Knut is a Marketing and PR professional with wide experience in Norwegian and international companies. Shipping, Telecom, Satellite Communications, Health Care and Legal are business sectors he has vast experience in.

Currently Press & PR Director at Marlink, a Global Telecom Company. Responsible for Press, Media relations, External communications and PR programs.

Kyle has 17 years' experience in the maritime satellite communication sector. Before joining Iridium as Director, Maritime Business in March 2015, Kyle worked for Station711 and before that as Director of Market Development at Thuraya, and was also previously Maritime Marketing Manager for lnmarsat in London, specialising in product development and the application of satellite communications to the maritime market.

His experience extends to working as a Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) Manager for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency in the Solomon Islands. A native Australian, he has also held a number of leadership positions at the Queensland Department of Primary Industries. Kyle was also a soldier in the Australian Army (Engineer Corps) and grew up working with his family in a number of commercial fisheries on the South East Coast of Australia.

Biography pending.

Martin has spent over 30 years working in the Telecommunications, Satellite and the IT industry and currently runs Maritime Sales in Europe for SpeedCast. Martin has been involved with the Maritime industry since 2008 first as Sales Director at Zynetix a company focusing on GSM calling at sea and then with Globe Wireless as Business Development Director. Martin currently spends a lot of his time with shipping companies advising on options for communications and IT at sea. The roles he has performed in Maritime have given Martin a unique and in depth knowledge on what customer requirements are for a communications and IT solutions at sea.

Stratos Margaritis has worked at Navarino for 2 years as a Solutions Architect and Presales Engineer, designing solutions that incorporate Navarino products with clients solutions and needs.

Previously, he worked in the Greek and Norwegian IT markets.

Biography pending.

Katerina Raptaki is the IT Manager of Navios Group of companies, including 4 NYSE-listed companies, with branches in cities all over the world, owning and managing more than 150 vessels. Katerina is also the former president of AMMITEC, the Association of IT Managers in Shipping. She graduated from the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in Naval / Mechanical Engineering and has 28-years' experience in IT and Communications.

With more than 16 years of experience in Shipping, having deep knowledge in Marine Satellite systems, vast experience in shipping software and Project Management, Katerina has been holding Managerial positions in various companies allowing her to have a full understanding of technical issues and operational procedures. Her excellent people management skills include the ability to transfer her expertise in technical systems delivery, business analysis and the management of cross-functional business projects and project teams.

Timo Lehtinen is Portfolio manager at Wärtsilä Digitalisation with 10 years of experience in the marine industry in various positions. Timo´s key areas on Digitalisation are how to convert new innovations into valuable marine services on energy-, environmental- and operations efficiency areas.

Associate Professor Nineta Polemi has obtained the Degree in Applied Mathematics from Portland State University (USA), Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Coding Theory) from The City University of New York (Graduate Center). She held teaching positions in Queens College, Baruch College of City University of New York and the State University of New York. She acted as President of the BoD and Technical Manager in the security consultancy company, Expertnet.

She is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Piraeus (Dept. of Informatics); director of the UPRC Dept. of Informatics security graduate programme. She has received many research grants from various organizations such as the Danish Research Foundation, MSI Army Research Office/Cornell University, IEEE, State University of New York (SUNY) and The Graduate School of City University of New York (CUNY).

Associate Professor Polemi has been project/ technical manager in security projects of various programmes (NSA, NATO, Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Foundation, Greek Ministry of Defence, INFOSEC, 5th, 6th, 7th Framework and Horizon2020. She has acted as an expert and evaluator in the E.C. and ENISA and she participates in the national and European cyber security exercises in the last four years. She has served as Project/Technical Manager of maritime security projects (S-Port, CYSM, MEDUSA, MITIGATE, FASTPASS), a main contributor of the Fist ENISA report on maritime security and has participated in numerous conferences.

Andreas Chrysostomou graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in UK with a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

In 1993 Mr Chrysostomou joined the Department of Merchant Shipping, the Competent Authority for Maritime Affairs of the Government of the Republic Cyprus, as a Marine Surveyor where, in 2014 he first became the Acting Director and then the Director. In April 2016 Mr Chrysostomou joined the Private Sector as CEO of Transmed Shipping Co. Ltd.

In 1999 he was elected as Chairman of the IMO Design and Equipment Subcommittee and in 2003 as Chairman of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) a position he held till 2013. He has also worked with other UN agencies and served as member of the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University.

Mr Chrysosotmou’s work includes papers presented in Conferences and Seminars around the globe. In 2011 he was presented the Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for his invaluable service to International Shipping. The same year he was presented the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Shipping, and in 2013 the GST Award Leading Shipping Personality of the Decade 2003 - 2013. In 2015 he was also awarded the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Award of the International Personality of 2015. He also served as President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST) in 2013.

Dimitris Makris is the IT Manager of Andriaki Shipping Co. Ltd, part of the N.J. Goulandris Group, since 1996.

Having more than 25 years of experience in information systems analysis, computer programming, data integration & consolidation and also having managed major ICT projects, Dimitris retains his strong commitment to fully align the services he provides with his company's business plan.

Dimitris is also a founding member and the President of AMMITEC, the Association of Maritime Managers in Information Technology and Communications, since 2013.

Biography pending.