ICC Russia – Financial Instruments of Export Support Conference, Moscow – 16 March

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 ICC Russia International Conference titled: Financial Instruments of Export Support. This event is being held at Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow, Russia on 16th March.

As is customary, these passes will be available on a first come first served basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to register for the passes and benefit from the ITFA discounts 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.

Due to the tremendous interest in export-related matters in Russia, the Russian national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia) with the support of Gazprombank is organizing this international conference with the main focus being on international trends and Russian practice with regard to advanced trade finance tools. To view the full conference programme, click here.

The conference speakers list includes representatives from:

• Eximbank of Russia,
• EXIAR,
• new ICC consultative body – ICC Global Export Finance Committee,
• International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA),
• Association of Factoring Companies of Russia,
• SWIFT,
• Russian and international commercial banks.

The conference agenda includes the following topics:

• Russian state programs of export support, including support of non-commodity exports
• International trends and Russian practice in the field of export finance
• International factoring and international forfaiting
• Supply Chain Finance – Bank Payment Obligations (BPO): International practice of implementation.

The session devoted to international factoring and international forfaiting will focus inter alia on the prospects of application of the international tools in Russia, taking into account recent updates on the Russian legislation. Sean Edwards, our very own ITFA Chairman, will speak about the international forfaiting market trends and the latest techniques including the ITFA-ICC Uniform Rules for Forfaiting (ICC Publication № 800). New bilingual Russian-English edition of the URF 800 recently published by ICC Russia will be distributed among the conference participants.

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.