The GVF Broadband Maritime Offshore & Oceanic 2011: Information & Communications Networking Mobility South East Asia Conference – BMSEA 2011 – drew to a close on 16th February following two days of in-depth dialogue on the application of satellite-based technologies and services to the networking communications requirem ents of the maritime industry.
The conference, held in association with Inmarsat, Hughes, Newtec, andC2SAT, with the support of Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), and in coordination with the recently established Maritime Satcom Forum – part of the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) Enterprise Working Group – was the 4th International Conference in the GVF Broadband Maritime Communications Series, and the third such event dedicated to the South East Asia maritime marketplace.
Reflecting increased cross-sector support for the annual conference, companies participating in the 2011 programme included eight ship owner/ship management companies – bringing the total of such organisations that have contributed to the Broadband Maritime Conference Series over the last three years to 20 – together with 10 maritime market communications solution integrators. The complete run-down of participating organisations was as follows:
Advanced Ocean Vision; AET Tankers; Anacom Asia; Anglo Eastern; Asia Pacific Lines; Auspresence; B & H Equimar Singapore Pte Ltd; Bumi Amada Engineering; C2Sat; Caprock; China Satellite Communications Services; Cobham Satcom Marine Systems Sea Tel Products; Codan Limited; Comtech EF Data; Executive Ship Management; Gilat Thailand; Hughes; Hughes Network Systems India; iDirect Asia; Inmarsat; Intelsat; Jason Electronics; KVH Industries; Marine BizTV; Marine Technologies; Maritime Communications Services; New Edge Corporation, Newtec Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Nordic IT; Northern Sky Research; PTS Thailand; Remote TS; Sapura Acergy; Schlumberger; Singapore Maritime Academy; SingTel; SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation; SpeedCast; ST Teleport; Talisman Energy; Telarus; Telesat; Thrane & Thrane; Treys Pte Ltd; United Ocean Ship Management; and, Vizada.
Commented Martin Jarrold, Chairman of the GVF Broadband Maritime and Oil & Gas Communications Series, “The 2011 Singapore conference has been the best regional event so far in the Broadband Maritime Series, strongly suggesting that this particular Series, having so far featured four events, will continue to follow the pattern of successes in the Oil & Gas Communications Series which is approaching its 11th and 12th events.”
