THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ACROSS THE REGION – Sponsored by Dubai Maritime City Authority
Some of the leading voices from the region's shipowning groups will discuss an agenda of subjects including:

• The main drivers of fleet expansion in the region; will tighter credit, inhibit growth?
• Investor sentiment for shipping; how it has changed and what this means for the pattern of ship ownership in the Middle East for the future
• Shipyard capacity, deliveries and newbuilding prices; the implications for Middle East owners with expansion in mind
• Regional trade flows and the outlook for container demand across the region

Keynote address:
MAJOR GENERAL (RTD) SHARAFUDDIN SHARAF, President, UAE Ship Owners Association

Introductory Address:
JAMAL MAJID BIN THANIAH, Executive Vice Chairman-DP World & Group Chief Executive Officer - Port & Free Zone World

Participants:
SALEH AL SHAMEKH, President – Oil & GAS, NSCSA
FRED DOLL, Managing Director, Doll Shipping Consultancy
JØRN HINGE, Chief Operating Officer, United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.)
MOHAMMAD SOURI, Chairman & Managing Director, NITC

ENERGY AND DRY BULK TRANSPORTATION – Sponsored by ABS

• The supply/demand outlook for energy transport
• Refinery construction in the region and its implications for the transport sector
• The chemical carrier market
• LNG shipping: the next phase in its development
• The dry bulk market outlook in the region

Speakers will include:
KEITH BAINBRIDGE, Managing Director, LNG Shipping Solutions Ltd
HARISH PATEL, Manager Emerging Technologies, ABS
DENIS PETROPOULOS, Executive Director, Braemar Shipping Services Plc and joint Managing Director, Braemar Seascope Limited
ROHAN SHETTY, Group Managing Director, Kellett & Singleton Group

SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR INCLUDING OFFSHORE

• The growing role for an expanding regional industry
• The outlook for shiprepair in the Middle East and its position in the global repair market
• Newbuilding and conversion: the region's growing capability and its likely future role
• Demand from the offshore sector

Moderator:
CHRIS MILLS, Partner, Clyde & Co

Speakers will include:
FRED DOLL, Managing Director, Doll Shipping Consultancy
JOHN LEE, Principal Surveyor, Head of Section, FPSO/FSU Conversions, Det Norske Veritas Dubai
REMUS POPOVICI, Owner, PA Libra Co Ltd
RAY STEWART, CEO, Pipavav Shipyard
GEOFF TAYLOR, Chief Executive Officer, Drydocks World

FINANCE FOR SHIPPING

• Financing needs of the region's owners
• Debt versus equity finance for Middle East owners
• How regional banks view the maritime sector
• Shari'ah compliant investment instruments

Moderator:
RICHARD BRIGGS, Partner, HADEF

Speakers will include:
ABDUL KADER SABRA, President Syrian Chamber of Commerce and Chairman, Abdul
Kader Sabra Group
P. P. SARADHI, Vice President & Team Leader, Energy, Marine & Aviation, Business Banking Division, Abu Dhabi Commerical Bank
CHIRAG SHAH, Executive Director – Strategy & Business Development, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority
PROFESSOR JOHN TZOANNOS, Secretary General, Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Government of Greece

Panelist:
JOHN EWING, Chief Commercial Officer, Dubai Maritime City
JONATHAN HILL, Senior Executive Officer & Director, Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Ltd

FUEL, EMISSIONS & GREEN TECHNOLOGY

• Ongoing regulatory moves to cut SOx, NOx and Greenhouse Gases
• Implications for refineries of increased demand for low sulphur fuel
• Emissions reduction technology
• Advanced wastewater purification and other ocean conservation measures
• Fuel economy

Chairman:
MOHAMMAD A. AL-GILANI, Senior Environmental Engineer, Vela International Marine Ltd

Speakers will include:
NICK DEARDEN, Project Director, Greenwave
TORBJØRN LIE, Business Development Consultant, DNV Petroleum Services Pte Ltd
JAMAL MAYAHI, Technical Director, NITC
ANDY POOLE, Technical Director, BP Marine
T R SHETTY, Vice President (Services), The Shipping Corporation of India Limited
PETER SWIFT, Managing Director, Intertanko

MARITIME PIRACY SEMINAR

With vessel hijacking on the increase off the Horn of Africa, and the Gulf of Aden in particular, this session will examine the challenges which piracy now represents for ship operators in the region, addressing the risk of injury to crew, damage or loss of vessel or cargo, as well as loss of earnings.

Speakers will include:
EUAN AIR, General Manager, HART
ANDREW JOHNSON, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP
REV’D STEPHEN MILLER, Director and Port Chaplain, The Mission to Seafarers
PETER SWIFT, Managing Director, Intertanko

PORT AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT

Keynote addresses:
DR ALI TAHERI MOTLAGH, Deputy Minister of Roads & Transportation and Managing Director, Ports and Maritime Organization, Iran
MRS NASREEN HAQUE, Chairperson, Karachi Port Trust

Speakers will include:
KEITH NUTTALL, Commercial Manager, Gulftainer Co Ltd

Panelist:
JASAMIN FICHTE, Managing Partner, Fichte & Co

THE MANNING CHALLENGE
In common with shipowning companies across the globe, the region's shipowners face a major challenge in the recruitment, training and retention of high quality crew.  This session will focus on the manning challenge from the perspective of Middle East shipowners, where they can find quality crew in the future and how they can be trained and motivated.

Chairman:
CAPT JITENDRA MISRA, Managing Director, Emarat Maritime

Speakers will include:
JULIAN LYNN, Director of Sales & Marketing, Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd
GUY MOREL, General Secretary, InterManager
WILLEM POLS, Manager Marine Management Systems for Middle East & Africa, Lloyd’s Register

Panelist:
ROBERT HOUSTON, President, Mideast Ship Management Ltd