15th Mare Forum Shipfinance 2015

Shipowners vs. Capital providers

Monday 2 November 2015

Hilton Hotel Rotterdam

Rotterdam – The Netherlands

This year the 15th Mare Forum Ship Finance 2015 conference, will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Rotterdam on Monday 2nd November. Following the Mare Forum conference on 2nd November, the next day on 3rd November Europort 2015 the International Marine and shipping Exhibition in Rotterdam will open* (3 to 6 November).* All participants of Mare Forum are invited to visit the Europort 2015.	The 15th Mare Forum Shipfinance 2015 “Shipowners versus Capital Providers” on Monday 2nd November will once again gather an impressive number of leading Dutch and international shipowners, CEOs from shipping, bankers, lawyers, key investors in shipping, financial institutions, trading and brokerage companies, consultants and entrepreneurs, classification societies, regulators, the media and other members of the international maritime community will all again take an active part at this prestigious conference, in order to network, learn, discuss and debate all contemporary and urgent themes in ship-finance and ship-investments
	High level speakers, session chairmen, discussion 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.
	The 14 previous Mare Forum Ship Finance forums have been bristling with ideas and dynamic debate. A very high level audience appreciates and makes the most of the dynamic format and honest debate. If you are an owner having trouble finding a good capital provider, come to Mare Forum, here they are. If you are a capital provider having trouble finding a good owner, come to Mare Forum and meet them. If you are in shipping and ship finance and want to know what will happen next, come to Mare Forum, the good answers will be there.
	Looking forward to welcome you in Rotterdam!

The speakers and discussion panelists

Gust Biesbroeck	Head of Transportation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Remco Steger	Director Shipping, ING Bank
Jannis Kostoulas	President, Mare Forum
Tineke Netelenbos	President, Royal Association of Netherlands’ Shipowners
Coco Vroon	Managing Director, Vroon B.V.
Adriaan Visser	Port Alderman, City of Rotterdam
Jan Valkier	Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group
Nick Kounis	‎Head Macro & Financial Markets Research at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Pieter Baan	ING Bank Nederland
Fabrizio Vettosi	Managing Director, Venice Shipping and Logistics S.p.A., Investment & Advisory
Dr Leo Drollas	Former Director and Chief Economist, Centre for Global Energy Studies, UK
Sander Scheepens	Managing Director, Deputy Global Head Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank (to be confirmed)
Dagfinn Lunde	President, Dagmar Navigation Limited
Anil Sharma	President, GMS
John Su	Managing Director & CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V.
Nienke Blans	Head Transportation South Europe, ABN AMRO Bank
Pino Spadafora	Area Manager Northern Europe – Continental Area, RINA
Michel Fransen	CFO, Spliethof
Bart Otto	Managing Director, Flinter
Geert Dokter	Director, Conoship International B.V.
Richard Greiner	Partner, Moore Stephens LLP
Laurent Bozzoni	Director, SOCATRA
John Hartigan	Senior Investment Manager, Northern Fund Management
Bote de Vries	Managing Director, Finamar
Dimitris Lyras	Director, Lyras Shipping Ltd.
Representative	IRI/Marshall Islands Registry
Enrico Paglia	Research Manager, Banchero-Costa & Co. SpA
Maurizio D’Amico	Director, D’Amico Società di Navigazione SpA (to be confirmed)
Janos Koenig	Managing Director, Eurofin
Taco Th. van der Mast	Bendel, van der Mast & Co. B.V.
Dirk Visser	Senior Shipping Consultant – Managing Editor, Dynamar B.V.
Rod Westwood	Associate Director, Douglas- Westwood
David Barrow	Regional Marine Manager North Europe, Lloyd’s Register
many more to announce…

Programme

	Sunday 1 November 2015
19:30	Speakers Dinner at the Hilton Hotel Rotterdam - hosted by RMSC (limited seats)

	Monday 2 November 2015 at the Hilton Hotel Rotterdam

08:00	Registration and coffee
	Opening and Welcome
09:00	Jannis Kostoulas President Mare Forum Remco Steger Director Shipping, ING Tineke Netelenbos President, Royal Association of Netherlands’ Shipowners Adriaan Visser Port Alderman, City of Rotterdam
Session1	The Shipping Industry in a global context Where is the global shipping industry heading?
	Geopolitics, the world economy and finance, commodities and trade, environmental and financial regulations affecting shipping Challenges – Risks – Opportunities
	SESSION CHAIRMAN:
09:30	Gust Biesbroeck Head of Transportation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
09:40	SPEAKERS AND SESSION PANELISTS:
	Nick Kounis Head Macro & Financial Markets Research, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.; World Economy and Trade Dr. Leo Drollas Former Director and Chief Economist, Centre for Global Energy Studies, Geopolitics; The price of oil and the effect on trade and shipping Richard Greiner Partner, Moore Stephens LLP; Restoring Trust – a pipe dream? Coco Vroon Managing Director, Vroon B.V. Anil Sharma President, GMS John Su Managing Director & CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V.
10:10	Discussion between the panel-speakers, discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: Jan Valkier Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group Michel Fransen CFO, Spliethof Bart Otto Managing Director, Flinter Geert Dokter Director, Conoship International B.V. Laurent Bozzoni Director, SOCATRA Bote de Vries Managing Director, Finamar Dimitris Lyras Director, Lyras Shipping Ltd. Joep Gorgels Country Executive Norway, ABN AMRO Bank Nienke Blans Head Transportation South Europe, ABN AMRO Bank Maurizio D’Amico Director, D’Amico Società di Navigazione SpA Yannis Tryphillis Director, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Taco Th. van der Mast Bendel, van der Mast & Co. B.V.
11:00	Break
Session 2	What are our capital providers doing? Who owns and lends the shipping money today and under what conditions? What are the risks and rewards? Towards oversupply of private equity and new ships? Is our bank back in shipping business?
11:10	SESSION CHAIRMAN:
	Janos Koenig Managing Director, Eurofin
11:20	SPEAKERS AND SESSION PANELISTS:
	Gust Biesbroeck Head of Transportation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Fabrizio Vettosi Managing Director, Venice Shipping and Logistics S.p.A., Investment & Advisory Sander Scheepens Managing Director, Deputy Global Head Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank Dagfinn Lunde President, Dagmar Navigation Limited Remco Steger Director Shipping, ING
	Discussion between the panel-speakers, conference discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: Jan Valkier Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group Michel Fransen CFO, Spliethof Bart Otto Managing Director, Flinter Geert Dokter Director, Conoship International B.V. Laurent Bozzoni Director, SOCATRA Bote de Vries Managing Director, Finamar Dimitris Lyras Director, Lyras Shipping Ltd. Joep Gorgels Country Executive Norway, ABN AMRO Bank Pino Spadafora Area Manager Benelux, Baltic & Scandinavia, RINA Nienke Blans Head Transportation South Europe, ABN AMRO Bank Maurizio D’Amico Director, D’Amico Società di Navigazione SpA Yannis Tryphillis Director, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Taco Th. van der Mast Bendel, van der Mast & Co. B.V.
13:00	Lunch

Session 3	Is Confidence back? - What’s next? Investments Opportunities
	The Shipping Markets’ Outlook per ship type The market of sustainable shipping and future shipping trends 15 to 30 years - Commodities trade patterns overview – Shipping markets in focus, per ship type: Tankers, gas carriers, dry bulk, containers, offshore, yachts, short sea shipping Where the smart money will go? Any smart idea? What’s hot in the next years?
14:00	SESSION CHAIRMAN:
	John Su Managing Director & CEO, Erasmus Shipinvest B.V.
14:10	SPEAKERS AND SESSION PANELISTS:
	Enrico Paglia Research Manager, Banchero-Costa & Co. SpA; Dry and liquid Bulk – Waiting for Godot? Dirk Visser Senior Shipping Consultant – Managing Editor, Dynamar B.V.; The Containers market outlook and Short sea shipping – challenges and future perspectives Rod Westwood Associate Director, Douglas- Westwood; The Offshore market outlook David Barrow Regional Marine Manager North Europe, Lloyd’s Register; Global marine trends Engel Jan de Boer Marine Business Development WEA, Lloyd’s Register; the Yachting industry perspective Pino Spadafora Area Manager Northern Europe – Continental Area, RINA; Asset Integrity Management
	Break
	Discussion between the panel-speakers, discussion panelists and audience participants
	CONFERENCE DISCUSSION PANELISTS: Jan Valkier Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group Michel Fransen CFO, Spliethof Bart Otto Managing Director, Flinter Geert Dokter Director, Conoship International B.V. Laurent Bozzoni Director, SOCATRA Bote de Vries Managing Director, Finamar Dimitris Lyras Director, Lyras Shipping Ltd. Joep Gorgels Country Executive Norway, ABN AMRO Bank Pino Spadafora Area Manager Benelux, Baltic & Scandinavia, RINA Nienke Blans Head Transportation South Europe, ABN AMRO Bank Maurizio D’Amico Director, D’Amico Società di Navigazione SpA Yannis Tryphillis Director, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping Taco Th. van der Mast Bendel, van der Mast & Co. B.V.
16:15	CONCLUSIONS and SYNTHESIS
16:30	Drinks Reception

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Location

http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/netherlands/hilton-rotterdam-RTMHITW/index.html

HILTON ROTTERDAM

WEENA 10, ROTTERDAM, 3012 CM,

THE NETHERLANDS

TEL: +31-10-7108000 - FAX: 31-10-7108080

General Information

DATE & LOCATION

Monday 2 November 2015

HILTON HOTEL ROTTERDAM

Address: Weena 10, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Phone: + 31 10 710 8000

REGISTRATION

All participants who wish to attend the conference must be registered. Please note that formal registration and confirmation thereof only takes place after the registration fee has been received and recorded on our accounts. Participants are requested to return one registration form per participant to MARE FORUM by fax, or by mail, at the fax number or address listed below. Please keep a copy of the form, and your payment, for your records.

CONFIRMATION

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REGISTRATION FEE

Early bird rate: Euro 847,- [euro 700 + euro 147 VAT] (Booking and pay before September 21, 2015)

Full rate: Euro 968,- [euro 800 + euro 168 VAT] (Booking and pay from September 21, 2015)

The conference fee includes: conference attendance and documentation, refreshments, lunch, receptions during scheduled breaks in the conference programme. Please refer to the website or the conference programme for dates, times and locations.

PAYMENT PROCEDURE

Payment for the conference can only be made in EUROS by CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS (MasterCard, American Express or Visa). Please fill in appropriate sections on the Conference Registration Form should you wish to attend.Payment for hotel accommodations must be made directly to the hotel in Euros as noted on the Hotel Registration Form.

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 only 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.

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.

Registration

REGISTRATION FEE:

Early bird rate: Euro 847,- [euro 700 + euro 147 VAT]

(Booking and pay before September 21, 2015)

Euro 968,- [euro 800 + euro 168 VAT]

(Booking and pay from September 21, 2015)

The conference fee includes: conference attendance and documentation, refreshments, lunch, receptions during scheduled breaks in the conference programme.

Please refer to the website or the conference programme for dates, times and locations.

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Hotel Registration

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Conference Papers

The 15th Mare Forum Shipfinance 2015 held on Monday November 2 at the Hilton Rotterdam Hotel was a successful and stimulating event with interesting presentations and energizing discussions.

High level speakers, session and conference panelists, chairmen and present audience have contributed to a great ambience on this extraordinary day, packed with gaining and sharing knowledge, brainstorming and making and sustaining contacts. It’s our great pleasure to inform you that the conference presentations are available online on:

https://app.box.com/s/cvysp21a6prk20hvht1f9k0begcc5360

Conference Impressions

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