Regional cluster organisation, Mersey Maritime is delighted to announce Google Partner, Ancoris, as this year’s headline sponsor of the Mersey Maritime Exchange 2023.
This major thought leadership conference is set to be the biggest and most high profile yet, taking place on Thursday 22nd June 2023, in The Tung Auditorium, a brand new, state-of-the-art facility which is part of the University of Liverpool. Companies in attendance will hear about specific maritime opportunities to get involved with, key projects and initiatives as well as have the chance to network with colleagues from across the breadth and depth of the UK’s maritime industries.
Specific maritime opportunities
Mersey Maritime’s Chief Executive Officer, Chris Shirling Rooke, commented: “We are thrilled to announce Ancoris as our headline Mersey Maritime Exchange Conference sponsor. We know that the industry is going through an evolution around technology and digitalisation, and we are delighted Ancoris want to join Mersey Maritime on this journey of delivering the objectives of Maritime2050, the strategy that underpins all the work across the industry over the coming decades.”
“This event is now a firm fixture in the national maritime calendar and will bring together industry, academia and government to consider the hot topics affecting the sector at the moment. It is not to be missed and we are really pleased to have such a high profile headline sponsor to support our endeavours.”
Power of emerging technologies
Ancoris has a long standing expertise in Google Workspace, Maps, and Chrome
Google Partner, Ancoris, is a cloud-native Google services provider and one of very few UK-based pure-play Google Premier Partners with a dedicated AI practice to help customers truly capitalise on the power of emerging technologies. Ancoris has a long standing expertise in Google Workspace, Maps, and Chrome and expanded service offerings in data and AI, cloud migration and application development.
Ancoris CEO, Andre Azevedo said: “The access to virtually unlimited computing and, more recently, Artificial Intelligence has been democratised by leading cloud providers, with Google chief among them. At Ancoris, our mission is to put the power of Google Cloud technology at the service of modernisation across all industries. The maritime sector is one of the most important industries in the UK, for its historical heritage, economic contribution and wider impact on trade. We couldn’t be prouder of this partnership Mersey Maritime, and of having the opportunity to contribute to the technological innovation in the sector.”
Virtually unlimited computing
The conference is further supported with sponsorship from Liverpool John Moores University, Nautilus International and the Royal Navy. Confirmed speakers include:
- Matt Frank, Chief AI Officer, Ancoris
- Richard Ballantyne, CEO – British Ports Association
- Vicki Race, Deputy Director, Maritime Strategy and Programmes – Department for Transport
- Ben Murray, Director of Government and Corporate Affairs – Harland & Wolff
- Scarlett Black, Programme Executive Skills – Maritime UK
- Rod Paterson, Deputy Director – National Shipbuilding Office
- Helen Kelly, Director – Nautilus International
- Gary Doyle, Group Harbour Master – Peel Ports Group
