 5.
We start the day by a keynote speech from Andy Winbow, head STCW and
human element section, marine safety division, International Maritime
Organisation, who will give his perspective on the development of
technology onboard vessels.
Mr Winbow is followed by David Martin, head of information systems
with V. Ships, Andrew Craig-Bennett, marketing director, Wallem Shipmanagement,
and Per-Erik Holmberg, general manager, information and communication
technology with shipowners Brostrom.
These representatives of some of the largest and most technically
advanced shipmanagement companies in the world will give their perspective
on what systems can provide the most benefits onboard, where any improvements
can be made and where the finances should come from to pay for them.
There will be a lengthy discussion with audience participation.
The afternoon has two sessions, the first on crew communications and
the second on ship safety. Representatives of the some of the leading
technology companies in each of these fields (TEAMtalk, Newslink Services,
Stratos, ChartCo for communications with land and Ulysses Systems,
Transas and Marconi Applied Technology for safety) will give their
perspective on how their systems can specifically provide cost benefits
to ship owners and who should cover the cost.
We will all learn about how technology can work most effectively onboard
vessels and how shipowners and managers can be persuaded to pay for
it, bringing together the leading developers and users of the systems
together in a learning experience.
If you are involved in developing technology systems which work onboard
vessels, you will find this day a unique opportunity to learn more
about your customers, what they want, how much they are prepared to
pay and how your products should be presented to them from a marketing
perspective.
If you are involved in purchasing decisions for communications, software,
safety, training and management tools onboard vessels, you will find
this day a unique opportunity to learn from the leading companies
about which systems they think are most effective and provide the
greatest financial benefits for your company.
With the event just two weeks away, delegate registrations are coming
in quickly, so if you would like to come we urge you to register with
us quickly to secure your place.
With delegate tickets just UKP 250 (400 Euros) plus VAT this event
is extremely good value.
We already have delegate registrations from Sigma Coatings, Wallenius
Lines, Teekay Shipping, Seacor Smit, Japan Radio Corporation, Global
Medical Assistance, Maersk Data, ICO Services, Seafarers International
Research Centre, iOra, Tata Consultancy Service, Stratos and Globe
Wireless.
Karl Jeffery
Editor, Digital Ship
Digital Ship Ltd, 213 Marsh Wall, London E14 9FJ, UK, tel (+44 207) 510 4935, fax (+44 207) 510 2344, http://www.thedigitalship.com, jeffery@thedigitalship.com