Welcome

by John Beck, President – eGenie Forum 

The Journey to eGenie 4.0 webinar was held on the 1st of September 2020. The focus of the webinar was on how businesses in the maritime industry can strive to achieve Digitalisation 4.0, especially given the challenges posed by COVID-19 of late.

We had 139 unique viewers from a total of 221 registered participants tuning in via Zoom from all over the world. This excellent turn out prompted Dr. Tan Puay Siew, Director of the Manufacturing Systems Division in Model Factory @ SIMTech at A*STAR SIMTech, to say, “Thank you very much for allowing SIMTech to be part of this. Our pleasure. eGenie did a great job. It was a fantastic event – well attended by a lot of people…”

A very warm welcome was given to all with the opening address made by Mr John Beck, President of eGenie Forum / Vice President Procurement at Wilhelmsen Ship Management, who kicked off proceedings by introducing the forum to participants. eGenie Forum was first conceived in May 2018 as a means of improving the quality of data used in the maritime industry, amidst the rapid development of new technology and the increasing digitalisation of data. The forum acts in the interests of suppliers by facilitating digitally inclusive work processes and collaboration in a non-competitive environment.