
DIGICOM RETURNS TO LONDON IN SPRING 2023 WITH THE STATE-OF-THE-ART NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ULTIMATE DIGICOM EXPERIENCE!
We’re currently developing the agenda for the next event, but please find below all the information from the 2022 edition and check back soon for updates!
THE EVENT WILL GIVE A 360° VIEW OF ALL DIGITAL MATTERS FOR COMMODITY TRADING COMPANIES, INCLUDING:
DIGICOM IS BACK IN APRIL WITH THE STATE-OF-THE-ART NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ULTIMATE DIGICOM EXPERIENCE!
THE EVENT WILL GIVE A 360° VIEW OF ALL DIGITAL MATTERS FOR COMMODITY TRADING COMPANIES, INCLUDING:
Moderator: Paula Freire, EMEA and APAC CIO and Global Head of IT Applications, COFCO International
Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners
Pinar Dolen, Global Head of Data Science and Analytics, Louis Dreyfus Company
Erik Lankamp, Innovation Manager, Vopak
PANEL DISCUSSION
• How do you define a data driven company?
• What is the architecture behind it?
• What is the data culture? What skills are needed to drive data strategy?
• A deeper look into standards, platforms and processes
• What can commodity trading learn from other industries?
Moderator: Howard Walper, CEO Americas, Commodities People
Barry Gould, CTO, Concord Resources Limited
Tasja Botha, Business Lead – Commodities, Brady Technologies
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Designing technology infrastructures to enable concise ESG reporting and progress in (as close to) real time
• ESG and Carbon footprint: The need for benchmarks
• Are my existing CTRM and other systems ESG ready?
• ESG market and transactional data sourcing and management
Moderator: Paula Freire, EMEA and APAC CIO and Global Head of IT Applications, COFCO International
Guy-Laurent Arpino, CIO, Louis Dreyfus Company
Joshua Kroeker, Chief Product Officer, Contour
Chris Nuzum, Head of Product, Chinsay
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Architecture: from an enterprise data warehouse to data mesh concept.
• Can you enable a data driven organisation with legacy systems?
• Is the era of an end to end ERP gone? Or is it simply evolving?
• Ensuring a solid integration layer – the key to success in ecosystem development
• The era of digital islands: The challenge of interoperability - how can platforms communicate best?
Moderator: Howard Walper, CEO Americas, Commodities People
Guy-Laurent Arpino, CIO, Louis Dreyfus Company
Erik Lankamp, Innovation Manager, Vopak
Paula Freire, EMEA and APAC CIO and Global Head of IT Applications, COFCO International
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Exploring experiences so far in developing a “self-service” model
Assessing the potential benefits:
• Broadening access to often underused functionalities
• Ensuring technology is less of a bottleneck
• Better use and understanding of data, creating the right data catalogues and data architecture
• Reducing the dependence of tech teams
• How far can self-service be taken? What is optimal? What is the magic recipe?
Alex Whittaker, Risk Manager, Bonroy Petchem
Sören Eriksen, Head of Commercial Capabilities, Mabanaft
Joao Pitarma, Business Analyst, Enuit
Bernhard Bolliger, PwC Senior Manager - Commodity management, PwC
PANEL DISCUSSION
• How can your CTRMs support analytics and architectures?
• Troubleshooting and problem solving in CTRM projects - real-life examples and practical takeaways
• Man vs machine? Ensuring your CTRM support team is robust, correctly skilled, resourced and individuals are not irreplaceable
• Build vs Buy - the old debate revisited: to what extent is internal development now practical?
• Monolith vs ecosystem… or something in between? How can we ensure adequate interoperability?
• How will the future CTRMs evolve?
Peter Harvey, Programme Director, Energy LEAP
Erik Lankamp, Innovation Manager, Vopak
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Driving a step-change in efficiencies for oil trading and associated operations
• Having a safe environment for cross industry collaboration
• How standard contracts, and data definitions can unlock value
Mark Hankins, Director Enterprise Architecture, ADM
Kelly Vaughan, Director of Digital Strategy, Mercuria
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Mini case studies: How are trading firms presently utilising satellite technology?
• Supply chain/logistics
• Crop yield real time analysis
• Mine productivity
• Storage
• Integrating with AI and Machine learning
• Satellite data's role in the fight against climate change
• Develop in house, or buy off the shelf? The increasing accessibility of this technology
Paula Freire, EMEA and APAC CIO and Global Head of IT Applications, COFCO International
Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners
PANEL DISCUSSION
• AI’s application to advanced data analytics: Will this trigger a permanent transformation of the front office?
• Going beyond the front office: what notable use cases are we seeing of AI improving the bottom line?
• Predictive maintenance
• Network optimisation
• Inventory management
• Utilising AI in the quest for sustainability in commodity trading
• (When) will AI, BC and other disruptive forces converge and move the market into new space?
Kelly Vaughan, Director of Digital Strategy, Mercuria
PRESENTATION
This keynote closing presentation weaves together many of the themes explored throughout the day.
Articulated through a worked example, Kelly will discuss how the development of tools leveraging visible, thermal and synthetic aperture radar imagery, coupled with AI/ML, can be used to achieve tradable advantage.
Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst
ADM Investor Services International Ltd.
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