Peter Broadhurst
Maritime industry consultant (P B Consulting) and former Senior Vice President of Safety and Regulatory at Inmarsat Maritime, with 25+ years in maritime satellite communications and safety.
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Sep 11, 2026
SamHOST
Now, Peter, here at SMM, have you noticed an idea or a startup or anything that's really, really caught you off guard and kind of gone, oh, I didn't know about that or I didn't think like that?
Peter BroadhurstGUEST
in my little talk at the beginning of the Captain's Table, inventions and ideas are not necessarily something you've got to invent yourself.
Peter BroadhurstGUEST
And so there was no real true wow technology that I saw because robotics, AI, all those at the forefront.
Peter BroadhurstGUEST
But it's the way that you implement it and the way you apply it to effectively solving the problem that I saw a lot more kind of focus on within those innovators.
Peter BroadhurstGUEST
And, yeah, it's taking that technology and effectively trying to commercialize it because that's what will generate the success.
Peter BroadhurstGUEST
And as I said, you know, Apple didn't invent MP3 technology, but they invented the iPod.
SamHOST
yeah amazing and outside of all the work and being here at smm what is the greatest thing about hamburg this