February 17, 2021 - Module 1: Enforcement & Compliance
06:00 PT / 09:00 EST / 14:00 GMT
Welcome & Introduction
Stacey Facter
Senior Vice President, Trade Products
BAFT
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
06:10 PT / 09:10 EST / 14:10 GMT
Global Heads of Trade Open Forum - A View from the Top
A unique session to meet global heads of trade from Commerzbank, Societe Generale and Standard Bank of South Africa. This is your opportunity to ask these distinguished global trade heads questions on trade, the economy, career and a changing banking environment.
Subject Matter Experts
Marie-Laure Gastellu
Global Head of Trade
Societe Generale
Vinod Madhavan
Group Head, Trade
Standard Bank
Enno-Burghard Weitzel
Head of Product Management Trade Services
Commerzbank
06:55 PT / 09:55 EST / 14:55 GMT
Financial Crime & Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML)
Has COVID made crime easier? We hear so much about fraud in PPE. What are the criminals up to now?
07:35 PT / 10:35 EST / 15:35 GMT
Sanctions and Compliance - Hear from OFAC
Directly from OFAC on the latest: sanctions with Russia & Cuba & Venezuela? OFAC expectations regarding what banks are expected to know regarding vessel stop and ship to ship transfers? Our speaker will address it!
08:15 PT / 11:15 EST / 16:15 GMT
Stretch Break
08:20 PT / 11:20 EST / 16:20 GMT
Antiboycott!
What’s new in Antiboycott language & regulations? Our speaker will walk you through.
Cathleen Ryan
Director, Office of Antiboycott Compliance
US Department of Commerce
08:50 PT / 11:50 EST / 16:50 GMT
Vessel Tracking – Where Do Different Banks See Risk?
Different banks have different vessel tracking philosophies. Hear from different banks regarding their ideas of risk and their different tracking programs. What are the risks and thoughts on programs options available. Join us for this robust conversation.
Moderator
Rajan Sharma, ACAMS
Director, Trade Finance Risk Control
Scotiabank
Speakers
Rashid Hasan, CDCS, ACAMS
Senior Manager, Transaction Risk and Compliance, Trade Operation
RBC Investor and Treasury Services
Eileen O’Dea, CDCS
Director, Trade Finance Operations
People's United Bank
Edward Stoltenberg, ACAMS
Director, AML Risk Management
Citi
09:20 PT / 12:20 EST / 17:20 GMT
Compliance Going Digital
09:55 PT / 12:55 EST / 17:55 GMT
It's a Wrap – Day 1
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
10:00 PT / 13:00 EST / 18:00 GMT
Birds of a Feather – Open Forum
Different banks have different vessel tracking philosophies. Hear from different banks regarding their ideas of risk and their different tracking programs. What are the risks and thoughts on programs options available. Join us for this robust conversation.
February 18, 2021 - Module 2: What's Changing in the Digital World?
06:00 PT / 09:00 EST / 14:00 GMT
Welcome
Stacey Facter
Senior Vice President, Trade Products
BAFT
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
06:05 PT / 09:05 EST / 14:05 GMT
The BAFT DLPC: What Is It? Where Is It Used?
Every trade transaction ultimately requires a payment commitment. As trade transactions move to the digital world, this Workshop will provide an understanding of the BAFT Distributed Ledger Payment Commitment – the DLPC , its origins, functionality, and how it provides a legal framework and interoperability for payments in digital trade transactions today.
Moderator
Whitman Knapp
Chairman
GTBInsights
Panelists
Rebecca Liao
Co-Founder and COO
Skuchain
Samantha Pelosi
Senior Vice President, Payments and Innovation
BAFT
John Taylor
International Advisor, Centre for Commercial Studies
Queen Mary University of London
06:55 PT / 09:55 EST / 14:55 GMT
ICC Digital Rules
Digitization is moving forward how are the rules of the LC road changing to support this advancement?
Dave Meynell
Independent Trade Advisor & Consultant
TradeLC Advisory
07:40 PT / 10:40 EST / 15:40 GMT
Stretch Break
07:50 PT / 10:50 EST / 15:50 GMT
SWIFT 2021
SWIFT ISO 20022 + GPI + File Act +2021 new message types
08:20 PT / 11:20 EST / 16:20 GMT
Trade Digitalization in 2021
How the jig-saw is coming together and what it means for you.
Michael Vrontamitis
Co-chair, ICC Working Group on the Digitization of Trade Finance & Advisory Board Member
ICC Banking Commission
09:05 PT / 12:05 EST / 17:05 GMT
Technology Presentation featuring e-Bills of Lading
Eyal Ben-Amram
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Office
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd.
10:00 PT / 13:00 EST / 18:00 GMT
It's a Wrap – Day 2
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
Stacey Facter
Senior Vice President, Trade Products
BAFT
10:05 PT / 13:05 EST / 18:05 GMT
Birds of a Feather – Open Forum
This is your opportunity to ask questions that were still outstanding from Monday and today’s sessions. This is an open forum to discuss pressing questions and issues you’ve been yearning to ask your peers and subject matter experts in a small group discussion. Attendees will break into smaller groups for an interactive conversation on the following topics: eBils of Lading & Digital Signatures, SWIFT Messaging
February 19, 2021 - Module 3: Trade and Letters of Credit in Detail
06:00 PT / 09:00 EST / 14:00 GMT
Welcome
Kristine Siebel
Chair, BAFT North American Standby/Guarantee Committee
Societe Generale
06:05 PT / 09:05 EST / 14:05 GMT
Single Issue Question
Commercial & Standby Letters of Credit. This is a favorite session – join the conversation and see if you know the answers to these questions!
Frank Petrassi
Vice President
J.P. Morgan
Kristine Siebel
Chair, BAFT North American Standby/Guarantee Committee
Societe Generale
Vivek Singh, CDCS CSDG
Senior Trade Expert
BNP Paribas
06:50 PT / 09:50 EST / 14:50 GMT
ICC Opinions Updates
What are those experts coming up with next? Hear about the ICC opinions rendered during this pandemic.
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
07:20 PT / 10:20 EST / 15:20 GMT
Stretch Break
07:30 PT / 10:30 EST / 15:30 GMT
Force Majeure
David Jachimowicz
Senior Legal Counsel, Global Trade and Receivables Finance
HSBC Bank Canada
08:00 PT / 11:00 EST / 16:00 GMT
Secession Planning
What does the next generation of employee’s look like?
Roland Satchell, CDCS
Vice President
J.P. Morgan
Melissa Luster, CDCS
Vice President, International Operations
BOK Financial
Ruxandra Cravcenco, CDCS
Executive Director & Operations Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Tiffany Bjorlie, CDCS
Officer, International Trade Service Specialist II
BOK Financial
08:30 PT / 11:30 EST / 16:30 GMT
Demand Guarantees
Demand Guarantee and payment challenges under the current climate.
Ukamaka Okpara
Senior Trade Finance Analyst
CIBC
09:00 PT / 12:00 EST / 17:00 GMT
Voice of the Customer
09:30 PT / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT
Ansab Ali
Senior Treasury Specialist
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
Jennifer Stephens
Assistant Manager of Sales & Distribution
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
Ask the Expert Forum
Join this popular session and ask all those questions that you and your team have been discussing. What do the experts think?
Host
Marilyn D. William
Senior Manager, Trade Finance
CIBC
Experts
Frank Fortes
Senior Trade Finance Expert
TD Financial Group
Jeremiah Glock, CDCS
Vice President and Trade Advisor
Citi
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
Kristine Siebel
Chair, BAFT North American Standby/Guarantee Committee
Societe Generale
10:00 PT / 13:00 EST / 18:00 GMT
It’s a Wrap – Day 3
Normand Girard, CDCS
Director, Global Trade Operations
BMO Financial Group
Kristine Siebel
Chair, BAFT North American Standby/Guarantee Committee
Societe Generale
10:05 PT / 13:05 EST / 18:05 GMT
Birds of a Feather – Open Forum
This is an open forum to discuss pressing questions and issues you’ve been yearning to ask your peers in a small group discussion. Attendees will break into smaller groups for an interactive conversation on the following topics: Secession Planning.