To kick off the day, Swartz will share with Ian Richardson, CEO, theICEway and Seatrade Cruise Global Tech Ambassador, how she sees technology continues to play a critical role in getting the cruise back up and running safely.

Jay Schneider and Luca Pronzati

After Jay Schneider, Chief Product Innovation Officer at Royal Caribbean Group, and Luca Pronzati, Chief Business Innovation Officer at MSC Cruises, join panelists and suppliers to the cruise lines to discuss the latest contact tracing technologies and wearables as they can be used COVID contact tracking.

Back to the service technologies

Daniele Buonaiuto, Chief Technology Officer of MSC Cruises; Daniel Hanratty, IT Deployment Manager, Marella Cruises and TUI River Cruises; and Dimple Jethani, CIO & SVP IT Operations and Governance, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings; Next, discuss how various lines of return to service technology are approaching, including managing medical records and vaccination certificates for passengers, using telemedicine, and using cameras to measure passenger density and traffic flow in public areas such as dining rooms.

IT investments

Pierre-Laurent Jouannet, Deputy CIO for Infrastructure and Production at Ponant; Georgios Mortakis, VP Enterprise Technical Operations & CISO, IT Security & Compliance, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings; and John Maya, VP Operational Excellence of the Royal Caribbean Group, will discuss planned investment lines for the next 12 to 24 months and how they approach sourcing strategic IT investments.

David Candib, VP Global Port & Destination Development, Carnival Corp. & plc; Lars Kruse, Sales Manager, Meyer Werft; and Olga Piqueras, Managing Director of Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services, will take part in a panel that will examine how shipbuilding has changed in the pandemic, what technologies the ports are investing in and how the technology is used to pre-screen passengers before their Arriving at port will play a role a wide range of issues.

The full agenda can be accessed Here.

Three targeted events

Seatrade Cruise Virtual: Tech & Innovation is the last of three one-day events from April 12th to 14th;; The other targeted events focus on health and safety and the onboard guest experience.

Depending on the focus, participants can take part in one, two or three of the one-day events. In addition to content-rich sessions, see pMall group meetings and networking opportunities are additional features of each day.

Registration is possible Here.

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