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MARE FORUM SHIPFINANCE 2003:

 Shipowners vs. Capital Providers:
 - A Tango for Two -

 Is Financial Innovation a Necessity to thrive in a
Commodity-like Market such as Shipping?
 
 Wednesday, 29 OCTOBER 2003
 AMSTERDAM - THE NETHRLANDS

 

Wednesday, 29 OCTOBER 2003
 Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Amsterdam
 
09:00     

Opening by the Conference Chairman,
 John Guy 
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
 
09:15

WELCOME
 Aart KORTELAND
Chairman, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
09:20 

Commercial Banks: Ship Finance within the Commercial Bank Strategy
 Robbert KLAASMAN                                    
General Manager, ING Bank NV
 
09:30

Shipfinance as part of a specialized transportation finance strategy
 Dagfinn Lunde
 Member of the Board of DVB Bank and CEO of the Shipping Division
 
    Session 1:
The Charter Strategy Triangle:
How to Create Win-Win-Win Situations between Charterers, Shipowners & Capital Providers?
 		  
       
09:40   Setting the Scene
 Martin Stopford                                                  
 Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research
 		  
09:50  

Proven example of the win-win-win situation
 Kathleen  HAines                     

CFO OMI Corporation

 		  
10:00   Reconciling conflicting strategies between charterers, owners and financiers?

Andrew WETTERN

Partner, Watson Farley Williams

 

  
10:10  

Trade offs in Chartering Strategies

Nick HUBBARD

Howe Robinson Shipbrokers London
 

  
10:20  

Debate between Conference Participants, Speakers &

Panelists on the following theme:
 

Time chartering – Long term contracts -

Optimisation
 

panelists:
 

  
 
   

Iraklis ProkopakiS

General Manager, Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd
 

Jacco Smit

Director Treasury P&O Nedlloyd
 

Jaap Kalverkamp 

Director, Global Shipping, Fortis Bank 
 

CONCLUSIONS

Martin Stopford

Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research        

 

  
11:10 Break
 
Session 2:
Charter Strategies Enhancing Shipping Finance
 The Perfect Deal and Why it Should Be Done (Again)
 		  
       
11:30   Can the Stars be Aligned?
 Reidar Brekke 
Managing Director, Poten Capital Services, LLC		  
       
11:40   Constructing the Perfect Deal
Anthony Gurnee
 Managing Partner,Tridens LLC		  
       
11:50   Enhance the Dance
Andreas Povlsen
 Director BMT Capital / New Boston Partners
 		  
12:00   Residual Value, it was possible!
Xavier Lacombe
Senior Vice President, Aon France		  
       
12:10  

Debate between Conference Participants, Speakers &

Panelists on the following theme:
 

Charter Enhancement: Reality or

Myth?
 

panelists:

  
   


Rob Heijliger 
Global Head of Shipping ING Bank

 Alex Papachristidis- Bove
 President and Chartering Manager, Seatramp Tankers Inc

 Christian Garin
President Fouquet Sacop Group

CONCLUSIONS
 Peter BERGMAN
 Director, Global Shipping Group, ING Bank
 

  
12:40 Lunch
 

Session 3:
The Faces of Ulysses:
Is Big Beautiful?
Pros and Cons of Differences in Size and Management Style

  
       
13:50   The Younger Generation: will they CHANGE the future of  shipping?
 Alex Papachristidis- Bove
 President and Chartering Manager, Seatramp Tankers Inc		  
       
14:00   David vs. Goliath
 Christian Garin
President Fouquet Sacop Group		  
       
14:10   A Multifaceted Case
Jacco Smit 
Director Treasury P&O Nedlloyd		  
       
14:20   The Consolidator
 Speaker to be announced 
 		  
14:30   The Bankers Eye
Taco van der Mast
Member of the Managing Board and Managing Director
NIB CAPITAL BANK		  
       
14:40  

Debate between Conference Participants, Speakers &

Panelists on the following theme:
 

Why Some Make Money While

Others Make Waves?
 

panelists:
 

  
   

Hugo Modderman 

DVB Nedship Bank N.V.

 

Kathleen  HAines   

CFO OMI Corporation
 

Gerard Moussault

Managing Partner, Van Doorne
 

CONCLUSIONS

Anthony Gurnee

Managing Partner,Tridens LLC

  
15:10 Break

 
Session 4:
The Capital Providers’ Message to Owners:  What is The Price of Financial Flexibility Today?

  
       
15:40   Public Capital Markets: Access to the financing cycle...by invitation only.
Anthony Argyropoulos
Senior Vice President
Investment Banking Jefferies & Co.Inc
 		  
15:50   Private Equity: A Professional Dancing Partner
Ulf Holländer 
CfO, MPC Capital, Germany
 		  
16:00   Bank debt: flexible rigidity or rigid flexibility?
Gust Biesbroeck
 Deputy Director, Global Shipping, Fortis Bank 
 		  
16:10   Rating Companies: The new forces in Shipping Finance
Anthony Albert
Director, Standard & Poor's Risk Solutions
 		  
16:20   Choice of Flag: A Multi-Faceted Business Decision. 
William Gallagher
President International Registries, USA
 		  
16:30  

Debate between Conference Participants, Speakers &

Panelists on the following theme:
 

How to Secure Cheap Money Today?

 

panelists:
 

  

Aart KORTELAND
Chairman, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

 Dimitris Anagnostopoulos
Head of Finance, ABN AMRO bank, Greece

 Panelist to be announced

 CONCLUSIONS
 Iraklis ProkopakiS
 General Manager, Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd

 
17:00 Break
 

Session  5: 
 Synthesis
Lessons to be Learned
Round Table and General Discussion

 

  
17:30 panelists:

Martin Stopford                                                  
 Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research
Iraklis ProkopakiS
General Manager, Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd
Anthony Gurnee
Managing Partner,Tridens LLC

Peter BERGMAN
 Director, Global Shipping Group, ING Bank

 
18:10 …and they lived happily ever after.
 John Guy 
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
 Conference Chairman
18:15

RECEPTION hosted by International Registries

 
19:15

DINNER hosted by NIB CAPITAL, FORTIS, ING, DVB NEDSHIP, ABN AMRO, MARE FORUM

 Dinner Speaker:
 Jeroen Rijpkema
 Executive Vice President, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

 


 

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Managing Director
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kostoulas@mareforum.com  

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