Shipping 2.0: The new Normal Thursday, 20 November 2014 | 10:00 h Check-in, coffee and get-together 11:00 – 19:00 h Conference | 19:00 – 23:00 h Warm and cold buffet, networking Networking Expert informationen Panel 1 Markets in transition: strategies for new business and growth Panel 2 Survival of the Fittest: Competitive for the markets of the future Panel 3 Asset class ship: Searching for new sources of finance •Stagnation, triple dip or slow recovery: What is the outlook for the freight and charter markets? Which tendency do ship prices show? •Separate the wheat from the chaff: What defines a good project? Where is speculation missing market requirements? •Consolidation, transparency, new business models: How may shipping companies get back on track for growth in post-crisis mode? •Which direction will institutional investors take on the German market? Can hedge funds / private equity and German shipowners benefit from each other? •Will sales of portfolio by banks and KG-takeovers loom large only now? •What to expect of German banks after the Asset Quality Review by European Central Bank ECB? •OPEX Study 2014: Back on the winning ways with competitive operating costs? •Retrofitting: What concepts have proven to be the right path to expected savings? •Upgrade to eco-ship: How do charterers and owners finance retrofits? •What is at the core of a competitive ship draft? Which criteria should be paid attention to and should be financed? •Private Equity: What are the projects financed now that the first wave of euphoria has died down? •Pure asset play or new concepts: What is the role of business models in shipping as seen by investors? •What is the latest trend at ship finance hot spots New York and Oslo? Which stories help shipping companies at the stock exchange and at the OTC market? •Which circumstances make assets a worthwhile option? Is the bond market Oslo an alternative? •How do Greek shipowners advance on the international stage? What may German shipowners learn from them? Lectures and discussion Jan-Hendrik Heikes, Managing Director, Ernst Russ Shipbroker Oliver Faak, Head of Ship Finance, Nord/LB Christoph Toepfer, CEO, Borealis Maritime Alfred Hartmann, Owner of Hartmann Group Torsten Westphal, CEO, Arkon Shipping Lectures and discussion Robert Brückner, PKF Arbicon Zink Hermann Klein, CEO, E.R. Schiffahrt / Blue Star Holding Lutz Müller, Chief Technology Officer, Reederei NSB Carsten Wiebers, Global Head of Maritime Industries, KfW IPEX-Bank Christian Nieswandt, Global Head of Shipping, HSH Nordbank Jan-Henrik Hübner, Global Head of Shipping Advisory, DNV GL Lectures and discussion Simon Madej, Head of Shipping, HSH Corporate Finance Paul Leand, CEO, AMA Capital Partners Rolf Darboven Zapffe, Pareto Project Finance Shipping, Offshore & Energy Group Orestis Schinas, Head of Maritime Business School, HSBA t.b.a.: Arctic Securities Media partners: Please note: The programme may be adapted to topical developments. Registration via e-mail (hansa-forum@hansa-online.de) or online: www.hansa-online.de/18hf.html