Trade Finance Conference Prague 2024

One day International Conference Trade Finance Prague 2024

Topics: Documentary Credits, Demand Guarantees, 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;

Conference Language - English with no translation

Organizer - ICC ČR - reserves the right to adjust the program, if needed.

Venue:

Grandior hotel Prague, Na Poříčí 42, Prague 1 - NEW venue!

Accommodation with a 15% discount will be provided by the hotel's reservation department (reservation@hotel-grandior.cz), enter the "ICC" password.

Program of the Seventh Trade Finance Conference:

08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:05 Welcome and Opening of the Conference Representative(s) of ICC CR

09:05 - 09:45 Trade Finance - update from ICC

• News from ICC Banking Commission:
• New ISBP? ISBP revision process, education project
• Progress with digitalization in trade finance?

Speaker: Pavel Andrle

09:45 - 10:30 ICC Opinions on Documentary Credits, Perspective on ISBP revision

• Selected Recent ICC Opinions on Documentary Credits
• Views on ISBP revision
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Radek Dobáš, Česká spořitelna, a.s.

10:30 - 11:00 Tea / Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Court cases on Documentary Credits and Bank Guarantees

• Recent most relevant court cases related to Documentary Credits and Guarantees
• ICC Banking Commission 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) LLP

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 Introduction to ESG - impact on corporate business, international
trade and finance

Speaker: Kateřina Špániková, Raiffeisenbank a.s.

14:45 - 15:30 Sanctions

• Sanction clauses in Guarantees
• Impact of Sanctions on Demand Guarantees

Speaker: Andrea Hauptmann

15:30 - 16:00 Tea / Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:45 Court intervention - injunctions

• Provisional orders - injunctions
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Andrea Hauptmann

16:45 - 18:00 Closing Remarks & Glass of wine

Speakers:

Pavel Andrle - International Trade Finance Trainer and Consultant

Radek Dobáš - Head of Documentary Business, Česká spořitelna, a.s.

Andrea Hauptmann

Robert Parson - Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (UK)

Kateřina Špániková - Head of ESG & Support Products, Raiffeisenbank a.s.

Event registration fees:

8.900 Kč (incl. 21 % VAT) per person

• The price includes conference fee, two coffee breaks, lunch, glass of wine anf conference materials.
• Standard discounts applicable for members off the ICC Czech Republic.
• Registration for the event is binding, no refund.

Partner:

The company GOODWILL PARTNER, s.r.o. provides tax consulting focused on the economic aspects of tax planning as well as tax-legal consulting within the framework of value added tax, income taxes, and international taxation. It carries out internal audits and forensic audits of various processes and areas of focus. It will provide related consulting services, studies or research as needed or will arrange these with its partners. The result is an integrated comprehensive service corresponding to the guarantee of impartial expertise and legal certainty for the client. It cooperates with legal offices, specialized consultants and renowned experts from various fields in the implementation of an integrated service. All services are provided by experts with many years of experience and long-term quality results.