Live Webinar: Tuesday 14 July 2026 • 09:00 GMT | 10:00 CET
Aviation solved passenger processing through shared data standards, interoperable platforms, and operational discipline at scale. Maritime cruise and ferry terminals are now facing the same structural challenge, but without the same digital backbone. The good news: the aviation architecture already exists. The question is how maritime inherits and adapts it for port and terminal operations.
On 14 July, we bring together leaders from aviation infrastructure, maritime operations, and digital transformation to unpack what that actually looks like in practice.
In this session, you’ll understand:
What aviation got right — and why it scaled globally
Where maritime terminals are currently losing efficiency through fragmentation
What “interoperability” actually looks like in a port environment (beyond the buzzword)
Which parts of aviation infrastructure can be directly transferred — and which cannot
What early adopters are already implementing in cruise and ferry operations
The realistic roadmap from legacy terminal systems to intelligent, connected operations
Speakers:
Jörg Jocker, Senior Director Operations, Cruise Gate Hamburg
One of Europe's busiest cruise gateways, working directly on the operational realities of terminal modernisation at scale.
Benoit Verbaere, Business Development Director, SITA
Brings deep expertise in building the global interoperability backbone that powers aviation passenger processing.
Kris Vedat, CEO, SmartSea
Focused on translating proven aviation technology into deployable maritime solutions for ports and terminals.
Steven Hemmings, Client CTO, Insight
Advises on infrastructure, data, and AI strategies that determine whether transformation delivers value or complexity.
If terminal digitisation is on your roadmap — or about to be — this is a rare chance to hear how the shift is actually being built, not just discussed.