Opening Remarks, Welcome Address from STSA, Economic Outlook and House View for the 12 months ahead, Growth, geopolitics, markets, interest rates and commodity prices, Regulations 2017-2020: Compliance Challenges and Impact on Dry Bulk Overcapacity, Dry Bulk: Is this a real recovery or is sentiment ahead of fundamentals?, A real or perceived recovery? Will we see continued discipline in ordering of dry bulk vessels?, In Focus: Mr. Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, former President of BIMCO and Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS, Recent developments/observations on Commodity/Trade Finance, How we are using technology to manage our risk and create opportunities., Transportation Infrastructure Trends in 2017, Merchant propulsion engines, ready for LNG?, The sale of European Banks Shipping Loan Portfolios – Recent Transactions and Outlook, Will ship finance become increasingly tight for shipping deals? Is there alternative finance for those deals that do not tick the boxes?, It may be time to invest with better market fundamentals and still low asset prices. But challenges, old and new, remain., Closing Remarks