World Maritime Forum
2015 Global Commodities, Energy & Freight Forum

Wednesday, September 16, 2015, The Metropolitan Club, New York City


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8:00 am - 8:30 am
REGISTRATION
MORNING SESSIONS
8:35 am - 8:40 am WELCOME REMARKS Mr. Nicolas Bornozis, President - Capital Link, Inc.
8:40 am - 9:00 am HOT TOPICS IN THE GLOBAL COMMODITY MARKETS Marko Kraljevic, Partner- Clyde & Co LLP
9:00 am - 9:40 am DRY BULK COMMODITIES
The Cargo Perspective - A panel discussion among producers, traders and charterers of dry bulk commodities


Moderator:  Tim Jones, CEO - BRS Group

Panelists:
  • George Wells, Global Head, Dry Freight Derivatives Energy, Transportation & Metals Ocean Transportation - Cargill International
  • Peter Ensink
  • Thomas Semino, Head of Dry Freight - Vitol  
  • Ravi Khosla, Head of Solid Fuels Trading - RWE Supply & Trading GMBH
9:40 am - 10:20 am DRY BULK SHIPPING
The Shipowner Perspective - A panel discussion among shipping company CEOs
Moderator:  Gregory Lewis, Head of Maritime ResearchCredit Suisse

Panelists:
  • Tasos Aslidis, CFO - Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA)
  • John Wobensmith, President -  Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK)
  • Hamish Norton, President - Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK)
  • John Michael Radziwill, CEO - C Transport Maritime
  • Ted Petrone, Vice Chairman - Navios Corporation, Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE:NM), Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM)
10:20 am - 10:30 am GLOBAL POLITICS & SHIPPING Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman - NAMEPA; Managing Partner - International Registries
MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:30 am - 10:50 am MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
10:50 am - 11:30 am DODD FRANK PANEL
Regulatory Update - Dodd Frank - EMIR & Cross Border Transactions
Moderator:  Michael Sackheim, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP 

Panelists:
  • Michael Loesch, Partner - Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Thomas Ko, Counsel - Reed Smith LLP 
  • Ian Cuillerier, PartnerWhite & Case LLP
11:30 am - 12:10 pm DRY BULK, TANKER & COMMODITY DERIVATIVES Moderator:  Robin King, Head of Marketing - The Baltic Exchange

Panelists:
  • Chris Reilly, Managing Director - BRS Futures
  • Enrico Mantero, Head of Derivatives - C Transport Maritime
  • Michael Reardon, Manager Global Strategy & Freight Trading - Conoco Phillips 66
  • Ardalan Sappino, FFA Trader -SwissMarine Services
12:10 pm - 12:50 pm

LNG PANEL

Panel Put Together by Poten Partners

Moderator:  Michael Tusiani, Chairman and CEO  - Poten & Partners

Panelists:

  • Gary Smith, CEOGolar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG)
  • Tony Lauritzen, CEODynagas LNG Partners LP (NYSE:DLNG)
  • Nicolas Tirogalas, Managing Director - TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd.
LUNCH & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Chief Executive Officer, Gener8 Maritime, Inc.
Introduced by:
Simon Smith, Managing Director & Head of Global IndustrialsUBS Investment Bank
  
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm INVESTOR PANEL
Investor Attitudes in Shipping Today
Moderator: John Imhof, Partner - Seward & Kissel LLP

Panelists:
  • Peter Sandler, Senior Portfolio Manager - Endesia Asset Management
  • Erol Sarikaya, Vice President - Garrison Investment Group
  • Paulo Almeida, Portfolio Manager - Tufton Oceanic Ltd.
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm TANKER SHIPPING
The Shipowner Perspective - A panel discussion among shipping company CEOs
Moderator: Spiro Dounis, Director - Equity Research Marine Transport & Shipping - UBS Investment Research

Panelists:
  • Jerry Kalogiratos, CEO - Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ: CPLP)
  • Trygve P. Munthe, Co-CEO - DHT Holdings (NYSE: DHT)
  • George Saroglou, COO - Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE: TNP)
  • John Tavlarios, COO - Gener8 Maritime (NYSE: GNRT)
  • Ted Petrone, Vice Chairman - Navios Maritine Acquisition (NYSE:NNA) and Navios Maritime Midstream Partners (NYSE:NAP)
  • Jason Klopfer, Commercial Director - Navig8 Group
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm

THE FUEL OIL MARKET


 

Moderator:  Casey Burlage, Associate - Clyde & Co LLP

Panelists:

  • Charles Davies, VP, Commercial ServicesWorld Fuel Services
  • Gregg Schwartz, Director of Strategic DevelopmentAegean Bunkering USA
  • Daniel Rose, Director - Interg8 Fuels
  • Marc Refsoe Holm, Leader US Fuel DeskMaersk Oil Trading
4:40 pm - 5:20 pm ANALYST PANEL Moderator:  Jane Freeberg Sarma, Counsel - Reed Smith LLP

Panelists:
  • Charles Rupinski, Senior Analyst - Global Hunter Securities, A Division of Seaport Global Securities LLC
  • Fotis Giannakoulis, Vice President, Shipping - Morgan Stanley
  • Ben Nolan, Director, Shipping Research - Stifel
  • Spiro Dounis, Director - Equity Research Marine Transport & Shipping - UBS Investment Research
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
COCKTAIL RECEPTION

Throughout the day there will be 1x1 meetings between company management and investors organized by UBS SECURITIES








 

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