08:30 Registration
09:15 Welcome from Digital Ship
09:20- 12:10 Session 1: Transforming Shipping
09:20 - Chairman’s Keynote: Why digital-first will win, and others fail
Tord Glad Nordahl, Chief Digital Officer, Marin IT (DOF ASA)
Tord Glad Nordahl works as Chief Digital Officer in Marin IT, a company providing IT Services to customers like DOF ASA, Austevoll Laksepakkeri and other customers owned by LACO.
Tord has a long diverse background within IT, and worked both as a consultant as well as a program manager for Microsofts Integration product. With a focus on how digitalization can assist to help organizations, he has discovered ways to improve the overall operation, uncovering efficient and fast ways to save money by cutting cost by implementing technology to provide better insight into data and automate processes. Tord background from development, architecture, sales and program ownership have provided a special background to uncover the hidden gems ready for digitalization in any organization.
09:40 - Case study: It’s not only all about technology – what can be achieved and how
Torbjørn Lussand, VP Corporate IT, Odfjell
Torbjørn is head of IT at Odfjell SE and a member of the Odfjell Digital Innovation Group. He has an IT engineering degree from Western Norway University of Applied Science.
Prior to completing the degree he worked 4 years in the Royal Norwegian Navy, followed by 16 years in Equinor holding various leadership positions both within corporate services and the business line, including an assignment in USA to support the establishment of the onshore oil and gas operatorships.
Following some years working with subsea in Equinor, Torbjørn joined Odfjell SE June 2017.
The diverse background driving key projects and improvement activities have given him a deep understanding of how IT and the business strive to achieve the ultimate goal, seamless integration of IT and the business line, enabling business capabilities and value creation.
Tom Hagesæther, Manager Digital Products, Odfjell
Tom Hagesæther is Digital Product Manager at Odfjell SE and leader of the Odfjell internal development and business engagement teams. Tom has Master of Information Science degree from University of Bergen.
After graduation Tom was engaged in various consultant roles as a developer, advisor, project manager and owning partner of Ulriken Consulting. He was early engaged with Odfjell as a key client and hired to lead several of Odfjell’s global IT initiatives. Tom was employed by Odfjell in 2013, then first as a Project Portfolio Manager.
Tom facilitate and aid the Odfjell Digital Innovation Group consisting of six selected business unit leaders. He has trough this work a prime interests and experience in digital change and transformation challenges.
10:00 - Presentation: How to achieve your digital transformation?
Tor Skeie, Vice President Maritime IT Solutions, Marlink
Tor Skeie is the Vice President of Maritime IT Solutions for Marlink. He has been a Managing Director at Palantir AS since April 2017, specialising in IT services and IT service management solutions for the maritime industry.
Tor has over 25 years’ experience in IT management, working with international companies, focusing on business-development and critical operations in remote environments. His career has seen a large focus on solving problems with technical solutions, ranging from infrastructure design to custom applications development.
Prior to his time at Palantir, Tor spent close to 9 years as CEO MarinIT AS, managing all IT for the DOF group and Austevoll Seafood companies and 12 years as an IT Manager at ICA Gruppen, a retail company with a focus on food and health. He has also established a shared service business with a common service catalogue and advanced pricing models.
Before beginning his successful career in IT, Tor studied at BI Norwegian Business School and graduated from the University of Bergen.
10:20 - Presentation: Driving digital transformation with the combination of human skills, skill of trade, modern technology, and gamification combined
Håvard Lillevik, Founder, Grapevine AS and Lillevik IT
Håvard Lillevik has a technical background with 20 years in the IT industry. He has done work for a number of maritime and shipping related companies as well as a broad variety of other industries. He is the founder and owner of Lillevik IT AS (https://lit.no) a Managed Service Provider with focus on secure productivity with cloud services, and has experience as CTO, CIO, CEO, and board work. He is the founder and owner of Grapevine AS (https://grapevine.no) where he does Strategic Advisory Services for boards and CEOs, CTOs, CIOs etc. in digital transformation processes.
Håvard is also collaborating with Microsoft Norway and a School in Oslo on creating an environment for faster education of IT-skilled people, and giving speeches to businesses, schools and institutions on his passion topics like “The value of extraordinary customer service and unique customer experiences”, “Combining Skill of Trade & Human Skills - creating SuperSkills”, and “Driving digital transformation with the combination of skill of trade, human skills, modern technology, and gamification combined”
10:40 - Presentation: Avoiding alert fatigue ….prioritizing cyber threats and mitigation efforts in the maritime industry
Fredrik Munck, Business Development Executive, Cybeta
Fredrik is based in Oslo, Norway and is responsible for CyberHelm’s client relationships and onboarding services for maritime enterprises based in Europe. Prior to joining CyberHelm, Fredrik served 20 years as Managing Director of Munckloader Cranes and later Munck Marine Systems, a world-renowned supplier of marine cranes and advanced cargo transport technologies for bulk vessels. Recently Fredrik has focused on the threats faced by an increasingly digitized maritime industry, and has been instrumental in tailoring the CyberHelm offering to meet the specific needs and threats faced by the shipping industry.
Fredrik holds a Bachelors degree in International Relations and Economics from The George Washington University.
11:00 – Networking Coffee break
11:30 - Panel: Challenges and lessons learned managing digital projects
Moderator:
Tord Glad Nordahl, Chief Digital Officer, Marin IT (DOF ASA)
Tord Glad Nordahl works as Chief Digital Officer in Marin IT, a company providing IT Services to customers like DOF ASA, Austevoll Laksepakkeri and other customers owned by LACO.
Tord has a long diverse background within IT, and worked both as a consultant as well as a program manager for Microsofts Integration product. With a focus on how digitalization can assist to help organizations, he has discovered ways to improve the overall operation, uncovering efficient and fast ways to save money by cutting cost by implementing technology to provide better insight into data and automate processes. Tord background from development, architecture, sales and program ownership have provided a special background to uncover the hidden gems ready for digitalization in any organization.
Håvard Lillevik, Founder, Grapevine AS and Lillevik IT
Håvard Lillevik has a technical background with 20 years in the IT industry. He has done work for a number of maritime and shipping related companies as well as a broad variety of other industries. He is the founder and owner of Lillevik IT AS (https://lit.no) a Managed Service Provider with focus on secure productivity with cloud services, and has experience as CTO, CIO, CEO, and board work. He is the founder and owner of Grapevine AS (https://grapevine.no) where he does Strategic Advisory Services for boards and CEOs, CTOs, CIOs etc. in digital transformation processes.
Håvard is also collaborating with Microsoft Norway and a School in Oslo on creating an environment for faster education of IT-skilled people, and giving speeches to businesses, schools and institutions on his passion topics like “The value of extraordinary customer service and unique customer experiences”, “Combining Skill of Trade & Human Skills - creating SuperSkills”, and “Driving digital transformation with the combination of skill of trade, human skills, modern technology, and gamification combined”
Torbjørn Lussand, VP Corporate IT, Odfjell
Torbjørn is head of IT at Odfjell SE and a member of the Odfjell Digital Innovation Group. He has an IT engineering degree from Western Norway University of Applied Science.
Prior to completing the degree he worked 4 years in the Royal Norwegian Navy, followed by 16 years in Equinor holding various leadership positions both within corporate services and the business line, including an assignment in USA to support the establishment of the onshore oil and gas operatorships.
Following some years working with subsea in Equinor, Torbjørn joined Odfjell SE June 2017.
The diverse background driving key projects and improvement activities have given him a deep understanding of how IT and the business strive to achieve the ultimate goal, seamless integration of IT and the business line, enabling business capabilities and value creation.
Alexander Varvarenko, CEO, Varamar Group and Shipnext
Alexander Varvarenko undertook the task of executing a plan of automating and digitalising the Shipping and Transport industry in 2015 which resulted in a new product being built with the help of Mathematicians and Analytics, Software developers and Shipping Professionals called SHIPNEXT. SHIPNEXT became the first digital shipping Marketplace which includes artificial intelligence, big-data analysis, SaaS and other technological elements.
12:10 - 12:50 Session 2: Connectivity Evolution
12:10 - Presentation: Evolution in L-Band Connectivity
Dan Rooney, Director of Maritime, Iridium
A thought leader challenging the ‘norms’ of maritime communication and crew welfare.
A well respected product and project management professional with a long and varied background within the international maritime communications industry. Number of maritime consultative articles published in 2016 to 18.
Ability to identify areas for change with the ability to deliver.
A proven ability to conceive, organise, manage and deliver projects on time whilst working with international teams.
Management of 'back-office' and customer expectations versus delivered reality.
Strong emphasis on a quality approach every time.
12:30 - Presentation: Evolution of satellite communications
Mohammed Ali, Regional Area Manager, Thales
Mohammed Ali has specialized in technical sales across Asia and Europe for over 10 years. He has recently joined Thales as Regional Area Manager, Satcom Solutions, where he will be responsible for advancing the ThalesLINK product line across maritime and land sectors.
12:50-14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 - 15:45 Session 3: How can we achieve efficiency, safety, and environmental goals with digital technology?”
14:00 - Presentation: Information overflow-a high RISK situation for the shipping industry
Karl-Erik Johannessen, CEO, COEX
Karl-Erik Johannessen is CEO at COEX. COEX, based in Bergen Norway, are delivering solutions within General Document Management, HSEQ and Procedures, Project Management and Personnel Management for the Maritime and Oil & Gas Industry. COEX is a part of Seagull Maritime, the leading onboard training provider with more than 16.000 vessels on their customer list.
Karl-Erik has been working within the maritime industry since mid-eighties, focusing on business development and process improvement. Prior to COEX he worked for DNV GL as a Regional Sales Manager. He also spent 11 years working for Grieg Group within sales and project management.
Before beginning his successful career within shipping, Karl-Erik graduated from BI Norwegian Business School (international shipping) and Bergen University College.
14:20 - Panel: Shipboard Connectivity - How can we better keep track of seafarers and what they are doing onboard?
Moderator:
Dimitris Lyras, CEO, Ulysses Systems
Mr. Lyras is involved in many initiatives aimed at assisting the shipping industry. In support of these initiatives, he has established collaboration with Universities in the development of educational packages and has a special interest in on-line training schemes for shipboard personnel. Mr. Lyras is a member of the Information Technology Committee of Intertanko, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, and a Freeman of the City of London.
Jacob Grieg Eide, Chief Business Development Officer, Scanreach
Jacob holds a degree in naval architecture and maritime technology, in combination with a master degree in industrial design. He has extensive experience within digital innovation and business development, primarily within the maritime and offshore segments. Jacob joined the ScanReach team in the start of 2018 managing business innovation and scaling. ScanReach has for the last 4 years developed a groundbreaking technology bringing on-board wireless connectivity to the maritime industry. With this wireless sensor technology tailored for steel environments it is now possible to connect wirelessly to people, equipment, assets and cargo inside vessels and rigs. A major barrier for innovation has been removed.
Øyvind Mydland, CEO, Stepchange
CEO of Stepchange AS, he has extensive experience within Digitalization and Integrated Operations (IO) in the Energy industry. He is an engineer in computer and automation, with a background in engineering, information technology and business development spanning over 35 years.
In January 2000 he founded Stepchange, a dedicated digitalization consultancy and advisory company and has advised Equinor, BP, Talisman, Vår Energy, Lundin, Hydro Energy and other major companies in the Energy sector in their Digitalization/Integrated Operation strategies and programmes. Stepchange is now a part of the RedRock company and is a team that specialises in assisting companies to fully comprehend and develop their capabilities, the potential efficiencies and innovation that digitalization enables.
Particular areas of expertise include:
- Strategy and implementation of Digitalization in operation, projects and improvements
- Capability development and deployment
- New operational models based on IO, a global real time way of working
- IOT and integration platforms for marine and energy .
15:00 - Panel: How can we achieve efficiency, safety, and environmental goals with digital technology?
Moderator:
Tord Glad Nordahl, Chief Digital Officer, Marin IT (DOF ASA)
Tord Glad Nordahl works as Chief Digital Officer in Marin IT, a company providing IT Services to customers like DOF ASA, Austevoll Laksepakkeri and other customers owned by LACO.
Tord has a long diverse background within IT, and worked both as a consultant as well as a program manager for Microsofts Integration product. With a focus on how digitalization can assist to help organizations, he has discovered ways to improve the overall operation, uncovering efficient and fast ways to save money by cutting cost by implementing technology to provide better insight into data and automate processes. Tord background from development, architecture, sales and program ownership have provided a special background to uncover the hidden gems ready for digitalization in any organization.
Svein David Medhaug, Project Manager – Autonomy, Innovation and new Technology, Norwegian Maritime Authority
Svein David Medhaug is an experienced project manager employed at the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA), where he has been responsible for e-navigation since 2009. With this position, Medhaug has chaired out international responsibility in the authorities responsibility in several correspondence groups for e-navigation in IMO. He has also lead the work titled: “Guidelines for harmonized display for navigation information received via communication equipment” in IMO. Medhaug is project manager and responsible for all work related to digitalization and automation. He’s in charge of the work with autonomous and remote vessels at the NMA, an area which is central to Norway’s proactive stance regarding innovation and promoting a more sustainable, safer and cleaner marine industry. With a background as Deck Officer on both oil and LNG tankers in the Norwegian merchant fleet, Medhaug has hands on experience and a very strong interest in innovation and new technology.
“Automation is already creating a revolution and will continue to do so. The shipping industry is going through a transformation and crucial to this is how we manage this transition smoothly and safely”.
Abhijit Naik, Regional Director for Digital and IoT Technology Practice, L&T Technology Services
Abhijit Naik is the Regional Director for Digital and IoT Technology Practice at L&T Technology Services (LTTS).
Currently advising and enabling customers with their Digital transformation in Industries such as Marine, Oil & Gas, Industrial Machinery pertaining to Energy sector & Transportation, and Smart Infrastructure. Previously worked with companies such as Access Europe GmBH, Cap Gemini & AMCC. Key focus on developing digital strategies for business clients and help them execute the same with best cost economy.
Abhijit holds Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Networks from University of Southern California, USA.
Siv Remøy-Vangen, Managing Director, Maritime Bergen
Biography pending.
Ole Jørgen Eikanger, Board Member, Maritime Bergen
Ole Jørgen Eikanger is a postgraduate from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy and holds a Master in Military Art and International studies from the Norwegian War College.
He has 26 years of service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. Reaching from commanding officers onboard coastal corvettes to duty at NATO’s maritime Headquarter in Northwood, working on the fight against piracy off Somalia. He is now the Board Member of Maritime Bergen in addition to his daily occupation.
15:45 Closing and Drinks reception
*Please note topics/timings may be subject to alteration. Draft only.
