Banking is not boring any more. Come and find out how the credit crunch is
affecting shipping bankers. Are we seeing the start of a new order? The end
of laissez-fair capitalism? The end of easy credit? Will we see government's
curbing credit? Have bankers pulled the roof down on everyone, and what can
we all do to protect our businesses and our funds?
Even big name shipping banks are now asking good owners with good projects
to wait a long time for funds. What should owners do now to make sure they
are first in the queue for any money banks still have to lend?
Shipping is a strong industry which thrives on volatility. But you can have
too much of anything, and there is now a big gap in perception about the
future. Shipowners think the good times can roll on, ship financiers think
the bad times are already back, and hurting. Who is right, and who should be
afraid of the future?
Come to Amsterdam and join leading shipowners and financiers in a very
personal rolling discussion of where shipping is going, what challenges and
opportunities it must face up to and where the smart money is going next.
Debate with leading owners and regulators how quality will be affected when
the market turns down. Learn how to mobilise a Billion USD in the current climate. Dispute who has the real hard information on current
trends and how it should be valued. Argue about the real cost of the
environment and who will pay it.
Now in its eighth year, this Mare Forum Ship Finance conference attracts a
very high level audience who appreciate the dynamic format and honest debate
which has become its hallmark.
Don’t be afraid. Join them, meet the top bankers and owners, and discuss
money, ships and the factors that affect them both with market makers and
industry shapers.
Tineke Netelenbos
President, Royal Association of Netherlands
Shipowners
Christian von Oldershausen
CEO, Hellespont Group
Coco Vroon
Managing Director, Vroon BV
Christian Garin
CEO, Fouquet Sacop
Chairman, Port of Marseille
George Tsavliris
Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
Jan Valkier
Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group N.V.
Maurizio D’Amico
Director, D'Amico Societŕ di Navigazione SpA
Leonidas Polemis
CEO, Remi Maritime Corporation
Roberto Giorgi
President V.Ships
George Gourdomichalis
President and Managing Director, G.Bros Maritme S.A
Angelo D’Amato
CEO, Perseveranza SPA
Laurent Bozzoni
Director, SOCATRA
Tobias König
Managing Partner, König & Cie. GmbH & Co KG.
Stathis Gourdomichalis
G.Bros Maritme S.A
Geert Dokter
Managing Director, Hanzevast Shipping
Harris Antoniou
Managing Director, Transportation, Energy, Commodities, Fortis
Bank
Dominique Moisi
Deputy Director Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
Paul Aerts
Director Rabobank Shipping
Rabobank
Martin Stopford
Member of the Board, Clarksons
Nick Hubbard
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
John D'Ancona
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
Prof. Michael J. Economides
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
Managing Partner, Dr. Michael J. Economides Consultants, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, "Energy Tribune"
Dr. Marco
Albers
Head of Asset Based
Finance - Shipping
ING Wholesale Banking
Roberto
Cazzulo
Director, RINA
Clay Maitland
Founding Chairman, NAMEPA, North American Marine Environment
Protection Association
Niko Wijnolst
Chairman, European Network of Maritime Clusters and Professor in
Shipping
Taco van der Mast
Managing Director, NIBC bank
Fabrizio Vettosi
CEO, Efigestioni SGR SpA
Bart Veldhuizen
Managing Director, Head of Shipping Lloyds TBS
Janos Koenig
Managing Director Eurofin
Michiel Wijsmuller
Managing Director, Offshore Ship Designers
WorldWise Marine Holding B.V.
Willem de
Boer
Vice President, ABN AMRO
Didier Chaleat
Senior Vice-President, Bureau Veritas
Joep Gorgels
Head Transportation Europe, FORTIS
Tony Caldwell
Treasurer's Credit International Marine
ExxonMobile
John
Banaszkiewicz
FIS
Rolf Wikborg
Managing Director
AMA
Capital Partners / AMA Norway A/S
John Guy
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
Conference chairman
Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum
