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The Speakers
as of 10 September
 

AART KORTELAND
Chairman
Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

DOMINIQUE MOÏSI
Deputy Director
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

CHRISTINE EHLIG-ECONOMIDES
Professor
Texas A&M University
Director
Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation

MARTIN STOPFORD
Member of the Board
Clarksons

COCO VROON
Managing Director
Vroon BV

CEES MAAS,
Vice Chairman and CFO
ING (invited)

STATHIS GOURDOMICHALIS
CFO
FreeSeas Inc.

JAN VALKIER
Managing Director
Anthony Veder Group N.V.
 

JAN VERSCHOOR
Managing Director
ING Global Shipping

GEERT DOKTER
Managing Director
MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Steamship BV

HARRIS ANTONIOU
Managing Director
Global Shipping Group FORTIS

ANDREAS OPATZ
Managing Director
König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG

ADRIAAN AARTS
Head of Shipping Group Rotterdam
ABN AMRO BANK

STEVE ALLUM
Chairman Marine Global Practice
AON

TACO VAN DER MAST
Managing Director NIBC Bank

PAUL SLATER
Chairman
First International Corp.

EWALD BREUNESSE
Manager Energy Transities
Shell Nederland BV

Ralph K. Leszczynski
Research Manager
Banchero Costa


REPRESENTATIVE
Fearnleys A/S

JANOS KOENIG
Managing Director
Eurofin

MARTIN JUNGINGER
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development Utrecht University

REIDAR BREKKE
Managing Director
Poten Capital Services, LLC

 

Amir Osmanagic
Fearnleys A/S


Hansruedi Winter
Director, BACADA CONSULT

 

Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum


JOHN GUY
Partner
Merlin Corporate Communications

and more to confirm......

 



MARE FORUM SHIPFINANCE
2006

SHIPOWNERS VERSUS CAPITAL PROVIDERS
 
"shipping in context"
Exploring the Risks and Rewards
A lively debate between Shipowners and Capital Providers
 

Thursday 19 OCTOBER 2006
The Grand Hotel

AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS


for the programme see below

 

The Speakers
as of 17 October
 

AART KORTELAND
Chairman
Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

DOMINIQUE MOÏSI
Deputy Director
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

CHRISTINE EHLIG-ECONOMIDES
Professor
Texas A&M University
Director
Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation

MARTIN STOPFORD
Member of the Board
Clarksons

COCO VROON
Managing Director
Vroon BV

MARK CLIFFE
Chief Economist
ING


STATHIS GOURDOMICHALIS
CFO
FreeSeas Inc.

JAN VALKIER
Managing Director
Anthony Veder Group N.V.

 

JAN VERSCHOOR
Senior Credit Officer
ING

GEERT DOKTER
Managing Director
MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Steamship BV

HARRIS ANTONIOU
Managing Director
Global Shipping Group FORTIS

ANDREAS OPATZ
Managing Director
König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG

ADRIAAN AARTS
Head of Shipping Group Rotterdam
ABN AMRO BANK

STEVE ALLUM
Chairman Marine Global Practice
AON

TACO VAN DER MAST
Managing Director
NIBC Bank

EWALD BREUNESSE
Manager Energy Transities
Shell Nederland BV

Ralph K. Leszczynski
Research Manager
Banchero Costa


JANOS KOENIG
Managing Director
Eurofin

MARTIN JUNGINGER
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development Utrecht University

REIDAR BREKKE
Managing Director
Poten Capital Services, LLC

 

Amir Osmanagic
Senior Consultant
Fearnley Consultants

 

Hansruedi Winter
Director
BACADA CONSULT


EVAN COHEN
Head of Continental European Shipping Department,
DVB bank

 

Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum


JOHN GUY
Partner
Merlin Corporate Communications

 

Harald Seibicke
Area Manager Benelux - North West Europe
Germanischer Lloyd


 



 

08:00   Registration
 
09:00   Opening

JOHN GUY
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
Conference chairman
 
09:04   Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum
 
09:05   Welcome

AART KORTELAND
Chairman of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
 
09:10   HARRIS ANTONIOU
Managing Director
Global Shipping Group FORTIS
as representative of
FORTIS, ABN AMRO BANK, NIBC Bank, DVB BANK, ING
 
    session 1
Global Politico-Economic Analysis:
Wars – Tensions – Clashes of interest and their effect to the global economy and shipping

 
09:15 The World Order

DOMINIQUE MOÏSI
Deputy Director
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
 
09:45 Geopolitics – World Tensions over Energy

CHRISTINE EHLIG-ECONOMIDES
Professor, Texas A&M University USA
Director, Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation USA
 
10:20 Exploring the Risks and Rewards

STEVE ALLUM
Chairman
Marine Global Practice AON
 
10:30 Break
 
11:00 "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 trade?

MARK CLIFFE
Chief Economist
ING

 
11:20 Bio-mass, bio-fuels  production and trade forecasts:
towards new business opportunities?

MARTIN JUNGINGER
Senior Researcher
Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development Utrecht University
 
11:30 The reliability of forecasts: Discrepancies between forecasts and reality (the two last years): Why?

MARTIN STOPFORD
Member of the Board
Clarksons
 
11:50 Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants

What is their effect in shipping

discussion panelists:

TACO VAN DER MAST
Managing Director NIBC Bank N.V.

AART KORTELAND
Chairman, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

EWALD BREUNESSE
Manager Energy Transities Shell Nederland BV

ADRIAAN AARTS
 
Head of Shipping Group Rotterdam
 ABN AMRO BANK

Hansruedi Winter
Director, BACADA CONSULT

AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS
 

12:45 Lunch
 
session 2
Global Economy, Trade and  Shipping Markets Forecasts:
Liquid Bulk: Oil, Gas, Dry bulk - bottlenecks to world trade and shipping

-Marine system capacities - opportunities for investments -

 
14:10 Bottlenecks to world trade – physical limits
-Panama Canal - Suez Canal - Other choke points -
-How big can ships get?

Harald Seibicke
Area Manager Benelux - North West Europe, Germanischer Lloyd

 
14:20 Shipping as a political tool, - will it effect the independent shipowners?

REIDAR BREKKE
Managing Director
Poten Capital Services, LLC
 
14:30 The Global Economy -Trade Forecasts and the impact in shipping

HARRIS ANTONIOU
Managing Director
Global Shipping Group FORTIS
 
14:45 Dry bulk forecasts

MARTIN STOPFORD
Member of the Board
Clarksons
 
15:00 Oil and Gas
Demand forecasts and fleet availability, refinery capacity shortages

Ralph K. Leszczynski
Research Manager
Banchero Costa

 
15:15 Russian Energy exports and marine capacity needs

Amir Osmanagic
Senior Consultant
Fearnley Consultants
 
15:40 break
 
16:10 Discussion between speakers discussion panellists and audience participants under the following theme:

Where to invest your money today?

discussion panelists:

COCO VROON
Managing Director, Vroon BV

STATHIS GOURDOMICHALIS
CFO, FreeSeas Inc.

JAN VALKIER
Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group N.V.

JAN VERSCHOOR
Senior Credit Officer, ING

ANDREAS OPATZ
Managing Director, König & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG

JANOS KOENIG
Managing Director, Eurofin


GEERT DOKTER
Managing Director, MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Steamship

EVAN COHEN
Head of Continental European Shipping Department,
DVB bank

Audience participants
 

17:10 Conclusions
 
17:20 Drinks
 
19:20 Dinner hosted by
ING - FORTIS - DVB BANK - ABN AMRO BANK -
NIBC Bank-
MARE FORUM
 

 

INFORMATION
For further information on the conference please contact:

MARE FORUM
Beurs - World Trade Center
P.O. Box 30027
3001 DA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

T: +31.10.281 06 55  -  F: +31.10.270 98 70

E: mailto: info@mareforum.com
Website: http://www.mareforum.com

 

We look forward to welcoming you in Amsterdam,
 

 

MARE FORUM - ING - FORTIS - DVB BANK -

ABN AMRO BANK - NIBC BANK