Summit Schedule 2007
9.00 Registration and breakfast coffee
9.30 Official welcome from the co-organizers
TROND LILLESTØLEN, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, TradeWinds
CHRISTOPHER HAYMAN, Managing Director, Seatrade
9.35 Greeting from the Minister:
HIS EXCELLENCY MR BINALI YILDIRIM, Minister of Transport
9.40 Opening Speech
PHILIP EMBIRICOS, President, BIMCO
10.00 Official welcoming address:
METIN KALKAVAN, President of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping
10.25 SESSION 1 - TURKEY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ARENA
Chairman: ESREF CERRAHOGLU, Chairman, Cerrahgil Group of Companies
What Turkish owners need to do to meet charterers’ requirements?
LEE KIRK, Head of Panamax Desk, BHP Billiton Freight
Where are the markets going? Analysis of the dry market.
DR PHILIP ROGERS, Head of Research, Galbraith’s Ltd
Energy needs and transportation. Analysis of the wet market
RALPH LESZCZYNSKI, Research Manager, Banchero Costa & Co SpA
11.30 Floor Discussion
11.45 Coffee Break
12.10 SESSION 2 - SPECIAL ASPECTS OF TURKISH SHIPPING
Chairman: STEWART WADE, Vice President, External Affairs, ABS
How to play the assets game
ANTHONY B. ZOLOTAS, Chief Executive Officer, Eurofin Group
How to build on the improving image of Turkish shipping
IVO SNIJDERS, Secretary, Paris MOU on Port State Control
How the younger generation is changing Turkish shipping
SADAN KAPTANOGLU, Owner, HI Kaptanoglu Shipping Group
Discussant
TUGRUL TOKGOZ, Member of the Board, Geden Lines
13.10 Floor discussion
13.30 Lunch
15.00 SESSION 3 - TURKISH SHIPBUILDING: WHERE IS IT TODAY AND WHERE IS IT GOING IN THE NEXT DECADE
Chairman: BERNARD ANNE, Executive Vice President, Bureau Veritas
The global shipbuilding outlook and how Turkey fits into it
FRANCOIS CADIOU, Partner and Senior Broker, Newbuildings Department, Barry Rogliano Salles
A Turkish shipbuilder’s view of the industry
SUALP URKMEZ, Managing Director, Furtrans Shipping and Anadolu Shipyard
Attracting foreign owners to order in Turkish yards
MARKUS FELCHNER, Chief Executive Officer, Chemtanker.org
A foreign buyer’s experience of building ships in Turkey
DR ALKIS JOHN CORRES, Director, Newbuilding Program, Naftotrade Shipping and Commercial SA
17:30 Farewell Drinks