Global Conference on Bank Guarantees - ICC Website · 16th Global Conference on Bank Guarantees 15 - 16 June 2020 This year’s topics include amongst others: • Understanding the

16thGlobalConferenceon

BankGuarantees15-16June2020

Thisyear’stopicsincludeamongstothers:

• UnderstandingthenewIncoterms2020• Countryissues:

o Afghanistano Uzbekistan

• Brexit–ImpactonTradefinanceandDemandGuaranteeIssuance• ThenewISDGP–InternationalStandardDemandGuaranteePractice• FocusonCorporates:

o Corporates’perspectiveVolkswageno Corporates‘ParentGuaranteeso Roundtabledebate–whatdocorporatesexpect

• Recentdevelopments:o Turkeyo ForceMajeure–theimpactofCoronavirus

• ThenewSwiftchanges–firstexperience• ThenewUniformRulesforDigitalTradeTransactions(URDTT)• ComplianceandSanctionsup-date

Venue:RaiffeisenBankInternationalAmStadtpark91030Vienna,Austria

CDCS®andCSDG®holderswillearn12PDUstowardstheirre-certification.

ICCAustriaTradeFinanceWeek15–19June2020

ICCAustriaTradeFinanceWeek15–19June2020,ViennaAustria

16thGlobalConferenceonBankGuarantees

Monday15th&Tuesday16stofJune20209am-5.00pm

For more than a decade ICC Austria has hosted this annual Global Conference on BankGuaranteesattendedeveryyearbypractitionersfromalmost50countries.

What makes this conference different and successful is our strong and distinctive focus oncontent.Ourvisionistoprovideforatruly internationalforumthataddressesthechallengesand seeks to answer the questions BankGuarantee practitioners face in their daily businessenvironment.

Everyyearwearrangeforauniquecollectionofdifferenttopicsincluding,theindustries’latesttrends and developments as well as sessions that are designed to analyse the legal andpracticalissuesinbondsandguarantees,explaintheiruses,highlighttheareasofpotentialrisk,show how to circumvent looming problems and teach effective drafting and documentationtechniques.

Forthistobedelivered,ICCAustriacanrelyonthemostdistinguishedexpertspeakerswithnotonlylong,successfulcareersinthisglobalindustrybutalsoactiveinvolvementinthecontinuousworkoftheICCBankingCommission.

Donotmissthechancetotakepartinin-depthtrainingsessions,discussionofthecurrentchallengesandtheinvaluableopportunitytomeetwithyourpeersfromaroundtheglobe.

Withthisconference,youcanearn12PDUs.

ForInternationalBankGuaranteeExperts–Viennaistheplacetomeet!

Recommendedfor:• Internationalbankguaranteesexperts• Tradefinancespecialists• Projectfinancespecialists• Riskmanagers• Compliancemanagers

• Managers-FinancialInstitutions• Plantengineering&construction• Internat.manufacturers&traders• Lawyers&Insurancecompanies• Logisticcompanies



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SPEAKERS:Petra Bischoff, Volkswagen, Germany; 27 years of experience in Trade Finance Group Treasury VW AG,SpecialistforVWTradeFinanceandLogistics.Neil Chantry, Independent Consultant on Trade Finance & Compliance, UK. 40 years with HSBC - on theinternationalexecutivestaff,servingcountries intheMiddleEast&EastAfrica,ontheUKGroupexecutivestaff, specialising inTradeFinanceoperations,procedures, finance,compliance.Recently,consultancywithStandardCharteredBank.Neilheldmany ICCpositions,e.g.FormerChair,WolfsbergGroupTradeFinanceCommittee; JointWolfsbergGroup;FinancialCrimes&Anti-TerroristFinancingGroup; ICC&BAFTdraftinggroupforthe“CompliancePrinciplesPaper;formerChairoftheExecutiveCommittee;Thomas Claus,Director of Trade FinanceGroup Treasury VWAG. 25 years of experience in VW FinancialServices and the automotive division. Responsible for policy making, steering and operative business ofdedicatedGroupcompanies.MemberoftheICCBankingCommission(WorkingGroupDigitalisation).Nataliya Frolova, Independent consultant, UK, has worked for major international banks and corporatesperformingvariousrolesininternationaltrade,cashmanagement,syndications,corporateaffairs,tradeandcorporate finance. For more than 7 years in her last corporate role Nataliya was leading a trade andcorporatefinanceteamataninternationalenergytradinggroupofcompaniesheadquarteredinLondon(UK)withsubsidiariesinSingapore,Switzerland,France,GermanyandUSAsupportingglobalcommoditytrading(gas,LNG,power,oilandoilproducts)inEurope,AmericasandAsia.AndreaHauptmann,SeniorGlobal Consultant in Trade Finance, RaiffeisenBank International AG, Austria;Chair and founding member ICC Task Force on Bank Guarantees; regular speaker at internationalconferencessince1991;memberoftheExecutiveCommitteeofICCBankingCommission;GlennRansier,HeadofDocumentaryTradeandSBLCs,WellsFargo,USA;Glenn is furthermoreoneof theTechnical Advisors of the ICC Banking Commission;Hemaintains strong ties to domestic and global tradecommunities;hasbeenactivelyinvolvedintradefinanceformorethan35years;Bob Ronai, independent consultant; assisting exporters and importers; active member of ICC Australia’sBanking Commission; author of numerous articles on export/ import for “Australian Small Business andInvesting”,“DynamicSmallBusiness”,“Ragtrader”,“FoodAustralia”,“DailyCommercialNews”,“AustralianBusinessSolutions”;NawidSaboori,GhazanfarBank,Afghanistan.AnAfghanNationalheisanexperiencedbankeroveradecadeworking in different key positions which includes Compliance Department, Trade Finance and currentlyheading Credit Department with Ghazanfar Bank, a local licensed commercial bank in Afghanistan. Hisdifferent association includes SIT (Succession in Trade)Member of Banking Commission ICC, First DeputyChairman of Standing Credit Committee of Afghanistan Banking Association (ABA), and Representative ofABAforFinancialInclusion–CentralBankofAfghanistan.DonSmith,President,GlobalTradeAdvisory,Ltd.,USA.ChairofICC-IFAdraftinggroupforUniformRulesforForfaiting,memberoftheUSdelegationtotheICCBankingCommissionsince1998,co-chairoftheoriginalInternational Standard Banking Practices (ISBP), Docdex Expert, former VP Trade Product ManagementCitibankNY,withover40yearsinternationalbankingexperience;LornaStrong, DeputyGeneralCounsel forHSBCGlobal TradeandReceivables Finance (GTRF) acts as theprimary legal advisor for GTRF's operations globally; advising GTRF and playing a role in shaping HBSC'scontribution to regulatory and policy debates on trade finance. Ms. Strong has additionally beeninstrumentalinadvisinginnovativedigitalsolutionsfortradefinanceandleadingtheHSBCLegalteamwho



advisedthe first financial tradeblockchain transactions, including theawardwinningblockchainplatformwe.trade.HugoVerschoren,independentconsultant,andownerofgoVerTradingTechnologies.PreviouslywithINGinvarious positions inside and outside Trade Finance. Regular training provider and frequent speaker atconferences worldwide. Member of the ICC Belgian National committee. Technical Adviser to theInternationalChamberofCommerce,memberoftheICCRegulatoryAdvocacyGroup,theICCTradeFinanceRegisterSteeringGroup;theICCFinancialCrimeRisk&PolicyGroup.MartinWolfbauer,InternationalLegalDepartmentofSTRABAGGroup(CML).MartinisanAustrianandNewYorkqualifiedlawyer.InSTRABAG’slegaldepartmentheisinchargeofguaranteesininternationalprojects.He gained extensive experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating guarantees for major constructioncontracts in various countries but also advises and supports STRABAG entities in litigation and arbitrationproceedingsrelatedtoguarantees.Martinholdslecturesoninternationallawandsecurities.

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