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09:20 Editor's introduction - Karl Jeffery, editor, People Tech Maritime

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SESSION 1: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND IT STRATEGY

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09:30 A CEO’s perspectives on maritime AI, cybersecurity and maritime software

          Phrixos Papachristidis, CEO, Hellespont Group

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• Using AI to support people rather than to replace people – and the importance of seeing it in that way

• Cybersecurity risks not given enough attention. Is that because cyber risks are so difficult to grasp?

• Reducing complexity and cost of software licenses – in the past a shipowner could rely on one ERP. How can we make costs of multiple software tools and integrations more manageable?

 

09:50 Maritime digitalisation and partnership in response to geopolitical challenges

           Arun Sankar, Director, Commercial and Strategic Development - Northern Europe Columbia Shipmanagement

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• how marine operation is more efficient with digital technology

• fragmented marine technology space/no standards – challenge or opportunity? Can people thrive at work in this case?

• cybersecurity management with AI

 

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​10:30 Building the right support for the day-to-day business with the help of AI

         Nikolaj von Wartburg, head of Europe, Synergy Marine Group

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• AI and Synergy

• Planned Maintenance supported by AI

• Creating the platform of tomorrow, today

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10:50 COFFEE BREAK

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11:20 Panel discussion with morning speakers - what is the best way to get more value from AI today
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• getting a better overall understanding of AI and how it can be relevant and useful to today's maritime operations

• building an internal ecosystem of AI - how you can support staff to experiment with AI tools which help them do their own work better, but in a controlled way, and

• choosing the right software tools - a suite of tools or package?​

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Phrixos Papachristidis, CEO, Hellespont Group

Nikolaj von Wartburg, head of Europe, Synergy Marine Group

​Moderator: Karl Jeffery, editor, People Tech Maritime

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12:10 Connectivity drives maritime IT - here’s how

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         Maximilian Heetel, Team Lead Fleet IT, MaDaTec

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12:30 LUNCH

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SESSION 2: SUPPORTING CREW AND IMPROVING OFFICE WORK

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13:30 Improving crew change management: from travel costs to operational control

          Niklas Weidmann, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Tilla
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• Turning a fragmented crew change process into a connected, managed system

• Getting control over crew change costs, not just reporting on travel spend

• Connecting planning, travel, and insights to improve decision-making

• Using what you already have more effectively, rather than adding more tools

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13:50 Panel discussion - How can the maritime industry move faster in using better digital tools to support crew, including crew management and training?

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• How can the maritime industry move faster in using better digital tools to support crew, including crew management and training?

• Are there any attitude changes you would like to see from the industry, or ways more could be achieved through collaboration?

• Any ideas about how we can overcome the problem of poor digital tools onboard vessels, such as being required to report the same thing multiple times in different systems?
   

Panellists:

Arun Sankar, Director, Commercial and Strategic Development - Northern Europe, Columbia Shipmanagement

Speros Stamatis, Gas & Vetting Specialist, Edugas (ex Gas & Vetting Specialist with Unigas)

Niklas Weidmann, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Tilla

Moderator: Karl jeffery, editor, People Tech Maritime

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SESSION 3: IMPROVING CARBON / VESSEL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

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14:30 The three-signal method: How smart vessels diagnose performance problems before they cost you money

          Kyungrok Kim, Vessel Performance Manager, Bestship

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Every vessel reports engine power in three different ways in the noon report, along with high-frequency data — from fuel flow, shaft torque, and RPM. The gaps between these signals reveal whether the issue is hull fouling, engine degradation, unreliable sensor data, or human factors.

• Most performance analyses pick a single power source and build their models on it; we use all three simultaneously to triangulate the true picture and detect issues that single-source monitoring entirely misses.

• Turning this into action: we fuse 15-second high-frequency data with daily noon reports to deliver clear diagnostics and quantified cost impact to vessel owners.

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14:50 Close

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Register now - free for shipping companies - limited places​

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