ICC Austria Trade Finance Week, 6-10 June in Vienna

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 2 free passes for ITFA members to attend the ICC Austria International Trade Finance Week. This event is being held at RBI Raiffeisen Bank International, Vienna, Austria between 6-10 June 2016. 

The weeks well awaited event is split as follows:

• 11th Global Conference on Bank Guarantees (June 6 – 7, 2016)

The annual Vienna-based conference has established itself over the last decade as the only true global platform dedicated to bank guarantees. This year amongst other subjects, the focus will be on the very hot topic of Iran and technical aspects of parent guarantees, multiple beneficiaries,  the consequences of unjustified injunctions & enforceability of expiry dates.

• Case Studies on Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees (June 8, 2016)

This conference offers an exceptional opportunity to discuss with a highly qualified panel consisting of international bankers and practitioners delicate and controversial cases which delegates of this conference experienced in their daily practice.

• 10th Global Conference on Letters of Credit (June 9 – 10, 2016)

Do not miss this excellent opportunity to get insight from your peers in other countries as well as from the experts responsible for drafting the opinions and/or revision of the rules itself. The current topics to be discussed are LC in Islamic Banking, the rise of RMB LCs, country issue: Iran, old ICC Opinions that are not included in the ISBP, Basel IV: everything you need to know about the new proposal,  update on BPO: the client/bank recommendation by ICC and many more.

As is customary, the passes will be available on a first come first served basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 20% discount (on the early bird fee as well). In order to register for the 2 free passes and to claim the 20% discount, please send an email on 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.

Please note that the 2 free passes ITFA has obtained for its members must be taken up as follows: 1 free pass to the Global Conference on Bank Guarantees (June 6-7), and the other pass is for both the Case Studies on Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees (June 8) and Global Conference on Letters of Credit (June 9-10). Moreover, the 2 passes cannot be taken up by the same institution.

By attending this Trade Finance Conference you are sure to meet and discuss with around 500 of the leading Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantee practitioners and experts from various sectors and from some 50 countries.

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.