08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

MARITIME DIGITALISATION SESSION

09:30 Use cases of Advanced AI Applications at NSB Group

Immo and Matti will argue that AI is becoming a commodity for companies to use advanced AI Models. Non tech companies however need to define their strategy on where to take existing models that are commonly available and when to shape models with own data to gain competitive advantage. They will show real cases how NSB takes and shapes AI Applications to improve efficiency and quality in a broad scope of processes:
•              AI-based Invoice Accounting
•              AI-based trend scouting for skill gap determination
•              AI-based Chat Bot to aggregate and provide company data to users

Matti Wurzel, Deputy Fleet Manager, NSB Group

Bio: Matti Wurzel is the Deputy Fleet Manager for NSB's biggest fleet. Simultaneously he spent several years in Marseille representing NSB as Key Account Manager. He joined NSB in 2019 and since then has been active in various roles such as Business Analyst and Head of Global Sourcing and Logistics. Throughout all his roles he was in charge for various digitalization and automation projects and was one of the key drivers for the digital development NSB took over the past years.

Immo Brueggemann, Managing Director, CREATUM

Bio: The Managing Director of the start-up CREATUM, a company founded in July 2022, focuses on applying innovation and strategy concepts to business problems of his business partners.

Immo studied industrial engineering in Hamburg with the major of energy technologies and is now leading CREATUM, a team of 5 fulltime developers and 6 working students in the field of Business Intelligence, Process Automation and AI. Through previous jobs and internships, he gained experience in the industries of energy management, manufacturing and shipping. Through a wide set of further certifications within innovation management and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, he gained a deep understanding of the business opportunities of new technologies.

09:55 Experience integrating Starlink on vessels and fleet deployments

Having installed the first Starlink antenna system back in autumn 2021, DRYNET is an early adopter of this technology. We provided Starlink on an offshore diving support vessel already during 2022. In 2023 we conducted fleet projects in the cruise and commercial industry and supported our client with shipboard and fleetwide integration of Starlink in their network and IT infrastructure. DRYNET gained a lot of experience in managing and orchestrating hybrid networks, which consist of 4G/5G, Starlink and legacy VSAT. In this presentation Holger will share use cases, insights and best practices integrating Starlink.

Holger Ritter, Managing Partner, DRYNET

Bio: Holger Ritter is Managing Partner and founder of DRYNET. He has been working in the satellite, telecommunications and IT industry for over 25 years. He held management positions in IBM, Boeing and MTN. DRYNET, Kiel/Germany, was founded in 2002 and provides technology and business consulting as well as professional services for wireless, fixed and satellite communication networks as well as IT Security. DRYNET consultants are based in Germany, United Kingdom, Croatia, Denmark, Bangladesh and Australia. DRYNET serves clients in the wind offshore industry as well as cruise, ferry and commercial shipping companies.

10:20 Digitalisation panel:
- How you know if you have a mature digital technology implementation
-  How to better manage a portfolio of software applications
-  Where AI can and can't add value in shipping
-  How to improve your management of maintenance

 Moderator:

Fabian Feldhaus, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Flagship Founders

Bio: Fabian Feldhaus is Co-founder and Managing Director of Flagship Founders, the first European venture studio with a focus on maritime technologies, logistics and shipping. Since its inception in May 2020, Flagship Founders has launched five successful startups, formed robust industry partnerships, and secured substantial funding rounds.

Before co-founding Flagship Founders, Fabian Feldhaus gained comprehensive experience in launching and scaling startups. He initiated and provided support for numerous early-stage companies, including Book a Tiger, Commerzbank subsidiary #openspace and the startup program at Freie Universität Berlin, among other endeavours. Fabian Feldhaus studied media management at the HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration and the Bauhaus University Weimar.

Panellists:

Nils Aden, Managing Director, Harren Group

Bio: Harren is involved with heavy lift shipping, integrated project logistics, maritime engineering, crewing and ship management, commodity logistics and offshore wind operations. Nils Aden was formerly managing director of V.Group in Germany and co-CEO of ZEABORN Ship Management (formerly E.R Schiffahrt) among other roles. He has over 20 years’ experience managing all aspects of international business and implementing best development strategies for operational excellence.

Alex Oswald, Group Director IT, Columbia

Bio: Alexander Oswald has worked with Columbia Group for the last 12 years. For the past four years he has held the position of Group Director of IT, leading several cross-functional teams overseeing the IT delivery for both onshore and onboard as well as the software development streams for ERP, AI and other app solutions.

 Mr Oswald started his career as a business consultant within the Microsoft ERP stack, and further developed a strong set of skills in software design/ architecture as well as the development of ERP solutions. Throughout his career he has been building different IT companies, covering domains of software development as well as IT service delivery within the maritime industry and beyond.  

 Before joining Columbia he worked in different software architect/ senior consultant positions within a major software supplier focusing on industries beyond shipping, mainly pharmaceutical, automotive and production.

Matti Wurzel, Deputy Fleet Manager, NSB Group

Max Stolyarov, Managing Director, Varamar Hamburg

Bio: Max Stolyarov has 20 years experience managing shipping companies. For the past 9 years he has been Managing Director at Varamar Hamburg, which he established in 2014. Before he was with Maersk Line for 10 years starting as a vessel agent in Ukraine, becoming a chartering manager in Copenhagen and finally managing the Maersk Line’s regional branch in Southern Russia including sales, customer service and operations. Max has studied at Odessa National Maritime University, University of Vienna, and Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 Mapping threats in a maritime OT environment
- Cyber in maritime: it's not just a production line
- Maritime and the illusion of the unicorn security software
-  What is vendors role in maritime OT cybersecurity and where their support adds the most value

Christopher Stein, Lead Engineer - Maritime Cybersecurity, Royal Caribbean Group (Denmark)

Bio: Christopher Stein focuses on drafting cyber security requirements and policies for OT systems for newbuild vessels and retrofit contracts. He supports vendors with cyber security improvements, trains and supports colleagues on IMO cybersecurity compliance.

11:50 Applying game theory to managing alarm overload on ships

 Asger’s work is focused on how to make alarm systems more human reliable, including how we can assure that seafarers have sufficient time to perform time-critical actions when dealing with alarm scenarios. He will present a funded project that would encourage onboard systems to be more integrated and reduce alarms. It’s expected to have an impact on better response to cyber incidents and recovery.

Asger C. Schliemann-Haug, Lead Data Scientist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA  

Bio: Asger is with Loyd’s Register EMEA for the past 5 years mainly focusing on developing safety rules for new maritime technology. Prior he sailed on offshore support vessels of ESVAGT as a 2nd Engineer having watchkeeping duty. He holds degrees in Maritime Technology Management and Software Design.

12:10 How bunker operations can be digitalised

Monjasa successfully utilised real-time data from their global tanker fleet to digitalize bunkering and bunker operations. The app compliments shipowners and charterers with transparent open data about bunker orders without radical changes in business operation or commercial model. Currently Monjasa invests in making the insights public for everyone via website.

Michael Bruun Østergaard, Group IT Director, Monjasa (Denmark)

Bio: Michael Bruun Østergaard counts more than 10-year experience leading IT projects including Danish Army in Afghanistan, seaports of Africa, offices and cloud datacentres as a consultant, and for the past 4 years as Group IT Director at Monjasa, Danish bunker trading and suppling company. He believes that technology, above all else, should be an enabler and support employees to do their job better. 

12:30 Email efficiency for dynamic maritime teams

The presentation will explain how shipping companies can improve email communication in daily operations.

Keith Tan, Head of MarineTraffic Inbox, Kpler

Bio: Keith Tan is committed to move maritime digitalisation forward creating solutions for the maritime industry to collaborate more efficiently. He’s based in Singapore.

13:00-14:00 Lunch and Networking

14:00 Communications Panel: Tools and services adding value to seafarers onboard
- How to work with hybrid ship-shore communication systems?
- How to increase crew satisfaction with their connectivity options?
- How to help crew to better respond to safety and cybersecurity threats onboard?
- Making shipboard cybersecurity easier to manage – including for visiting engineers

Moderator:

Holger Ritter, Managing Partner, DRYNET

Panellists:

Verena Stiller, 2nd Officer, Hapag Lloyd

Bio: Verena Stiller began her seagoing career as a deck cadet in 2017, serving on various vessels including sailing vessels, cruise ships, containers, and feeder vessels. She graduated from Nautical University and currently holds the position of 2nd Officer at Hapag Lloyd.

Christopher Stein, Lead Engineer - Maritime Cybersecurity, Royal Caribbean Group (Denmark)

Asger C. Schliemann-Haug, Lead Data Scientist, Lloyd’s Register EMEA 

VESSEL PERFORMANCE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SESSION

14:40 Leveraging AI for Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Tasks

Recent advancements in machine learning and generative AI have led to groundbreaking successes across various industries, unlocking new opportunities for innovation. In application-driven research and development initiatives, the Maritime Operations Management team at Fraunhofer CML aids private and public clients in conceptualizing, customizing, and implementing such innovative machine learning solutions. During the presentation, Christoph Martius will explore selected application scenarios of data-driven artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on harnessing sensor data, utilizing open-source models and developing work-support systems.

Christoph Martius, Research Scientist, Fraunhofer CML

Bio: Christoph Martius works as a Research Scientist at Fraunhofer CML and is engaged in applied research and consulting projects in maritime logistics and shipping. As part of the Maritime Operations Management team at Fraunhofer CML, he specialized in the application of machine learning and data analytics for maritime use cases including automatic speech recognition and condition-based maintenance.  A focus of Christoph’s work is the design and implementation of novel machine learning approaches across the maritime supply chain, the analysis of big data and the development of specialized software solutions.

15:00 How to transform complex collected onboard emission data into a standardized basis for emissions allowances

Collected emission data from onboard become more and more complex due to emerging new fuel types, rotating crews and individual ways of reporting. However, those data must form a standardized and reliable basis for the calculation of emission allowances.

How can shipping companies, operators and ship managers create a set of plausibility-checked, approved and standardized data from what they receive from onboard? And how can those checks be automized and the data be automatically transferred to verifiers in a time- and cost-saving manner, so that shipping company staff can easily include the growing emission data administration into their daily tasks?

Bastian Gehnke, Manager Product Management CVS, Kaleris

 Bio: “Water is my element” says Bastian Gehnke, who started his career in the waters as a voluntary lifeguard at the German Lifeguard Association DLRG before he decided in 2007 to continue with a degree in maritime and ship operations onboard of commercial vessels of German shipping company. After earning nautical and technical licenses in shipping at the seafaring school in Flensburg, he earned the graduate degree in maritime logistics and ship operations by the University of Flensburg. In 2014, Bastian joined Navis as a product manager for vessel and fleet performance. He decisively contributed to the design of the Kaleris vessel and fleet performance software Bluetracker. In the past years he has grown the portfolio of cloud applications for fleet performance as well as cargo operations. Today Bastian is leading the product management for the Kaleris Carrier and Vessel Solutions portfolio.

15:25 Vessel performance digital technology panel
- How to make it easier to gather reliable vessel performance sensor data
- How to better support company decision making around compliance with vessel performance regulations

Moderator:

Bastian Gehnke, Manager Product Management CVS, Kaleris

Panellists:

Varun Kumar, Energy Efficiency and Performance Manager, TMA Bulk

Bio: A Maritime management career extending now for 24 years across various ship operation functions including energy management, ship management, team management, bunker operations, regulatory frameworks and bunker operations. Motor ship's Chief engineer by primary education and trade. Came to Hamburg as part of Hamburg sud- Maersk FMT driving the integration and stayed on!. Presently working with TMA bulk, responsible for the operational efficiency and regulatory preparation of the fleet. Believes in value-based leadership and learning, unlearning, and relearning. Love to read, travel and explore.

Stefan Schindler, Senior Vice President Project & Performance, ZEABORN Ship Management

16:05 Closing