Planning for the new conference programme will begin early in 2010 and details will be published here when finalised.
Conference Programme 2009
Tuesday, 20 October
18.00 Registration
19.00 Welcome Reception, sponsored by 
Wednesday, 21 October
08.30 Registration
09.30 Opening Ceremony & Keynote session sponsored by 
(with tea/coffee break 11.00 -11.30)
The focus:
- The new global picture: to what extent is India integrated into the world economy and what does it mean for shipping?
- Is continuing optimism and belief in India’s maritime growth story justified in light of the global financial shockwave?
- Raising the stakes: does the crisis offer government and business a fresh opportunity to work together?
- What practical steps can be taken and which recovery scenarios offer the best chance for the Indian maritime sector?
Organisers' Welcome
TROND LILLESTØLLEN, Publisher-in-Chief, TradeWinds
CHRISTOPHER HAYMAN, Chairman, Seatrade
NARENDRA TANEJA, Convenor, India Shipping Summit
Inaugural Address by A.P.V.N. SARMA, Secretary, Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Addresses:
S. Hajara, President, Indian Shipowners’ Association (INSA)
Nigel Anton, Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank
Y. Khatau, Managing Director, Varun Shipping & President-Designate, BIMCO
Market outlook by Dr Martin Stopford, Managing Director, Clarksons Research Services
Panelist:
H K Mittal, Chairman, Mercator Lines
12.00 Panel discussion & Open House debate
13.00 Networking Lunch, sponsored by
14.30 Finance & Management: Unprecedented Challenges and Uncertainties
(parallel session)
- How has shipping in India handled the financial crisis? Are accusations of overreaction justified and what is now being done to get back on track?
- Money and shipping: has the relationship now changed forever?
- How to survive and even prosper: which risk management models work in the current climate?
- Shipping in transformation: the impact of counter party failures
- The state of Indian shipbuilding: what strategies are yards employing to ride the storm?
- A debate Facing up to the new reality: is the dream of becoming a leading shipbuilding nation well and truly over for India?
Keynote speeches:
Vijay Chhibber, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India
Alderman Ian Luder, Lord Mayor of the City of London
Other speakers and panellists will include:
Nigel Anton, Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank (panelist)
Rajneesh Gupta, Director, Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India
Anders Hald, Managing Director, Maersk Broker Asia Ltd
Vijay Kamath, Vice President & Head of Sales - East of Suez, FSL Trust
Management
Tobias KÖnig, Managing Partner, König & Cie KG
Nigel Thomas, Partner, Watson, Farley & Williams
The State of the Container and Break Bulk Shipping (parallel session)
- What has gone wrong and how can it be fixed: a forecast for the sector
- The prospects for containerisation in India
- Exports, break bulk and the role of Indian and foreign owners
- Understanding the container security threat
- Debate Why aren’t more Indian shipowners attracted to the container and break bulk: what is needed for attitudes to change and investments to be made?
Keynote speech:
Rajeev Gupta, Joint Secretary (Shipping), Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Other speakers and panellists will include:
Jean-Frederic Brion, Managing Director, Conti Lines
Jeb Clulow, Partner, Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert LLP
J N Das, Director (L & PS), Shipping Corporation of India
Jesper Kjaedegaard, Partner, Mercator International and President, British Chamber of Shipping
Dr Martin Stopford, Managing Director, Clarksons Research Services
19.00 Networking Reception, sponsored by 
* Tea/coffee breaks at 11.00 and 16.45 on Wednesday, 21st October are sponsored by
Thursday, 22 October
9.30 Exploring the Opportunities in the Indian Energy Sector
sponsored by 
(parallel session with tea/coffee break 10.30 -11.00)
- Deepwater gas development in the Bay of Bengal: is it the first of many to come?
- Offshore development and the opportunities it presents for shipowners, shipbuilders, services companies and technology providers
- The offshore supply vessel business may be volatile, but it clearly offers good prospects to operators of OSV’s in India
- The role of coal, LPG and LNG in meeting India’s energy deficit: challenges and opportunities
- Debate Emergence of India as a new global refining hub: the tanker sector will benefit but are India’s tanker owners sure to gain?
Speakers and panellists will include:
Raghavan Ashok, Country Manager - India, ABS
David Bhatti, Equity Research Analyst, Nordea Markets
Anil Deshpande, CEO, Foresight Ltd
R L Pai, Group Senior Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd
Shipping and the Need for Going Green: New Thoughts and Directions
sponsored by 
(parallel session with tea/coffee break 10.30 -11.00),
Are there commercial benefits in pursuing the green agenda in the maritime industry?
- Indian owners and environmental regulations in the Western hemisphere
- Marine fuels and their impact on the Indian Ocean: an expert’s view
- The role of India’s maritime community in the inevitable push towards better, greener practices
- In a record year for scrapping, two visions for the future of ship recycling – but what is best for India?
- Questions & Answers
Keynote speech:
Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam, IAS, Director General of Shipping and Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to Government of India
Speakers and panellists will include:
Tom Peter Blankestijn, Global Project Leader on Ship Recycling, AP Moller Maersk
Umesh Grover, Director (Technical and Offshore Services), Shipping Corporation of India
Jonathan Hutchinson, Sales Director, BP Marine
Ulhas S, Kalghatgi, Chief Surveyor - New Building Division, Indian Register of Shipping
Helge Kjeøy, Vice President, Regional Manager, Det Norske Veritas - Middle East, India and South East Asia
13.00 Networking Lunch
14.30 The chartering revolution (parallel session)
- What does India’s steady growth mean for importers and exporters of raw and bulk materials: a forecast for the sector
- The evolving relationship between charterers and owners
- How and why should shipowners rate their charterers in the new financial landscape
- The role of new pooling arrangements and their effects on the market
- Federal and states regulations and practices in India: how to cope with them
- Foreign owners and the rising voice of protectionism in India: a reality check
- Scenario-based role play featuring a real life charterer vs shipowner dispute and work-out of possible solutions
- Questions & Answers
Speakers and panellists will include:
Prashant Asher, Partner, Crawford Bayley & Co
Rovine Chandrasekera, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
Guy Hindley, Director, Howe Robinson Shipbrokers
Snehal Mehta, Managing Director, Trans Ocean Agency
R L Pai, Group Senior Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd and INSA representative
Indian Maritime Infrastructure: New Hurdles, New Needs (parallel session)
- Maritime infrastructure development will continue to be India’s biggest endeavour: an analysis of achievements so far and the challenges ahead
- The impact of the financial crisis on infrastructure development projects in India
- Special Maritime Economic Zones: advantages and possible shortcomings
- Gujarat’s example in terms of policy support for the maritime infrastructure development: is the experience worth copying in other states?
- The maritime infrastructure initiatives and the challenges posed by the hinterlands
- Questions & Answers
Keynote speech:
Rakesh Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Ports), Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Government of India
Other speakers and panellists will include:
Jean-Frederic Brion, Managing Director, Conti Lines
Jayendu Krishna, Senior Consultant, Drewry Maritime Services Ashwani Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra Maritime Board
16.45 Tea break
17.00 Conference Conclusions (plenary session)
