20-22 October

Grand Hyatt
Mumbai, India

Conference
Programme

India’s premier networking

event for international
maritime business
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08.30 Registration
09.30 Opening Ceremony & Keynote Session
(with tea/coffee break 11.00 -11.30)
G The new global picture: to what extent is India
integrated into the world economy and what does it
mean for shipping?
G Is continuing optimism and belief in India’s maritime
growth story justified in light of the global financial
shockwave?
G Raising the stakes: does the crisis offer government
and business a fresh opportunity to work together?
G What practical steps can be taken and which
recovery scenarios offer the best chance for the
Indian maritime sector?

12.00 Panel Discussion & Open House Debate

13.00 Networking Lunch
14.30 Finance & Management: Unprecedented
Challenges and Uncertainties (parallel session)
G How has shipping in India handled the financial crisis?
G Are accusations of overreaction justified and what is
now being done to get back on track?
G Money and shipping: has the relationship now
changed forever?
G How to survive and even prosper: which risk
management models work in the current climate?
G Shipping in transformation: the impact of counter
Benefit from our party failures
G
quality conference The state of Indian shipbuilding: what strategies are
yards employing to ride the storm?
programme, high profile G Debate Facing up to the new reality: is the dream of
becoming a leading shipbuilding nation well and truly
speakers and extensive over for India?
networking opportunities. The State of the Container and Break
Bulk Shipping (parallel session)
G What has gone wrong and how can it be fixed:
a forecast for the sector
G The prospects for containerisation in India

Register Now G Exports, break bulk and the role of Indian and

foreign owners
G Understanding the container security threat
And receive our attractive G Debate: Why aren’t more Indian shipowners attracted

early bird discount to the container and break bulk: what is needed for
attitudes to change and investments to be made?
Valid until 10 September
19.00 Networking Reception
THURSDAY, 22 OCTOBER
9.30 Exploring the Sponsored by
Opportunities in the
Indian Energy Sector
(parallel session with tea/coffee break 10.30 -11.00)
G Deepwater gas development in the Bay of Bengal: is
it the first of many to come?
G Offshore development and the opportunities it presents
for shipowners, shipbuilders, services companies and
technology providers
G The offshore supply vessel business may be volatile,
but it clearly offers good prospects to operators of
OSV’s in India
G The role of coal, LPG and LNG in meeting India’s
energy deficit: challenges and opportunities
G Debate: Emergence of India as a new global refining
hub: the tanker sector will benefit but are India’s
tanker owners sure to gain?
Shipping and the Sponsored by
Need for Going Green:
New Thoughts and Directions
(parallel session with tea/coffee break 10.30 -11.00)
G Are there commercial benefits in pursuing the green
agenda in the maritime industry?
G Indian owners and environmental regulations in the
Western hemisphere
G Marine fuels and their impact on the Indian Ocean:
an expert’s view
G The role of India’s maritime community in the inevitable
push towards better, greener practices
G In a record year for scrapping, two visions for the future
of ship recycling – but what is best for India?
G Questions & Answers
14.30 The Chartering Revolution
(parallel session)
G What does India’s steady growth mean for importers
and exporters of raw and bulk materials: a forecast for
the sector
G The evolving relationship between charterers and owners
G How and why should shipowners rate their charterers
in the new financial landscape
G The role of new pooling arrangements and their effects
on the market
G Federal and states regulations and practices in India:
how to cope with them
G Foreign owners and the rising voice of protectionism in
India: a reality check
G Scenario-based role play featuring a real life charterer
vs shipowner dispute and work-out of possible solutions
G Questions & Answers
Indian Maritime Infrastructure:
New Hurdles, New Needs
(parallel session)
G Maritime infrastructure development will continue to be
India’s biggest endeavour: an analysis of achievements
so far and the challenges ahead
G The impact of the financial crisis on infrastructure
development projects in India
G Special Maritime Economic Zones: advantages and
possible shortcomings
G Gujarat’s example in terms of policy support for the
maritime infrastructure development: is the experience
worth copying in other states?
G The maritime infrastructure initiatives and the
challenges posed by the hinterlands
G Questions & Answers

16.45 Tea Break

13.00 Networking Lunch
17.00 Conference Conclusions (plenary session)
17:30 Farewell Drinks Sponsored by

This programme may be subject to alterations and additions

Exhibition Speakers will include:
Conference delegates will have FREE access to the Tom Peter BLANKESTIJN, Global Project
Indian Shipping Summit exhibition on the 20th and Leader on Ship Recycling, AP Moller Maersk
21st of October. Jean-Frederic BRION, Managing Director,
Conti Lines
Exhibitor profile:
* Ship owners Rovine CHANDRASEKERA, Partner, Stephenson
* Ports Harwood
* Ship managers Philip CLAUSIUS, CEO, FSL Trust Management
* Brokers & charterers Rajeev GUPTA, Joint Secretary (Shipping),
* Shipbuilding & repair yards Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping,
* Marine insurers Road Transport and Highways, Government
* Oil majors of India
* Crewing & manning agents
* Maritime colleges & training institutes S HAJARA, Chairman & Managing Director,
* Government bodies Shipping Corporation of India and President,
* Banks & maritime financial institutions Indian Shipowners’ Association (INSA)
* Equipment suppliers Guy HINDLEY, Director, Howe Robinson
* Regulatory bodies Shipbrokers
Jesper KJAEDEGAARD, Partner, Mercator
For the latest exhibitor list please visit International and President, British Chamber
www.indiashippingsummit.com of Shipping
Tobias KÖNIG, Managing Partner, König &
Cie KG
Alderman Ian LUDER, Lord Mayor of the City
of London
Snehal MEHTA, Managing Director, Trans
Ocean Agency
H K MITTAL, Chairman, Mercator Lines
R L PAI, Group Senior Executive Vice President,
Reliance Industries Ltd
Mike PHILLIPS, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
A P V N SARMA, Secretary, Department of
Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport
and Highways, Government of India
Dr Martin STOPFORD, Managing Director,
Clarksons Research Services

and many more.

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CANCELLATION
Wednesday, 21st October Finance & Management: Unpre- or The State of the Container and Fees will be refunded, less 20%
14:30 hrs cedented Challenges and Uncertainties Break Bulk Shipping administrative charge, after the
Summit if cancellations are
received by 20 September 2009.
Thursday, 22nd October Exploring the opportunities or Shipping and the Need for Going Cancellation after 20 September
09:30 hrs in the Indian Energy Sector Green: New Thoughts and Directors 2009 will not be refunded. You
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Thursday, 22nd October The Chartering Revolution or Indian Maritime Infrastructure: please let us know the name
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Now in its fifth year,
India Shipping Summit
2009 will bring together
over 500 decision-
makers in the maritime
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20-22 October
Grand Hyatt Mumbai, India
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