- Conference Chairman
- Mare Forum
- Erasmus Shipinvest Group
- Keynote Speakers

● Tokyo, Washington, Singapore, Moscow, Athens, Beijing, London; geopolitical considerations
● Protectionism; globalization vs. regionalism and effects on trade and shipping
● The world economy and trade forecast in the new multipolar world
● Exploring new risks in a changing global environment
● Digitalization and security imperatives
● Blockchain and shipping; a game changer?
● The 3D printers vs. cheap labour on industrial production and effect on trade and shipping
● Regulations on environment;

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panel(s) with economists, analysts, politicologists, ship-owners, regulators, environmentalists, capital and logistics providers

● What are our market perceptions and expectations on dry, liquid bulk commodities trade, containers, chemicals and LNG shipping markets ?
● Is there a real renaissance of raw and liquid commodities and shipping?
● Oil rates up and down?
● Renewables in and out?
● What type of ships is needed to fulfill future demands?
● What are the market expectations on cruise ships?
● What are the Scrapping Volumes and Residual Values?
● Offshore crisis: is there life after death?
● What is the outlook for Japanese and Asian demand and supply of raw materials and energy in 2019 and beyond?
● Is there a shifting of balance of trade and what are its effects in different vessels usage and freight rates?
● What will be the price of oil and gas be next? And what does that mean for the shipping and
maritime industries?

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panel(s) with analysts, shipbrokers, charterers, traders, shipyards, capital and logistics providers, shipowners

● The new technologies-tsunami entering shipping; what are the strategies of the Japanese (shipbuilding) industry? What the future holds? excitement, challenges or threats?
● The order-book and the capacity of the shipbuilding industry
● The competition with other great shipbuilding nations
● What are the Shipping trends and Innovations
● What are the initiatives on research and Development
● Innovation and its impact on the Future of Shipping
● Unmanning ships, fashion talks or reality?
● Retrofitting of existing ships with “Green” Technology
● The charterers views vs. shipowners’ interests
● What type of ships is needed to fulfill future demands?
● New fuels will be introduced.. but when?

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● Where is the fresh money for shipping in the next years?
● What are the trends in ship finance?
● What are the current cost of funding for shipping lenders;
● What is the impact of the new Basel Capital Accord;
● What are the new and alternative products?
● Japanese Leasing finance for global shipping companies,
● Can Japanese banks follow the Chinese banks financing foreign shipping companies?
● Is our international and Japanese ship finance banks able to finance new projects?
● How many banks are currently lending? And which amounts?
● Is there enough money to finance new projects?
● Are banks really willing to invest in new technologies?
● What characteristics must the Borrower now have?
● What about Startups in Japan?
● Are consolidations really needed in the industry?
● What types of vessels are banks willing to finance?
● is there room for Private Equity companies?
● IPO’s and Capital markets; towards a renaissance?

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● What are the trends and future perspectives of ship owning in Japan?
● Is the move of some Japanese shipping companies -based partial of the motivation for overseas
expansion on taxation-, be a further trend? (including HK, Singapore, Europe and Americas?
● The changing structure of shipping
● The new model of shipping
● The partnership with charterers/industrials
● What is the goal over next 10 to 15 years
● Why are the regulators and governments not listening to us
● Is shipping finally an open or closed business for outsiders
● How to sustain growth in Japanese shipping, offshore, maritime, shipbuilding, port, logistics and commodities-trade services industry.
● How will/must maritime Japan look like in 2030 and beyond?
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Conference Chairman
Erasmus Shipinvest Group
Mare Forum