India: Trade & Export Finance Forum 2004

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India: Trade & Export Finance Forum

Conference Programme - Day One

09.50  Chairman's opening remarks
Veena Mankar, Independent Consultant

10.00  Keynote address
Helen Deas, First Secretary (Trade & Investment) & Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy High Commission

10.30  Trade finance opportunities
Jayan Menon, Head of Global Trade Services, ICICI Bank Limited

11.10  Morning networking break

11.40  Working capital management: How efficiency in supply chain solutions can prove to be a critical competitive tool
Sudeep Yadav, Vice-President, Citibank

12.20  Factoring: Alternative financing methods for Indian companies
Arvind Sonmale, Deputy Managing Director, Global Trade Finance Pvt Limited

13.00  Lunch

14.30  Forfaiting: A product to support exports to emerging markets
Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger, President, First International Merchant Bank

15.10  Documenting a trade finance transaction:  Adding legal value
Robert Parson, Partner, Clyde & Co 

15.50  Afternoon networking break

16.20  Development of collateral management structures in India
Hari Prasad, Chief Strategic Initiatives, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd

17.00  Securing finance and guarantees:  Case studies and experiences
Ajit Doshi, General Manager, Project Finance, Ispat Industries Ltd

17.40  Chairman's closing remarks followed by evening reception

Conference Programme - Day Two

 10.00  Key ratings drivers in India
Amit Tandon, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

10.40  Morning networking break

11.10  Helping Indian companies to trade and compete on the world stage
Srinivasan Sridhar, Executive Director, Export-Import Bank of India

11.50  Foreign exchange risks: How to manage them
S. Vishvanathan, General Manager, State Bank of India

12.30  Credit insurance in India
Daniel J Stausberg, Representative to India, Atradius Group

13.10  Long-term financing for the import of capital goods under Export Credit Insurance
Peter von Guretzky-Cornitz, Senior Vice-President, Export Finance Asia, 
Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG

13.30  Lunch 

14.30  Facilitating India’s trading environment: Issues and constraints
Nirmal Sengupta, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
Moana Bhagabati, Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) 

15.10  Technologies for global trade:  Bridging the gap
Kannan Amaresh, Principal Consultant & Group Leader, Banking Domain Competency Group, Infosys Technologies Limited

15.50  Chairman’s closing remarks followed by networking break

16.00  Afternoon networking break

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