1st Mare Forum Singapore 2015

The Maritime Silk Road and Singapore: destiny or mirage?

Tuesday 3 February 2015

Hilton Hotel Singapore

Singapore

The 1st Mare Forum Singapore aims to bring together the leaders of both the local, regional and international marine, maritime, shipping and offshore industries and will be one of the series of international forums in Singapore with the focus on the world-wide attention to the growing importance and emerging stature of Singapore & the region within industry circles.	Fasten your seat belts!
	Mare Forum is pleased to announce the 1st Mare Forum Singapore 2015 to be held on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel in Singapore
	Views will be shared and debated from ship-owners and operators, charterers, traders, analysts, bankers, consultants and entrepreneurs, classification societies, regulators, port and terminal operators, the media and other members of the maritime community from the region and all over the world taking an active part at this prestigious conference. The Summit will provide an active forum to participants to network, learn, discuss and debate all contemporary and urgent themes in the shipping, marine and maritime industries.
	Mare Forum conferences are considered by many to be among the most global and influential forums for the maritime and shipping industry. Currently events are held in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America.
	High level speakers, session chairmen, conference panelists and audience will contribute to a day packed with knowledge transfer, exchange of visions, experience and stimulating discussions. The openly approach of this type of Mare Forum conferences produce a wonderful environment for brainstorming, sharing and improving knowledge and intelligence.
	If you are interested in Global, Asian and Singaporean maritime and shipping business, and if you want to know what’s next in Singapore and the World we invite you to attend the 1st Mare Forum Singapore. You will find your answers here.
	Together with a very high level local and international audience, participants will plunge in a pool of booming business and new network opportunities which focus on Singapore and Asia.
	We look forward to welcoming you in Singapore,

The speakers and discussion panelists

	The list of speakers and panelists will be updated daily
	(as of 28 January)

Dato’ Jude P. Benny	Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore and Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, (MPA) and Conference Chairman
Jannis Kostoulas	President, Mare Forum
Ms Tan Beng Tee	Assistant Chief Executive, MPA Singapore
Nick Gleeson	CEO, BW LPG
Coco Vroon	CEO, Vroon Group
Lee Wai Pong	Executive Director, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration
Khamis Buamim	Chairman, Drydocks, Maritime World Dubai and Chairman, Dubai Maritime City
Michael Nagler	Head of Chartering, Noble Group
Mudit Paliwal	Managing Director, Caravel Shipping Ltd
Christos Tsakonas	Regional Head of Asia – Shipping, Offshore & Logistics, Corporate Bank Department, DNB Nor
Yaseen Anwar	Senior Adviser, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Singapore and Former Governor State Bank of Pakistan
Abhishek Pandey	Head shipping finance, South East Asia, Standard Chartered Bank
Edwin Jager	Senior Vice President, Shipping & Intermodal Investment Management, DVB Group Marchant Bank (Asia) Ltd
Rob Heijliger	Head of Transportation Finance Asia, ING
Alexander C. Setjadi	Executive VP at Bank Danamon
Marco Albers	Managing Director, DEKA BANK (Germany)
Ugo Salerno	President and CEO, RINA
Cyril Ducau	Director Business Development and Deputy CFO, Quantum Pacific Shipping
Thomas Preben Hansen	CEO, Rickmers Trust Management Pte. Ltd
Kenny Rogers	Head, Aurora Tankers Management
Saravana Sivasankaran	Chief Operating Officer, SIVA Group
Giuseppe Bottiglieri	Chairman, Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company
Thomas Pagonis	Shipping Manager, Al Ghurair Resources
Paolo Moretti	General Manager Marine, RINA
Arjun Batra	Group Managing Director and Owner, Drewry Shipping Consultants
Ralph Leszczynski	Head Research Department, Banchero Costa & Co. SpA
Anil Sharma	President and CEO, GMS
Anthony Zolotas	Managing Director, Eurofin
John Su	CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V.
Marc Thomson	Director, PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS)
Peter Wijaya Surya	Managing Director, Aptus Maritime Limited
Dimitris Belbas	Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, Seafin Pte Ltd.
Taco van der Valk	Chairman, Maritime Law Association, The Netherlands
Lloyd’s Register	Representative
Richard Greiner	Partner, Moore Stephens
John A. Gauci-Maistre	Chairman, GM International Services Limited
Arthur Joel Walton	Chief Executive Officer, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry
Giosué Vezzuto	General Manager, RINA Asia
Phrixos Papachristidis	President, Hellespont Shipping (Germany)
Robert Maxwell	Managing Director, Ship Management Centre, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM)
Charles J McHardy	Senior Vice President, Technical & Gulf Coast Operations, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
Demos Petropoulos	Managing Director, DPSS Global Consultants
Benson Peretti	General Manager, Liberian Registry, Singapore
Sean Foley	Vice President, Seagull Maritime Security
John D’Ancona	Director Dry, Clarksons
many more to confirm…..

Programme

08:00	Registration
09:00	Opening and Welcome
	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
	Jannis Kostoulas President, Mare Forum
session 1:	Singapore and the World – Geopolitical and economical considerations
	Discussion debate on:
	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?
09:20	SESSION CHAIRMAN
	Ugo Salerno President and CEO, RINA
09:30	SPEAKERS and PANELISTS:
	Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore. Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA
	Khamis Buamim Chairman, Drydocks, Maritime World Dubai and Chairman Dubai Maritime City
	Wim van Sluis Chairman, Dutch Maritime Network (Cluster)
	Coco Vroon CEO, Vroon Group
	Nick Gleeson CEO, BW LPG
	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
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS:
	Lee Wai-Pong Executive Director, SCMA (SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION)
	Cyril Ducau Director Business Development and Deputy CFO, Quantum Pacific Shipping
	Kenny Rogers Head, Aurora Tankers Management
	Phrixos Papachristidis CEO, Hellespont
	Robert Maxwell Managing Director, Ship Management Centre, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
	John Su CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V.
	Saravana Sivasankaran Chief Operating Officer, SIVA Group
	Joel Walton CEO, Cayman Islands Registry
	Marc Thomson Director, PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS)
	Christos Tsakonas Regional Head of Asia – Shipping, Offshore & Logistics Corporate Bank Department, DNB ASIA LTD
	Derek Hodgson Permanent Secretary IACS
	Giosue Vezzuto RINA General Manager Asia Region
	Edwin Jager Senior Vice President, Shipping & Intermodal Investment Management, DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd.
	Rob Heijliger Head of Transportation Finance Asia, ING
	John A. Gauci-Maistre Chairman, GM International Services Limited
	Peter Chuang General Manager, PT Sentek Indonesia
	Alexander C. Setjadi Executive VP, Bank Danamon
	David Galea Head Of Legal & Company Secretary, Drydocks World-Dubai
	Mario Moretti RINA Country Manager Indonesia & Borneo
10:30	Break hosted by Seagull Maritime Security

session 2:	Is confidence back? – trade, shipping and offshore
	The trade patterns, trends and its effect on shipping Shipping markets outlook and shipping trends
	Commodities outlook: Coal, Gas, steel, Oil, Grains and other dry commodities Shipping markets outlook: Containers, Dry, Wet Offshore exploration, exploitation and transportation
	Discussion debate on:
	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 ?
11:00	SESSION CHAIRMAN:
	Arjun Batra President and CEO, Drewry
11:10	SPEAKERS and PANELISTS:
	Michael Nagler Head of Chartering, Noble Group
	Giuseppe Bottiglieri Chairman, Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company
	Ralph Leszczynski Head Research Department, Banchero Costa & Co. SpA
	Charles McHardy Senior Vice President, Technical & Gulf Coast Operations, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
	Mudit Paliwal Managing Director, Caravel Shipping Ltd
	Thomas Pagonis Shipping Manager, Al Ghurair Resources
	John D’Ancona Director Dry Analysts, Clarksons
	Dr. Anil Sharma President and CEO, GMS
11:50	Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1
12:40	Lunch
session 3:	Myth Busters
	session hosted by the Liberian Registry

	Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants on
	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?
14:00	SESSION CHAIRMEN:
	Abishek Pandey Regional Head, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
	Anthony Zolotas Managing Director, Eurofin
14:10	SPEAKERS and PANELISTS:
	Benson Peretti General Manager, Liberian Registry, Singapore
	Sean Foley Vice President, Seagull Maritime Security
	Christos Tsakonas Regional Head of Asia – Shipping, Offshore & Logistics Corporate Bank Department, DNB Bank
	Dimitris Belbas Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, Seafin Pte Ltd.
	Marco Albers Managing Director, DEKA BANK (Germany)
	Thomas Preben Hansen CEO, Rickmers Trust Management Pte. Ltd
	Alan Hatton Chief Executive Officer, FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd.
	Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1
15:30	Break
session 4:	The Singaporean Maritime Cluster in Perspective
	Arbitration, Law, Finance, Shipbuilding, Ports, logistics and services
	• Competitiveness of maritime clusters• London, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Oslo, Rotterdam,New York • The future of port and logistics
	How will Singapore maintain in the next 20 years its competitive advantages in the region? What has to be done?
16:00	SESSION CHAIRMAN:
	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:
	Ms Tan Beng Tee Assistant Chief Executive, MPA Singapore
	Richard Greiner Partner, Moore Stephens(London)
	Lee Wai-Pong Executive Director SCMA (SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION)
	Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman Drydocks and Maritime World and Chairman Dubai Maritime City
	Joel Walton CEO, Cayman Islands Registry
	Taco van der Valk Chairman, Maritime Law Association, The Netherlands
	Paolo Moretti RINA General Manager Marine
	Wim van Sluis Chairman, Dutch Maritime Network – Cluster
	Speaker to be announced
	Discussion/Debate between the speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: see session 1
17:20	Synthesis and Conclusions
	Dato’ Jude P. Benny Managing Partner, Joseph Tan Benny, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA
	Jannis Kostoulas President, Mare Forum
17:30	Drinks Reception

Location

Hilton Hotel Singapore 581 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE, 238883, SINGAPORE TEL: +65-67-372-233 – FAX: 65-67-322-917http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/singapore/hilton-singapore-SINHITW/index.html

Situated in the heart of Orchard Road, Singapore’s popular entertainment and shopping district, the Hilton Singapore hotel is close to both ION Orchard and Takashimaya shopping centers. This award-winning Singapore hotel is a convenient 20-minute drive from Singapore Changi International Airport and close to Singapore’s popular attractions.

General Information

LOCATION

Hilton Hotel Singapore 581 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE, 238883, SINGAPORE TEL: +65-67-372-233 FAX: 65-67-322-917

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference will be English.

REGISTRATION – PAYING PARTICIPANTS

All participants who wish to attend the conference must be registered via the conference registration form. Formal registration and confirmation thereof only takes place after the registration fee has been received and recorded in our accounts. Participants are requested to return one registration form per participant to Mare Forum by fax or e-mail. Please keep a copy of the form and payment for your records.

CONFIRMATION

A formal letter of confirmation will be sent to you after receipt of your registration form and payment. Please present this confirmation at the registration desk at the conference venue as proof of your registration. Your registration is a Person – Restricted Pass, which means that only the registered participant will be admitted for any of the activities of the conference. A Person Restricted Pass for conference participation may not be shared by more than one person.

CANCELLATIONS

In case you are unable to attend the conference for any reason at all, no refunds will be made by Mare Forum. Mare Forum offers the opportunity to send in a substitute participant at no extra charge if he/she carries a letter of authorisation from the original delegate. The conference office must be notified of the name of the substitute participant before the conference takes place.

REGISTRATION FEE

Early bird rate:	€ 600,- Booking and pay before/on January 6 2015
Full rate:	€ 750,- Booking and pay after January 6 2015

The conference fee includes: attendance, breaks, lunch and Post Summit Reception as mentioned in the conference program

PAYMENT PROCEDURE

Payment for the conference can only be made in EUROS by CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS (MasterCard, American Express or Visa) and by bank transfer. Please fill in the appropriate sections on the Conference Registration Form.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

Preferred rates have been negotiated for a variety of accommodation options at the Hilton Hotel Singapore which is the venue of the Summit for participants. The rates & reservation forms will be made available shortly To make hotel reservation go to registration, click on hotel accommodation options available download and fill in the form, and send the form by email directly to the hotel.

INSURANCE

The conference organisation cannot accept any liability for personal injuries or for the loss of and/or damage to personal belongings of the participants, either during or as a result of the conference. Please check the validity of your personal insurance.

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Registration

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Hotel Registration

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Please note: cutt of date conference rate and room block on January 28″. After this date rooms and rates are offered on availability.

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