Date of Conference: Wednesday, 27th November 2013

Venue: Intercontinental Hotel Dubai Festival City Dubai, United Arab Emirates

ICC UAE TRADE FINANCE CONFERENCE 2013

3RD ANNUAl ICC TRADE FINANCE CONFERENCE

ICC UAE hosted its first gala event “ICC UAE Trade Finance Conference 2011 on 20th November, 2011 and the second one on 16th October, 2012. This year it would be the third conference that would be held on 27th November, 2013. The past two conferences received overwhelming support and response and each conference was attended by more than 60 delegates from banks and large corporates.

ICC UAE:International Chamber of Commerce United Arab Emirates (ICC UAE) Chapter represents the commercial, industrial and business enterprises in the country at a global level. It complements and strengthens the activities of the UAE business community. Founded in 2004, the Chapter endeavors to modernize the UAE industry, business and trade to world-class standards. While encouraging more domestic and foreign investment in the UAE. The Chapter, along with the Paris-based International Secretariat of ICC, promotes the scope and reach of the UAE business community around the world.

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ConferenCe Programme

08:30 – 09:00 registration and refreshments

09.00 – 09:15 opening Ceremony Keynote Speech by: Dr. Ahmed Saif Belhasa, Chairman of ICC UAE

09:15-09:30 Welcome and Introduction: Lakshmanan Sankaran, Conference Chairman, BOD Member & Head of ICC UAE Banking Commission and Chairman of ICC Regional Banking Commission, MENA

Keynote Speech by: Vince Cook, CEO, National Bank of Fujairah

09:30-10:00 Bankers Payment obligation - New solution for supply chain finance Presentation by: Ravi Kumar, Senior Manager, Projects & Business Innovation, Dubai Trade FZE

10:00 –10.30 Collateralized Lending In Trade finance- DMCC Tradeflow Warrants Presentation by: Paul Boots – Director Tradeflow, DMCC

10.30 – 11.00 networking Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.45 Sanctions and Compliance in Trade finance Presentation by: Ibtissam Lassoued, Partner, Financial Crime Department, Al Tamimi & Company

11:45 – 12:30 overview – regional and global Trade finance– Panel Discussion Panelists: Madhavan Rajagopalan, Executive-Trade Finance Products, Products & Channels National Bank of Fujairah PSC Chetan Kadam, Senior Manager – Trade Products and Sales, Product & Channels National Bank of Fujairah PSC, moderator: R S Rangan, Head of Trade Services, National Bank of Fujairah

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:15 Basel III and Trade finance – an update Presentation by: Jamal Saleh, DGM & Head of Risk Management, Commercial Bank of Dubai

14:15 – 15:00 new Trade Corridors - How UAE/Dubai is positioned Presentation by: Ian Rogers, Regional Head of Business Development GTRF MENA, HSBC Bank

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15:00 – 15:30 networking Coffee Break

15:30 – 16.15 Technologies in Trade finance Presentation by: Hari Padmanabhan -Executive Chairman, Encore Group

16:15 – 16:30 Final Q & A

16:30 Conference Close

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