Agenda - 23rd September 2021


9:00 - 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee from Digital Ship

Making maritime digital projects work in the new after-covid era

10:00 - 10:20
IoT project onboard our vessels
Stefanos Christakis, Innovation Manager, Euronav

10:20 - 10:40
Subject TBC
Speaker from a shipping company

10:40 - 11:00
Affordable maritime training in the digital era - The Dyna Learning Platform case
Konstantinos Agas, Training Manager, Dynacom TM - Dynagas LTD

11:00 - 11:20
Remote access on vessels – focus on cybersecurity
Fotis Tsitsirigkos, Fleet IT Manager, Euronav

11:20 - 11:40
Keeping up with change: Quazar streamlines IT services, alleviates workload, ensures compliance, and cyber secures vessels
Constantinos Koutsouradis, Chief Digital Services Officer, Navarino


11:40 - 12:10 Coffee Break


Maritime Cyber security challenges and priorities

12:10 - 12:30
A cybersecurity business continuity plan for vessels and office which is simple for users yet has a robust architecture
Speaker from a shipping company

12:30 - 12:40
How Megatugs prepared for Cyber Security Regulation Audit (IMO 2021)?
Sotiris Zotos, IT Manager, MEGATUGS Salvage & Towage

12:40 - 13:00
Cybersecurity best practices for the maritime industry
Speaker from Obrela

13:00 - 13:20
A new vision for tomorrow’s maritime connectivity
Nadeem Khan, AVP Market Development, Thuraya Telecommunications Company

Panel:
Maritime Cyber security challenges and priorities from IT managers perspective.

13:20 - 13:55
Questions for discussion:

- How good is our understanding of what the specific threats are?
- What will be cybersecurity highest priority in the coming years?
- What are the trends in operational technology onboard ships?

Dr Michalis Michaloliakos,
Team Leader Cyber Security & Network,
TMS Cardiff Gas & TMS Tankers

Pavlos Gerardos,
IT Infrastructure Supervisor & Information Security Officer,
Thenamaris

Panel:
Maritime Cyber security challenges and priorities from IT vendor perspective.

13:55 - 14:30
Questions for discussion:

- Why is phishing still effectively fooling people who are otherwise quite savvy?
- What does the shift towards cloud operations and OT means for shipping?

Savvas Nikolaos Delis,
Maritime Sales Manager,
MarPoint

Mike McNally,
Global Commercial Director,
GTMaritime

Antonis Valakas,
Senior Systems Engineer,
Fortinet


14:30 - 15:30
Lunch sponsored by PIVOTEL


Managing decarbonisation

15:30 - 15:50
Managing decarbonisation for your fleet
Frank Paleokrassas, Head of data governance and analytics, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

15:50 - 16:10
Data-driven efficiency for decarbonisation
Roberto Coustas, CEO, Deepsea

IT departments of shipping companies in a post covid reality

Panel:
IT departments of shipping companies in a post covid reality

- defining a big picture what's important, what's less important and too overhyped?

Thodoris Efstathiou,
ICT Manager,
Equinox Maritime

Antonios Regkoukos,
ICT Manager / Crew Assistant,
Athemar Maritime S.A


17:00 - 18:00 Closing and drinks reception