2007 2nd Global Shipping Summit

Preface

The year 2007 is a challenging year in international shipping and trade world. Shipping and trade professionals all around the world are amazed by the deep impact, big changes in the market.
Doing nothing but waiting will yield failure; positive reaction will yield success. 2007 2nd Global Shipping Summit will create a huge opportunity to you. It will unite business partners from China and overseas. It is a great opportunity to build strong connection worldwide.

Theme

Win of Change

Goal
•Business connection between international trading enterprise and international logistics enterprise
•Cooperation or transaction among China freight forwarders
•Cooperation or transaction between China logistics enterprise and overseas logistics enterprise
•Cooperation or transaction among ship owners, shipping agents, freight forwarders, ports, warehouses, transporters and container yards
•Information interaction between China business and international business; business opportunities inquiry and release on line
•Implement the conversation with the high end of International financial capital industry
•Experience interaction under the policies adjustment among the international trade enterprises
•Promote the process of informationization between Chinese shipping trade enterprises and international shipping trade enterprises
•Promote the procedure of logistics industry integration and reduce the cost of logistics industry

Participants
1)China & overseas shipping & logistics companies: Ship owners, shipping agents, freight forwarders, NVOCC;

2)China & overseas international companies: International trading companies, manufacturer enterprises, import & export agents;

3）China & overseas port enterprises: ports, logistics park, bonded logistics zone, container companies;

4）China& overseas shipping and logistics service enterprises: warehouses, transporters by land, courier companies, container yards, customs clearance companies, shipping producers, shipping technology companies, logistics management companies, information service companies, maritime services companies, various of shipping talents;

5）China& Overseas relevant industry: banking, insurance, law, capital;

6) Associations, multi-national enterprises, academic professionals, shipping media

Organizer

Shippingchina.com

Co-organizers

China Port & Shipping Institution, China Shipping (Group) Company, ALIBABA, American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Inc. (ASTL)


Supporters

Shenzhen City Government
China Communication & Transportation Association
China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing
China International Freight Forwarders Association
China Association of Port-of-Entry
China Association of Shipping Agencies & Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (CASA)
COSCO Group
China International Electronic Commerce Center
Secretariat of APEC E-commerce Business Alliance
Hong Kong Logistics Association
Marine Money
WCA
FIATA
China Shipping Group
Sinotrans Container Lines Co., Ltd.

Co-hoster Media

International Business Daily•Regional Economic , China Maritime, China Storage& Transport, China Logistics, Logistics Infor_Monthly, Transport Business China, China’s Foreign Trade, Logistics & Material Handling

Media Support

CCTV, SZTV, GDTV, Xinhua News Agency, Economic Daily, 21st Century Business Herald, China Economic Times, China Business, China Transportation News, China Logistics and Purchasing, Hong Kong Shipping Gazette, www.sina.com, www.sohu.com, www.163.com, economic, shipping and logistics medias.

Time

23rd – 24th November 2007

Location

Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China


Convention Scale

500 participants, including governors, ports managing directors, CEOs of forwarding companies, international traders and other professional senior managers

Conference Activities

Guest presentation, enterprise recommendation and participation interactions

Registration Fees

2007 2nd GSS (International Logistics Business Alliance Members and Affiliates):
The convention fee is USD400/Person including opening and closing summit, eligible workshop and meeting, dinner，music show and cocktail. Other charges such as advertisement charge, booth charge or enterprise presentation charge should be paid extra by particularly required enterprises.

How to become our members of 2007 2nd GSS(International Logistics Business Alliance Members and Affiliates)? Well, just sign up（free）as a member at our English edition website http://en.shippingchina.com/. And see you at the summit!

Non-members:
Includes Opening & Closing Sessions, seminars and eligible committee meetings
USD500/Person