International Conference
Maritime Expo
4th International Maritime Video & Excellence Awards
Hotel Crowne Plaza, Dubai
April 18-19 , 2010
Conference Schedule
Conference Session Sponsor Badge and Lanyard Sponsor Delegate Kit Sponsor Luncheon / Coffee Sponsor
Day 1 April 18, 2010
8:30 - 9:00 Registrations
9:00 - 9:30 Inauguration of Conference - by Noboru Ueda, Chairman, Class NK
SESSION 1 Conference Opening Note:Ship Owners Point of View
09:15 - 09:35 World Order Book-How it looks today Per Wistoft,
Gulf Navigation Holding Pjsc, UAE
09:35 - 09:40 Q & A Session
09:45 - 10:05 State of the offshore support vessel market and future developments Fazel A Fazelbhoy,
TOPAZ Energy & Marine LTD, UAE
10:05 - 10:10 Q & A Session
10:15 - 11:00 Exhibition Inauguration by Paul Friedberg,President Goltens Worldwide
Tea Coffee Break
SESSION 2 Ship Design Concepts - chaired by Mr Sergej Krstanovic, BV
11:00 - 11:20 Use of extremely thick steel plates and prevention of brittle crack in ultra large container ships Dr.Abdul Rahim,
Class NK, Japan
11:20 - 11:25 Q & A Session
11:30 - 11:50 Energy efficient Ship design Gunnar Haug
Ulstein Middle East(DMCEST), UAE
11:50 - 11:55 Q & A Session
12:00 - 12:20 Special Paper- Alternative Maritime Power Supply Daniel Lexander
Cavotec Middle East FZE, UAE
12:25 - 12:45 Special Paper- on IMHA. Dr. Ilona Denisenko
IMHA, Russia
12:45 - 13:00 Memento Distribution
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3 Communication & IT - Anil G Deshpande, CEO, Foresight Ltd, UK
14:00 - 14:20 Presentation on FLEET BROADBAND Nadeem Khan
Inmarsat Global Ltd,UK
14:20 - 14:25 Q & A Session
14:30 - 14:50 Satellite Industry and Shipping Gunnar Andre Valle
Marlink, Middle East, India & Africa
14:50 - 14:55 Q & A Session
15:00 - 15:20 IT-supported reliability centered maintenance Gino Fiore
MESPAS Ltd, Switzerland
15:20 - 15:25 Q & A Session
15:30 - 15:50 AIS Data from Terrestric Atennas & Space -What is it all about? Carsten Bullemer
vesseltracker.com GmbH , Germany
Memento Distribution
Tea Coffee Break
16:00 Maritime Corporate Quiz
Day 2 April 19, 2010
SESSION 4 Green concepts- to be chaired by Khamis Juma Buamim , Chairman, RECSO
09:00 - 09:20 Ballast Water Management Robert Spencer
ABS,UAE
09:20 - 09:25 Q & A Session
09:30 - 09:50 Antifouling Paints- contributing to Pollution prevention Stein Kjolberg
Jotun, UAE
09:50 - 09:55 Q & A Session
10:00 - 10:20 Green concepts Capt. Saleem Alavi
UAE Ship Registery,UAE
10:20 - 10:25 Q & A Session
Tea Coffee Break
SESSION 5 Marine Engineering - chaired by Prof. Preben Terndrup Pedersen, Professor of Maritime Engineering & Head of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
10:45 - 11:05 Cylinder Oil Scavenge Drain Analysis ( SDA) : A diagnostic tool for engine performance monitoring and cylinder oil optimization) Dimitris Katsieris
Castrol Marine, UAE
11:05 - 11:10 Q & A Session
11:15 - 11:35 Sox scrubbers to reduce emission effects Ad Bertens
Wartsila LLC, UAE
11:35 - 11:40 Q & A Session
SESSION 6 Ship Broking and Financing - chaired by Trevor Blakeley,Chief Executive,RINA,UK
11:45 - 12:05 Reinventing the Marine Insurance Broker - an emphasis on the London Market Marcus Baker
Marsh Marine Global Practice ,UK
12:05 - 12:10 Q & A Session
12:15 - 12:35 Islamic Finance - an emerging mode of financing for shipping industry Aftab Hasan
Maritime Management Company,UAE
12:35 - 12:40 Q & A Session
12:45 - 13:05 "Construction/conversion contracts for offshore projects - contract issues and mitigating risks Andrew Nimmo
Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, Singapore
13:05 - 13:10 Q & A Session
Memento Distribution / Vote of Thanks
LUNCH