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Program for the SIS User Conference 2008

Last updated 09. okt, 2009 09. okt, 2009 Back |  Print

This year's SIS User Conference wil be arranged on the 20th to 23rd of October 2008, at the Sana Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.

The 2008 SIS User Conference will be a four-day (1+3 days) event allowing users to participate in a broad range of learning sessions and discussions.

First day – Monday 20th - is an optional day where we offer workshops of certain topics where we offer in-depth presentations and discussions with our most experienced personnel present. This will be charged as a separate package and you should arrive on Sunday 19th to participate for this event.

The conference package starts with a Get Together party on Monday evening at 20:00 at the conference hotel and then we have a program with both plenary sessions and break-out sessions until Thursday early afternoon.

Click here to register online now.

We will continually update the details in our program. If you have any suggestions or additional topics to be discussed - please call us, or send us an e-mail.

Preliminary Program & Agenda

Monday 20th of October

••• Morning Session - Maintenance Workshop
09:00-09:30 Introduction to the workshop
By Arne K. Wraali and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
09:30-10:30 Presentation of the Asset Management module
By Arne K. Wraali and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Presentation of the Asset Management module continues
By Arne K. Wraali and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Maintenance Workshop
13:30-15:00 How to implement Asset Management
  • Preparation
  • Data collection and data improvement
  • Set up
  • Business rules and procedures

By Arne K. Wraali and Hans-Kristian Fjærem

15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 How to implement Asset Management continues
By Arne Wraali and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
••• Morning Session - Safety Workshop
09:00-10:30 Workshop: Audits & Inspections
How to utilize the new and updated module.
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Workshop: Audits & Inspections continues
How to utilize the new and updated module.
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Safety Workshop
13:30-15:00 Workshop: How to manage a library of regulations
Distribution of updated versions.
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Workshop: How to manage a library of regulations
Distribution of updated versions.
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
••• Morning Session - Purchasing Workshop
09:00-10:30 Introduction to the FSM Workshop
- Prioritizing the topics.
By Ivar Rostad and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30

FSM features and methods

  • MR handling - efficient validation
  • RFQ - Preparation
    - Requirements for RFQ
    - Involving Freight Forwarders
    Controlling attachments
  • Company register - Best managing practice
  • Material and Catalogues - Best managing practises

By Ivar Rostad and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems

12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Purchasing Workshop
13:30-15:00 Workshop continues (inluding break)
By Ivar Rostad and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Purchaser's lesson - issues that concerns the purchasers
By Ivar Rostad and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
16:30-17:00 Summary
By Ivar Rostad and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
••• Morning Session - System Admin
09:00-10:30 Workshop: Star IPS system configuration
Target audience: Super User.
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Star IPS system configuration continues
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - System Admin
13:30-15:00 Workshop: Managing system upgrades of Star IPS. Add-on tools.
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Workshop: Managing system upgrades of Star IPS. Add-on tools continues
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
19:00 Get-Together at the Hotel

Tuesday 21st of October

••• Morning Plenary Session - Opening Remarks
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:35 Welcome to Lisbon!
By Lars Erik Kristiansen, Star Information Systems
09:35-10:10 SIS Status and future
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
10:10-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:30 KPI's in shipping: Why and How?
By Torkel Fyrvik, Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap
11:30-11:40 Short break
11:40-12:30 SIS KPI's and Fleet Dashboard
By Martin Karlstad, Star Information Systems
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Maintenance
13:30-14:00 AGR's Criticality Analysis
By Jan Frode Raugstad and Christian Brandtzæg, AGR
14:00-14:30 Case studies from SIS' customers
By Jan Frode Raugstad and Christian Brandtzæg, AGR
14:30-15:00 Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
Aker Solutions, IBM and SKF "Technical Integrity Management Services" (TIMS)
By Ole Johan Sletten, Aker Solutions
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Star and Criticality Discussions & Requirements
Star and Condition Based Maintenance, Discussions & Requirements
By Ronny Hammern and Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
16:30 Summary
••• Afternoon Session - Safety
13:30-14:00 AGR's Criticality Analysis
By Jan Frode Raugstad and Christian Brandtzæg, AGR
14:00-14:30 Case studies from SIS' customers
By Jan Frode Raugstad and Christian Brandtzæg, AGR
14:30-15:00 TMSA, how to meet the requirements using Star IPS
Introduction by Gary Sjoldmose-Porter, Clipper Marine Services
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 TMSA, Risk Assessment and Safe Job Analysis continues
By Per Anders Koien and Martin Karlstad
16:30 Summary
••• Afternoon Session - Purchasing
13:30-14:00 KPI's in purchase
By Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
14:00-14:30 Challenges with e-Commerce: A Chandler's perspective
By Peter Machado, Seven Seas Shipchandlers
14:30:15:00 Crystal Reports XI integration in Star CPS
By Adam Butt, Star Information Systems
15:00:15:30 Coffee break
15:30:16:00 Presentation of the Logistics Barometer
By Morten Skurdal, DHL
16:00-16:30 Challenges with e-Commerce: A Global Express Operator's Challenges
By Morten Skurdal, DHL
16:30 Summary
••• Afternoon Session - System Admin
13:30-15:00 Super User session
  • Replication and error handling.
  • System monitoring.
  • System health check.
  • Messaging and notification.
  • Tips & Tricks.
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Super User session continues
By Bjørn Gunnar Aune and Thomas Petersen, Star Information Systems
16:30 Summary
17:00 Sightseeing

Wednesday 22nd of October

••• Morning Session - Maintenance
09:00-09:30 Navigare/Cotemar presentation.
By Earl Johnson, Navigare
09:30-10:30 The Project module, an introduction
By Peter Mortensen and Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 How Navigare/Cotemar uses the Project module continues
By Peter Mortensen and Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Maintenance
13:30-13:55 Grouping of Equipment and Failure reporting
By Ronny Hammern and Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
13:55-14:30 Guarantee Claims for new buildings
By Ronny Hammern and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
14:30-15:00 How Superintendents can use the system for better control
By Ronny Hammern and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:30 News in Star IPS ver. 3.20.XX
By Ronny Hammern and Hans-Kristian Fjærem
16:30-17:00 Summary
••• Morning Session - Safety
09:00-09:45 Safety procedures and documents, why use Star IPS
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
09:45-10:30 Hyperlinks and Master documents
By Adam Peter Butt, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 Using Meridian and Star IPS
By Jon Olav Holan, PLM Solutions
11:45-12:30 From mail, through Meridian into Star IPS
By Jon Olav Holan, PLM Solutions
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Safety
13:30-14:15 Closing the loop - closing options
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
14:15-15:00 Safety KPI Workshop
By Per Anders Koien, Star Information Systems
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Fleet Dashboard - from a safety management point of view
By Adam Peter Butt, Star Information Systems
16:30-17:00 Summary
••• Morning Session - Purchasing
09:00-10:30 Migration from Star CPS to Star FSM
  • Walkthrough of a standard migration project
  • General challenges
  • Other
By Leif Tusvik, Ivar Rostad and Lars Erik Kristiansen, Star Information Systems
10:30:11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Migration from Star CPS to Star FSM: Continues
By Leif Tusvik, Ivar Rostad and Lars Erik Kristiansen, Star Information Systems
12:30-13:30 Lunch
••• Afternoon Session - Purchasing
13:30-14:00 Challenges with e-Commerce: Standards and processes
By Pia Solheim and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
14:00-15:00 Presentation of IMPA initiatives and future agenda
By Stephen Alexander, IMPA
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:00-16:30 Standards and processes: Panel debate
Delegates from solution providers, customers, vendors and IMPA
16:30-17:00 Summary
19:30 Gala Dinner

Thursday 23rd of October

••• Morning Session - Maintenance
09:00-09:45 Teekay Petrojarl ASA VH Strategy
  • Establishment of a maintenance strategy
  • Continuous improvement of maintenance
  • Teekay's plans for applying Star IPS to reach maintenance excellence
By Roar Bye, Manager - Teekay Petrojarl Productions ASA
09:45-10:30 Discussions around VH-strategy vs Star IPS
By Roar Bye, Teekay Petrojarl Productions ASA and Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Next version of Star IPS: System improvements
By Hans-Kristian Fjærem, Star Information Systems
12:00-13:00 Lunch
••• Morning Session - Safety
09:00-10:30 Next version: System Improvements
Discussions / workgroups
By Per Anders Koien and Martin Karlstad, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Next version: System improvements continues
Discussions / workgroups
By Per Anders Koien and Martin Karlstad, Star Information Systems
12:00-13:00 Lunch
••• Morning Session - Purchasing
09:00-09:30 News in Star CPS and SISCommerce
By Pia Solheim and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
09:30-10:30 From requirement to invoice handling
A detailed walkthrough of the procurement process
By Pia Solheim, Espen Sjøvoll and Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:15 Services: CPS Training activities
By Espen Sjøvoll and Pia Solheim, Star Information Systems
11:15-11:30 Services: Upgrade to CPS version 2.58
By Yuriy Maxymovych, Star Information Systems
11:30-12:00 Future activities and new releases
By Leif Tusvik, Star Information Systems
12:00-13:00 Lunch
••• Morning Session - Document / Meridian
09:00-10:30 Meridian Implementation workshop
By Jon Olav Holan, PLM Solutions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Meridian Implementation workshop continues
By Jon Olav Holan, PLM Solutions
12:00-13:00 Lunch
END End of SIS User Conference 2008