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Marine Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Conference Planning &amp; Implementation: <strong>Despina Travlou<\/strong>, Principal &amp; Founder, Slide2Open<\/p>\n<p>Consultant: <strong>Maro Badekas<\/strong>, Attorney at law<\/p>\n<p>Moderator: <strong>Yuri Bender<\/strong>, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management at Financial Times<\/p>\n<h3>Key topics of the Conference<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Present Shipping Market Conditions &#8211; what to expect?<\/li>\n<li>Modern Shipping Finance<\/li>\n<li>Banks &#8211; Ship Mortgages<\/li>\n<li>Credit Funds &#8211; Loans<\/li>\n<li>Leasing &#8211; Chinese Leasing<\/li>\n<li>Private Equity Investors &#8211; Equity Providers<\/li>\n<li>Capital Markets and Public Equity &#8211; IPOs and Bonds<\/li>\n<li>Minding the Expenses for a cost-efficient supply chain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>One-to-one meetings<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday 22 \/ Friday 23 \/ Saturday 24 February 2018<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-arranged private meeting schedule<\/li>\n<li>Participation upon request prior to the conference, subject to availability and approval.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Parallel events<\/h3>\n<p>Organized in association with the sponsoring companies<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by Slide2Open, in association with Boussias Communications, the Slide2Open Shipping Finance 2018 aimed at producing tangible results, while providing delegates with valuable financial and commercial insight into activities, offerings, best practices and trends. 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