Other Keynote speakers include Ocean Freight Faisal Al Suwaidi, Managing Director & Vice Chairman Qatargas, A.A.Afkhami,Containers Convertible Ship Chairman & Managing Director of IRISL Iran and Ali Al Hammadi, Chief Operating Officer - Commercial & Shipping at Welding & Flaw Detection  Qatargas. The Editor of the daily maritime newspaper Lloyds List, will be Chairing the two-day proceedings.

The event organiser, Susan Webb,Garrett Super Scanner Metal Detector Managing Director of IBC Gulf Conferences commented ‘The 1st International Middle East LNG Shipping Forum is being organised at a time when Qatar plans to order between 50-60 large new ships by 2012 and is SIGNAL MIRROR / HELIOGRAPH set to become the centre of LNG shipping activities for the Middle East region. Our Keynote speakers are at the fore-front of new global supply opportunities through the Pyser-SGI Francis Barker M88 Green Liquid Prismatic Compass rapid expansion of this critical link between downstream and global LNG markets’.

A comprehensive programme will also feature speakers from the Suez Canal Authority, Shell International Pyser-SGI Francis Barker M73 Black Liquid Prismatic Compass Trading & Shipping Co., Osaka Gas, Lloyds Register, Bergesen, Qatar National Bank, Drewry Shipping, Denton Wilde Sapte, SG, Poten & Partners, Rovsing Dynamics,PETZL Work Solutions ABS Europe, Indar Shipping and Norton Rose.