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08:45 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:45 Opening Remarks Mr. Jim Lawrence, President of MTI Network and Chairman of Marine Money International
10:00 The current order book and where the $300Billion of capital come from
The bankers perspective: Lending in an environment of high ship values and financial unrest Mr. Ulf B. Andersson , Head of Shipping, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, London Branch Mr. Andreas Treede, First Vice President, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
Convincing investors to continue buying shipping equity Mr. Christos Megalou, Managing Director - Investment Banking, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Mr. Hamish Norton, Managing Director and Head of the Maritime Investment Bank, Jefferies & Company Moderator: TBA
10:40 The Borrowers Perspective Mr. Stamatis Molaris, CEO, Excel Maritime Carriers Limited Mr. Sotiris Dushas, CEO and President, Alba Maritime Corp. Mr. Evangelos Marinakis, Chairman, Capital Product Partners LP Mr. George Karageorgiou, CEO & Co-Founder, Globus Maritime Limited Moderator: Mr. Tony Backos, Partner, International Corporate Group, Watson, Farley & Williams
11:05 The Great Re-coupling Mr. Guy Verberne, Head of Economic Research, Fortis Bank
11:30 Coffee Break
12:00 Tanker market review and valuation of tanker stocks Mr. Erik Helberg, Head of Shipping Research, Pareto Securities AS
Will the newbuilds get delivered and what is the consequence for dry bulk shipping? Dr. Henriette van Niekerk, Senior Drybulk Freight Analyst, Clarksons
12:35 Risk management in the shipping industry Mr. Georgios Papadimitriou, Partner, Ernst & Young (Hellas)
Capital markets products – the legal perspective Mr. Gary Wolfe, Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP
13:10 Lunch Party co-hosted by TEN Limited. Welcome by Mr. Nicholas Tsakos, CEO, TEN Limited
Program and speakers subject to change without notice
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14:45 Keynote Address Mr. Gust Biesbroeck, Global Head Transportation, Energy Commodities and Transportation, Fortis Bank
14:55 Public vs Private: Who will fare better in the challenging markets ahead? Mr. Vasilis Hadjiyiannis, CFO, Alba Maritime Corp Mr. George Gourdomichalis, President, G.Bros Maritime S.A. Ms Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and CEO, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. Mr. George Saroglu, Chief Operating Officer, TEN Limited Speaker TBA, Top Ships Inc Mr. Michael S. Zolotas, CEO, GrandUnion Inc. Mr. Ioannis Lazaridis, CFO, Capital Product Partners LP Moderator: Mr. Joseph M. Giacobbe, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Banc of America Securities LLC
15:35 Capturing Value in the Carbon Economy Miss Cindy Cahill, Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability, Deloitte & Touche
15:50 Coffee Break
16:20 SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis – 2010. Will this be the watershed year for shipping? Mr. Michael S. Livanos, CFO, GrandUnion Inc. Mr. Anthony Argyropoulos, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald & Company Mr. George Arcadis, General Manager, Fortis Bank Greek Branch Mr. Elliott K Etheredge, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Mr. Andrew Meigh, Managing Director, Clarkson Investment Services Mr. Theo Xenakoudis, Managing Director, International Registries, Inc./Marshall Islands Registry Moderator: Mr. David Frischkorn, Vice-Chairman Corporate Finance, Dahlman Rose & Company
17:10 The search for finance
The Leasing option Mr. Ron Dal Bello, Senior Vice President, First Ship Lease (Switzerland) AG
Increasing leverage with Mezzanine Finance Mr. Erhan Zeyneloglu, Executive Director, Structured Finance Dept, GarantiBank International N.V.
Islamic Finance for Greek shipowners Mr. Michael Alexiou, Managing Partner, Alexiou & Co.
Capital Markets: The Greek option Mr. Spyros I. Capralos, Chairman - Athens Exchange, CEO - Hellenic Exchanges
Moderator: Mr. Brett Esber, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
17:40 Closing address
17:55 Cocktail Closing Reception co-hosted by International Registries, Inc./Marshall Islands Registry
Audio & visual presentations will be available on the Internet after the event
Conference Organisers Mia Jensen & Kevin Oates, Marine Money Greece Tel: +30 210 9858 809, mia@marine-marketing.gr |
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