The Americas: A Continent of Opportunities

Cancún, Mexico • 3-5 November

IBIA Annual Convention 2015

Cancun

A top-level international conference, one-day of bunker training and a free Bunker Surgery, delivered by some of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the global bunker and shipping industries, will ensure that every delegate has access to valuable information that will greatly enhance their skill base and equip them to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

A specially negotiated ALL INCLUSIVE rate is available to all IBIA Annual Convention 2015 attendees, which includes:

• hotel rooms• conference / training• and all social events.

Contact details:T: +44 1295 814455 E: events@petrospot.com

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

One-day training courses are offered free of charge on the following subjects (subject to demand):

• IBIA Basic Bunker Course (English) • IBIA Basic Bunker Course (Spanish)• An Introduction to Shipping• Bunker Dispute Resolution Workshop

BUNKER TRAINING3 November

During two focused sessions delegates are invited to direct detailed questions on legal, technical, operational, commercial, environment or general issues to a select panel of some of the industry’s leading experts. There will be an opportunity for delegates to promote their own views and ideas.

IBIA BUNKER SURGERY5 November

The conference programme covers a wide variety of key subjects – from financial and economic overviews to the environment, from bunker quality and quantity to new fuels and new technologies, from regional and global markets to important legal issues, and from LNG bunkering to the dangers of cybercrime. The speakers are international. The issues are global.

IBIA CONFERENCE4-5 November

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION – LIVE AQUA CANCÚN

These rates INCLUDE all training and conference fees. Bookings should be made via the website.Note: 18 or over only.

IBIA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER

An Introduction to Shipping (English)

IBIA Basic Bunkering Course (English)

IBIA Basic Bunkering Course (Spanish)

Bunker Disputes Resolution Workshop (English)

19:30 Welcome Reception & Dinner

WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER

08:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee Exhibition Open for Viewing

SESSION ONE: SETTING THE SCENE

This session will welcome delegates to Cancun and to the IBIA Annual Convention 2015. It will also look at the current state of the shipping, oil and bunker markets locally, regionally and globally and attempt to shed some light on future trends and developments.

09:00 IBIA Chairman’s Welcome to the IBIA Annual Convention 2015

09:15 Keynote Presentation: Oil Prices Below $60 a Barrel Until 2030: What This Means for Shipping and Bunkering

09:40 World Bunkering Overview

10:00 Global Shipping Outlook and the Implications for Bunkering

10:20 Roundtable Discussion / Q&A

10:30 Networking Coffee Break

SESSION TWO: REGIONAL BUNKERING OVERVIEW

This session will look at developments in individual bunker markets, both within Latin America and further afield.

11:00 Mexico

11:20 Panama

11.40 The Caribbean

12.00 Northwest Europe

12:20 Singapore

12:40 Roundtable Discussion / Q&A

13:00 Networking Lunch Break

SESSION THREE: BUNKER QUALITY & QUANTITY (I)

This double session will focus on fuel quality and quantity, looking at the fuels that are being produced and supplied and at the quantities being delivered to ships.

14:00 Delivering What is Ordered – Getting What You Pay For

14:20 Residual Fuel Oil – Is this the end of the road?

14:40 The Challenges of Heavy Fuel and Distillates: What is Off-Spec Fuel?

15:00 Panel Discussion / Q&A

15:30 Networking Coffee Break

SESSION FOUR: BUNKER QUALITY AND QUANTITY (II)

This session will provide an update on the bunkering activities in the changing markets of selected key countries in the Americas.

16:00 Key Challenges in Fuel Quality Management

16:20 Hybrid and Ultra Low Sulphur Fuels

16:40 The Mechanics and Justification for Bunker Metering

17:00 Panel Discussion / Q&A

19:30 IBIA Annual Convention 2015 Evening Reception & Dinner

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER

08:30 Welcome Coffee

SESSION FIVE: BUNKER SURGERY

During two focused sessions delegates are invited to direct detailed questions on legal, technical, operational, commercial, environment or general issues to a select panel of some of the industry’s leading experts. There will be an opportunity for delegates to promote their own view and ideas.

10:00 Panel 1 – Technical & Operations

11:30 Panel 2 – Commercial & Legal

SESSION SIX: LEGAL ISSUES IN BUNKERING

This session will provide useful – and free – legal advice to those buying and selling marine fuels, writing and signing contracts, solving and avoiding disputes and arresting ships.

14:00 The Launch of IBIA’s Dispute Resolution Package

14:20 Ship Arrest: A Guide to Best Practice

14:40 BIMCO Fuel Contract Revisions

15:00 The International Maritime Organization: Looking Ahead

15:20 Panel Discussion / Q&A

15:30 Networking Coffee Break

SESSION SEVEN: THE FUTURE

16:00 Case Study: Creating a Viable LNG Bunkering Operation

16:20 Electronic Gadgetry: Developing New Tools for the Bunker Industry

16:40 Cybercrime: The legal Issues

17:10 Panel Discussion / Q&A

19:30 IBIA Annual Convention 2015 Reception and Gala Dinner

• Eugenia Benavides. IBAI Board Member & Marine Director, Terpel S.A.

• Capt. Rahaul Choudhuri, Managing Director – Asia, ME & Africa VPS Singapore

• John Demopoulos, New York Bureau Chief, Argus Media Ltd

• Nigel Draffin, IBIA Board Member & Technical Consultant, Lecturer and Author

• Unni Einemo, IBIA Board Member & Managing Editor, Platts Bunkerworld

• Anne Ghent, CEO, Ventrin Petroleum Co. Ltd

• Michael Green, IBIA Board Member & Technical Manager, Intertek ShipCare

• Capt Peter Hall, Chief Executive, IBIA

• Muchamed Elfian Harun, Assistant Director (Bunker Services), Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

• Steve Jones, Director Business Development, Emerson Process Management

• Jens Maul Jørgensen, Chairman, IBIA & Director of the Bunker Department, Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG

• John R. LaRese, Technical Liaison Manager, ExxonMobil

• Leonor Mondragón López, Director General, Navalmex Combustibles S.A. de C.V.

• Robin Meech, Vice Chairman, IBIA & Managing Director, Marine & Energy Consulting Limited

• Mustafa Muhtaroglu, IBIA Board Member & Director, Energy Petrol

• Capt Bob Sanguinetti, CEO and Captain of the Port, Gibraltar Port Authority

• J.Stephen Simms, Partner, Simms Showers LLP

• John Stirling, IBIA Board Member & Quality Manager, World Fuel Services

• Flor Torrijos, Partner, Panama Maritime Lawyers

• Nick Vukelja, Vice Chair, Panama Maritime Chamber & CEO, Maritime Advisors & Developers Inc.

SPEAKERS

OVER 20 SPEAKERS

9 SESSIONS

28 PRESENTATIONS

Full programme available online.

OVER 20 SPEAKERS

9 SESSIONS

28 PRESENTATIONS

REGISTRATION SELECTION

IBIA Members – Save $500

NOT AN IBIA MEMBER? JOIN TODAY AND SAVE $200

DELEGATE FEES INCLUDE FIVE-STAR HOTEL STAY (3 OR 4 NIGHTS, FULLY INCLUSIVE)

1IBIA Conference only Includes 3 nights hotel stay (Tuesday - Thursday)

$2,100

2One-Day Basic Bunker Course (English) & IBIA Conference Includes 4 nights stay (Monday - Thursday)

$2,400

3One-Day Basic Bunker Course (Spanish) & IBIA Conference Includes 4 nights stay (Monday - Thursday)

$2,400

4One-Day An Introduction to Shipping & IBIA Conference Includes 4 nights stay (Monday - Thursday)

$2,400

5One-Day Bunker Dispute Resolution Workshop & IBIA Conference Includes 4 nights stay (Monday - Thursday)

$2,400

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IBIA EXHIBITING & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

EXHIBITION SPACE STARTS AT JUST $2,000

The IBIA Annual Convention offers sponsors and exhibitors an exceptional opportunity to maximise exposure within the marine fuels industry, not only in the run up and during the event, but also via onsite visuals, via Bunkerspot, via IBIA's own magazine, World Bunkering and our media partners. Sponsorship is a direct, cost-effective route to your target market. Your participation enables you to:

• Demonstrate your commitment to the global bunker industry• Get yourself noticed by key decision makers• Highlight your company's branding and publicity within the industry• Initiate direct contact with potential clients• Take advantage of unique networking opportunities

DELEGATE BAGS SOLD

BADGES & LANYARDS SOLD

OFFICIAL T-SHIRTS $5,000

FLASH DRIVES $5,000

OFFICIAL CAPS $5,000

NOTEPADS AND PENS SOLD

1 x DIAMOND $25,000

2 x PLATINUM SOLD

2 x GOLD (1 LEFT) $10,000

4 x SILVER $7,500

BRONZE $4,000

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE SPONSORSHIP

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BRONZE SILVER GOLD PLATINUM DIAMOND

BRAND PROMOTION / MARKETINGBenefit from your company logo being in all IBIA Annual Convention 2015 marketing material circulated through:

• World Bunkering magazine and website• Bunkerspot magazine and website• IBIA and Petrospot direct marketing and email campaigns• web links, newsletters and magazines• ‘media partner’ publications

WEB PRESENCESponsor Logo and URL link on the conference website

BANNER ADVERTISINGGain additional exposure through banner signage at the IBIA Annual Convention 2015

NETWORKING BREAKSSponsor one of following networking events during the conference programme. Options allocated on a first come, first served basis

• Wednesday 4 November – coffee break (a.m.) - SOLD• Wednesday 4 November – coffee break (p.m.) - SOLD• Thursday 5 November – coffee break (a.m.) - SOLD• Thursday 5 November – coffee break (p.m.) - SOLD

NETWORKING LUNCHESSponsor one of following networking events during the conference programme. Options allocated on a first come, first served basis

• Networking Lunch (4 November) - SOLD• Networking Lunch (5 November) - SOLD

NETWORKING RECEPTIONSSponsor one of the following:

• Welcome Reception & Dinner (3 November) - SOLD• Evening Reception & Dinner (4 November) - SOLD

Options allocated on a first come, first served basis.

GALA DINNER RECEPTIONSponsor of the IBIA Annual Convention 2015 Gala Reception & Dinner

DELEGATE PACKYour marketing material in the official delegate pack issued to all delegates attending

HOW DO YOU BENEFIT

www.petrospot.com/IBIA2015 Tel: +44 1295 814455 | Email: events@petrospot.com

• Regional bunker quality and quantity concerns

• New and hybrid marine fuels • The huge potential for LNG bunkering

and training• Regional bunker market overviews• Legal issues in bunkering

• Fighting cybercrime• Environmental regulation: Impact on

the Americas• Anticipating the canal expansion• Plus the inaugural Bunker Surgery –

one-to-one confidential consultations with IBIA experts

IBIA is coming to the Americas with one-day training courses, and a major two-day conference featuring:

Associate Sponsors

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INTERNATIONAL BUNKERINDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsor

Supporting Media

World ils

Platinum Sponsors