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MARE FORUM SHIPFINANCE 2008

SHIPOWNERS VERSUS CAPITAL PROVIDERS
Who is afraid of the future?
 A lively debate between Shipowners and Capital Providers
 

Thursday 30 October 2008
The Grand Hotel

AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS


[ for the programme see below ]

THE SPEAKERS AND DISCUSSION PANELISTS:
(as of 28 October)

The list of speakers and discussion panelists will be updated regularly


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, Hanzefast 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

Rolf Wikborg
Managing Director
AMA Capital Partners / AMA Norway A/S

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

 

John Guy
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
Conference chairman

Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum

 


     
    Wednesday 29 October
19:00   Welcome Dinner hosted by
ING, FORTIS, ABN AMRO, NIBC, Rabobank and Mare Forum
    Thursday 30 October
08:00   Registration
 
09:00   Opening

Jannis Kostoulas
 Managing Director, Mare Forum

John Guy
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
Conference chairman
 
09:05   Welcome
Tineke Netelenbos
 President, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
 
09:15   Global Ship Finance Trends - the credit crunch and current state of the ship financing markets

 Dr. Marco Albers
 Head of Asset Based Finance - Shipping
ING Wholesale Banking

 
09:25   session 1

Geopolitics - The world today and tomorrow
Exploring the risks and rewards

 
The geopolitical global picture
and how it will affect trade and shipping.

Dominique Moisi
 Deputy Director Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
 
Oil-gas - offshore production, distribution and the
price of oil
 Are nasty local politics driving up the oil price and skewing global markets?

Will we see the switch to cleaner fuels affecting demand for shipping?
Prof. Michael J. Economides
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
Managing Partner, Dr. Michael J. Economides Consultants, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, "Energy Tribune"
 
Discussion

 
10:10 break
 
10:30 session 2

Perception and Reality
about the shipping markets

 
Liquid bulk, Dry bulk and Container markets – in focus
What is going to crash and burn,
where still looks safe for your money, and why.

Martin Stopford
Member of the board, Clarksons

 Nick Hubbard
 Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd

 John D'Ancona
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
 
Human costs
What you have to pay crew today -what you will have to pay them tomorrow – and the real costs of skilled crews – will bankers begin to focus more on crew quality as crews get more expensive, more difficult to find and more difficult to retain?

 Roberto Giorgi
 President V.Ships
 
Derivative markets
Are paper markets now driving the physical markets?
 
Are bulker owners in the grip of paper markets driven by speculators?

How can bulker owners handle the situation?

 Ian Staples
 FIS
 
Raising capital today
Is it still possible to raise $1bn in the present climate?

 Christian von Oldershausen
 CEO, Hellespont Group
 
Discussion between speakers, disussion panelists and audience participants

Speakers and discussion panelists:

Coco Vroon
 Managing Director, Vroon BV
 Leonidas Polemis
CEO, Remi Maritime Corporation
 George Gourdomichalis
President and Managing Director, G.Bros Maritme S.A.
 Angelo D’Amato
CEO, Perseveranza SPA
Christian von Oldershausen
 CEO, Hellespont Group
 Martin Stopford
 Member of the board, Clarksons
 Nick Hubbard
 Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
 John D'Ancona
 Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
 Roberto Giorgi
 President V.Ships
 John Banaszkiewicz
FIS
 Geert Dokter
 Managing Director, Hanzevast Shipping

 
12:30 Lunch hosted by NAMEPA


 
14:00 session 3

Environment and Quality shipping -imperatives
 
Quality shipping
Have improvements in quality been driven by the market or by regulators?
 
What will happen to quality when the markets turn down?

Will owners focus on quality when their wallets are squeezed?

If owners cut back on quality how will regulators respond?

Roberto Cazzulo
 Director, RINA
 
The environment - Does protecting the marine environment make good business sense?
What are the costs of protecting the marine environment, including curbing air emissions and switching to cleaner fuels?

The sea is the shipping industry’s most precious asset: What else must owners and bankers do to protect it?

Should bankers worry about environmental issues and costs, or is that not their problem?

 Clay Maitland
 Founding Chairman, NAMEPA, North American Marine Environment Protection Association

 Niko Wijnolst
 Chairman European Network of Maritime Clusters and Professor in Shipping
 

Didier Chaleat
Senior Vice-President, Bureau Veritas
 
Discussion between speakers, disussion panelists and audience participants

Speakers and discussion panelists:

 George Tsavliris
Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
 Jan Valkier
Managing Director, Anthony Veder Group N.V.
 Tony Caldwell
Treasurer's Credit International Marine
 ExxonMobile
 Michiel Wijsmuller
Managing Director, Offshore Ship Designers
 Laurent Bozzoni
Director, SOCATRA

Maurizio D’Amico
Director, D'Amico Societŕ di Navigazione SpA
 Taco van der Mast
Managing Director, NIBC bank
 Joep Gorgels
Head Transportation Europe, FORTIS
 Roberto Cazulo
 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
 Didier Chaleat
 Senior Vice-President, Bureau Veritas

 More panellists to be announced
 
15:30 break
15:50 session 4

Where to raise capital today – where to invest your money today?
 
Counter cyclical thinking
Where should the smart money go now?

Is this a better time to buy bank shares than to invest in shipping?

Should we be buying real estate in the US and UK, and selling ships to finance that?

Harris Antoniou
 Managing Director, Transportation, Energy, Commodities, Fortis Bank
 
Raising capital today
Is private equity still interested in shipping?

Will stock markets still be attractive to shipping next year?

How much will banks lend and who are they lending to at the moment?

We are not afraid of the future

 Rolf Wikborg

Managing Director
AMA Capital Partners / AMA Norway A/S
 Geert Dokter
 Managing Director, Hanzevast Shipping
 Tobias König
Managing Partner, König & Cie. GmbH & Co KG.
 
Discussion between speakers, disussion panelists and audience participants

 Speakers and discussion panelists:

 Bart Veldhuizen
 Managing Director, Head of Shipping Lloyds TBS
 Paul Aerts
Director Rabobank Shipping, RABOBANK
 Taco van der Mast
Managing Director, NIBC bank
Willem de Boer
 Vice President, ABN AMRO

Christian Garin

CEO, Fouquet Sacop
Chairman, Port of Marseille
 Janos Koenig
Managing Director Eurofin
 Fabrizio Vettosi
CEO, Efigestioni SGR SpA
 Stathis Gourdomichalis
G.Bros Maritme S.A.
 Harris Antoniou
 Managing Director, Transportation, Energy, Commodities, Fortis Bank
 Tobias König
Managing Partner, König & Cie. GmbH & Co KG.
 Geert Dokter
 Managing Director, Hanzevast Shipping
 Rolf Wikborg

Managing Director
AMA Capital Partners / AMA Norway A/S



 
17:20 Conclusions
 John Guy
 Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
Conference chairman
 
17:30 Drinks


REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING
COMPANIES ATTENDING THE FORUM:
(as of 28 October)

 

Anthony Veder Group
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN
Vroon BV
ExxonMobil
Total
CMA Ships / CMA CGM Group
Tsavliris Salvage Group
V-Ships
Long Strong Limited

JSC NOVOSHIP
SNCM
SOCATRA
Dockwise
Flinter
Fouquet Sacop
G.Bros Maritime S.A.

Remi Maritime Corporation
Hellespont Group
Maersk Ship Management
A.G. Pappadakis & CO LTD
Canada Feeder Lines
Clearwater Group
Polish Steamship Co.
D'Amico Societa di Navigazione SpA
Spliethoff
W & R Shipping B.V.
Rederi AB Transatlantic
Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd
Nile Dutch Africa Line BV

Noordriver Shipping B.V.
W&R Shipping B.V.
Perseveranza SPA
Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
Seatrade Groningen B.V.
Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG
Wijnne & Barends Cargadoors- en Agentuurkantoren B.V.
W-O Shipping Group B.V.
Hanzevast Shipping
CFL Shipmanagement
Koenig & Cie. GmbH & Co KG
Watson, Farley & Williams
Offshore Ship Designers
Pareto Private Equity A.S.

NIBC Bank N.V.
Rabobank
Efigestioni SGR SpA
EFOPLISTIS shipping magazine
Aalders Alternative Asset Advisers
ABN-AMRO
AMA Capital Partners USA
Dexia Bank Belgium B.V.
University of Houston/Energy Tribune
ARA Atlantis C.V.
Marine Nationale - Euromed Marseille
Braemar Seascope
NBZ Management BV
RINA
Shipequip
Siemens
Bureau Veritas
Cass Technava Maritime
Castalia Fund Management
Clarksons
Lloyds TSB
DVB Bank
Eurofin International Ltd.
European Network of Maritime Clusters
Fortis Bank
Germanischer Lloyd
Hermann Buss GmbH & Cie KG
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
HVB
IHC Merwede B.V.
ING Wholesale Banking
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
Jamieson International Press Service
Landsbanki
Lloyd's List
Loyens & Loeff N.V.
Mare Forum
Merlin Corporate Communications
NAMEPA
Nauta Dutilh N.V.
Sjobefal Sweden
Studio Legale Lauro
Seafox Contractors BV
Amsterdam Seaports
Maritiem Nederland
Perseverance Marine Holdings Ltd
Lloyd's Register  Fairplay Ltd
Kotug Int. BV
Lauranne Shipping
Waalhaven Group
Mergermarket
 Oceanix Offshore BV
POLSTEAM (LUXEMBOURG) SA
Rolldock B.V.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Marine Tanker Service, Estonia
Tankerska Plovidba
De Poli Tankers
THG Capital
SMT Ltd
COMMERZBANK AG

Thales Naval Division
George Moundreas & Company SA
Reider Shipping BV
Banchero-Costa & Co. SpA
ARIES MARITIME TRANSPORT LIMITED
DLA Piper Norway DA
DLA Piper Singapore DA
IHC Dredgers BV
Derin Shipping
 DLA Piper Singapore DA
 Algoship Designers Ltd
Italbulk
Volga-Baltic Company

Freight Investor Services FIS
Greenberg Traurig

Royal Bank of Scotland
Schretlen & Co
Moore Stephens LLP

 

......and more.....


 

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