2018 SMART4SEA Conference: Speakers Announced

SAFETY4SEA is pleased to announce that 2018 SMART4SEA Conference, one of the industry’s most well-established events, is due on Wednesday, 31st of January at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) at the Bookcastle of the National Library of Greece.

Once again, the SMART4SEA Conference will gather key stakeholders from all around the shipping industry. Fifteen global experts will share their views on the recent technological developments, present key smart shipping challenges and introduce solutions for facilitating industry’s digitalization. Speakers’ presentations will be focused on the critical issues concerning shipping’s revolution into a smart sector such as cyber security, e-navigation, autonomous ships, big data, IoT, smart software and new technology applications for Energy Efficiency & CBM.

It will be a full day event followed by cocktail reception. Participation is FREE of charge subject to online registration, which will be open till Tuesday 30th of January 2018, 12:00 GMT and confirmed by reply e-mail.

Confirmed speakers and topics list that will be updated as we approach the event date:

Conference Opening

1. Apostolos Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA
2. Frank Coles, CEO, Transas
3. Giampiero Soncini, Senior Advisor, Marine Innovation, RINA

Smart Shipping Perspectives 

1. Frances Baskerville, Secretary General, CIRM
2. Jason Stefanatos, Senior Research Engineer, DNV GL – Digitalization in maritime: Autonomous and smart operations
3. Marcus Ejdersten, Director, Strategic Marketing, MacGregor – So much potential to remove waste – smarter cargo handling

Big Data

1. Daniel Shirley, Product Marketing Manager, Marine Traffic – Defined by data: How location intelligence is redefining the way we see global shipping operations
2. Ji Hun Seo, Sales Manager, ILJIN and Co Ltd – How to make an efficient and a cost-effective maritime communication with big data?
3. Mikael Lind, Associate professor and research manager, RISE Viktoria – Business opportunities in the maritime sector enabled by digitalisation 

Energy Efficiency

1. Nikolaos Kakalis, Technology & Projects Manager, Consolidated Marine Management Inc. – Energy efficiency: the shipowner’s perspective
2. Anthony Vourdachas, Engineer OEP, ABS – Effective Data Handling for Practical Performance Analysis
3. Panos Theodossopoulos, CEO, Propulsion Analytics – Machine Learning lifts Performance Monitoring to the next level

Cyber Security

1. Cynthia Hudson, CEO, Hudson Marine – Cyber Security Risks for the Ship Oeprators
2. Christian Vakarelis, VP Media Communications, Navarino – Protecting vessels from the internal and external cyber threat
3. Howard Hughes, CTO, Tototheo – Organic Cyber Security: Growing with the human element

 More information available at https://www.safety4sea.com/forum/2018-smart4sea-forum