"Planning for change, managing uncertainty" is the theme for this year's conference.

Chairman: Christopher Blackstone, Deloitte & Touche, Vice President, Ports & Terminals Group, UK
09:00 Welcome from the organisers and host port
09:30 Chairman's introduction
09:40 KEYNOTE The future role of government in international terminal operations
Dato' Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik, Minister of Transport, Malaysia
10:00 The mao picture - Asia's shipping and port map
Charles de Trenck, global shipping research, Salomon Smith Barney, Hong Kong
10:30 Questions, Coffee & Exhibition Visit
11:30 Managing through uncertainty
Mark Kadar, Vice President, Mercer Management Consultants Inc, USA
11.55 Terminal strategy in a changing world
Andrew Milliken, VP, AP Møller Terminals - Asia Region, Singapore
12:20 Carriers and terminals: future strategies
Masahiro Aoyama, Director and General Manager, Harbor Group, NYK Line, Japan
13:00 Lunch & Exhibition Visits
SESSION 2: Asia in transition
14:00 Chairman's introduction
14:10 China and the WTO: a trade impact assessment
Looking behind the hype - the realities of Chinese trade
Impact on global and regional service patterns
Terminal demand capacity constraints
Dr Simon Su, Senior Consultant, GHK Ltd, Hong Kong

14:35 Intra-Asia trade growth and consequences for terminal development
The outlook for the intra-Asia container trades
The network interface between intra-Asia and transcontinental services
Transhipment and direct call strategies
Capacity and performance requirements for mainline and feeder terminals

15:00 Regional port competition & partnerships
Datin Paduka OC Phang, general manager, Port Klang Authority, Malaysia
15:25 Coffee and exhibition visits
16:00 Port privatisation and productivity: past experience and future prospects in Asia
Has privatisation benefited service levels?
Measuring productivity under different market conditions
Dr Dong-Wook Song, Department of Shipping and Transport Logistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

16:25 Public/private partnerships: revitalising Bangladesh's terminal infrastructure
Priya Kalsi, consultant, CPCS Transcom, Canada
17:00 Asia's smaller terminals: prospects for direct service calls
Will mega-vessels and transhipment mean more direct calls?
Impact on feeder services

17:30 Session closes
18:00 Networking reception, hosted by Port Klang Authority
Day Two: Wednesday 20 February
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SESSION 3: Management and Operations: Adding Value
09:00 Chairman's introduction
09:05 The dynamics of supply chain management techniques in a transhipment hub
Achieving real partnership with shippers
Land and infrastructure management
Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman, managing director, Port of Tanjung Pelapas, Malaysia

09:30 From wharf to door: ports as logistics nodes
From cargo gateway to logistics chain supplier - a fundamental repositioning
Practical issues in building new logistics capabilities and connections
Integrating terminal operations and logistics

09:55 The managed supply chain: integration strategies for smaller ports
Typical workings of the breakbulk and container supply chains
Opportunities for integrating information and technologies
The benefits of integrating parts of the chain
How to achieve integration
Ken Harris, chief executive officer, & Kerry Elton, IT Manager, CentrePort, New Zealand

10:20 Questions & Coffee
SESSION 4: Financing Growth
11:00 Chairman's introduction: the need for eative terminal financing
11:15 eative terminal financing
a new era of capital intensity
Securing finance for developing country infrastructure
Christopher Lowe, partner, Watson, Farley & Williams, Singapore

11:40 Risk assessment in terminal finance
Coping with uncertainty
Impact on required investment returns
Nicholas Sansome, Thomas Miller Group, Hong Kong

12:05 Insuran