programme


	This Mare Forum Conference is the official Conference of "Europort 2003" International Maritime Exhibition...

MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2003 Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
08:00	Registration & Coffee
	Setting the Scene; Identifying the Objectives
09:00	Opening by Michael GREY Conference Chairman
09:30	Can we Trust the Regulators? JACQUELINE Tammenons Bakker Director General Freight Transport Dutch Ministry of Transport
09:40	Can we Trust the Shipowners? BASIL PAPACHRISTIDIS Chairman Hellespont Steamship Corporation
09:50	Can we Act Fairly and Make Money? Bertrand Thouilin Directeur des Transports Maritimes Total

	Session 1: Central Examination Point: Shipowning - Attracting Problems?

	session chairman Willem de Ruiter Executive Director, European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA
10:00	To Be or Not to Be: The Debate on Self-Regulation Brian Wadsworth Director of Logistics and Maritime Transport Directorate Department for Transport, UK
10:10	Dangerous Liaisons: Regulator – Class – Owner. Can Class Societies be Trusted? Roberto Cazzulo Deputy Marine Director of RINA
10:20	Focus on quality Trust Improved: Lessons to be learned: a triangular perfect cooperation: Class – Owner – Builder Tor Svensen Director DNV CHRIS Williams Director, Graig Shipping
10:30	Focus upon the shipowner Frederick Tsao Chairman IMC Shipping & Chairman Intercargo
10:40	break hosted by RINA
11:10	discussion/debate between speakers, panelists and audience participants on the following theme: A Shakespearian Plot: "First - we kill all the lawyers" panelists: Peter swift Managing Director, Intertanko Robert C. North Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) President, North Star Maritime, Inc. Nathalie Soisson Direction Sécurité Industrielle, Sécurité des Transports Groupe, Total HARILAOS PSARAFTIS Professor, National Technical University of Athens
12:10	Lunch hosted by

	Session 2: Central Examination Point: Regulators - Approaching Madness?
	session chairman Joseph J. Cox President, Chamber of Shipping of America
13:30	A Study of Virtues: Fairness and Impartiality Captain Stephen E. BLIGH CEO, Maritime & Coastguard Agency UK
13:40	Punishing the Substandard Clay Maitland Managing Partner International Registries
13:50	Shipowners Driven to Madness Geert Dokter Managing Director, MPC Munchmeyer Petersen Steamship BV
14:00	Is Port State Control Really Necessary? TAMIS KWIKKERS Head Enforcement Sector, Nederlands Shipping Inspectorate Dutch Ministry of Transport
14:10	The Class View Bernard Anne Managing Director, Bureau Veritas
14:20	break hosted by
15:00	discussion/debate between speakers, panelists and audience participants on the following theme: Can we reward those who do it right and throw the book at those who don't? panelists: DagfinN Lunde Member of the Board of DVB Bank and CEO of the Shipping Division Lars Carlsson CEO Concordia alan gavin Marine Business Director, Lloyd's Register PIETER VAN AGTMAAL Managing Director, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
16:00	Break hosted by

	Session 3: Political Panel: Perception and Reality Modern Regulation: Industry Driven, or a Knee-Jerk Reaction to Isolated Incidents? Can politicians or regulators encourage trust-building in the industry? Is there too much political focus on a small and sub-standard sector that is unrepresentative of the industry as a whole?
16:30	Session chairman: Michael grey Conference Chairman Karla Peijs Minister, Ministry of Transport, The Netherlands Captain William Schubert U. S. Maritime Administrator OLUF ULSETH State Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway Fotis Karamitsos Director Maritime Transport, European Commission Brian Wadsworth Director of Logistics and Maritime Transport Directorate Department for Transport, UK
18:20	closing remarks first day by Michael Grey Conference Chairman
18:30	Cocktail Reception hosted by International Registries
19:30	Mare Forum 2003 Dinner

	TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2003
	Session 4: Central Examination Point: Chartering/Shippers: Making money at a FAIR price
	session chairman chris horrocks Secretary General International Chamber of Shipping
09:00	The need for balanced documents J.P.M. Lafranca Vice-Chairman Documentary Committee , BIMCO
09:10	The need for responsible chartering DIMITRIS LYRAS Director Lyras Shipping Ltd
09:20	Charterers and the Responsibility Chain: How Serious are We? Paul Markides Director OCIMF
09:30	Trust Improved: Lessons to be learned Filip Beckers European Transport Procurement Manager Masterfoods Wout Pronk Manager Director Geest North Sea Lines, The Netherlands
09:40	Safe Ships: What is the Real Price? Hans Payer Member of the Board Germanische Lloyd
09:50	discussion/debate between speakers, panelists and audience participants on the following theme: Making money at a FAIR price panelists: Marianne Lie General Director, Norwegian Shipowners Association ROGER HOLT Secretary General, INTERCARGO NICOLETTE VAN DER JAGT Secretary General, European Shippers Council PAUL SLATER Chairman and CEO,First International Corporation AART KORTELAND Chairman, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

11:00	break

	Session 5: Synthesis: Giving Trust a Chance Blueprints for a Healthy and Productive Industry
	session chairman ARThUR BOWRING Managing Director Hong Kong Shipowners Association Keynote speech Ugo Salerno Chairman, IACS Council
11:30	Round Table: Debate between panelists and audience participants Alfons guinier Secretary General European Community Shipowners’ Associations Frederick Tsao Chairman IMC Shipping & Chairman Intercargo Hans Payer Member of the Board Germanische Lloyd Marianne Lie General Director Norwegian Shipowners Association Fotis Karamitsos Director Maritime Transport, European Commission Lars Carlson CEO Concordia Chairman Intertanko Brian Wadsworth Director Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, UK
12:50	Conclusions by Michael GREY Conference Chairman
13:00	Lunch hosted by Germanischer Lloyd
15:00	Visit EUROPORT 2003, International Maritime Exhibition

18:00	Evening reception METS & Europort, special invitation to conference members. Opened by the Dutch Minister of Transport, co-hosted by the Dutch Maritime Network Foundation.