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HKSG Group Media presents:

The CEO  Summit
Top CEOs are meeting in Singapore to discuss the
future of the shipping industry at the

Supply and Demand

2009-2011 Conference
Plus... Making changes for a healthier and more stable shipping industry.

Marina Mandarin Singapore
6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore 039594.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

 

What you'll learn at this conference:
Supply and demand and new realities in container shipping

 

 

 
  • The rising cost of oil and its impact on the container trades

 
  • How global shipping volumes are really being affected by a slowdown in the US

 
  • Strategies on how to offset the high cost environment

 
  • Where growth is expected in the next decade

 
  • Challenges and opportunities in the booming Intra-Asia trade

 
  • Market outlook for 2009-2011

 
  • Why perceptions of container shipping have changed

 
  • What the major carriers are doing to improve their businesses and what stumbling blocks remain.

 

 

 

Who should attend this conference

 

Carrier and forwarder managing directors

Head sales managers

Chief operating officers

Shipper and consignee senior management

Trade directors

Investment bankers and clients

General managers

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

08:30

 

Registration

 

09:15

 

Opening remarks

Laurence Scofield     CEO, HKSG Group Media Limited

 

 

Supply and Demand 2009-2011

 

 

09:20

 

 

 

 
  • Is the cost of oil the biggest threat to growth in the container trades?

 
  • Increased container volumes and the coming tight-space environment.

 
  • What escalating carrier costs mean for shippers and what they need to know in order to cope.

 
  • Prospects and strategies to insulate against the effects of the American market slow down

 

 

 

Ron Widdows   Group President and CEO, Neptune Orient Lines

 

 

 

09:50

 

 

 

 
  • What shippers in the Europe trade can expect after conferences end on October 17?

 
  • How carriers will cope.

 

 

 

Chris Bourne   Executive Director , European Liner Affairs Association

 

 

 

10:20

 

Panel discussion, questions and comments from delegates

     Ron Widdows   Group President and CEO, Neptune Orient Lines
     Chris Bourne   Executive Director , European Liner Affairs Association

10:50

 

Coffee

 

11:20

 

 

 

 
  • Changing dynamics and harsh realities in the container shipping market

 
  • The demise of shipping conferences in Europe and what this means for industry

 
  • Offsetting the impacts of soaring bunker prices

 
  • Green shipping: tackling the challenge of environmental change without sacrificing profits

 
  • How changing dynamics in the market will impact the greater supply and demand scenario.

 
  • Key considerations for the container shipping industry as it looks to the future

 

 

 

 Jesper Praestensgaard   CEO of Maersk Line Asia Pacific 

 

 

 

11:50

 

Panel discussion, questions and comments from delegates


     Chris Bourne   Executive Director , European Liner Affairs Association
     Jesper Praestensgaard   CEO of Maersk Line Asia Pacific

12:20

 

Lunch -- host by China Merchants Holdings International Co. Ltd.
Appetizer and Main Course

13:00

 

Introduction of Lunch speaker by Nelson Liu  Deputy General Manager, China Merchants

13:05

 

Address by BG (NS) Tay Lim Heng   CEO, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

13:20

 

Questions and Comments

13:30

 

Dessert and Coffee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply and Demand 2009-2011

 

 

14:00

 

 

 

 
  • Changing global trade patterns in an increasingly Asia-centric world

 
  • Challenges faced by port operators globally and in Asia

 
  • Challenges and opportunities for PSA in the new global landscap

 

 

 

Kuah Boon Wee   CEO South East Asia & Singapore Terminals, PSA International

 

 

 

14:30

 

 Panel Discussion

   
     Kuah Boon Wee   CEO South East Asia & Singapore Terminals, PSA International
     Andrew Milliken   CEO, Da Chan Bay Terminal One
     Capt. Raymond Heman   Regional Supply Chain Manager Asia-Pacific, Polymers Supply & Chain Logistics,
Eastman Chemical Asia Pacific Pte Ltd  

 

14:50

 

 

 

 
  • How the emerging markets of Cambodia and Vietnam are helping to bolster regional trade

 
  • Looking to the future. Could Indonesia prove to be Asia's sleeping giant?

 
  • Keeping an eye on costs. How a successful intra-Asia carrier is doing it.

 
  • Market outlook for the intra-Asia trade in 2008-2009

 

 

 

Sumate Tanthuwanit  President of Regional Container Lines

 

 

 

15:10

 

 

 

 
  • Supply and demand outlook for the India trades beyond 2008

 
  • Can India's port infrastructure keep pace with its trade growth?

 
  • Are increasing direct services changing the face of India's transshipment market?

 
  • India's land capacity crunch: coastal shipping may provide an answer

 

 

 

Bill Smart   Managing director, Bengal Tiger Lines Ltd
 

15:30

 

Panel Discussion

 

 

  Sumate Tanthuwanit   President of Regional Container Lines
  Bill Smart   Managing director, Bengal Tiger Lines Ltd. 
  Andrew Milliken   CEO, Da Chan Bay Terminal One

 

 

 

15:50

 

 Coffee

 

 

16:20

 

 Wrap of all conference topics, debate and discussion

 
  • How carriers and shippers can work together for optimum supply chain performance.
  • Will a Europe trade without conferences drift to "all in" rates?
  • Are shippers willing to pay for service?
  • Is shipping a commodity or a value-added service?
  • What can carriers and shippers do to reduce freight rate volatility?

 

Capt Raymond Heman   Regional Supply Chain Manager Asia-Pacific, Polymers Supply & Chain Logistics,
Eastman Chemical Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Koo Joseph   Director Transportation & Logistics Industry, Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Michael Keong   Regional Logistics Director, Levi Strauss Asia Pacific Division
Jesper Praestensgaard  CEO of Maersk Line Asia Pacific
Andrew Milliken  CEO,  Da Chan Bay Terminal One
Sumate Tanthuwanit  President of Regional Container Lines
Bill Smart  Managing director, Bengal Tiger Lines Ltd.
 Chris Bourne   Executive Director , European Liner Affairs Association
Fred Castonguay   Managing Director, Taicang International Gateway

 

 

17:00

 

Networking cocktail party hosted by Modern Terminals, Da Chan Bay Terminal One & Taicang International Gateway.

 

 

19:00

 

Conference closes

 

 

 

 

 

WHY COME ?

 

Dear valued delegate, Building on the success of our previous Supply and Demand 2008-2010 in Hong Kong last year, The Container Shipping Manager again invites you to join us in Singapore this August 26 to learn more on the supply and demand situation in 2008 and beyond.

Carriers demonstrated that they had learned from the mistakes of the past in 2007, as many of the companies that lost money in 2006 turned over much better results last year. But just as liner managers have learned to operate their companies more profitably a plethora of challenges besets them in 2008ˇXbunker prices, environmental concerns and slowing demand growth in the US.

Come and learn some of the strategies that industry players are implementing to offset the current high-cost environment and why the container shipping industry is looking much healthier from an investment point of view.

Don't miss out on this exciting event, and be a part of the region's fastest growing conference event for the container shipping industry.

 

 

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August 26, 2008, Marina Mandarin Singapore
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EARLY BIRD FEE
(If registrations with payments are received by 10 Aug 2008)

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CANCELLATIONS / SUBSTITUTION

Cancellations received in writing before 21 August 2008, will be refunded less S$50 administration fee. Thereafter, cancellations are not refundable. Participants may be substituted at any time.

PAYMENTS

All payments should be made in Singapore dollars
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Marina Mandarin Singapore
6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore 039594.
Hotel accommodation for foreign delegates can be arranged.

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