Jeremy Steventon Barnes

As Chief Technology Officer at V.Group, Jeremy is leading efforts to harness AI and GenAI across one of the world’s most complex and global industries. With vast proprietary datasets and operations spanning crews at sea to on-shore command centres, the shipping sector presents both enormous opportunities and unique challenges for AI adoption. Jeremy will share how V.Group is approaching innovation in this space - from early proofs of concept using specialised models to unlock unstructured data, to predictive systems that transform compliance and risk management.

• Exploring how shipping’s complexity shapes AI opportunities and challenges at scale.

• Moving from proofs of concept to applied AI that delivers measurable operational impact.

• Building data access and trust across crews, shore operations, and external stakeholders.