Trade Finance Conference Prague 2023

Two days International Conference Trade Finance Prague 2023

Topics: Documentary Credits, Demand Guarantees, Export & Structured Finance, ESG, Trade Finance Laws, Rules and Practices, Questions & Answers

This Conference is designed for:

• bankers working in trade finance, particularly in documentary credits, collections, bank guarantees and export financing departments;
• front office bank specialists, relationship managers;
• specialists in trade finance, bank risk managers, internal auditors;
• exporters, importers and traders;
• carriers, freight forwarders, insurance companies;
• lawyers, advocates, academics;

Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided during the Conference.

Seminar Language - English with no translation.

Program of the Sixth Conference, First Day - Thursday 19 October 2023

08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and Opening of the Conference - Representative(s) of ICC CR

09:15 - 09:45 Trade Finance - update from ICC

• News from ICC Banking Commission:
• ISBP 821, eUCP alignment
• Most Recent ICC Opinions
• Progress with digitalization in trade finance?

Speaker: Pavel Andrle

09:45 - 11:00 ICC Opinions and Papers on Sanction clauses, Court cases

• ICC Banking Commission Opinions on Sanctions
• ICC Banking Commisison Guidance Paper on Sanction Clauses
• Recent most relevant court cases related to sanction clauses in Documentary Credits and Guarantees
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Robert Parson, Squire Patton Boggs (UK)
Panelists: Pavel Andrle, Radek Dobáš, Česká spořitelna

11:00 - 11:30 Tea / Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 Court cases on Documentary Credits and Bank Guarantees

• Recent most relevant court cases related to Documentary Credits and Guarantees
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Robert Parson, Squire Patton Boggs (UK)
Panelists: Pavel Andrle, Radek Dobáš, Česká spořitelna

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 Documentary Credits, Demand Guarantees - Regional issues and practices

Speaker: Vincent O´Brien, Director ICC UAE

14:30 - 15:00 Trade Finance Compliance: AML, Sanctions, Wolfsberg Group Papers

• Introduction to TBML
• Wolfsberg Group

Speaker: Matěj Szunyog, Česká spořitelna

15:00 - 15:30 Tea / Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30 Trade Finance Compliance: AML, Sanctions, Wolfsberg Group Papers

• AML, Sanctions
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Matěj Szunyog, Česká spořitelna

16:30 Closing remarks

Program of the Sixth Conference, Second Day - Friday 20 October 2023

09:00 - 09:05 Welcome and Opening of the Second Day of the Conference - Representatives of ICC CR

09:05 - 10:00 Introduction to ESG - impact on banking

Speaker: Jakub Jeřábek, Česká spořitelna

10:00 - 10:30 Tea / Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:30 Structured Trade Finance Case Studies

Speakers: Tomáš Rak & Tatiana Proskura, Komerční banka
                 Petr Fojtl, Raiffeisenbank
                 Radek Dobáš, Česká spořitelna

12:30 - 13:00 Guarantees in Czech Republic (electronic, consortial etc.)

• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Václav Kettner, Česká spořitelna

13:00 - 13:30 Remaining questions and answers, Closing remarks

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

Speakers:

Pavel Andrle - International Trade Finance Trainer and Consultant

Radek Dobáš - Česká spořitelna

Petr Fojtl - Raiffeisenbank

Jakub Jeřábek - Česká spořitelna

Václav Kettner - Česká spořitelna

Vincent O´Brien - Director ICC UAE

Robert Parson - Squire Patton Boggs (UK)

Tatiana Proskura - Komerční banka

Tomáš Rak - Komerční banka

Matěj Szunyog - Česká spořitelna

Event registration fees:

12.900,- Kč (incl. 21 %VAT) per person

549 € (incl. 21 %VAT) per person

• Standard discounts applicable for members off the ICC Czech Republic.
• Registration for the event is binding, no refund.

Partner:

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