Tomorrow on board of cruise ferry the Cruise Barcelona the "Ferry Shipping Conference" will be opened




Tomorrow on board of cruise ferry the Cruise Barcelona, the flagship of the fleet of Grimaldi Lines employed on the every day line Barcelona-Civitavecchia, will open the ninth edition of the "Ferry Shipping Conference", the more important appointment of the field ferries that will reunite about 400 delegated in two days of encounters, sessions and debates entirely dedicated to the problems and the challenges of the European field ferry.

The event, that it is organized by BOLT Consulting and ShipPax Information, includes, in the evening of Wednesday, the ceremony of ShipPax Awards 2011 in the course of which a jury of experts will assign the prizes to the best ships based on the following categories: concept, outdoors ship, bridge swimming pool, lounge, cabins, garage car, ecology and technology.

Programme
Programme

Tuesday, April 12
12.00	Check-in opens at Terminal Acciona Trasmediterranea. Possibility to store the luggage at the terminal until embarkation.
16.30-17.30	Boat round trip in the harbour by invitation, sponsored by Port of Barcelona
19.45-20.00	Embarkation, shuttlebuses to the ship
	Check-in to Cabins
20.30	Welcome drink by the pool (deck 11) sponsored by Brax Shipping, networking
21.30	Dinner in Barceloneta & Olympic Puerto (deck 10) sponsored by DNV, Det Norske Veritas
23.00	Live Music - OOPS BAND - at the Smaila's Club sponsored by Grimaldi Group
	Night CAP sponsored by STX Europe in Smaila's

Wednesday, April 13
07.30-09.30	Breakfast in Barceloneta (deck 10) sponsored by Brude Safety
	Networking & visit exhibitors
11.00	Conference begins at Smaila's deck 10
	Opening Klas Brogren, ShipPax Information Emanuele Grimaldi, Grimaldi Group
11.15	Strategic situation of the industry
	Reflections since last year Bo- Lennart Thorbjörnsson, BOLT Consulting
	Q&A
11.30	Coffee break in Plaza de Catalunya (deck 10) sponsored by Stena RoRo, networking & visit exhibitors
12.15	Debate panels with ferry top executives Emanuele Grimaldi, Grimaldi Group Gunnar Blomdahl, Stena Line Axel Meynköhn, Wyker DSR Spiros Paschalis, Attica Group
	Q&A
13.10	Presentation by Main Carus sponsor
13.15	Industry facts Klas Brogren, ShipPax Information
	Q&A
13.30	Lunch in Barceloneta & Olympic Puerto (deck 10) sponsored by Fincantieri, networking & visit exhibitors
15.00	Getting money to build
	The situation from to shipyard's perspective Georgio Arena, Fincantieri
	The situation from to bankers perspective Carsten Wiebers, Kfw IPEX-BANK
15.40	Coffee break in Plaza de Catalunya (deck 10) sponsored by Stena RoRo, networking & visit exhibitors
16.40	News from regulators and legislators
	New challenges from EU Yiota Krassakopoulou, Attica
	The future of VAT on Passenger Transport Simon Johnson, P&O Ferries
	The environmentally friendly ferry Edvard Sandvik, Norsk Vegvesen
	Q&A
17.40	Interactive debate
18.20	ShipPax Awards 2011, official hand-over of ShipPax Award prizes
18.50	Networking & visit exhibitors
20.00	Dinner drink by the pool (deck 11) sponsored by Navalimpianti, networking
21.00	Dinner in Barceloneta & Olympic Puerto (deck 10) sponsored by Grimaldi Group
23.00	Live Music - OOPS BAND - at the Smaila's Club sponsored by Grimaldi Group
	Night CAP sponsored by Meiko

Thursday, April 14
07.30-09.30	Breakfast in Barceloneta (deck 10) sponsored by Flensburger Schiffbau
	Networking & visit exhibitors
10.00	Small ferries
	From to designers point of view; "Which are the challenges in providing all services within to smaller ferry"? Jaime Oliver, Oliver Design, Spain
	From to builders point of view; "The development of new generations of smaller ferries and why we believe in double enders". Petter Klock, Fines Maritime Fiskerstrand BLRT, Norway
	From to naval architecture point of view; "How can we develop to new standard of smaller ferries". Wilco van der Linden, Wärtsilä, Netherlands
	Q&A
11.00	Roro vs container shipping Short Sea
	The North Sea and the Baltic Kell Robdrup, DFDS Seaways
	The Mediterranean Guido Grimaldi, Grimaldi Group
	Q&A
11.45	Coffee break in Plaza de Catalunya (deck 10) sponsored by Stena RoRo, networking & visit exhibitors
12.30	Passenger ferry traffic and outlook
	The to/from UK development and outlook Bill Gibbons, PSA (UK)
	The onboard hospitality business future and trends Michal Jackiewicz, Tillberg Design
	The future possibilities in IT based booking and businesses systems Keith Sherwood, Carus
	Q&A
13.30	Lunch in Barceloneta & Olympic Puerto (deck 10) sponsored by ABB, networking & visit exhibitors
15.00	New ships presentation
	UTHLANDE Axel Meynköhn, Wyker DSR
	The LNG fast ferry Robert Clifford, Incat
	TBA - The very latest ferry design, finished today! TBA
	Q&A
16.00	Words of farewell
	Next year's conference
16.30	Happy hour, networking & visit exhibitors
18.15	Arrival Barcelona