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DS Athens '03 About DS Athens '03
DS Athens '05 About DS Athens '05 Athens '05 Registration Exhibitors '05 Floorplan '05 Visitor Reaction to
Athens '04 Presentations
DS Cyprus 2006 DS Oslo 2006 DS Hong Kong 2005 DS Dubai 2006
DS Athens '04 About Athens 2004 Agenda and highlights
at a glance Detailed agenda Registration and
hotel information List of speakers
and delegates Exhibitors Floorplan Ammitec Members Special Room Rate
DS Athens '03 About DS Athens '03
Agenda
DAY ONE DETAILED AGENDA
CHAIRMAN - Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, AMMITEC
9.15 OPENING CEREMONY
9.15 Opening address from Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, Ammitec 9.20 Opening address from George Vlachos, General Secretary of the Hellenic Ministry of Merchant Marine
9.25 Opening address from Yannis Terzakis, managing director, IBM Hellas
9.30 Opening address from Tom Reklitis, managing director, Hewlett Packard Hellas
9.35 Opening address from Christos Tsangos, managing director of Microsoft Hellas
9.40 Opening address from Mr. Polychronopoulos, managing director, Otesat-Maritel
9.45 End of opening ceremony
SESSION: DEVELOPMENTS IN SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATION
Moderator - Gregor Ross - maritime satellite communications expert
9.50 Inmarsat's plans to build its service to the maritime industry,
Chris Insall, maritime market manager, Inmarsat
Fleet 77 at 128 kbps, Inmarsat I-4
10.10 Broadband maritime - an affordable, truly global Broadband solution
Mary Ellen Kramer, CEO, Broadband Maritime
10.30 - Well proven broadband solutions for the maritime market
Yiannis Serafim, Greece regional manager, Marlink / Telenor
10.50 - Connexion by Boeing - service plans
Richard Nordstrom, Connexion by Boeing
11.10 - BREAK
SESSION : SHIP SHORE COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS OF BENEFIT TO SEAFARERS
11.40 Crew communications - a pragmatic solution
Kalliope Economou, IT Manager, Imperium Shipmanagement
11.55 Crew calling cards - developments from France Telecom
Vivian Quenet, international account manager, France Telecom
12.10 - Optimising and reducing the cost of ship shore communications - cheap SMS to ships
Paul Jolley, sales director Rydex
12.25 - GSM onboard ships - a viable option for seafarer communications and container tracking?
Mike Fitzgerald, CEO, Altobridge
12.40 - News and information services for crew - benefits in safety and crew morale
Abu Mehrotra, editor, Newslink Services
12.50 PANEL DISCUSSION - optimising ship shore communication. Odysseas Lekatsas, operations director, Kristen Navigation; Chris Insall, maritime market manager, Inmarsat; Mary Ellen Kramer, CEO, Broadband Maritime; Paul Jolley, sales director, Rydex; Sylvie Roby, France Telecom; Altobridge; Abu Mehrotra, Newslink Services
1.10 LUNCH
SESSION - USING IT TO FACILITATE TRANSPARENCY - WHAT IS TRANSPARENCY
CHAIRMAN - Mike Kennedy, technical director, Hellespont
2.40 OCIMF implementation and IT-related issues for OCIMF compliance.
Achilleas Choursoglou, IT manager of Olympic
3.05 using IT to help meet the best practise in tanker operations as defined by OCIMF
Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping
3.30 - Improved transparency through IT - the Wallem experience
Peter Rygaard Andersen, Trigonal (as consultant to Wallem)
3.55 AIS - How shipowners can gain more benefit from it
Anders Bergstrom, AIS consultant, True Heading
4.20 PANEL DISCUSSION - How can IT be used to improve transparency - how should it be used to stop the wrong information being released? Achilleas Choursoglou, IT manager of Olympic; Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping;Peter Rygaard Andersen, Trigonal (as consultant to Wallem); Anders Bergstrom, AIS consultant, True Heading; SPECIAL APPEARANCE Adonis Violaris, director of communications (IT) and public relations, Hanseatic Shipping (Cyprus)
4.45 BREAK
SESSION - AMMITEC general meeting -
Open to all AMMITEC members and conference participants
5.15 AMMITEC meeting welcome address - Nikos Efthymiou, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners
Developments in the past year / International expansion (Cyprus, Scandinavia, Hong Kong)
Planning of future activities
Review of Ammitec projects (Procurement standardization / IT benchmarking
7.00 pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN EXHIBITION HALL
Sponsored by Broadband Maritime
8.00 pm DINNER - Restaurant "Barba Lazaros" - 5 mins walk from Metropolitan Hotel
Sponsored by Inmarsat
DAY TWO DETAILED AGENDA
CHAIRMAN - Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, AMMITEC
MORNING SESSION - SHIP OPERATIONS SOFTWARE AND IT
9.30 Keynote - General IT policies at Kristen Navigation
Odysseas Lekatsas, operations director, Kristen Navigation
9.55 - IT Support Project Management of newbuilding projects
Mike Kennedy, technical director, Hellespont Steamship -
10.20 - Shipping software market, pricing, support and related issues.
Paul Hananias, IT Manager of Empros Lines -
10.45 - SAP and Lotus Notes implementation within Ceres
Charis Nassis, IT manager, Ceres Hellenic -
11.10 How broadband maritime communications will change shipboard software
Adonis Violaris, director of communications (IT) and public relations, Hanseatic Shipping (Cyprus).
11.20 BREAK
11.50 Outsourcing in maritime software
Dimitris Theodossiou, managing director, Danaos
12.10 Savings through integration
Oluf Sandvik, senior business consultant, ShipNet
12.30 OCIMF inspections, planning and control as part of your integrated business processes
Paul Ashton, managing director, Vector Informatic Systems
12.50 PANEL DISCUSSION - Optimising value from shipping company operations software. Odysseas Lekatsas, operations director, Kristen Navigation; Mike Kennedy, technical director, Hellespont Steamship; Paul Hananias, IT Manager of Empros Lines; Charis Nassis, IT manager, Ceres Hellenic, Dimitris Theodossiou, Danaos, Oluf Sandvik, senior business consultant, ShipNet; Paul Ashton, managing director, Vector Informatic Systems; Dr. Nikitas Nikitakos Assoc. Professor, University of the Aegean
1.10 LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION - SHIPBOARD AND SHIP-SHORE COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE
CHAIRMAN - Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, AMMITEC
2.20 - How management view the usage of IT to enable a more efficient operation of the company
Spyros Vamvakas, managing director, AB Maritime-
2.45 - Maintaining shipboard computers, shipboard power supplies, ISO and ISM requirements, crew IT training
Aris Inglessis, IT Manager, Samos Steamship, -
3.10 Offline incremental antivirus update and other issues
Tassos Makris, IT Director of Gourdomichalis Maritime
3.35 Vasilis Mavrofridis, sales manager, OTESAT-Maritel.
Optimising usage and security of Fleet solutions offered by OTESAT-Maritel
3.45 PANEL SESSION - Best value from ship operations software
Spyros Vamvakas, managing director, AB Maritime; Aris Inglessis, IT Manager of Samos Steamship; Tassos Makris, IT Director of Gourdomichalis Maritime, Vasilis Mavrofridis, sales manager, OTESAT-Maritel
4.00 BREAK
4.30 PANEL SESSION - ELECTRONIC PURCHASING - led by Dr Panagiotis Nomikos, president, Ammitec. Including George Chandrinos, purchasing manager, Gourdomichalis; Dimitris Patrikios, purchasing manager, Springfield; Neil Firth, VP of technology and product development, ShipServ; Neil Tomlinn, director, ShipNet; Dimitris Theodossiou, managing director, Danaos; Paul Ashton, managing director, Vector Informatic Systems;
5.30 BEVERAGES, CLOSE
