08:00 |
Registration |
09:00 |
Opening and Welcome |
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Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA Conference Chairman |
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Jannis Kostoulas President, Mare Forum |
session 1: |
Singapore and the World – Geopolitical and economical considerations |
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Discussion debate on: |
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- Power shift from West to East: reality or hype?
- What are the dynamics of the emerging countries in SEAsia?
- Can Singapore be(come) “THE Capital” of SE Asia in the current Pacific Century
- The era of Chindia: is there room for Singapore?
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09:20 |
SESSION CHAIRMAN |
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Ugo Salerno President and CEO, RINA |
09:30 |
SPEAKERS and PANELISTS: |
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Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore. Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA |
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Khamis Buamim Chairman, Drydocks, Maritime World Dubai and Chairman Dubai Maritime City |
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Wim van Sluis Chairman, Dutch Maritime Network (Cluster) |
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Coco Vroon CEO, Vroon Group |
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Nick Gleeson CEO, BW LPG |
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Yaseen Anwar Senior Adviser, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Singapore and Former Governor State Bank of Pakistan |
10:00 |
Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants |
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CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS:
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Lee Wai-Pong Executive Director, SCMA (SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION) |
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Cyril Ducau Director Business Development and Deputy CFO, Quantum Pacific Shipping |
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Kenny Rogers Head, Aurora Tankers Management |
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Phrixos Papachristidis CEO, Hellespont |
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Robert Maxwell Managing Director, Ship Management Centre, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement |
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John Su CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V. |
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Saravana Sivasankaran Chief Operating Officer, SIVA Group |
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Joel Walton CEO, Cayman Islands Registry |
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Marc Thomson Director, PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS) |
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Christos Tsakonas Regional Head of Asia – Shipping, Offshore & Logistics Corporate Bank Department, DNB ASIA LTD |
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Derek Hodgson Permanent Secretary IACS |
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Giosue Vezzuto RINA General Manager Asia Region |
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Edwin Jager Senior Vice President, Shipping & Intermodal Investment Management, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd. |
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Rob Heijliger Head of Transportation Finance Asia, ING |
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John A. Gauci-Maistre Chairman, GM International Services Limited |
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Peter Chuang General Manager, PT Sentek Indonesia |
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Alexander C. Setjadi Executive VP, Bank Danamon |
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David Galea Head Of Legal & Company Secretary, Drydocks World-Dubai |
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Mario Moretti RINA Country Manager Indonesia & Borneo |
10:30 |
Break hosted by Seagull Maritime Security |
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session 2: |
Is confidence back? – trade, shipping and offshore |
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The trade patterns, trends and its effect on shipping Shipping markets outlook and shipping trends
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- Commodities outlook: Coal, Gas, steel, Oil, Grains and other dry commodities
- Shipping markets outlook: Containers, Dry, Wet Offshore exploration, exploitation and transportation
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Discussion debate on: |
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- Is confidence back?
- Where the smart money will go now?
- Where is ship finance capacity for new business?
- Towards oversupply of private equity and new ships?
- How to sustain growth in the Singaporean Offshore, shipping, maritime, port, logistics and commodities trade and services industry ?
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11:00 |
SESSION CHAIRMAN: |
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Arjun Batra President and CEO, Drewry |
11:10 |
SPEAKERS and PANELISTS: |
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Michael Nagler Head of Chartering, Noble Group |
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Giuseppe Bottiglieri Chairman, Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company |
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Ralph Leszczynski Head Research Department, Banchero Costa & Co. SpA |
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Charles McHardy Senior Vice President, Technical & Gulf Coast Operations, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry |
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Mudit Paliwal Managing Director, Caravel Shipping Ltd |
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Thomas Pagonis Shipping Manager, Al Ghurair Resources |
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John D’Ancona Director Dry Analysts, Clarksons |
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Dr. Anil Sharma President and CEO, GMS |
11:50 |
Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants |
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CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1 |
12:40 |
Lunch |
session 3: |
Myth Busters |
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session hosted by the Liberian Registry |
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Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants on |
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- Eco ships; sense and nonsense
- Offshore Shipbuilding; will China become Singapore’s Armageddon?
- Bank ship finance: The western King is dead; long live the Asian King
- Asian Capital markets and shipping: Alice in wonderland?
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14:00 |
SESSION CHAIRMEN: |
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Abishek Pandey Regional Head, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited |
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Anthony Zolotas Managing Director, Eurofin |
14:10 |
SPEAKERS and PANELISTS: |
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Benson Peretti General Manager, Liberian Registry, Singapore |
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Sean Foley Vice President, Seagull Maritime Security |
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Christos Tsakonas Regional Head of Asia – Shipping, Offshore & Logistics Corporate Bank Department, DNB Bank |
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Dimitris Belbas Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, Seafin Pte Ltd. |
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Marco Albers Managing Director, DEKA BANK (Germany) |
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Thomas Preben Hansen CEO, Rickmers Trust Management Pte. Ltd |
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Alan Hatton Chief Executive Officer, FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd. |
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Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants |
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CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1 |
15:30 |
Break |
session 4: |
The Singaporean Maritime Cluster in Perspective |
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Arbitration, Law, Finance, Shipbuilding, Ports, logistics and services |
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• Competitiveness of maritime clusters• London, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Oslo, Rotterdam,New York • The future of port and logistics |
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- How will Singapore maintain in the next 20 years its competitive advantages in the region? What has to be done?
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16:00 |
SESSION CHAIRMAN: |
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Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA |
16:10 |
SPEAKERS and PANELISTS: |
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Ms Tan Beng Tee Assistant Chief Executive, MPA Singapore |
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Richard Greiner Partner, Moore Stephens(London) |
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Lee Wai-Pong Executive Director SCMA (SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION) |
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Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman Drydocks and Maritime World and Chairman Dubai Maritime City |
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Joel Walton CEO, Cayman Islands Registry |
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Taco van der Valk Chairman, Maritime Law Association, The Netherlands |
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Paolo Moretti RINA General Manager Marine |
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Wim van Sluis Chairman, Dutch Maritime Network – Cluster |
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Speaker to be announced |
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Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants |
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CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1 |
17:20 |
Synthesis and Conclusions |
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Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA |
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Jannis Kostoulas President, Mare Forum |
17:30 |
Drinks Reception |
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