Opening Remarks, Keynote Address, Welcome address, Geopolitics: How can shipping control its fate against the headwind of macro-economic woes and geopolitical forces? ‘One Belt, One Road’ and the impact on shipping, Oil, interest rates and China, The state of the market. A sale and purchase broker’s perspective, Dry Bulk woes: Can opportunity come from the current chaos?, Analysts Review of the Market, Restructure, Consolidation and Opportunity, Secondary debt markets and alternative financing in the shipping sector, Private Equity and shipping : A view from across the pond, Leasing, Capital Markets and Cooperation between Asian and Western shipping, Closing remarks