Programme
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Monday 24 September 2012
12.00: Registration and lunch
13.00: Introduction from Mike Porter, Events Director, Riviera Maritime Media
13.05: Opening remarks and welcome address
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
13.10: Industry overview: Opening Address from Platinum Sponsor
Ian Moncrieff CBE, Chief Executive, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Session One: Ship Operator Forum: How are shipowners using marine electronics and communications technology and what do shipowners want from marine IT?
13.20: Market drivers for marine electronics & communications. Fuel optimisation, cutting operating costs, crew welfare and retention
Kaushik Roy, HSE Manager/ DPA/ CSO, MOL LNG Transport
13.40: Ship Operator Panel: What are ship operator communication requirements?
• Ecdis and voyage planning requirements
• Fleet management and vessel monitoring requirements
• Which of these do operators use and why?
Panelists include:
Capt Steve Malone, Marine Superintendent, Ardmore Shipping
Bob Ball, Lead Electrical Superintendent, BP Shipping
Kaushik Roy, HSE Manager/ DPA/ CSO, MOL LNG Transport
14.40: Networking coffee
Session Two: Ecdis and e-navigation: The key issues in 2012 and what to expect in 2013
15.20: Setting the scene: Session Chair
Capt Paul Hailwood, Director, Hailwood Consultancy
15.25: Ecdis overview: 2015/16
• Do people really believe ecdis and INS/IBS operation can fundamentally improve navigational safety and efficiency? If so, what aspects are most important?
• Putting aside training and migration what are the initiatives which have the greatest potential for benefits to (a) safety and (b) efficiency?
Tor A Svanes, Managing Director, Navtor
15.45: The importance of ecdis training
• Arguably the biggest issue surrounding the transition to digital navigation: How can we tackle it?
• Current training: Where does it work? And more importantly where doesn’t it work?
• How can we improve global standards?
Chris Lowe, Senior Lecturer, Simulation, Warsash Maritime Academy
16.05: The transition to ecdis: A practical implementation, exploring the highs and lows and one company's experience
Capt Dominic Kapetanovic, Marine Operations Manager, General Maritime Management
16.25: GNSS denial: A solution for ecdis
• Risks of GNSS denial
• Vulnerability and GNSS denial
• Possible ecdis counter-measures to GNSS denial
Alan Peacock, Director, Peacock Navigation Consultancy (PNC)
16.45: Ecdis panel: The 2012 e-navigation plan: Where are we now and where are we going?
Panelists include:
Capt Dominic Kapetanovic, Marine Operations Manager, General Maritime Management
Tor A Svanes, Managing Director, Navtor
Alan Peacock, Director, Peacock Navigation Consultancy (PNC)
Hugh Phillips, Head of Business Development & Technical Support, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Chris Lowe, Senior Lecturer, Simulation, Warsash Maritime Academy
17.30: Closing remarks
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
18.00: Networking drinks reception sponsored by Intellian
20.00: End of day one
Tuesday 25 September 2012
Session Three: Enhancing the efficiency of shipboard operations
08.00: Registration and networking coffee
09.00 Conference Chairman’s welcome address
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
09.05: Setting the scene: Session Chair
Tony Morrison, Lead Specialist - Specialist Control Engineering, Lloyd's Register
09.10: Future Maritime Broadband solutions - matching your fleet management requirements
Tore Morten Olsen, CEO, Astrium Service Business Communications – Maritime
09.30: The Intelligent Ship Concept: Optimal efficiency with your onboard IT
• Utilising technology to ensure you have an 'intelligent ship'
• Ensure optimal fuel efficiency and operations by using your onboard solutions to their full potential
• Making sure your IT adheres to regulatory requirements
Thomas Kreissl, Regional Sales Manager, ABS Nautical Systems
09.50: Q&A
10.10: Networking coffee
Session Four: Assessing the right communications solution for shipowners
10.50: Setting the scene: Session Chair
Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General, InterManager
10.55: Using modern technology to harvest operational improvements
Michiel Meijer, Marine Solutions Manage, Inmarsat Maritime
11.15: How to pick the best on-board communications for your business
• bundling VSAT service with voice and data service
• sending more data while keeping their costs at bay
• mission-critical communications capabilities for the shipowner
Wouter Deknopper, Director of EMEA Market, Iridium
11.35: An impartial cost benefit analysis on each satellite solution
Roger Adamson, Chief Executive Officer, Stark Moore MacMillan
11.55: Shipowner perspective: Inmarsat versus VSAT – VLA versus flat rates
• Inmarsat Global Xpress I-5 Ka-Band, should we wait for it?
Adonis Violaris, Group Marketing and Communications Director, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
12.15: Q&A
12.35: Lunch
Session Five: The future of satellite communications
13.50: Setting the scene: Session Chair
Simon Bull, Senior Consultant, Comsys
13.55: Integrated communications systems for the expanding maritime market: L C Ku Ka Bands:
• What are the implications/benefits for equipment and services? What makes for reliable equipment? Why end-users should care?
• What are the current challenges? Services and hardware
• Inmarsat and VSAT
• What the future holds for maritime communication?
Chris Insall, Commercial Programmes Manager, Cobham Sea Tel
14.15: Q&A
14.25: Moderated technology provider panel: What’s working and how?
Panelists include:
Chris Insall, Commercial Programmes Manager, Cobham Sea Tel
Carl Novello, Vice President - Strategy, Intellian
Andrew Faiola, Global Accounts Director, Intelsat
Ingolf Satrevik, Marketing Director, Palantir
Julian Crudge, Divisional Director Datacomms Services, Telenor Satellite Broadcasting
14.55: Networking coffee
Session Six: Critical issues
15.35: Setting the scene: Session Chair
Capt Robert Mc Cabe, Senior Vice-President, The Nautical Institute
15.40: A shipmaster's concerns: In a world increasingly reliant on IT and communication technology, what are the roles and responsibilities of the shipmaster and what extra responsibilities does this bring?
Capt John Dickie, Secretary General, IFSMA
16.00: Shipping in 2025: What does the future hold? What is coming in this decade? Technology and the bridge of the future
Ralf Lehnert, Managing Director, Transas Marine International
16.20: Q&A
16.40: Closing remarks
Edwin Lampert, Group Managing Editor, Riviera Maritime Media
16.45 End of conference