Nov. 25th-26th 2008
Shanghai China
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0830 Registration

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0850 Opening address from the Chairman

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0900 SESSION ONE/ CHINA SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
Enhancing the capability of risk prevention near the turning point of China shipbuilding industry
• Learning current situation of China shipbuilding industry in year 2008
• Analyzing the challenges on China shipbuilding industry from global financial crisis
• Deliberations for China shipbuilding industry to cope with financial crisis

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0930 SESSION TWO / GLOBAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY TREND
Penetrating into the current status and future trends of global shipping industry on the background of financial market fluctuation
• Overviewing total capacity of global shipping market and shipping demand in China
• Structural changes in shipping market : Cargo structure & Route structure
• Discovering shipping industry new trends: Owning ships shift to chartering business
• Realizing the innovation of labor division in shipping industry: tramp ship-owner and financial institution play a role of ship ordering

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Subject Two --- Shipbuilding & Techonology

1000 Ship-owners & Shipyards & Suppliers & Financing Institution
One to One Meeting (New Building Project )

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1045 SESSION THREE / NEW BUILDING MARKET
Predicting the shipping period to survey the global new ship building market
• Analyzing cyclical shipping and shipbuilding market
• Gaining critical insights into ship supply and demand
• Picturing global new building market: status quo and its evolving trend
• Revealing order-book of diversified ship types to understand the future demand

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1115 SESSION FOUR / GLOBAL SHIPBUILDING MARKET
Surveying the future tendency of global shipbuilding market in financial crisis
• Spotlight on periodicity of global shipbuilding market
• Addressing the pressure from intense economic fluctuation and inflation
• Measures taken by overseas shipyards in light of multiple risks
• Speculating the market landscape after year 2012

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1200 SESSION FIVE - PANEL DISCUSSION / SOLUTIONS OF MULTIPLE RISKS
Assessing the multiple risks and canvassing opinions for optimalsolutions
• How to react to the shipping market movements?
• How to lift the constrain of financing capability in sub-prime crisis?
• How to avert the risks of failing in punctual ship delivery?
• How to advance the high-tech products?

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1245 Luncheon

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1400 SESSION SIX / IACS POLAR CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND HULL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Arctic Shipping – Current Activities and Future Development
• Drivers for Arctic marine development
• Challenges on the trading routes
• Technical issues
• Operation in cold climates
• ABS response

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1445 SESSION SEVEN / BALLAST WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
Incorporating the Ballast Water Treatment technology to comply with the BWM Convention
• Risks of introduction of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens through ships’ ballast water and sediments
• Background and requirements of BWM convention
• Status Quo of BW treatment technologies
• Issues to be considered during the ship design and construction stages

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1530 Ship-owners & Shipyards & Suppliers & Financing Institution
One to One Meeting (New Building Project )

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1615 SESSION EIGHT / WELDING TECHNOLOGY
Utilizing cutting-edge welding technology to modernize the shipbuilding and ship repairing
• Weighing the importance of welding technology in shipbuilding
• Introducing advanced on-land and subsea welding technology
• Building up a sound welding education mechanism
• Learning best practices of global leading shipyards’ welding mechanization and automation

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1700 SESSION NINE - PANEL DISCUSSION / NEW BUILDING PRICE
Keeping global supply and demand in balance while securing a fair profit return
• What’s the building cost evolution will be and how to manage it with continued escalation of raw material, components and labor price?
• What the pricing and availability of raw materials & components will be and their potential to greatly impact the cost and production schedules of shipbuilders?
• How to maintain the stability of material and equipment supply to keep a profitable new building price
• Is technology innovation the only way for cost reduction and the probability of shipbuilders’ strategic alliance?

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1745
Closing remarks from Chairman and end of Day One
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