GTR MENA – 17/18 February 2020 – discounted passes for ITFA members

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will partner with Global Trade Review (GTR) for GTR MENA 2020, the most comprehensive and established trade finance gathering for the Middle East & North Africa, which is being held in Dubai on February 17^th and 18^th.

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 2 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend the conference. As is customary, the discounted passes will be available to ITFA members only on a first come first serve basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to benefit from the ITFA discounts please send an email to alexiavella@itfa.org. Please keep in mind that these offers are not available in conjunction with any other offers and are eligible for new registrations only. Moreover, each member institution is, at most, entitled to one pass at 50% discount.

GTR MENA 2020 will welcome over 800 key figures from local, regional and global markets and providing access to hundreds of companies engaged in international trade.

This event comes to you with the mantra of “seizing opportunities”. The challenges in global trade are of course well documented, but the immense opportunities are what keep bringing people back for more. There is perhaps no better example of this than in the Middle East, with its prime geographical location, ambitious infrastructure projects and embracing of technology. This year’s gathering will focus on how best to capitalise on them, from the potential trade legacy of Expo 2020 to new trade flows and political relationships, as well as ongoing conversations around the “digitisation journey” being undertaken by many in the market.

Strong attention will also be paid to encouraging a culture of entrepreneurship – including improving diversity levels and gender balance, reflecting on the important work of the SheTrades initiative – to expand trade activities, focusing on how best to “get noticed” in a competitive landscape. This is also reflected in the improved gender balance of the expert speakers participating in this event.

Offering an unrivalled platform for increasing awareness of the market challenges, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from over 80 business heads from across the global trade industries, employing a wide range of session formats and networking activities to facilitate high-quality conversations and business development opportunities.

Following the GTR MENA conference on February 19^th and 20^th, John Turnbull, Director of Certis International will lead a GTR Training Masterclass on ‘The finance of commodities in international trade’. For those interested, single or package pass options are available.

As always we do hope that our ITFA members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations.