Athens – People Tech Maritime Spring forum
April 21, 2026 at Eugenides Foundation
Developing your maritime tech strategy
AI – performance – chartering – cybersecurity
Speakers include Motor Oil, Hellas Confidence, Angelicoussis, Seaven, MPP, Stealth, TMS, Transworld, TMS Cardiff Gas, Central Mare, Angelakos Hellas
Find out more and register
No admission fee for shipping company employees
Early bird registration discount for others – until March 21
Good sponsorship opportunities available
TOPICS INCLUDE
How do we take AI from strategy to reality?
What does good chartering software really look like?
How do we achieve better digital maturity in operations?
How is best practise with cybersecurity evolving?
What is the best way to maintain ETS / FuelEU data quality?
How do you achieve a better fleet performance culture?
REGISTERED DELEGATES INCLUDE
Asso.subsea, Project Engineer; Attica Group, Technical Operations Manager; Benetech shipping, HSSQE coordinator Environmental Officer; Chandris Hellas Inc, PMO Manager; Empire Chemical Tanker Holdings Inc, CEO, advisor; Gestion Maritime, Operations Manager; Golden Union Shipping, Senior Software Engineer, CISO; Hellenic Coast Guard, Coast Guard Officer; Marlow Navigation Co Ltd, Software Consultant; Navarone, Performance Engineer; Pleiades Shipping Agents S.A, IT Manager
AGENDA
08:30 REGISTRATION
09:20 Editor’s introduction – Karl Jeffery, editor, People Tech Maritime
09:30 A chartering person’s honest view on what good chartering software should look like
Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis, Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant – Chartering Executive & Commercial Director, TMC SHIPPING
Why I am sometimes disappointed with certain chartering software solutions currently available – Impressive dashboards, limited usability
The complexity of chartering decisions and the many non-digital factors involved such as human psychology, counterparty behaviour, risk
Why the human brain often manages complex commercial modelling more efficiently than rigid digital systems.
The gap between what is theoretically possible in software and what is practically usable under time pressure.
What an ideal chartering software would look like from my perspective.
09:50 PANEL – DIGITAL MATURITY
What are the best ways to make progress with maritime AI ? How can it be better understood?
Are there ways to make digital technology easier
Perspectives on different aspects of digital maturity – technology manageability, integrat-ability, modelling around users, digital infrastructure management, data management, decarbonisation technology, creating training materials, having clear value propositions, work co-ordination, better supporting situation awareness, supporting operational procedures, aligning IT and operations departments, aligning tech investors with shipping company interests, making cybersecurity work – (see bottom of the page About | People Tech Maritime for more on this.
Moderator: Dimitris Lyras, Director, Paralos Maritime
Panellists:
Thanos Servos, IT Manager, Seaven Tankers
Andreas Polidis, IT Advisor, Ionic
Tilemachos Kreouzis, Senior ICT Officer, Newpo
10:50 BREAK
11:20 PANEL – CYBERSECURITY
How is best practise in maritime cybersecurity evolving?
Any thoughts on where cybersecurity requirements are creating unnecessary headache for the IT department or operations staff?
Moderator: Spyridon Papageorgiou,Partner of Cybersecurity in Technology & Transformation, KPMG Greece
Panellists:
Yiannis Sofianidis, IT Director and CISO – A.M. Nomikos Transworld Maritime Agencies
Alex Stathopoulos, IT Manager, Hellas Confidence Shipmanagement
Giorgos, Mantzouris, Advisor, Ulysses Systems
12:30 LUNCH
DECARBONISATION / VESSEL PERFORMANCE SESSION
14:00 Why data quality matters in the ETS and FuelEU maritime framework
Stathis Kalkounis, Energy & Environmental Engineer, Central Mare
Is your operational data sufficiently validated and granular to effectively control ETS and FuelEU exposure?
Are your noon reports, fuel consumption records, and BDNs systematically integrated to enable continuous and accurate calculation of compliance balance?
How to address common pitfalls in meeting reporting requirements.
14:20 Why fleet performance culture cannot be purchased
Christos Papandreou, CEO & Founder, Blue Autonomy (former Energy Efficiency & Fleet Performance Engineer, Athenian Sea Carriers)
A fleet performance culture needs a foundation of robust data pipelines, which can only be built, not purchased
A fleet performance culture needs procedures crews and operators can follow, to turn data insights into efficiency measures
A fleet performance culture needs an organisational commitment to improving vessel performance, which requires more than tools
14:40 PANEL – DECARBONISATION / VESSEL PERFORMANCE
How do we make it easier to get a solid foundation of decarbonisation / performance related data?
What sort of data analytics would be most useful in managing vessel performance?
Can AI make a contribution to decarbonisation / vessel performance?
What are the biggest challenges in meeting reporting requirements and how can they be resolved?
How much is vessel performance management about reporting and how much about reducing emissions and fuel costs?
Moderator: Ioannis Makris, Technical Manager, Angelakos Hellas
Panellists:
Christos Papandreou, CEO & Founder, Blue Autonomy
Antonios Lalechos, CEO & Founder, NeptuneZero (former Projects & Performance Manager, TMS Cardiff Gas)
Stathis Kalkounis, Energy & Environmental Engineer, Central Mare
15:40 Close
Auditorium, Eugenides Centre, 387, Syggrou Ave, Paleo Faliro, Athensaritime data and digital technology may be going through the biggest period of change since the dot com era.
We are moving from a world of standalone software and single-channel satcoms to a world with a much bigger focus on data quality, big interest in AI tools to support people’s situation awareness and decision making, and a new technology space in between, which may be known as a semantic layer, intelligence layer, or data contextualisation. The biggest business opportunity may lie with that.
You can find out about the latest developments, and build your position in this new world, at our second People Tech Maritime event in Athens on April 21.
The best software to support decision making is not the most sophisticated software, but software which provides accurate and pertinent information. You’ll hear a perspective on this relating to chartering from TMC Maritime.
Companies want to see maturity in how the various digital components are developed to serve specific maritime needs and how they work together. You’ll hear perspectives on this from Angelicoussis, Paralos Maritime, Seaven Tankers and Ionic.
When it comes to cybersecurity, the hackers may be several steps ahead in understanding the weak points in our complex digital infrastructures and how to exploit them. Hint- it is probably getting access to someone’s email system by phishing, automatically scanning emails for a bank account number, and then changing it. There will be cybersecurity perspectives from MPP Carriers, TMS, A.M. Nomikos, Hellas Confidence Shipmanagement and Motor Oil.
In the afternoon we focus on vessel performance / decarbonisation. Here the big focus is on data quality management, and a secondary focus is getting useful analytics, AI decision support tools, supporting regulatory reporting and driving changes in culture. There will be perspectives from Stealth, Central Mare, Blue Autonomy, Angelakos Hellas, Angelicoussis and TMS Cardiff Gas.
About our sponsors
NAVIREGO
NAVIREGO helps maritime organizations process inspection evidence and generate inspection reports more efficiently. NAVIREGO platform analyze inspection photos, videos, scans automatically structuring information and detecting anomalies. This reduces administrative workload for safety teams that have to produce lengthy reports and turns operational data into actionable insights.
Dualog has been delivering software solutions purpose-built for shipping since 1994, enabling secure and seamless digital collaboration at sea. Our workspace gives every seafarer a secure digital identity and includes convenient tools for data exchange, internet management, and communication – all in one place.
Dualog is independent, works smoothly with any carrier, and integrates easily with any crew management system. Built for future-ready operations, it ensures compliance, automates user management, and gives vessel IT full visibility and control at the user, vessel, and fleet-wide level.
Navarino is a leading technology company offering complete solutions for the maritime sector, including hardware, software and connectivity. Our company develops cutting-edge services and innovative IT solutions to bring true value to ship operators and to create strong, sustainable relationships with a five-star customer experience.
Our global office network consists of a total of 10 branches worldwide, including Greece, UK, Cyprus, Germany, Holland, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE & the USA, all supporting our global commercial operations.
We pride ourselves
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Efstratios F. Arvanitidis, ICT Manager, Angelicoussis Group
Thanos Servos, IT Manager, Seaven Tankers
George Koutsomichalis, ICT Manager – CybSec Engineer, MPP Carriers
Angelis Stratos, Head of Energy Performance, Stealth Maritime Corporation
Michalis Michaloliakos, Group Head of ICT & Cyber Security, TMS
Yiannis Sofianidis, IT Director and CISO, A.M. Nomikos Transworld Maritime Agencies
Dimitra Konstantinou, Energy & Environmental Efficiency manager, Angelicoussis Group
Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis, Commercial Director, TMC Maritime
Stathis Kalkounis, Energy & Environmental Engineer, Central Mare
Ioannis Makris, Technical Manager, Angelakos Hellas
Christos Papandreou, CEO & Founder, Blue Autonomy (former Energy Efficiency & Fleet Performance Engineer, Athenian Sea Carriers)
Antonios Lalechos, CEO & Founder, NeptuneZero (former Projects & Performance Manager, TMS Cardiff Gas)
Alex Stathopoulos, IT Manager, Hellas Confidence Shipmanagement
Eleni Psychia, Group Head of Cyber Security, Motor Oil
Speakers at People Tech Maritime Athens event in October 2025
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
If your company has products relating to maritime communications, AI, vessel performance, chartering software, operations software and cybersecurity, we provide a great way to engage with customers.
Speaker / sponsor packages available include speaker slots, panel discussion participation and delegate tickets. Contact David Jeffries on djeffries@onlymedia.co.uk, Tel 44 208 150 5293 to discuss further.
To see the agenda from our previous People Tech Maritime event in Athens in October 2025 and download videos go here and here
People Tech Maritime is produced by the team formerly organising Digital Ship events.
Conference producer – Vaida Berkecz vaida@peopletechmaritime.com
Find out more and register https://www.peopletechmaritime.com/athensapr26
