Programme 2025
Three days, two summits
An informal Pub Night to open the week, a full day on AIS, and a full day on maritime artificial intelligence.
04.11.2025
Pub Night
18:30 – 22:00
Santa Fe Winterhude
Reconnect, catch up, and warm up for the event in a relaxed and casual atmosphere.
05.11.2025
AIS Summit
09:30 – 16:00
Kampnagel / Alabama, Hamburg
Experts from hardware and software vendors discuss current usage and future development of platforms, protocols and standards.
- 09:00
Open doors
Coffee and a snack
- 09:30 – 09:45
Opening & welcome speech
- 09:45 – 10:45
Session 1 — AIS devices, protocol, enhancements & new developments
- Alfred Kotouczek Zeise — CEO at Weatherdock Cooperation
- Vlassis Papapanagis — Chief Commercial Officer at Tototheo Global
- Carsten Bullemer — CEO & Founder, trusteddocks.com
- 10:45 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 13:30
Session 2 — AIS data providers, terrestrial
- Jasper van den Eshof — AIS-catcher project
- Peter Stoyanov — CEO & Founder, vesselfinder.com
- Andre Brandao — Founder and CEO, AirNav Systems
- Owen Taylor — WAKE, Worldwide AIS Network
- Taro Yoshikawa — CEO & Founder, AIS Japan
- Richard Smale — Ship Tracking Manager at Lloyd's List Intelligence
- Alex Morkin — Siitech Marine
- 12:15 – 13:00
Lunch
- 13:30 – 14:30
Session 3 — AIS data providers, satellite
- Gerd Eiden — Director, OHB LuxSpace
- Antoine Lagré — Product Manager, Kinéis (AIS & IoT satcom operator)
- George Best — Director AIS Sales EMEA & APAC, ORBCOMM
- Caius Reza — Business Development Manager, Space Data & Services at AAC Clyde Space
- 14:30 – 14:45
Tribute to Andre Loretta
- 14:45 – 15:00
Coffee break
- 15:00 – 16:00
Session 4 — AIS applications & novel projects
- Pierre Garreau — CEO at Searoutes
- Léon Gommans — CEO & Co-Founder at Teqplay
- Rene Ratering — Founder of VesselData.com
- Kris de Decker — Founder / Product Owner of OptiRiver
- 16:00 – 16:15
Closing and wrap up of the day
- 19:00 – 23:00
Gala Dinner
Venue: Hamborger Elbmaster
06.11.2025
Maritime AI Summit
10:00 – 16:00
Kampnagel / Alabama, Hamburg
A premier conference bringing together experts, innovators and industry leaders to explore the latest advancements and applications of artificial intelligence.
- 09:00
Open doors
Coffee and a snack
- 10:00 – 10:15
Opening & welcome speech
- 10:15 – 12:00
Session — Maritime AI
- Valera Vlasyuk — Founder at Ex2Team
- Richard Kolacz — CEO at GSTS
- Kris de Decker — Founder / Product Owner of OptiRiver
- Michael Stein — Founder of Vesselity Maritime Analytics
- Carsten Bullemer — CEO & Founder, trusteddocks.com
- Paul Koch — Research Associate at Fraunhofer CML
- Paramvir Singh — Co-Founder & MD at Sealenic
- Harry Holubiev — Head of AI, trusteddocks.com
- 12:00 – 12:15
Closing & wrap up of the day
- 12:15 – 13:15
Lunch