With container shipping still roiling in the aftermath of global slowdown and its profound impact on shipping, The Journal of Commerce TPM Asia conference will help make sense of what is happening in the market today. The 4th annual TPM Asia (http://www.joc.com/tpma) at the Shenzhen Intercontinental Hotel on 19-20 Oct. will present an in-depth program of industry leaders offering their views on the current and future environment in the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and intra-Asia container markets. The event will be attended by more than 75 BCOs as well as a broad-based representation from major carriers, ports, terminals and 3PLs. "Clearly, even given the global recovery, the container industry is still in a state of turmoil, with carriers committed to restoring profitability and shippers still very much feeling the effects of slow steaming, capacity tightness, rising rates and a shortage of containers," said Peter Tirschwell, TPM Asia program chair and senior vice president for strategy at UBM Global Trade, the parent company of The Journal of Commerce. The two-day program will open with a series of four keynote speakers followed by a roundtable discussion among the four speakers. The opening keynote speakers will be: - Bronson Hsieh, Chairman, Evergreen Marine Corp. - Qing Wang, Managing Director and Chief Economist for Greater China, Morgan Stanley Asia - Scott C. Larson, Vice-President International Logistics & Customs, The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. - Luc Jacobs, Senior Vice President for Ocean Freight, head of global FCL business, DHL Global Forwarding In addition, TPM Asia this year will include special 3-hour intensive regulatory workshop offered to all attendees, focused on U.S. and European container security rules to be attended by a senior official from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The full TPM Asia agenda will probe the current state of supply and demand, container availability, and forecasts for how the market will unfold in 2011. It will also address container derivatives as a tool for shippers and carriers to mitigate risk from freight rate volatility. The event will feature these speakers addressing these and other critical issues confronting the industry: - Edwin Coseteng, head of International Division, IDS, a member of the Li & Fung Group - Sam Lee, Head of Asian Transportation Research, Credit Suisse - Aik Meng Eng, President, APL Ltd. - Philip Damas, Director, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors - Brian Nixon, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley - Commodities - Benjamin Gibson, Freight Derivatives Broker, Clarkson Securities Limited - Charlie Wellins, Vice President - Ocean, Asia Pacific, CEVA Logistics - Sean Smith, Managing Director, Kerry Teamwork Ltd (unit of Kerry Logistics) - Edwin Coseteng, Head of International Division, IDS, a member of the Li & Fung Group "After two days of hearing from the industry's foremost leaders, attendees will come away with a clear picture of how the many forces in the industry are interacting and what it will mean for their business in 2011," Tirschwell said. 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