Our Digital Ship Athens event in autumn held on October 25th is where we discuss how to make digital technology work within a modern maritime operation. Our Athens autumn event is Digital Ships largest event of the year with the most extensive agenda and dinner in the evening running continuously since 2003, including in 2021 and 2022.

In our Autumn event we’ll discuss:

  • Digital infrastructure, crew communications and maintenance

  • Advances in crew communications, what it is possible to give crew, how much it will cost, and how to manage the conflict

  • We’ll look at new ways to use digital technology to improve safety and help crew, including managing mooring lines, sharing lessons learned, advanced ways to use technology for training, and managing crew scheduling.

  • We’ll look at how the role of the IT department is evolving. 

  • We’ll discuss advances in maintenance management systems. 

Confirmed speakers:

  • Themistoklis Sardis, IT Manager, Costamare, and President of AMMITEC

  • Dimitris Pavlidis, Fleet IT Manager, Euronav

  • Paul Petit-Jean, VP, Head of Maritime Business Line, Eutelsat Group

  • Ioannis Rizos, ICT Manager, Millenia Maritime

  • Julian Gaunt, Cybersecurity Expert – Digital, Marlink

  • Capt. Nestor Grigoropoulos, HSSE Department / DPA, Sea Traders

  • Matthias Geisser, Head of Surface Vessel Products/Solutions, focusing on Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, Hensoldt Optronics

  • Antonios V. Lalechos, Projects & Performance Manager, TMS Dry fleet

  • Daiji Aihara, Deputy General Manager of Piraeus Office, ClassNK

  • Panos Theodossopoulos, Chief Digital Officer, Oceanking

  • Frank Paleokrassas, Data Governance and Analytics Manager, BSM

  • Stefanos Christakis, Innovation Manager, Euronav

  • Andreas Polidis, IT Advisor, Ionic

  • Risto Juhani-Kariranta, Founder, Ahti Consultancy

  • Erik van Ballegooijen, Director R&D, VAF Instruments

  • Janek Ekeli, CEO, ESG-NRG

  • Dimitra Konstantinou, Senior Energy Efficiency Engineer, Angelicoussis Group

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

Athens is a big centre for tanker operations in particular, and so we’ll look at digital technology issues specific to tanker operators, including preparing for and passing vetting inspections.

You can see information about our history in Athens, including past event agendas, presentations and photographs, at  http://www.events.thedigitalship.com/athens-archive

Call for speakers

Shipping company employees - please contact Vaida Stočkūnaitė on on vaida@thedigitalship.com / Tel +44 (0)207 017 3403

Digital technology companies – please contact Narges Jodeyri on narges@thedigitalship.com / Tel +44 (0)20 7 017 3406