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               WELCOME TO MARINE & CARGO INSURANCE conference MCI 2019 (08 - 09 May, Antwerp, Belgium)
                              Making Marine Insurance a Viable, Strategic Priority for Shipowners and Ship Managers

The marine insurance industry, despite its emphasis on risk management and sustainability as well as track record in managing risks, is also facing tremendous winds of change. The insurance policy remains a financial risk safety belt and you cannot do without it.
The International Conference «Marine & Cargo Insurance 2019» (MCI) is organised by MediaCompass Ukraine It takes place on 08-09 May, 2019 in Antwerp (the event for cargo owners, ocean carriers, freight forwarders, ports/terminals, heavy haulers, equipment companies and more that are involved in shipping industry). The event will be held in Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel
Our partners: Chamber of commerce BeNeLux-Ukraine,   Chamber of commerce BeNeLux-Georgia, Ukrainian Marine bar Association.
President of the 1^stDay: Port of Antwerp representative
President of the 2^odDay: President Belgian Port Commission Mr. Francis Rome

WHY MCI ?
30 + speakers
12 hours for discussion and networking
2 events at the same time
practical case studies and insights
B2B meetings with ship owners and cargo owners

TOPICS for discussion:
·Marine and Cargo Insurance Industry in 2019. Trends, Threats, Opportunities & Consequences.
·Case studies and advices on Marine and Multimodal Cargo Insurance
·Antwerp is a Freight Forwarders’ Port. The FIATA Multimodal Transport and the House Bill of Lading. Due Diligence of the Stakeholders.
·Logistics Operators and Cargo insurance. Loss Prevention, Liability and Adjusting with Success.
·Case Studies on handling Shipping Claims
·Claims Handling in the Flemish Ports
·Innovations and New Technologies in Marine and Cargo Insurance.
·PANEL DISCUSSION: The Antwerp Marine Insurance Policy Cargo Insurance Refurbished

Who Should Attend:
- Chief Claims Officers of Life and General (Re)insurance Companies
- Claims Managers
- Underwriters
- Agents and Brokers
- Loss Adjusters / Assessors
-Ship owners and ship managers
- Consultants
- Regulators
- Risk & Insurance Managers of Corporate Companies
- Lawyers
- Cargo owners
- Service Providers (shipping companies, ocean carriers, freight forwarders, ports/terminals and all the stakeholders

MCI 2019 conference is a MUST ATTEND event as it will help you stay relevant with tips on best practices in analysing underwriting data and claim procedures to be efficient in cost control as well.

              PROPOSAL MARINE & CARGO INSURANCE Conference MCI 2019   (08 - 09 May, Antwerp, Belgium)

                                                                    Marine & Cargo Insurance is a Strategic Priority.

                                                                                           08 May 2019 - 1st Day

President of the Day: Mr. Michel Cornette, Transport, Maritime & Customs Law Attorney Elegis, Antwerp

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Morning Tea & Coffee

9:00 – 9:20 – Organizers Welcome
- Why the 2nd International Marine and Cargo Insurance Conference in Antwerp?
Mr. Alexander Syvak, founder Media Compass Ukraine Advertising Agency & International Sea magazine Shipping, Odessa

9:05-9:15 - The Flemish ports of Bruges (15th century) and Antwerp (16th century) are of the oldest leading European maritime trading and insurance centers
Mr. Luc Pysson, President Jacaré Logistics, Chambers of Commerce BeNeLux – Ukraine & BeNeLux – Georgia, Lier (Antwerp)

9:15-9:20 - What Antwerp means to Ukraine. The Ukrainian marine insurance liability environment.
Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing Partner Rabomizo Law Firm, President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association,Kyiv

9:20 – 9:40 – Port of Antwerp welcome
- How investment, innovation and strategy strengthen the position of the Port of Antwerp in the North – South Trade and West – East Trade in view of the different Silk Roads.
Mr. Wim Dillen, International Development Manager Port of Antwerp, Antwerp

9:40 – 10:00 – Key country Ukraine
- How investment, innovation and strategy strengthen the position of the trade routes, seaports and transport infrastructure in Ukraine in view of the new Silk Road.
Mr. Viktor Dovhan, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Kyiv

10:00 – 11:00 – Marine and Cargo Insurance Industry in 2019. Trends, threats, opportunities & consequences.

10:00 - 10:20 - Lloyd’s Insurance Company: A prepared reply from one of the most significant insurance markets to a changing world.
Mr. Iwan Röpcke, Business Strategy & Development Manager Lloyd’s, Brussels

10:20 - 10:40 - Liability insurance for traders and charterers: market update.
Mr. Karl Moens, Marsh & McLennan Marine & Cargo Insurance Practice, Vice President, Claims Liability Manager, Senior Marine Insurance Consultant, Antwerp

10:40 - 11:00 - Insuring cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare.
Mr.Erik Van de Velde, Practice Leader Cyber Risks at Marsh & McLennan NL, Rotterdam

11:00 – 11:15 – Q & A
11:15 – 11:45 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

11:45 – 12:25– The liability environment in the shipping industry becomes more and more legislative, but not in Belgium:
11:45-12:05 - Marine insurance in Ukraine:regulation and practice.
Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing Partner Rabomizo Law Firm, President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association,Kyiv

12:05 - 12:25 - The Antwerp Marine Insurance / Policy Cargo Insurance / Marine insurance in Belgium: regulation and practice.
Mr. Jef Gorrebeeck, Senior Advisor Marine Vanbreda Risk & Benefits, President Study Circle Marine Insurance, Board Member Belgian Association for Maritime Law, Antwerp

12:25 – 12:40 – Q & A
12:40 – 14:00 – Lunch and networking break

14:00 – 15:40 – Case studies and advices on marine and multimodal cargo insurance:

- Non-standard types of insurance. Delay in start-up. Charterers’ risks.
Mr. Nicholas G. Berketis, PhD, J. Kouroutis & Co. Ltd. Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers, Piraeus

- Bulk cargo: totally lost or damaged? One practical case study
Mr. Andrey Shashorin, Remedy Law Firm, Moscow

- Heating and other damage to grains and by-products during transit and storage.
Mrs. Karin Van Batenburg, Senior Claims Advisor Marsh & McLennan Marine & Cargo Insurance Practice, Antwerp

- Unclaimed cargo. Who is responsible for the demurrage?
Mrs. Goradze Lyudmila – Lawyer ,KTL Ukraine LLC.

15:20 – 15:35 – Q & A
15:35 – 16:05 – Tea & Coffee and networking break

16:05 – 17:35 – Anno 2019: legal challenges in Belgian sector of the freight forwarders:

Five introductions and a panel discussion

- Merchant clause and demurrage/detention
- Customs compliance
- Terminal liability in relation to megaships and congestion in the ports.
- The freight forwarder as carrier: NVOCC, FIATA Multimodal Transport and the House B/L
- Liabilities and tailor-made insurances for the Belgian freight forwarders/NVOCCs.
- Marine cargo incurance is a strategic priority within risk management for logistics operators.

Mrs. Caroline Gubbi, Legal Adviser Belgian Freight Forwarding Association (CEB), Antwerp, Brussels & Zeebrugge

Mrs. Katy Rijnders, Manager Legal&Risk Gosselin Group

Mrs. Ann Dely, Underwriter Post & Co, Antwerp

Mrs. Tanja VanDamme, Senior Broker Marine Liabilities, Claims Manager Industry, Cargo and Marine Liabilities JLT Belgibo, Marine Insurance Brokers (Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group), Antwerp

Mr. Christophe Van Mechelen, Founding Partner Van Laer – Van Mechelen Attorneys, Antwerp, Honorary Consul Republic of Latvia in Belgium (Flemish Region)

17:35 – 17:50 – Q & A
17:50 - 19:00-Drinks and networking

                                                                                          09 May 2019 (2nd Day)

President of the Day: Mr. Francis Rome, Chairman Belgian Port Commission, Professor C-MAT (UA)

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Morning Tea & Coffee

9.00 – 9:20 – Organizers Welcome
9:00 - 9:10 - The “Brussels diplomatic Conferences on Maritime Law”(1897):the cradle of the harmonisation of maritime law and practice. The Comite Maritime International(“CMI”) holds its seat in Antwerp.
Mr. Luc Pysson, President Jacare Logistics ,Chamber of Commerce BeNeLux – Georgia & BeNeLux – Ukraine, Lier, (Antwerp)

9:10 - 9:15 - What the CMI means for Ukrainian maritime law and practice.
Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing partner Rabomizo Law Firm,President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association,Kyiv

9:15 - 9:20 - The Belgian Study Circle Marine Insurance.
Mr.Christiaan Postelmans, Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

9:20 - 9:30 - The CMI and the Belgian Association for Maritime Law.
Mr.Frank Stevens, Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Senior Associate Roosendaal Keyser Attorneys, Antwerp, President Belgian Association for Maritime Law

9:30 – 10.50 – Loss prevention, liability and adjusting with success:
9:30 - 9:50 - The Belgian branch association of insurance brokers. / The importance of cargo insurance for breakbulk cargo.
Mr. Wouter Van den Daele, Manager Cargo & Marine Liability JLT Belgibo, Marine Insurance Brokers (Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group), President technical committee Belgian branch association of insurance brokers,Antwerp

9:50 - 10:10 - What a burden. A look at Volcalfe v CSAV [2018]
Mr. Duncan Ealand, Senior associate solicitor Campbell Johnston Clark Ltd, London

10:10 - 10:30 - Actio in rem analogy in Lithuania maritime law
Mr. Oleg Drobitko, Advocate at Law Firm InRight / Drobitko & Partners, Klaipeda

10:30 - 10:50 - Legal Environmental Regulatory Overview
Mr. Yuvraj Thakur, Commercial Director , EU MRV/IMO DCS Auditor/ Hazmat Expert, Verifavia Shipping Marine Engineer, Chandigarh (India), Paris, Singapore

10:50 – 11:05 – Q & A
11:05 – 11:25 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

11:25 – 12:25 – Case studies on handling marine and cargo claims:
11:25 - 11:45 - A case study of inherent vice and latent defect.
Mr. Ralph De Wit, Professor at VUB, UA, AMA, Attorney at Antwerp (Goemans De Scheemaecker & De Wit Advocaten), Antwerp

11:45 - 12:05 - Subrogation: having paid a claim, what should insurers do to get their money back?
Mr. Bob Deeping, Partner & Shipping Lawyer BDM Law LLP, London
Mrs.Emmy Ameloot?, Solicitor BDM Law LLP, London

12:05 - 12:25 - Insuring the exposure of carrying commodities.
Mr. Yavor Velchev, Consultant in Shipping Legal, Insurance & Claims, Insurance claims at Shippossible Ltd., Antwerp, London

12:25 – 12.40 – Q&A
12:40 – 14:00 – Lunch and networking break

14:00 – 15:20 – Innovations in marine and cargo insurance:
14:00 - 14:20 - Nearshore energy renewables. Working on the beach and the insurance challenges.
Mr. Jos De Gelas, Team Leader Special Marine Risks Marsh & McLennan, Marine & Cargo Insurance Practice, Antwerp

14:40 – 15:00 - The role of smart contracts in cargo insurance.
Mr. Alexander Varvarenko, Founder and CEO Varamar, a shipping company, and Shipnext ,a digital automated blockchain based shipping marketplace, Odessa, Hamburg

15:00 - 15:20 - World’s first blockchain platform for marine insurance in commercial use.
Mr. Lars Henneberg, Vice President, Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen

15:20 – 15:35 – Q&A
15:35 – 16:00 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

16:00 – 17:00 – Risk management: marine & cargo Insurance is a Strategic Priority / Two introductions and a panel discussion:
16:00 - 16:20 - Risk management: Political risks are strategic.
Mr. Lars Henneberg,Vice President, Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen

16:20 - 16:40 - Risk management: Political risks are strategic.
Mr.Christiaan Postelmans,Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

16:40 - 17:00 - Panel
Mr. Lars Henneberg, Vice President,Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen

Mr.Christiaan Postelmans, Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

Mr. Ralph De Wit, Professor at VUB, UA, AMA, Attorney at Antwerp (Goemans De   Scheemaecker & De Wit Advocaten), Antwerp

Mr. Wouter Van den Daele, Manager Cargo & Marine Liability JLT Belgibo, Marine Insurance Brokers (Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group), President technical committee Belgian branch association of insurance brokers, Antwerp

Mr. Alexander Varvarenko, Founder and CEO Varamar, a shipping company, and Shipnext ,a digital automated blockchain based shipping marketplace, Odessa, Hamburg

17:00 – 17:30 - Key country Georgia:
17:00 - 17:10 - Transport is a priority business ecosystem in Georgia: seaports, transport infrastructure projects and trade routes.
Mrs. Natalie Sabanadze, Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Head of Georgian Mission to the EU, Brussels

17:10 - 17:30 - Innovative captive marine insurance solutions for Georgian marine and cargo operators?
Mrs. Tamara Ioseliani, Director at Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia, Tbilisi

17:30 – 18:00 – Closing address Belgian and European Policymaker
Common in Belgium: Triple Helix Logistics Clusters. Mr. Kris Peeters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Work, Economy and Consumers, in charge of Foreign Trade, Brussels

18:00 - 19:00 - Drinks and networking