Programme
Welcome Remarks
- Ms Margaret Fong
Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council - The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS, JP
Acting Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Keynote Address
- Lord Mountevans
Chairman, Maritime London
China’s Grand Initiatives: Where are the Opportunities?
Three government endeavours in China present a multitude of opportunities for the logistics and maritime industry. The Belt and Road Initiative will expand markets of huge potential along these 21st century trade routes. “Internet Plus” and “Made in China 2025”, highlighted in China’s 13th Five-Year Plan and designed to revamp the country’s manufacturing sector, also have significant implications for the industry. A panel of experts will provide insights for strategic planning.
Panel Chair
- Mr Jamil Anderlini
Asia Editor, Financial Times
Panel Speakers
- HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DP World - Mr Zhao Huxiang
Vice Chairman, China Merchants Group
Topic: Business Opportunity on Belt and Road Initiative - Mr Joseph Phi
President, LF Logistics
Topic: The Belt and Road Initiative, Internet Plus and Made in China 2025
Coffee Break
Relocating Your Manufacturing Base – the Pros and Cons
Manufacturers are increasingly exploring new areas to set up production bases to diversify risk and reduce expenses. But will supply-chain efficiency be sacrificed in the pursuit of lower labour costs? And are new regional trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, along with China’s Belt and Road Initiative, creating opportunities or complexities?
Co-organiser
Welcome Remarks
- Mr Sunny Ho, JP
Executive Director, Hong Kong Shippers’ Council
Moderator:
- Mr Sunny Ho, JP
Executive Director, Hong Kong Shippers’ Council
Panel Speakers:
- Dr Qu Jian
Vice President, China Development Institute
Topic: A New Round of Industrial Transfer and Corporate Investment Opportunities - Dr John Cheh
Vice Chairman and CEO, Esquel Group
Topic: Combatting Rising Labour Costs Through Increasing Productivity and
Supply Chain Efficiency: The Case of Esquel, A Vertically-Integrated Textile
and Apparel Manufacturer - Mr Takeshi Kondo
General Director, Yusen Logistics (Vietnam) Co, Ltd
Topic: Transition of Demands for Logistics in East Asia and ASEAN - Mr Tommy Lui
Director & Group Chief Representative - Southern China, Li & Fung
Development (China) Ltd
Topic: The Emerging O2O Model for the Supply Side Digitization
Changing Landscape of Asian Air Cargo
Co-organiser:
Welcome Remarks:
- Ms Cissy Chan
Executive Director, Commercial, Airport Authority Hong Kong
Presentation: Regional Trend of the Air Freight Industry:
- Mr Gert-Jan Jansen
Managing Director, Seabury Group
- Ms Alaina Shum
General Manager, Aviation Logistics, Airport Authority Hong Kong
- Mr Simon Large
Director Cargo, Cathay Pacific Airways - Mr Sebastian Chan
President, Freight Forwarding, Asia Pacific Region, UPS - Mr Lars Winkelbauer
Vice President, Aviation, Network Planning and Control, Asia Pacific, DHL Express - Mr Changquan WuMr Changquan Wu
General Manager, Guangdong Postal Express & Logistics, Co Ltd - International Business Branch
Expert Panel: What’s on the Horizon for Liner Shipping?
Moderator:
- Mr Graeme Murray
Managing Director, Snape Shipping Limited
- Mr Tan Hua Joo
Executive Consultant, Alphaliner
Topic: Container Shipping Market – Key Challenges in 2017 - Mr Steve Saxon
Partner, Mckinsey & Company
Topic: How to survive and thrive as a container liner in the continued downturn - Mr Tim Smith
Chairman, Maersk China Limited
Chief Representative, North Asia, Maersk Group - Mr Richard Hiller
Chief Commercial Officer, MOL Liner Ltd
Networking Luncheon
Staying Ahead in Temperature-controlled Cargo Handling
Co-organiser:
Presentation: Development of Temperature-controlled Shipments in Asia
- Mr Gert-Jan Jansen
Managing Director, Seabury Group
- Ms Yvonne Ho
General Manager, Hong Kong & Macau, International Air Transport Association
- Mr Gert-Jan Jansen
Managing Director, Seabury Group
- Mr Clement Lam
Director, John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd - Mr Frosti Lau
Chairman, Carrier Liaison Group - Mr Brett Marshall
Corporate Head, Quality Assurance, Zuellig Pharma Holdings Pte Ltd
Expert Panel: Tanker and Gas Trade Outlook
Moderator:
- Mr Tim Huxley
Chairman, Mandarin Shipping Limited
- Mr Nigel Anton
Managing Director & Head, Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
Topic: The Outlook for LNG - Mr Knut Stangebye Olsen
Head of Research, Lorentzen & Stemoco AS
Topic: LPG markets in distress, is there light in the end of the tunnel? - Mr Anthony Gurnee
CEO, Ardmore Shipping Corporation - Mr Henrik Hartzell
Managing Director, Far East, Heidmar
Coffee Break
Moderator
Sustainability – Greening the Supply Chain
Moderator:
- Mr Hugh Williams
Managing Director, Hughenden Consulting
Panel Speakers:
- Mr Ian Cheng
Senior Manager, Head of Strategic Marketing, North Asia Pacific, Avery Dennison Corporation
Topic: A force for good - Mr Michael Yee
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Sourcing and Production, Gap Inc
Expert Panel: Dry Bulk Market Outlook
Moderator:
- Mr Tim Huxley
Chairman, Mandarin Shipping Limited
- Dr Henriette Van Niekerk
Director & Global Head of Dry Bulk Freight Analysis, Clarksons Platou
Topic: What is needed for a sustained recovery of the dry bulk freight market? - Dr Zhuang Wei
Regional Manager of Asia, BIMCO
Topic: BIMCO's Road to Recovery for Dry Bulk Shipping Industry - Mr Khalid Hashim
Managing Director, Precious Shipping Public Company Limited
Topic: One Belt, One Road and its Implications - Mr Jack Hsu
Managing Director, Oak Maritime (Hong Kong) Inc Limited
- Mr Joseph Lai
Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Plenary Session 2 – Cross-border E-commerce: Who Will Rule the Game?
- Mr Mark Kemper
Partner, KPMG
- Dr Guo Dongbai
CTO, AliExpress - Mr Zheng Changqing
Senior Director, eBay Inc
Topic: How warehouse enables retail export on ecommerce platform - Mr Andrey Zatsepin
Head of International Logistics, Ozon.ru
Topic: Difficulties in e-commerce logistics in Russia - Ms Haruko Takachi
CEO, Japan Post International Logistics Co, Ltd
Topic: Development of China-Japan’s cross-border ecommerce
Omni-channel Strategy: Navigating the Future of Retail
Moderator:
- Mr Hugh Williams
Managing Director, Hughenden Consulting
- Mr Pieter Paul Wittgen
Co-Founder and COO, Grana.com
Topic: Omni-channel Strategy: Navigating the Future of Retail - Mr Filippo Gori
Business Development Director, International Brands, Vip.com
Topic: VIP For Fashion - In Season & Off Season Opportunities - Mr Malcolm Monteiro
CEO, Asia-Pacific, DHL eCommerce
Topic: Omni-channel Retailing
New Opportunities for Modern Logistics Industry in the PRD Region and Zhuhai from the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Opening Remarks:
- Mr He Yemin
Vice Mayor, Zhuhai Municipal People's Government
Topic: Economic Development and Opportunities for the Logistics Industry in Zhuhai
- Mr Simon KY Wong
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies
- Mr Albert Yau
General Manager, Hong Kong - Zhuhai Airport Management Co Ltd
Topic: Opportunities for Airport Logistics in Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Macau and the PRD - Mr Victor Lei
Chairman, International Logistics and Forwarding Association of Macau
Topic: Hot Topics in Freight Transport in Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Macau and the PRD - Mr Zheng Tianxiang
Professor, The Centre for Studies of Hong Kong, Macau, Pearl River Delta, Sun Yat-Sen University
Vice President, Asia-Pacific Innovation Economic Research Institute
Topic: New Opportunities in Maritime and Logistics Cooperation between Zhuhai and Hong Kong brought about by the Bridge - Mr Liang Xuemin
General Manager, Zhuhai Port Holdings Group Co, Ltd
Topic: Cooperation Opportunities for Port Logistics Businesses in Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau under the Bridge Era
Omni-channel Strategy: Navigating the Future of Retail
Big Data, the Cloud and Your BusinessIn association with:
Moderator:
- Dr Stephen Lam
Chief Operating Officer, GS1 Hong Kong
- Mr Ernest Cheung
Senior IT Manager, Kerry Logistics
Topic: Kerry Logistics Cloud Journey - Mr Patrik Forsstrom
Head of Business Intelligence, Digital Retail, Cathay Pacific Airways
Topic: Cathay Pacific’s Big Data Road-map - Ms Minnie Bu<
Cloud ERP/SCM Solution Director, Oracle Applications Asia Pacific
Topic: Digital Transformation Best Practices (What it is & How to get there) - Mr Jerry Sham
Watson Solutions Architect, IBM
Topic: The Cognitive Era for Big Data and Cloud
Dalian Development Area – Core of Liaoning FTA, uprising International Financing, Logistics and Shipping Centre of Northeast Asia
Sponsor:
Opening Remarks:
- Mr Li Dongwei
Director, Investment Promotion Bureau, Dalian Economic & Technological Development Area
- Ms Liu Huirong
Deputy Director, Investment Promotion Bureau, Dalian Economic & Technological Development Area
- Mr Ren Zhengwei
Director, Administrative Committee, Dalian Xiaoyao Bay International Business District
Topic: Development Opportunities for Financial, Warehousing, Logistics, Port and Shipping Services Industries in the Core Area of the Sole FTZ in Northern China - Mr Tai Jingang
Division Chief, Dalian Port (PDA) Co, Ltd
Topic: Important Role of the Sole Hub Port in Northeast China under the “Belt and Road” Initiative in accordance with FTZ Policies - Mr Shen Hongyi
Director, Jinpu New Area Branch, Bank of China
Topic: Introduction on Financial Products for the Logistics, Warehousing, Port and Shipping Service Industries - Mr Tong Yupeng
Deputy General Manager, Logistics Department (North China), Mapletree
Topic: Mapletree’s Successful Layout in DDA, focusing on Local Market and Connecting Northeast Asia - Ms Xu Liying
General Manager, Cathay Precision Metal Products (Dalian) Co, Ltd
Topic: Great Investment Environment and Convenient Logistics – 10 Years of Success for Cathay in DDA
Linking North America and Asia: Transpacific Trade back on Track
Moderator:
- Mr Robert Armstrong
President, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation – North America Chapter
- Mr Keith Reardon
Vice President, Intermodal Services, CN - Mr Shaun Stevenson
Vice President, Trade Development and Public Affairs, Prince Rupert Port Authority - Mr Tabare Dominguez
Commercial Director, DP World Canada - Mr Chris Ng
Vice President, Marketing and Sales, GCT Canada, Global Container Terminals Inc
* The programme is subject to change without prior notice.