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| The ITFA Regional Committee for Central & Eastern Europe (CEERC) is pleased to announce that it will be holding an Educational Seminar in Vienna followed by a networking cocktail reception. The event will be held on Thursday the 9th of November 2023 at the premises of Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI), Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria. The seminar will cover a broad range of topics like fresh Research Update on CEE markets, ESG, insurance in Trade Finance and Sanctions update and its impacts on trade flows. |
| Agenda and Speakers: 01.30 p.m. Welcome Coffee and registration 02.00 p.m. Key notes – Semih Özcan, Denizbank AG, Director Wholesale Banking and Chairman of ITFA CEE Board 02.10 p.m. Outlook for CEE after recent crises: region in transition and a “new normal”. Effects of the changing yield environment on growth and lending. Sanction impact and trade developements in CEE (incl. link to China) – Dorota Strauch, Raiffeisen Research CEE Coverage Lead, Chief Economist for Poland, Tardos Gergely, Head of Research Center, OTP Bank Plc 02.50 p.m. Risks and Problems with Indirect Guarantees – Dr. Andrea Hauptmann, Chair of the ICC Guarantee Task Force, Independent Consultant 03.30 p.m. Coffee Break 04.00 p.m. Sanction Clauses – the new standard or a nuisance in Trade Finance – Dr. Andrea Hauptmann, Chair of the ICC Guarantee Task Force, Independent Consultant 04.45 p.m. ESG in trade finance – challenges and opportunities! – Martina Zimmerl, Head of Trade Finance RBI. This session will focus on how trade finance products can contribute to a more sustainable world and how RBI – as leading bank in CEE – is addressing this topic 05.15 p.m. Fintechs, banks and beyond: Making supply chain finance happen across the CEE – Dr. Maria Mogilnaya, Director, Expansion and Partnerships, SupplierPlus (Estonia) and Member of ITFA CEE Board; Katerina Kraeva, Partner, Banking and Finance, Wolf Theiss (Bulgaria); Olena Grinyuk, Director, Central and Eastern Europe, SME Banking Club (Poland) 05.45 p.m. Closing remarks – Dr. Viktor Nagy, Head of Dept OTP Bank Plc and Member of ITFA CEE Board 06.00 p.m. Networking cocktail Registration for this event has been closed as we have reached the maximum number of registrations. Thank you for your interest! |
| We look very much forward to meeting you soon in Vienna! |
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