19 November 2024 - Hong Kong-UK Shipping Forum: Managing Intervention in Global Shipping

 

Date: 19 November 2024

Time: 2:30pm to 7:30pm

Venue: Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Register: Click here to register

Held as part of the Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 on Tuesday 19th November 2.30-7.30pm at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, this event is co-organised by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s UK Shipping Concierge and Maritime London in partnership with the British Consulate General Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Maritime Port Board

The seminar will explore the complexities of counterparty compliance, how the industry is managing that risk, and the advantages of operating assets form mature maritime jurisdictions. The event will conclude with a networking drinks reception. This event is free to attend but by invitation only. If you would like to attend please register your interest using the provided link, we will be in touch to confirm your attendance separately.

Welcome Address will be delivered by Ms Mable Chan, JP, Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Transport and Logistics Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Speakers will include:

Alexander Brandt, Partner, Transportation, Reed Smith

William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Services (UK) Company Ltd

Lars Lippuner, Director of UK Customer Maritime Services, Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA)

Vineet Puri, Director, Head of Shipping, Asia North and Asia South, Corporate Banking, Citi

Sandra Rosignoli, Group General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Clarksons

Mike Salthouse, Head of External Affairs, NorthStandard

Jos Standerwick, Chief Executive, Maritime London

Benjamin Wong, Head of Transport and Logistics, InvestHK


AGENDA

1430 Registration/Refreshments on Arrival

1500 Welcome & Keynote Addresses

1530 Session 1 - Counterparty compliance in a complex trading environment
This panel will explore how counterparties can ensure compliance, in a world of regional and international decarbonisation regulation, increasingly onerous ESG requirements from stakeholders in the shipping value chain and ambitious, complex sanctions regimes.

1630 Refreshments Break

1700 Session 2 - The advantages of operating assets from a mature maritime jurisdiction
This panel will explore role of mature maritime jurisdictions in the current geopolitical context. Whether the need for enhanced transparency requirements and the changes in global tax norms are leading shipping interests to consider their corporate structures, and how shipping clusters can capitalise on these trends in the market.

1800 Networking Drinks Reception

1930 Event Ends