Ben Hillary, Managing Director, Commodities People

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Anna Malamen, Finance Director, PMG Holding

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Robert Soban, Senior Account Manager - Financial Markets / CAMS, Pole Star Global

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing further risks and consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine
• The status of the grain corridor
• Considering food security and disruptions to the global grain trade
• Addressing solutions and a look into the future

Moderator: Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Hugo Brodie, Head of Product Development & Innovation, London Metal Exchange

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Adrian Carr, Business Development Manager, Nasdaq Risk Platform

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Richard Reid, Head of Risk Strategy & Integration, Marex

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How are the global trends influencing strategic decisions in the digitisation space?
• Different departments, different needs: How do you create coherent approach across the board?
• How do you achieve such a deep transformation from the top to the bottom?
• Success stories: 'How we transformed our business through digitalisation'

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Market dynamics, pressures, cycles, mitigation strategies
• Industry confidence for the year ahead
• How the commodity trading industry is adapting to high inflation

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Ana Yaluff, Director - Sustainability EMEA, ADM

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The ongoing impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• Global food supply: shortages and price impacts
• Weather outlook and ongoing impact of global warming
• Crops for energy vs crops for food - debate
• Global food supply chain - is a rethink needed?

Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Director General, SOS Mediterranee

Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Nick Earlam, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Plexus Cotton Ltd

Dr. Sadar Abdul Rasheed, Director of Commodity Risk Control, Savola Group

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Mitigating the impact of extreme weather
• How commodity producers are experimenting to adapt to climate change and ever more unpredictable weather conditions
• Is society more comfortable with GM drought-resistant crops?
• Europe’s fertilizer capacity - what’s next

Moderator: Elsa Pernot, Global Head of HSEC, GUNVOR

Paul Sebastien, Co-Founder – Director, Carbon Offset Certification

Cyril Widdershoven, Founder, VEROCY

Amy Bowe, VP of ESG, Africa Oil UK Ltd

Paul McConnell, Executive Director - Climate and Sustainability, S&P Global Commodity Insights

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How is the oil industry adapting to the energy transition?
• LNG’s role to decarbonise the energy sector
• Is security of supply jeopardising NetZero goals?
• Biomass - friend or foe?

Moderator: Elsa Pernot, Global Head of HSEC, GUNVOR

Bruce Glazier, Chairman of the Board, Fex Agro

Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered Bank

Tommy Ricketts, CEO & Co-Founder, BeZero Carbon

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Voluntary carbon markets - flexibility vs size
• Carbon offsetting to reach net zero emissions
• How to ensure carbon markets work efficiently?
• Carbon credits - quality, transparency and compliance
• Where can your carbon offsetting journey take you

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Stephen Thomas, Group ESG & Sustainability Manager, ArrowResources

Robert Baylis, Portfolio Manager, European Battery Materials Fund, EIT InnoEnergy

Charles FitzRoy, Chief Executive Officer, Bradda Head Lithium

Michael Greenfield, Senior Pricing Specialist, S&P Global Platts

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Mid and long term supply and demand forecasts for battery and transition metals
• Exploring sustainability and governance challenges
• Hedging instruments
• How can security of supply be ensured?

Ben Hillary, Managing Director, Commodities People

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Anna Malamen, Finance Director, PMG Holding

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

Robert Soban, Senior Account Manager - Financial Markets / CAMS, Pole Star Global

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing further risks and consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine
• The status of the grain corridor
• Considering food security and disruptions to the global grain trade
• Addressing solutions and a look into the future

Moderator: Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Hugo Brodie, Head of Product Development & Innovation, London Metal Exchange

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Adrian Carr, Business Development Manager, Nasdaq Risk Platform

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Richard Reid, Head of Risk Strategy & Integration, Marex

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How are the global trends influencing strategic decisions in the digitisation space?
• Different departments, different needs: How do you create coherent approach across the board?
• How do you achieve such a deep transformation from the top to the bottom?
• Success stories: 'How we transformed our business through digitalisation'

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Market dynamics, pressures, cycles, mitigation strategies
• Industry confidence for the year ahead
• How the commodity trading industry is adapting to high inflation

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Ana Yaluff, Director - Sustainability EMEA, ADM

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The ongoing impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• Global food supply: shortages and price impacts
• Weather outlook and ongoing impact of global warming
• Crops for energy vs crops for food - debate
• Global food supply chain - is a rethink needed?

Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Director General, SOS Mediterranee

Maria-Teresa Pisani, OIC Chief Trade Facilitation Section / Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

OPENING KEYNOTE
• How the risk management community is responding to the latest issues impacting the global economy:
• Inflation
• Geopolitical instability. The impact of war, damaged supply chains and increased risks to commodity trading
• Energy and food crisis
• What are your strategies and how to ensure the resilience of your organization?
• Risk management challenges going forward; will we ever return to normality as we once knew it?

Cyril Widdershoven, Founder, VEROCY

Steve Young, CEO, Association of Corporate Investigators

PRESENTATION
• Changing commodity flows and geopolitical risk
• Energy transition impact on commodities, do we have enough or mining to be targeted?
• BRICS vs West, new clash coming?
• The end of globalization, from McDonalds politics to new realism?
• OPEC+, more to come?
• How to deal with the " Young Princes"? Millennials as leaders?

Moderator: Steve Young, CEO, Association of Corporate Investigators

Alex Whittaker, General Manager, Bonroy Petchem Co

Richard Gambrill, Risk & Finance Manager, Aygaz

Peter Rippon, CEO, OpenGamma

Harry Knott, Chief Business Architect, Quor

Franziska Danz, VP of Product Management Market Owner EMEA, ION Group

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Is the industry more demanding of CTRM technologies? And can technology keep up?
• Best in class CTRM - build, buy, cloud, on-prem, hybrid?
• Where have we seen main shortcomings in the last year?
• Relationships matter: the importance of choosing the right CTRM partners

Richard Cornielje, Director Corporate Customers, KYOS Energy Consulting

• Energy prices, animal feed prices as well as fertilizer costs went up.
• How to estimate and manage cashflows in these turbulent times.

Aviv Handler, Managing Director, ETR Advisory

PRESENTATION

Moderator: Mathilde de Mareuil, Headhunter - Executive Search, Shipping and Trading Network

Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Jean-François Van Hollebeke, Global Lead of Trade Support, Louis Dreyfus Company

Milijana Zaric, Head of Legal, Covantis

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Navigating a rapidly changing sanctions environment
• Adapting trading patterns in a fluctuating geopolitical world
• Brexit - latest contractual updates
• Stress testing your contracts to protect your interests

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Dr. Sadar Abdul Rasheed, Director of Commodity Risk Control, Savola Group

Vanessa Lieberg, Risk Manager, Targray

John Spencer, Risk Management Consultant / former Head of Trading & Head of Risk at oil trading companies in Geneva & London

Richard Fu, Head of Commodities, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd London Branch

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The power of getting liquidity into the right places, at the right time
• Distinguishing between central bank liquidity and market liquidity
• Price trends and influence on liquidity flows
• What is the impact for traders?
• Liquidity forecast automation: What are the best solutions today?

Bart Middeljans, Risk Operations Manager, BayWa

PRESENTATION
Practical experience of using VAR during the initial months of the Ukraine war

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Dr. Sadar Abdul Rasheed, Director of Commodity Risk Control, Savola Group

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing latest risk analytics tools
• Where are we seeing the most practical use cases of AI?
• Latest cyber security updates
• Blockchain - has it proven its value? How can risk teams best exploit this technology?

Andrew Roberts, Head of EMEA, Rightship

PRESENTATION
• Inherent risks when using ocean going vessels (safety, environmental, governance, welfare) which may delay your cargoes or involve your company in disastrous incidents
• Case studies and examples of when things go wrong
• What you can do to reduce your risk exposure, enhance supply chain resilience and increase operational efficiency

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Christopher Thompson, Head of Proprietary Trading, Volcafe Ltd

INTERVIEW

Ricardo Santos, Managing Director, Ricoffee

PRESENTATION
• A brief explanation about the different sustainability aspects and goals in the commodities supply chain
• An analysis of three distinct case studies to highlight some of these differences and the challenges they pose
• A discussion about the approach to reconcile those disparaging requirements in order to create a truly sustainable supply chain.

Moderator: Dr. Sadar Abdul Rasheed, Director of Commodity Risk Control, Savola Group

Vanessa Lieberg, Risk Manager, Targray

Daniel Barbosa, Finance Director, Fex Agro

James Lowrey, Global Head - Research & Analysis / Structured Trade & Commodity Finance - GTFD, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assuring Credit Risk Practices
• How to ensure capital reserves appropriately reflect the risk profile - what are the views of the finance and risk management community?
• Assessing new technologies and approaches to counterparty risk mitigation

Fieras Freijeh, Senior Sales Director, Quor

Stuart Weston, Senior CTRM Solutions Consultant, Quor

WORKSHOP
Designed for a small group of attendees, this session will provide a space for best practice sharing, discussions, group activities and benchmarking, with the support of real-life examples.
• How to develop a robust and pragmatic hedging programme when you have physical commodity price exposure
• Hedging mechanisms: What you need to consider when developing your programme
• How do you keeping track of movements and adjust when purchases are delayed or brought forward, or quantities don’t match forecasts?
• Impact on PnL and need to re-hedge – Identifying the cost to the business of changes in physical positions
• Managing an internal hedge desk: Benefits and complexities
• What does a centralised hedge desk set-up look like in practice?
• Impact on operational processes and negotiation weight
• Streamlining exposures and taking advantages from natural offsets

Ben Hillary, Managing Director, Commodities People

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Anna Malamen, Finance Director, PMG Holding

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Robert Soban, Senior Account Manager - Financial Markets / CAMS, Pole Star Global

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing further risks and consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine
• The status of the grain corridor
• Considering food security and disruptions to the global grain trade
• Addressing solutions and a look into the future

Moderator: Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Hugo Brodie, Head of Product Development & Innovation, London Metal Exchange

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Adrian Carr, Business Development Manager, Nasdaq Risk Platform

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Richard Reid, Head of Risk Strategy & Integration, Marex

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How are the global trends influencing strategic decisions in the digitisation space?
• Different departments, different needs: How do you create coherent approach across the board?
• How do you achieve such a deep transformation from the top to the bottom?
• Success stories: 'How we transformed our business through digitalisation'

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Market dynamics, pressures, cycles, mitigation strategies
• Industry confidence for the year ahead
• How the commodity trading industry is adapting to high inflation

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Ana Yaluff, Director - Sustainability EMEA, ADM

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The ongoing impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• Global food supply: shortages and price impacts
• Weather outlook and ongoing impact of global warming
• Crops for energy vs crops for food - debate
• Global food supply chain - is a rethink needed?

Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Director General, SOS Mediterranee

Kelly Vaughan, Director of Digital Strategy, Mercuria

KEYNOTE
This keynote will give an overview of remote sensing data and how it can be used in conjunction with AI to create competitive advantage and differentiation in commodity trading.

Stuart Weston, Senior CTRM Solutions Consultant, Quor

Roheet Shah, Co-Founder & COO, CarbonChain

Barry Gould, CTO, Concord Resources Limited

CASE STUDY

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Alvaro Mariani, Senior Risk Consultant, RadarRadar

Luke Humphrey, Global Head - CIO Digital Technology and Analytics, Louis Dreyfus Company

Georges Panaghoulis, Head of Price Risk and Hegding, Island Oil

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Mini case studies: exploring a variety of trading firms' digital journeys
• Understanding your wider business culture and ensuring it can support the necessary change
• Striking the right balance between technology as a service vs ownership
• Exploring digital ethics and ensuring internal and external data privacy and safety
• Being realistic about budgets, timeframes and expectations

Moderator: Guy Barnes, Director, CapSpire

Luke Humphrey, Global Head - CIO Digital Technology and Analytics, Louis Dreyfus Company

Alex Whittaker, General Manager, Bonroy Petchem Co

Ben van der Laan, Consultant, DycoTrade

PANEL DISCUSSION
• What is expected from CTRM software in highly volatile environments and times - are they standing up to the challenge?
• Cloud vs on premises - exploring pros and cons
• Commodity price risk management, liquidity risk and treasury tools; one system fits all?
• Architectural and interoperability challenges

Moderator: Julian Gray, Former VP of Digital Science and Digital Innovation in Energy Industry

Mark Hankins, Director Enterprise Architecture, ADM

Léa Yue Xu, Project Manager - Global Digital Innovation, Louis Dreyfus Company

Bruce Tozer, Strategy & Business Development, GEN 10

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Utilising new technologies to ensure transparency in calculating your carbon footprint; exploring carbon accounting and tracking tools and systems
• Developing existing architectures to collect, manage and analyse new sustainability data sources
• Understanding the value of carbon footprint in your daily trading operations and influence on product positions

Moderator: Sajindra Jayasena, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Targray

Alex Rykhva, Head of Data Science, Louis Dreyfus Company

Dr Amaury Magnin, Product Manager / Financial Trading, Predictive Layer

Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Integrating prescriptive analytics into your business strategy
• Getting more from your data - what is existing technology capable of?
• New approaches to data management and security
• Machine learning, AI ..managing increased complexity

PRESENTATION
• Moving from infrastructure to application security
• Developing a pre emptive post breach containment strategy to reduce disruption
• The CIOs nightmare: what lessons have been learnt from Colonial Pipeline and where do we expect future threats to come from?
• Understanding the cyber vendor landscape and ensuring interoperability across your existing tech ecosystem

Moderator: Sajindra Jayasena, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Targray

Guy-Laurent Arpino, CIO, Louis Dreyfus Company

István Czilik, CEO, Revenue.ai

Marc Lefebvre, CTO, ClearDox

PANEL DISCUSSION
Where are we seeing as the most valuable use cases for this technology?
· Back office
· Credit
· What are the opportunities for the front office and why have we not seen widespread uptake?
• RPA + AI = Intelligent Automation
• How scalable and sustainable is hyper automation?
• Combining hyper automation with deep learning… What might the future hold?

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Mike Banks, EMEA Price Risk Solutions lead, Cargill

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The role of the metaverse and transitioning from the analogue world
• How far your data journey can take you and where will it end?
• Perspectives on how trading companies can exploit quantum computing
• Digital ethics… what will this mean for trading firms now and in the future?

Mathilde de Mareuil, Headhunter - Executive Search, Shipping and Trading Network

Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

​Women in Commodities workshop is a 2-hour event designed to not only celebrate gender diversity in the commodity trade industry but also to highlight ongoing issues. The workshop will feature distinguished speakers who will share their practical experience, knowledge and insights. This workshop is built upon the success of the 2022 edition and will focus on how women can break the glass ceiling, create and foster diversity, advocate for themselves and strengthen business networks.

Ben Hillary, Managing Director, Commodities People

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Anna Malamen, Finance Director, PMG Holding

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

Robert Soban, Senior Account Manager - Financial Markets / CAMS, Pole Star Global

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing further risks and consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine
• The status of the grain corridor
• Considering food security and disruptions to the global grain trade
• Addressing solutions and a look into the future

Moderator: Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Hugo Brodie, Head of Product Development & Innovation, London Metal Exchange

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Adrian Carr, Business Development Manager, Nasdaq Risk Platform

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Richard Reid, Head of Risk Strategy & Integration, Marex

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How are the global trends influencing strategic decisions in the digitisation space?
• Different departments, different needs: How do you create coherent approach across the board?
• How do you achieve such a deep transformation from the top to the bottom?
• Success stories: 'How we transformed our business through digitalisation'

Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Jonathan Le Feuvre, Managing Director, SPI Marine

Bart Van Gils, Managing Partner, The Agency

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Jason Martinet, Head of Dry Freight, Montfort Trading (Switzerland)

PANEL DISCUSSION
The impact of the current global political and economic landscape on the shipping markets

Dry Bulk (20min)
• Global economic growth and demand for bulk commodities
• Supply and demand balance
• Decarbonisation regulation for dry bulk vs sailing speed
• Addressing claims and risks to cargo demands

Liquid Bulk (tankers) (20min)
• Supply & Demand drivers
• Global tanker market overview
• Upcoming regulations and environmental concerns
• ESG & emission control in Tanker Shipping
• Future proofing tanker shipping & trade

Moderator: Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Peter Livey, Managing Director (Great Britain) / Global Sustainability Ambassador, HMM (Europe) Ltd.

Olivier Maronneaud, Executive Director Chemical Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights

PANEL DISCUSSION
3 ten minute presentations - mini case studies on H2, Ammonia and methanol, followed by panel discussion focusing on:
• The most promising alternative?
• Mini case study or practical use
• Practical considerations of supply, availability (& availability of where the fuel is needed), safety and functionality
• Shipowner’s perspective - How useful and practical is it?
• Environmental impact considerations

Moderator: Voytek Chelkowski, Managing Partner, Seamind Blue Ocean

Eman Abdalla, Global Operations & Supply Chain Director, Cargill

Alex Haubert, Head of Freight, Amaggi

Benjamin Wilkes, COO, d'Amico International Shipping

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The outlook for the energy transition of maritime transport: future fuels, evolving regulatory framework and new market dynamics
• The impact of decarbonisation on chartering and operations of ocean transport for commodities
• Navigating change amidst sustainable transformation of maritime transport
• Power of partnerships, carbon markets, sustainable finance and green investments

Moderator: Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Daniel Rose, CEO, Shipergy

Niclas Dæhli Priess, Director of Product Management, Veson Nautical

Court Smith, Partnership Lead - Maritime, Kpler

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The transition towards automation - Improving efficiency while cutting emissions
• What are the most promising technologies today?
• Voyage management, vessel tracking, STS (ship to ship) movements, shipping data management, emission tracking and more
• Managing your connectivity and capabilities - what is the future looking like?
• Digitising port call data between cargo owners and ship agencies
• Overview of artificially powered maritime operations and other digital tools

Moderator: Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Peter Livey, Managing Director (Great Britain) / Global Sustainability Ambassador, HMM (Europe) Ltd.

INTERVIEW
• Supply, demand and future uncertainties
• Regulatory measures as additional complexity?

Moderator: Richard Watts, Founder and Managing Director, HR Maritime

Grant Hunter, Director, Bimco

Piotr Cichocki, Managing Director - Europe, SECRO

Maria-Teresa Pisani, OIC Chief Trade Facilitation Section / Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Exploring and selecting the appropriate data analytics tools for meaningful utilisation of information
• Latest market data management applications in energy trade systems: easy wins for the back office?
• Win-Win: Practical steps to drive collaboration between back office and IT around key data management projects

Moderator: Trevor Neil, Managing Director, BETA Financial Limited

Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Robert Carver, Systematic futures trader and author, Independent

Tom Pelc, Chief Investment Officer, Fortu Wealth

Clive Lambert, Chief Technical Analyst, FuturesTechs

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Experts sharing their TA toolboxes of today and tomorrow
• Growth of “Outsiders” trading commodity markets, who are primarily treating commodities purely as a financial assets
• New trends are driven by high inflation and asset correlations
• Changing the structure of the market. Can these changes be predicted?
• Does technical analysis become even more relevant in highly volatile times?

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Emmanuel N. Ayuk, Chief Counsel | EMEA & Deputy Compliance Officer, ADM

Chris Clay, Global Strategic Talent Acquisition Advisor, Cargill

Mathilde de Mareuil, Headhunter - Executive Search, Shipping and Trading Network

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Managing diversity in the workplace - are we there yet?
• Women in commodities - driving the future of trade
• Theory vs practice - where are we and what can be done to improve?
• How increasing diversity will benefit the commodity sector?

Mark Randall, Trader Performance Coach / MD & Co-Founder, The AlphaMind Project

Steven Goldstein, Trader Performance Coach / MD & Co-Founder, The AlphaMind Project

PANEL DISCUSSION
Very few Traders pay attention to their own Trader state and do not see themselves as a critical function of their trading edge.

This open discussion and presentation led by AlphaMind will dive into what differentiates Edge for those in high performance roles within complex environments and what measures you can take to enhance that edge. This session will include a 15 min mindfulness boosting practise.

Mathilde de Mareuil, Headhunter - Executive Search, Shipping and Trading Network

Barbara Galafassi, Global Head of People and Organization Development, MSC & Medlog

James Armitage, Global Talent Acquisition Manager, LDC Louis Dreyfous Company

Simon Taylor, Group Head of HR, Ameropa

Chris Clay, Global Strategic Talent Acquisition Advisor, Cargill

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The advantages of employee upskilling and reskilling - Power Skills
• Challenges of talent acquisition and talent retention - what Human Resources do to maintain a healthy organisation
• D&I in the spotlight

Ben Hillary, Managing Director, Commodities People

Moderator: Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

Anna Malamen, Finance Director, PMG Holding

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

Bjarke Nissen, Managing Director, Stolt Tankers

Robert Soban, Senior Account Manager - Financial Markets / CAMS, Pole Star Global

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Assessing further risks and consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine
• The status of the grain corridor
• Considering food security and disruptions to the global grain trade
• Addressing solutions and a look into the future

Moderator: Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

Hugo Brodie, Head of Product Development & Innovation, London Metal Exchange

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Adrian Carr, Business Development Manager, Nasdaq Risk Platform

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

Richard Reid, Head of Risk Strategy & Integration, Marex

PANEL DISCUSSION
• How are the global trends influencing strategic decisions in the digitisation space?
• Different departments, different needs: How do you create coherent approach across the board?
• How do you achieve such a deep transformation from the top to the bottom?
• Success stories: 'How we transformed our business through digitalisation'

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Market dynamics, pressures, cycles, mitigation strategies
• Industry confidence for the year ahead
• How the commodity trading industry is adapting to high inflation

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man

Scott Wellcome, Director - Grains Risk Management, Goodmills Group

Ana Yaluff, Director - Sustainability EMEA, ADM

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The ongoing impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• Global food supply: shortages and price impacts
• Weather outlook and ongoing impact of global warming
• Crops for energy vs crops for food - debate
• Global food supply chain - is a rethink needed?

Caroline Abu Sa’Da, Director General, SOS Mediterranee

Aaron Zwiebach, Vice President, Evolution Credit Partners

PRESENTATION
• Overview of trade finance in 2023 and beyond
• Inflation and its’ effect on lending rates
• Impact of war, the geopolitical situation

Moderator: Brian Canup, Assistant Editor, Trade Finance Global

Alexander Peters, Group Chief Financial Officer, ArrowResources

John MacNamara, CEO, Carshalton Commodities Ltd

Bruce Glazier, Chairman of the Board, Fex Agro

PANEL DISCUSSION
This panel will bring together experts from across the trade finance spectrum to assess some of the below challenges, and explore best practises in their mitigation:
• Incorporation of ESG​ in the trade finance
• The volatility of the capital markets
• Inflationary pressures
• High geopolitical instability
• The impact of the Russia war and sanctions
• China and Asian economy working in isolation vs the West

John MacNamara, CEO, Carshalton Commodities Ltd

Daniel Barbosa, Finance Director, Fex Agro

Rebekah Fajemirokun, Head of Trade Finance, Eminent Energy Limited (Berkeley Energy Services )

Carl Williamson, Head of Trade Finance, UK Export Finance

PANEL DISCUSSION
• SMEs perspectives - where and how to get financed
• What are the biggest challenges to access the finance?
• What are most recent developments in SMEs adopting digital trading tools?
• What are the alternatives available for SME’s compared to larger industry players?
• Developing a financing checklist: Best practises for SMEs in seeking financing

Moderator: Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Cavin O'Driscoll, Sustainability and Investor Relations Lead, Riccoffee

Rakesh Ranchhoddas, Global Customer Solutions & Insurance and Bank Relations, ADM

Carl Williamson, Head of Trade Finance, UK Export Finance

PANEL DISCUSSION
• An overview of digital tools in the market and which might be most useful for your organisation
• Too much or too little data? Applying analytical tools to speed up business processes
• Utilising AI and ML to support credit assessments - use cases
• Electronic documentation - what can be improved?
• Are these solutions interoperable? What about industry collaboration?
• Does the regulatory environment foster the adoption of new solutions?

Saurabh Goyal, Founder & CEO, Phlo Systems

Ryan Easterbrook, Head of Grains and Oilseeds Sales, ADM Investor Services International Ltd

CLIENT CASE STUDY
• Autohedging – what is it? Is it even possible? – Yes it is – just look at what HRVYST is doing for grains merchants in US
• Benefits – 24/7 risk controls, no slippage, low cost of risk operations
• Challenges – requires deep understanding of the specific commodity and its hedging practice, requires really thorough understanding of the futures exchange microstructure and order rule book
• The future – Just like the FX trading has moved from being a broker driven market to screen based trading, its inevitable that the same will happen for commodity futures

Moderator: Deepesh Patel, Director, Trade Finance Global

Ashu Sharma, Group Investigations Manager in the Mining & Mineral Industry and Head of Advisory Panel, Association of Corporate Investigators (ACI)

Marilena Chatzigianni, Compliance & Due Diligence Manager, BGN Group

Artyom Sitnikov, Former Head of Equity in Natural Resources and Director, Regreen Capital Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Advances in transaction monitoring to identify fraud and risk
• Best practises in KYC and AML compliance in the ‘new normal
• What are the digital tools against fraud and trade based on money laundering?
• What is the role of AI in defeating fraud and financial crime

Moderator: Deepesh Patel, Director, Trade Finance Global

Luke Humphrey, Global Head - CIO Digital Technology and Analytics, Louis Dreyfus Company

Sean Edwards, Head Of Legal And Special Adviser To The Global Trade Finance Department, SMBC and Chairman, International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)

Dirk Robers, Digital Ventures EMEA, Cargill

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Which notable platforms and ecosystems are developing to help digitise trade finance?
• How will these platforms develop in the next 2 years?
• Understanding security issues and standards

Moderator: Deepesh Patel, Director, Trade Finance Global

Adam Hearne, CEO, Carbon Chain

Nigel Scott, Managing Director - Global Head Structured Trade Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Michiel Teunissen, Global Head Agri Commodities - Trade & Commodity Finance, Rabobank

Swaroop N L N, Global Product Head – Sustainability / Innovation / FIs & Asset distribution, HSBC

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Is trade finance becoming more sustainable?
• ESG and green finance - what does it mean for commodity trade finance?
• What are the set of standards and guidelines to follow?
• How to structure trade finance to positively reward ESG-driven investment?
• How digital technology helps to drive sustainability in trade finance
• Risks in climate change and increase in natural disasters, droughts, floods etc - what does it mean for commodity trade finance

Moderator: Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist, ADM ISI

Carla Senatore, Senior Business Origination Officer - Africa / China & North America, UK Export Finance

Richard Lloyd, CEO / Chairman, Minexia / Marula Mining PLC

Amy Bowe, VP of ESG, Africa Oil UK Ltd

Philippe Cohen, CFO, Kariya Energy Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Africa’s role in international trade finance
• Addressing the financing gap in Africa
• What opportunities lie ahead?
• Boosting technical solutions to access data and internationally recognised payment systems
• Overcoming transaction barriers
• Aligning with regulatory compliance challenges

Moderator: Mark Abrams, MD - Global Head of Trade & Receivables Finance, Trade Finance Global

Andre Casterman, Founder and Managing Director / Casterman Advisory and Head of Fintech, International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)

Richard Fu, Head of Commodities, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd London Branch

Nigel Scott, Managing Director - Global Head Structured Trade Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Traceability, risk management, transparency, electronic letters of credit for cross-border trades: How Blockchain applications could be used in trade financing
• A look at AI applications latest development to improve document proofing, price forecasting, automated decision making, regulatory intelligence, and liquidity management
• Tokenised future - What will it mean for trade finance
• How financial institutions and fintech can collaborate for improved access to finance
• Enabling inclusive participation in commodity trade finance (MSMEs and emerging markets)

Moderator: Peta Milan, Founder & Principal, Henmil Group Family Office

Philippe Cohen, CFO, Kariya Energy Ltd

Amanda van Dyke, Managing Director, ARCH Emerging Markets Partners

Emma Leith, VP - ESG & Communications, La Mancha Resource Capital

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Theory or reality? Exploring the argument that commodity investing drives higher food prices
• Developing an ethics framework for your commodity investment strategy
• Impact investing in commodities via ESG investing and supporting the energy transition

Moderator: Rebekah Fajemirokun, Head of Trade Finance, Eminent Energy Limited (Berkeley Energy Services )

Peter Lenart, Former Head of Investment Research, UK Wealth Management Firm

Richard Lloyd, CEO / Chairman, Minexia / Marula Mining PLC

Faisal Javaid, Managing Director & Head of Investment Risk, Man FRM

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Benchmarking commodity focused strategies against other alternatives and wider primary markets
• Outlooks for carbon and other environmental markets
• The growth and performance of asset managers as alternative commodity trade finance lenders

Moderator: Peta Milan, Founder & Principal, Henmil Group Family Office

Dr Joel Hooper, Director, Henmil Group Family Office

David Halkyard, Managing Director / Head of Credit Funds, Resource Capital Funds

Ilya Medvedenko, Director, Barens Group

PANEL DISCUSSION
• The role of private equity in the energy and commodities transition
• Exploring the fundraising landscape for traditional and renewable energy
• VC’s importance as a major driver of the cleantech revolution

Moderator: Peter Lenart, Former Head of Investment Research, UK Wealth Management Firm

Adil Khan, CEO, Private Family Office

Charles Xue, Executive Director, Lothberg Asset Management

Alex Craig, Partner, Aleph Commodities

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Why are we interested?
• What are our concerns?
• What would we hesitate to invest in and why?

Moderator: Swaroop N L N, Global Product Head – Sustainability / Innovation / FIs & Asset distribution, HSBC

Peta Milan, Founder & Principal, Henmil Group Family Office

William Dorsey, Commodities Portfolio Manager, Schonfeld

Amanda van Dyke, Managing Director, ARCH Emerging Markets Partners

Alex Craig, Partner, Aleph Commodities

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Developing asset models reflecting and integrating commodity allocations
• Setting parameters for risk benchmarks
• Exploring analytics technologies and integrating into your wider technology stack

Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital Management

CLOSING KEYNOTE
• Carbon markets outlook: Where to now for the best performing energy commodity so far this year?
• Tightening of UK ETS cap: What impact on the markets?
• Evolution in Californian ETS
• Investment opportunities: where do they lie?
• Roles of commodities investors in the energy transition

Fieras Freijeh, Senior Sales Director, Quor

Stuart Weston, Senior CTRM Solutions Consultant, Quor

WORKSHOP
Designed for a small group of attendees, this session will provide a space for best practice sharing, discussions, group activities and benchmarking, with the support of real-life examples.
• How to develop a robust and pragmatic hedging programme when you have physical commodity price exposure
• Hedging mechanisms: What you need to consider when developing your programme
• How do you keeping track of movements and adjust when purchases are delayed or brought forward, or quantities don’t match forecasts?
• Impact on PnL and need to re-hedge – Identifying the cost to the business of changes in physical positions
• Managing an internal hedge desk: Benefits and complexities
• What does a centralised hedge desk set-up look like in practice?
• Impact on operational processes and negotiation weight
• Streamlining exposures and taking advantages from natural offsets

Mathilde de Mareuil, Headhunter - Executive Search, Shipping and Trading Network

Maryana Stober, President, Wista Switzerland

​WORKSHOP
Women in Commodities workshop is a 2-hour event designed to not only celebrate gender diversity in the commodity trade industry but also to highlight ongoing issues. The workshop will feature distinguished speakers who will share their practical experience, knowledge and insights. This workshop is built upon the success of the 2022 edition and will focus on how women can break the glass ceiling, create and foster diversity, advocate for themselves and strengthen business networks.