Agenda

All times displayed for Asia/Dubai timezone.

Nawfal Al Jourani

Director

Dubai Maritime Cluster Office

H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Chairman of Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone

Chairman of Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA)

H.E. Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi

Minister of Infrastructure Development & Chairman

Federal Transport Authority - Land and Maritime

Keynote Session

A series of three speeches by key industry leaders, followed by a roundtable discussion.

Session moderator: Aaron Heslehurst, News Anchor and Presenter, BBC World News TV

Claes Berglund

Vice President, European Community
Shipowners' Association (ECSA)
and Director Public Affairs &
Sustainability, Stena AB

Dr George D Pateras

President
Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and
Hellenic Maritime Cluster

Esben Poulsson

Chairman
International Chamber of Shipping

Summit Session 2

With stronger global trade volumes, a diminishing overhang of capacity on order, and a consolidation sequence that has nearly halved the number of players, is the container sector finally in sight of better times? And how will its investment in IT, including blockchain technology, impact upon the way in which the logistics industry transacts its business?

Session moderator: Aaron Heslehurst, News Anchor and Presenter, BBC World News TV

Mohammed Al Muallem

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, UAE Region
DP World

Iqbal Alikhan

Program Director, Blockchains & Innovations
IBM Middle East & Africa

Dheeraj Bhatia

Senior Managing Director, Region
Middle East
Hapag Lloyd Middle East

Jesper Kjaedegaard

V-Group and BIMCO
Board Member

Summit Session 3

The global newbuild orderbook as a percentage of world fleet capacity is at a 20 year low. With rates and asset values rising, is the dry bulk market in line for a sustained resurgence? Will accelerated scrapping and market consolidation contribute to better returns for tanker owners?  Is now the time to prepare for an upturn in the offshore marine market? A panel of industry experts and analysts will discuss the outlook for the major shipping markets.

Session moderator: Aaron Heslehurst, News Anchor and Presenter, BBC World News TV

Ralph Leszczynski

Global Head of Research
Banchero Costa Group

Denis Petropoulos

Founding Partner
Braemar Shipping Services PLC

Dheeraj Bhatia

Capt Harihar Prasad
Managing Director
McQuilling Shipping Services DMCC

Dr Henriëtte Van Niekerk

Head of Dry Bulk Analysis
Clarksons Platou

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it is widely agreed, will be a game changer for global transport. As the massive investment in infrastructure develops what are the likely implications for the bulk and liner shipping sectors, for the pattern of trade, and for the ports and maritime infrastructure of the Middle East?

Session moderator: Aaron Heslehurst, News Anchor and Presenter, BBC World News TV

With global economic growth in prospect and a more balanced outlook for supply and demand, how will the traditional shipping banks manage their relationships with the industry?  The options provided by Chinese leasing companies.  The current and likely future role of regional banks in ship finance. Financing options for medium and small sized owners.

Session moderator: Aaron Heslehurst, News Anchor and Presenter, BBC World News TV