SmartShipping 2011 conference to examine industry’s future trends

News Release ShipServ (London Head Office) July 29, 2011

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Shipping
‘thought-leaders’ to address Singapore conference on technology and
innovation.
London, July
29, 2011. Paul Østergaard, founder and CEO of ShipServ, the leading marine
and offshore e-marketplace, is among keynote speakers addressing the first
SmartShipping conference this October 17-18 in Singapore.
SmartShipping
2011 is a strategic conference grounded in the commercial realities of today’s
shipping markets. It has been developed on the premise that shipowners can and
will engage with innovation when it results in greater efficiencies, simplified
compliance and correspondingly lower operational costs.
Mr Cheong
Keng Soon, Director – Shipping Division, Maritime and Port Authority of
Singapore (MPA), will open the conference and will speak on the Singapore
Maritime Cluster Fund which aims to facilitate the growth of Singapore’s
maritime cluster by supporting the industry’s manpower and business development
efforts.
Mr Østergaard
will make two presentations to SmartShipping 2011. On the first day his theme
will be ‘Staying ahead of the game’ considering the tools and processes that
companies can adopt to achieve market-beating performance in their day to day
operations.
On the second
day, Østergaard will speak on ‘Breaking frontiers: the impact of the digital
revolution’, placing digital economy trends into a broader shipping industry
perspective. 
ShipServ
founder and CEO Paul Østergaard, said: 
“We are
hearing more and more often that the shipping industry needs to fundamentally
reshape its business priorities and its approach to innovation and the use of
technology. SmartShipping is an opportunity to hear from the companies and
organisations leading that innovation how those ideas can be put into
practice.”
SmartShipping
speakers and attendees will be drawn from among naval architects, ship designers
and optimisation specialists, sustainability and environmental compliance
experts and managers responsible for strategic decisions on innovation and
technology.
Already
confirmed to participate as speakers are representatives from BW Ventures,
Wilhelmsen Ships Service, DNV, AP Møller-Maersk, Grieg Shipping and
Anglo-Eastern Maritime Services with more to be announced. 
SmartShipping
2011 incorporates Connect11, the ShipServ buyer and supplier community event,
which brings shipowners and managers together with major supply side brand
owners to hear about how ShipServ is working with its customers and partner
network to develop the TradeNet platform and its specialist maritime trade
services.
Find out what
shipping’s innovation leaders think about SmartShipping on the dedicated YouTube
channel: <A
href="redir.aspx?C=c56358199eec4f82b8ab4074b159ab0b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fuser%2fShipServYT"
target=_blank>www.youtube.com/user/ShipServYT</A> 

SmartShipping
2011 will be held October 17-18 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore and is
co-organised by ShipServ and Tradewinds. For more information and to register,
visit <A
href="redir.aspx?C=c56358199eec4f82b8ab4074b159ab0b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.smartshipping2011.com"
target=_blank>www.smartshipping2011.com</A>. 
Sponsors
signed up to the event include RightShip, Bernard Schulte, MAN Diesel, Princeton
Pharmacy, Eniram, HMS, New Course Shipping, HMS, Roodhart Marine Services, Ship
Equip, Wilhemsen Ships Services and World Ship Supplies. 
For enquiries
about the conference, please contact: 
Eva
Fiorenzoni ShipServ <A
href="redir.aspx?C=c56358199eec4f82b8ab4074b159ab0b&URL=mailto%3aefiorenzoni%40shipserv.com">efiorenzoni@shipserv.com</A> Cell +44 7530 187
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