Mare Forum Investments Programme 2007

THE SPEAKERS
as of 08 March
The list of speakers will be updated regularly

DOMINIQUE MOISI
Deputy Director, Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

HARRIS VAFIAS
President & CEO StealthGas Inc.

DR JOHN COUSTAS
President & CEO,DANAOS Corporation

ROBERT BUGBEE
President and Chief Operating Officer, OMI Corporation

MAURO BALZARINI
Chairman, Siba Ships Spa

GEORGE ECONOMOU
Chairman and CEO, DryShips Inc.

STAMATIS MOLARIS
CEO, President and Director Quintana Maritime Limited

GEORGE GOURDOMICHALIS
CEO, G.Bros Maritime SA

DIEDERIK LEGGER
Managing Director, Rolldock

SERGEY BURIMA (tbc)
Vice President, SOVCOMFLOT

Antonio Cosulich
Managing Director, Fratelli Cosulich

Roberto Giorgi
President V.Ships

MARIELLA BOTTIGLIERI
Managing Director, Giuseppe Bottiglieri di Navigazione SpA

PAUL SLATER
Chairman, First International Corp

Leonidas Dimitriades-Eugenides
Chairman, Eugenides Group

PROF. JOHN TZOANNOS
Secretary General, Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Greece

HARRIS ANTONIOU
Managing Director, Global Shipping Group and Transportation FORTIS

TOBIAS KÖNIG
Managing Partner, König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG

ROBERT SOMERVILLE
Chairman ABS

UGO SALERNO
CEO RINA

COLIN CRIDLAND
Director Research, Braemar Seascope

MIKHAIL PERFILOV
Director of Business Development CIS and Baltics Fearnleys A/S, Moscow

JEAN-FREDERIC LAURENT
Head of Research, Barry Rogliano Salles

NICK HUBBARD
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd

ANTHONY ARGYROPOULOS
Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. USA

DIMITRIS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS
SVP, Head of Shipping Group, BU Europe, Commercial Clients, ABN AMRO BANK

JOHN GUY
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications

DR. MARTIN JUNGINGER
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development Utrecht University

WILLEM AALDERS
CEO - Alternative Asset Advisers

COSTAS LEMOS
Director Risk Management, La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild S.A.

EMILIOS AVGOULEAS
Ass.Professor in Piraeus Univercity

ANNA KOENIG
Head of Private Banking, Europe
American Express Bank

Guy Verberne
Head of Economic Research
Fortis Merchant Banking / Global Markets
FORTIS GROUP

ANTONY ZOLOTAS
Managing Director, Eurofin

BERT VAN LEEUWEN
Research Department NCF Aviation Fund

Theo Xenakoudis
Managing Director, International Registries, Inc (Greece)
/Marshall Islands Registry

Philip X. Larkos
Co-founder, Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
SFS Group Public Company Ltd

Hugo Modderman
Dolfinance, Agents for DVB Bank America NV

Dr. GEORGE P. PATRINOS
Assistant Professor
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and
Chief Scientific Officer
Asklepeion BioMed, Lausanne, Switzerland

Philippe van den Abeele
Managing Director
Castalia Fund Management (Uk) Limited

Maro Varvate
President
Ocean Finance Ltd

Geert Dokter
Managing Director Hanzevast Shipping bv

ALAN GAVIN
Marine Director
Lloyd's Register

Rajaish Bajpaee

President, The Eurasia Group of Companies

Basil Mavroleon
Managing Director, Charles R. Weber Co., Inc.

GILBERT BRUNNER
Managing Director
FairEnergy

WANG CHUN LIN
Executive Director
Pacific Basin Shipping

RANDEE E. DAY
Managing Director, Seabury Group LLC

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MARE FORUM Investments 2007

Where can you get the best from your cash?

And what risks must you run?

Thursday 31 May 2007

Astir Palace Hotel

Athens - Vouliagmeni - Greece

		Wednesday 30 May 2007
18:00		Eurasia Group of Companies 25th Anniversary Cocktail Reception


		Thursday 31 May 2007

08:45		Opening by the Conference Chairman JOHN GUY Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications by the Organiser JANNIS KOSTOULAS Managing Director Mare Forum
08:50		Welcome JOHN TZOANNOS Secretary General Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Greece
		Session 1 Global Politico-Economic Analysis: Wars – Tensions – Clashes of interest, the US Dollar vs. Euro and their effect on the global economy and your money.

08:55		The World Dis-Order DOMINIQUE MOISI Deputy Director of the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
09:10		"The day the dollar falls" How strong is the US dollar when so many of them are held in non-US hands? Can the Euro take its place? - What will a weak dollar do to shipping and your money? Has the Iranian switch to Euros had any lasting effect? Guy Verberne Head of Economic Research Fortis Merchant Banking / Global Markets FORTIS GROUP

		Session 2 Investing in Shipping – What returns can you get and what risks must you run?
09:20		Oil and Gas forecasts and marine system capacities COLIN CRIDLAND Director Research, Braemar Seascope
09:30		OMI’s New Forward Tanker Rate Model: T.R.A.S.H. ROBERT BUGBEE President and Chief Operating Officer, OMI Corporation
09:40		Dry bulk forecasts JEAN-FREDERIC LAURENT Head of Research, Barry Rogliano Salles
09:50		Container forecasts NICK HUBBARD Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
10:00		Investing in People ROBERTO GIORGI President V.Ships
10:10		Investing in tomorrow's fleet ALAN GAVIN Marine Director, Lloyd's Register
10:20		break
10:50		2011 - Will it be the Perfect Storm? CHRIS WIERNICKI President and COO of ABS
11:00		The technical challanges facing shipping. Is Shipping a sare and sustainable business? How can shipping best manage its risks? UGO SALERNO CEO RINA
11:10		How a niche player in shipping could attract investments from large shipowners - investors. DIEDERIK LEGGER Managing Director, Rolldock
11:20		Why money is coming into shipping? ANTHONY ARGYROPOULOS Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. USA
11:30		Is Shipping Today a Good Investment? PAUL SLATER Chairman, First International Corp
11:40		Is the bomb ticking? DIMITRIS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS SVP, Head of Shipping Group, BU Europe, Commercial Clients, ABN AMRO BANK
11:50		Longevity through diversification Antonio Cosulich Managing Director, Fratelli Cosulich
12:00		Discussion between discussion panellists and audience participants under the following theme: Where to invest your money in shipping today? Discussion panelists: HARRIS VAFIAS President & CEO StealthGas Inc. DR JOHN COUSTAS President & CEO, DANAOS Corporation GEORGE ECONOMOU Chairman and CEO, DryShips Inc. WANG CHUN LIN Executive Director Pacific Basin Shipping MARIELLA BOTTIGLIERI Managing Director, Giuseppe Bottiglieri di Navigazione Basil Mavroleon Managing Director, Charles R. Weber Co., Inc. Theo Xenakoudis Managing Director, International Registries, Inc (Greece) /Marshall Islands Registry Maro Varvate President, Ocean Finance Ltd Philippe van den Abeele Managing Director Castalia Fund Management (Uk) Limited Rajaish Bajpaee President, The Eurasia Group of Companies STATHIS GOURDOMICHALIS G.Bros Maritime SA
13:15		Lunch hosted by ABS
		session 3 Profitable Investments - Lessons to learn - Where can you get the best from your cash? Is your money safe in ships or safer somewhere else? Fresh ideas and perspectives – where is the hot money going today and why? What returns can you get and what risks must you run?

14:15		Bio-mass, bio-fuels production and trade forecasts: towards new business opportunities? MARTIN JUNINGER Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development Utrecht University GILBERT BRUNNER Managing Director FairEnergy
14:30		Where can a shipowner diversify wisely? Mining feeds bulkers – stock feeds livestock carriers MAURO BALZARINI Chairman, Siba Ships Spa
14:40		Carbon trading as necessary investment HARRIS ANTONIOU Managing Director, Global Shipping Group and Transportation FORTIS
14:50		Where can a shipowner diversify wisely? Investing in Tourism and Real Estate and Information Technologies TOBIAS KÖNIG Managing Partner König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG
15:00		Leonidas Dimitriades-Eugenides Chairman, Eugenides Group
15:20		Investments in luxury and collectors items Hugo Modderman Dolfinance, Agents for DVB Bank America NV
15:30		break
15:50		Hedge funds – The Best risk-adjusted-return investment class WILLEM AALDERS CEO - Alternative Asset Advisers
16:00		Currency Overlay Management - managing EUR/USD risk COSTAS LEMOS Director Risk Management La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild S.A.
16:10		Private Banking ANNA KOENIG Head of Private Banking, Europe American Express Bank
16:20		Is investing in aviation a good alternative? BERT VAN LEEUWEN Research Department NCF Aviation Fund RANDEE E. DAY Managing Director, Seabury Group LLC
16:40		Pharmacogenomics: Paving the path to personalized medicine Dr. GEORGE P. PATRINOS Assistant Professor Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Chief Scientific Officer Asklepeion BioMed, Lausanne, Switzerland
16:50		Discussion between discussion panellists and audience participants under the following theme: Where can you get the best from your cash? And what risks must you run? Discussion panellists: STAMATIS MOLARIS CEO, President and Director Quintana Maritime LimitedGEORGE ECONOMOU Chairman and CEO, DryShips Inc. GEORGE GOURDOMICHALIS CEO G.Bros Maritime SA EMILIOS AVGOULEAS Ass.Professor in Piraeus Univercity ANTONY ZOLOTAS Managing Director, Eurofin Philip X. Larkos Co-founder, Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer SFS Group Public Company Ltd and more to confirm....
17:50		CONCLUSIONS
18:00		RECEPTION hosted by IRI/Marshall Islands Registry

INFORMATION
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