ORGANISED BY

  PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – 23 June 2008

  Pre-Conference Delegates Registration

  Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

  (Conference Secretariat)

  Networking Cocktail - Banquet Hall, Impiana

                                        KLCC Hotel

  CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – Day One, 24 June 2008

  Arrival of Minister of Transport,

  YB Datuk Ong Tee Keat

  Welcoming Remarks by Ir Nordin Mat Yusoff,

  MASA Chairman

  Key-note Address and Official Opening by

  Prime Minister, Malaysia (Invited)

  SESSION 1:
  State of Shipping (Panel Discussion)
  10.30am-12.30pm

 Session Chairman

 Mr Amir Hamzah bin Azizan

 President/Chief Executive Officer, AET Group of Companies

  Panel Members

 1. Mr Dongwoo Ha, Chief, Transport Infrastructure Section
    Transport and Tourism Division, United Nations ESCAP

 2. Mr Robert Drummond, Director, Charles Taylor Mutual

    Management (Asia) Pte Ltd

 3. Dr Rawindaran Nair, University of Cardiff

 Lunch: 1.00pm-2.00pm
  Luncheon Address:

  The Global Geo-Political Change and Impact on Asia as Trade & 

  Shipping

    by Hon. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed

   Honorary President, Perdana Leadership Foundation

  SESSION 2:
  Technical Developments & Changing Shipping Regimes

 Session Chairman

 Mr M Adthisaya Ganesan, CEO Akademi Laut Malaysia

 Paper 1

 2.30pm-3.00pm

 New Shipping Regimes & Regulatory Roles

 by Mr Tor Egil Svensen, CEO, DNV Maritime

 Paper 2

 3.00pm-3.30pm

 Technical  Management & Challenges In Tanker Trade

 by Mr Tim Wilkins, Asia Regional Manager, Intertanko 

 Paper 3

 3.30pm-4.00pm

 Ingredients for promotion of maritime legal hub and dispute

 resolution centre by Mr Bazul Ashhab,

 Partner, T.S Oon &  Bazul (Singapore)

 4.00pm - 4.30pm
 Tea Break

  SESSION 3:
  Shipbuilding and Technology

 Session Chairman

 Capt Samsudin M.Yassin,

 MD/CEO Petronas Maritime Services Sdn Bhd

 Paper 4

 4.30pm-5.00pm

 Overview of the Shipbuilding by Dato' Seri Ahmad Ramli bin Haji  Mohd Nor, President, Association of Marine Industries of Malaysia

 Paper 5

 5.00pm-5.30pm

 Investigations into Flaws and Short-comings in Ship Designs and  Structural Failures by Ms Catrine Vestereng, the Head of Section,

 DNV Ship in Operation, HULL SiO

  SESSION 4:
  Shipping and Trade

 Session Chairman

 Tn Hj Abdul Aziz Meor Ngah

 Chairman Bahtera Warisan Logistics Group Sdn Bhd

 Paper 6

 8.30am-9.00am

 Cabotage: Shipowners Pespective by Mr Budhi Halim, Indonesian  Shipowners Association

 Paper 7

 9.00am-9.30am

 EU Anti Trust Rules, Competition Policy & Liner Shipping

 by Dr Rawindaran Nair, University of Cardiff

 Paper 8

 9.30am-10.00am

 The Challenges and Changing Regimes in Shipping Impacting On The

 Palm Oil Trade by Datuk Dr Elias Kadir, Senior Executive Director

 (Group), Felda Holdings Berhad

 10.00am - 10.30am
 Tea Break

  SESSION 5:
  Offshore and Logistics

 Session Chairman

 Dato' Capt Haji Abdul Rahim Abdul Aziz

 Special Maritime Advisor, Ministry of Transport Malaysia

 Paper 9

 10.30am-11.00am

 Offshore Support Services Industry - A New Growth Driver in

 shipping industry by Mr Zahar Mohd Hashim bin Zainuddin,

 Vice President, Offshore Business, MISC Bhd

 Paper 10

 11.00am-11.30am

 Offhore Maritime Opportunities in E & P Industry

 by Mr Ramlan A Malek, Vice President, Exploration & Production

 Business, PETRONAS

 Paper 11

 11.30am-12.00noon

 Global Manufacturing Logistics by R Gopal, Director,

 Transportation & Logistics Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan

 Paper 12

 12.00noon-12.30pm

 Development of Mega Alliances, Mega Ships and Port Response

 by Mr Lim Seok Hua, Northport (Malaysia) Bhd

 12.30pm - 2.00pm
 Lunch

  SESSION 6:
  Security, Safety & Standards

 Session Chairman

 Dato' Capt. Ahmad bin Othman

 Director General, Marine Department Peninsular Malaysia

 Paper 13

 2.00pm-2.30pm

 Straits of Malacca: Cooperative Mechanism & Enhancing 

 Security/Safety by Mr Rosnan Bin Fathlal, Director,

 Maritime Transport Training Institute, Marine Department 

 Peninsular Malaysia

 Paper 14

 2.30pm-3.00pm

 Trends & Innovations in Security and Safety-related Onboard  Applications Systems by Mr Bhupesh Gandhi, Director, MARIS  Information System, Asia Pacific

 Paper 15

 3.00pm-3.30pm

 Training, Manning & Labour Convention by Mr Tushar Mohile,

 Wilhelmsen Ship Management Group

 Paper 16

 3.30pm-4.15pm

 Recent Developments and Challenges in the Maritime Industry

 by Dr Vincent Valentine, UNCTAD

 4.15pm

 Closing by Dato’ Ir Abdul Hak Md Amin

 Chairman, Organising Committee

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