GTR MENA 2019 – discounted passes for ITFA members

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA will once again partner with GTR at the GTR Mena 2019, which will be held between 18th and 21st February 2019 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai. 

Now in its 16th year and as GTR‘s longest standing event, this high-level gathering is set to attract over 700 delegates, covering a range of themes from geopolitical tensions to the region’s many infrastructure demands and requirements, the role of new technologies and innovations to creating a thriving environment for conducting trade business. An exciting new collaboration with the African Agri Council will also focus on the region’s thriving agribusiness sector, along with the vast potential for capturing trade flows between MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 3 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend the GTR Mena Trade Finance Week. 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 register for the discounted passes and 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.

Furthermore we are pleased to announce that ITFA will be present and involved at the GTR Mena Trade Finance Week:

• On day 1 (18 February) at 11:35am, Louis Robinson, one of our ITFA ME Committee Members, will be speaking at the session titled ”Expo 2020 and Legacy Building: Providing Opportunities down the Supply Chain”
• On day 2 (19 February) at 2:00pm, our very own ITFA Head of the ME Regional Committee; Semih Ozkan, will be involved in the seminar titled ”Achieving Regional Collaboration”
• On the same day at 3:45pm, Dana Dajani, another of the ITFA ME Committee Members, will participate in a panel discussion titled ”Women in Trade Finance”

Featuring attendance from the key figures in the regional and global market, this event provides access to over 350 companies engaged in international trade, all of whom are keen to discuss their financing priorities in the current climate, with opportunities for networking deemed a priority.

To download the event brochure, please click here.

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.