Webinar Charting the Connected Port | Live Maritime Webinar | Insight

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LIVE WEBINAR • THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 2026

Charting the Connected Port

A UK port is one operation running on dozens of systems that were never built to talk to each other. In one hour, four specialists show where to start connecting them, and how to do it without disrupting live operations.

Thu 3 December
2026
10:30 to 11:30
GMT • 60 minutes

With Steve Hemmings, Graham Pegg, Simon Fotakis and John Chatterton

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Free to attend. Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording.

WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY

Four practical answers in one hour

No product pitch. Real port scenarios, a clear framework and a first step you can take back to your board.

Where to start

How to map your port across eight operational domains and find the connection that unlocks the most value first.

Resilient by design

What NIS obligations and critical national infrastructure status mean for every new system you connect.

Lessons from aviation

How identity, biometrics and passenger flow proven in airports transfer to ports and borders.

Pilot to production

How to move data, cloud and AI projects from proof of concept to running operations, and how AWS funding can help.

YOUR SPEAKERS

Four specialists, one conversation

Steve Hemmings

Steve Hemmings

Maritime CTO, Insight

Leads Insight’s maritime strategy and the connected port framework.

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Graham Pegg

Graham Pegg

SmartSea powered by SITA

Brings SITA’s experience in port operations, identity and border flow.

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Simon Fotakis

Simon Fotakis

Maritime CISO, Insight

Focuses on cyber resilience for ports, ships and critical national infrastructure.

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John Chatterton

John Chatterton

Solutions Architect, Insight

Designs the cloud, data and AI foundations that turn pilots into production.

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AGENDA

60 minutes, start to finish

All times GMT. Submit questions when you register or live in the Q&A.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
CIOs and CTOs Heads of operations CISOs and security leads Digital and innovation leads Border and customs leaders
10:30

Welcome and introductions

Why ports, and why now.

10:35

The connected port: eight domains, one operation

Steve Hemmings

10:45

Identity, border flow and lessons from aviation

Graham Pegg

10:55

Cyber resilience for critical national infrastructure

Simon Fotakis

11:05

Data, cloud and AI: from pilot to production

John Chatterton

11:15

Panel Q&A

All four speakers, your questions

11:27

Next steps

Including the AWS for Maritime Immersion Day, early 2027

THE PARTNERSHIP

No single organisation can deliver a connected port alone

SmartSea powered by SITA

Deep maritime expertise and purpose-built platforms, with SITA identity and biometrics proven in airports and ports worldwide.

Insight

An AWS Premier Tier Services Partner bringing the integration and delivery capability to turn a roadmap into a running operation.

AWS

The cloud, data and AI platform to scale with confidence, and the funding programmes that make a first project affordable.

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