09:30 Maritime cybersecurity rules of thumb
The technical complexity and the potential business risks hiding behind cyber security, requires in depth understating of the relevant technologies and solutions before any decision. However, there are several practical “rules of thumb” we could use on our daily IT management decisions which could shape the foundation on which our cyber security strategy will be based. 
Andreas Polidis, IT Advisor, Ionic Shipping

Bio: Andreas Polidis has more than 30 years of experience in design and management of  IT&T projects, in various sectors and industries, both in Greece and abroad. The last 10 years focusing in the shipping industry he works with Ionic Shipping (MGT) Inc. as an IT Advisor drawing and implementing company’s IT strategy, to address daily requirements and be prepared for the upcoming challenges.  

10:00 OT Cybersecurity for Maritime Transportation System using ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Assess, Implement, Operate and Maintain for vessels
Konstantinos will share his work implementing OT Cybersecurity for MTS System using ISA/IEC 62443 Standards to Assess, Implement, Operate and Maintain for vessels.
Konstantinos Chatziargyros, Head of ICT-IS Department, Stem Shipping

Bio: Konstantinos Chatziargyros leads ICT and Information security for IT and OT department at Stem Shipping that managers a modern fleet of 8 bulk carriers and 2 container vessels. Prior for 9 years he worked as IT&T Officer at All Seas Marine that operates tankers, bulk carrier and container vessels.

10:30 Moving your fleet on safe and secure seas
Your digital captain tries to maneuver between islets, silos onshore, regulations, IMO, multiple vendors and products, let’s bring him back safe to Ithaca
Bill Nikolopoulos, Systems Engineering Manager, Greece, Hungary & Cyprus, Fortinet

Bio: Bill Nikolopoulos has 20 years of experience in the field of technology, and the last 13 years he is focused in the field of cybersecurity . Prior he has worked at CheckPoint where he was responsible for securing important clients in Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria.

Bill Nikolopoulos as a Systems Engineering Manager is responsible for the expansion of Fortinet in Greece, Cyprus and Hungary, in cooperation with the local sales managers.

11:00- 11:30 Coffee break
Kindly sponsored by OTESAT_MARITEL

11:30 Risk assessment in maritime as a driver for good cyber security governance and compliance.
What are the first steps and what benefits does this provide to a maritime organisation?

IMO resolution MSC.428(98) affirms that an approved safety management system should take into account “cyber risk management”, which might seem a bit vague, however has a large scope. A well performed cyber security Risk Assessment would most definitely consider all applicable threats and vulnerabilities, highlighting the risks that would be the most impacting to operations, safety, and the company as a whole. Improving the corporate visibility of risks allows the allocation of funding appropriately to optimise the cyber security posture effectively.

It’s essential for Maritime organisations to have a clear and accurate picture of their risk exposure, without this, some organisations are maybe navigating blindfold their way through the abyss of cyber threats.

As a first step, is to ensure an effective leadership of cybersecurity governance that can advise and guide appropriately through the new challenges of Governance, compliance and Risk.
Julian Gaunt, Cyber Security Expert, Marlink

Bio: Julian Gaunt has 20 years of cyber security experience in the telecommunications, automotive, aeronautic, transportation, finance, and more recently maritime sectors. He has been based in Mexico, Holland, Belgium, UK, and Ireland before settling in Toulouse-France where he has lived with his family for the past 15 years.

Starting off in telecoms, Julian managed deployments of trans-European backbones and intercity networks and leading Tier 3 support at Lucent/Nokia. Following his passion for cyber security, he left for Mexico to take up the role of CISO Volkswagen Americas and Africa before coming back to Europe with his young family where he worked for Capgemini, managing multinational cyber teams including Architects, Projects, Operations as well as the Security Operations Centre for customers such as Airbus and AXA. He has performed various advisory and management roles for organisations with critical infrastructure, public administration and high financial stakes.

Julian joined Marlink at the start of 2022 in the Digital organisation to ensure the needs of cyber security are met within the digital transformation of Marlink’s customers.

12:00 Be the captain in a cyber security budget discussion
Chara Vassiliadou, Commercial Director, CENSUS cyber

Bio: Chara Vassiliadou is the Commercial Director of CENSUS Labs, a leader company in the information security services field. Chara is devoted to the Information and IT security industry since 2006, having the opportunity to work with remarkable companies from both the Greek and the global market. During her journey as an Information and Communications Systems Security Engineer she had the opportunity to take on a variety of roles, starting as an Information Security Officer, in one of the biggest publishing companies in Greece, climbing her way up to the Information Security Specialist position of an integrator company, working as the Channel Manager of an international security vendor and currently, as a Commercial Director in CENSUS. Her aim is to introduce the Information Security as a way of thinking and not as a company’s “big bad wolf”. Chara will share a few tips how to be the captain in a cyber security budget discussion.

Dr. Matthew Maheras, CIO, Metrostar Management, Vice President, ΑΜΜΙΤΕC

 Bio: Dr. Matthew Maheras is the CIO of Metrostar Management Corp. He holds a PhD in Operational Research from NTUA, and an MBA from Imperial College, London. Dr. Maheras has wide experience in managing innovative IT projects in maritime, typically involving Virtualization, Cloud, and IoT technologies, with a focus on Cyber Security and Data Privacy.

Alex Stathopoulos,
IT Manager,
Hellas Confidence Shipmanagement

Bio: Alex Stathopoulos joined the ICT Shipping industry in 2005. Currently he has 17 years of experience as an IT Manager with Hellas Confidence Shipmanagement S.A. He is responsible for the daily support of the fleet in IT/OT matters along with the management of enhancement or regulation-driven IT projects and the IT infrastructure of the company’s premises. Holds an MSc from the University of Piraeus in the field of network-centric systems along with CCNA and CEH certifications.

Konstantinos Chatziargyros,
Head of ICT-IS Department,
Stem Shipping

Lunch 13:00- 14:00
Kindly sponsored by AXESS MARITIME

14:00 How digital twins can help optimize and decarbonize.
Matthew R. Miller, Marine Industry Principal, AVEVA

Bio: AVEVA’s Maine Industry Principal has a broad background in developing industrial electronics, automated control and information system software for OEM’s and enterprises.  Matt recently lead the global strategy for Rail, Marine, Trucking and Intermodals supporting clients in all transportation sectors and now focuses on building the digital bridge between ship designers, builders and operators in marine.  Before working at AVEVA, Matt spent 35 years in numerous sales, marketing and management roles at OSIsoft, Viewtronics and Xycom.  A degreed electronics engineer with specialty in computer-based controls and decades of market and product development experience, Matt has been working with leading technology firms to bring real-time performance intelligence to the value chain.

14:20 Converting RAW Data to actionable intelligence
The presentation will focus on the contribution that real time data and digital tools have on the efforts to reduce emissions and optimize operational performance through actual use cases. The challenges of complying with the regulations while at the same time making the right decisions to be competitive.
Andreas Symeonidis, Marketing & Partner Relations Manager, METIS Cybertechnology

Bio: Andreas Symeonidis has more than 20 years of working experience in the IT and Telecoms sectors. For the last five years he is focused on the shipping Industry as a Marketing & Business Development Manager. He is interested in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SaaS, Cloud Services and Mobility in the business and the consumer environment.

14:40 Combining data, AI and physics to reduce carbon emissions by 10% or more
Achieving the 2050 emissions reduction goals will require a combination of technology pillars and best practices to get on the right trajectory:

• Improving ship & fleet operations with smart ship technologies will bring one-quarter of the required gains

• Leveraging wind propulsion with sails, wings, rotors, etc., either as a refit or as part of an entirely new ship design, will provide another quarter of the required gains

• Using new types of fuel (low or zero carbon) for the remaining part

The Syroco EfficientShip software platform builds digital twins of ships by leveraging physics modelling, data and AI. Deployed on board, in the fleet/operations centre and in the design office, the digital twins bring the scientific and data-driven foundation to support the pillars of the 2050 trajectory by powering the optimisation engine of the smart ship and enabling the best design choices for wind propulsion technologies.
Alex Caizergues, CEO, Syroco

Bio: Alex Caizergues is a French kiteboarder, 4 times kitespeed world champion, first man to break the 100 km/h on water and holder of 6 speed records. He still holds the kite world record at 107.3 km/h set in the south of France in 2017.

In 2019, he co-founded Syroco, a Climate Tech startup that supports the energy transition of maritime transportation. It provides fleet operators, cargo owners, naval architects & shipyards a solution to reduce the fuel consumption and carbon footprint of ships. 

15:00 Working on digital integration projects in shipping
Dimitris Marselos, IT & Logistics Solutions, COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Greece)

Bio: Dimitris Marselos has a 15 years career in  shipping industry. He has been in the Cruise industry for 12 years and the last three years he is with Containers and Logistics in COSCO Shipping. His background is from Sociology (BA) and Ethical Philosophy (MA) but technology and programming has been a hobby that he  successfully converted into an everyday work.

 Dimitris is a solutions architect in automations and systems integrations. His experience widely spans from building office automations rendering human error obsolete and at the same time connecting various Logistics and WH (WMS) systems fluidly adapting among different levels of technology. He is involved in Machine Learning/Deep Neural Networks. He loves building and watching A.I. - Deep Neural Networks (RNN, CNN, GAN's, Reinforcement Learning, etc.) as they effortlessly surpass human capabilities. His ultimate goal is to build an A.I. entity that will completely replace him in his working environment thus allowing him to use his time on thinking how to make it even better.

 Dimitris will present digital integration projects that he works on.

15:20 IT & OT convergence
Charalampos (Harry) Ligoutsikos, Company Security Officer / Lead Internal Auditor, Prime Tanker/Prime Gas

Bio: Charalampos Ligoutsikos currently holds the position of Company Security Officer / Lead Internal Auditor at Prime Tanker/Prime Gas. When he joined the company in 2012 he was responsible for the development / integration of the Company ERP System - ISM & Risk Assessment Modules. In 2017 he was a Project Leader for the Development of the Initial Cyber Security Compliance Framework for Prime in collaboration with DNV-GL. Since 2018 he is responsible for the company's Cyber Compliance.

 In 2002-2012 Charalampos worked for Wind Hellas. He was responsible for the Design, Procurement, Implementation and Deployment of a series of Telecommunication & Datacom Solutions including IP Backbone Networks, Telecom & Datacom Monitoring System and in general Data Centre development starting of as an Engineer and ranging up to Technical Project Leader and Team Manager. Charalampos has a degree in MEng in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, MSc in Biomedical Engineering, and Diploma in Ship Superintendency.

 Charalampos will talk about OT and IT convergence in maritime.

15:40 Afternoon Coffee Break
Kindly sponsored by PIVOTEL

Dimitris Lyras,
MD,
Ulysses

Bio: Dimitris Lyras is a member of a family with more than 150 years of experience in shipping. He is the founder, owner and investor of Ulysses Systems, a software company specializing in the delivery of actionable information, and Ulysses Learning, a simulation-based e-Learning company. Dimitris co-authored 'The Future of Decision Making' (R.C.Shank, D.Lyras and E.Soloway, 2010). He is a prior council member of Intertanko.

Theodore Ioannou,
Group Technical Superintendent – Maintenance Strategy,
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

Bio: Theodore is currently working in the technical department of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) on a group level and is responsible for the Maintenance Strategy of BSM. When he joined the company in 2018, he was on the Performance department for BSM and served as a Fleet Performance Superintendent. For several years Theodore also worked for a reputable software development company in the maritime industry in the area of performance management and energy efficiency as a Performance Engineer.

Theodore has a degree as a Naval Architect and Mechanical Engineer and also holds a master’s degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Executive Maritime Management.

Dimitris Marselos,
IT & Logistics Solutions,
COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Greece)

Dr. Antonios V. Lalechos,
Projects & Performance manager,
TMS dry fleet

 Bio: Antonios V. Lalechos has served as the Operations Director of Deepsea technologies for two years. Since summer 2022 he works as Projects & Performance Manager of TMS dry fleet. Prior he ledall Electrical & Electronic works for a fleet of 30 vessels at Eurobulk (bulk carriers & container vessels).

Georgios Tsivgoulis,
Electrical Supervisor,
Thenamaris

16:45 Closing drinks reception
Kindly sponsored by CYDOME