| 8:30-9:00am |
Registration for delegates |
| 9:00-9:05am |
Chair: Mr Matthew FLYNN, Managing Director, Flynn Consulting |
| 9:05-9:20am |
Realising the full potential of Yangtze shipping Opening speech by Mr HUANG Qiang, Party Secretary, The Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs, Ministry of Communication |
| 9:20-9:40am |
Investment trends along the Yangtze Mr Olaf GRIESE, Senior Associate, Dezan Shira & Associates |
| 9:40-10:00am |
Operating a joint venture port Mr Fred CASTONGUAY, Managing Director, Modern Terminals (Taicang) |
| 10:00-10:20am |
Q&A session |
| 10:20-10:40am |
Coffee break |
| 10:40-11:00am |
Transport infrastructure investment in Chongqing Ms HE Jiangyu, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Inward Investment Promotion Department, Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission |
| 11:00-11:20am |
Creating a first-class inland river port Mr GU Qiangsheng, Executive Deputy General Manager of Wuhan Port Group Co |
| 11:20-11:40am |
A manufacturer’s experience of shipping on the Yangtze Mr Bertrand PETRE, Deputy Manager of the Logistics, Scheduling and Distribution Department, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Auto |
| 11:40-12:00pm |
Q&A session |
| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00-1:20pm |
Constructing a digital waterway Ms CHEN Xiaoyun, Deputy Director, the Yangtze Waterway Bureau |
| 1:20-1:40pm |
Insurance on the Yangtze Mr Sam Ignarski, International Transport Solutions, British Marine Ltd |
| 1:40-2:00pm |
Vessel Standardisation on the Yangtze Mr PENG Dongfang, Director, Yangtze Shipping Planning Research Centre, under the Yangtze River Administration |
| 2:00-2:20pm |
Considerations for direct investors in Yangtze ports Mr Peter Murray, Chief Representative, Ince & Co Shanghai |
| 2:20-2:30pm |
Q&A session |
| 2:30-3:00pm |
Coffee break |
| 3:00-5:15pm |
Matchmaking session between participating Yangtze port managers and government officials and Western delegates. |