Central Asia Trade & Export Finance Forum 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Over 200 delegates came to Almaty to discuss, listen, learn and network in the heart of Central Asia

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Over 200 delegates came to Almaty to discuss, listen, learn and network in the heart of Central Asia

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Central Asia Trade & Export Finance Forum

Conference Programme - Day One

08.30  Registration

09.00  Chairman's opening remarks
Kairat Satylganov, CAFAS

09.10  Keynote address
Anvar Saidenov, Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan

09.30  Brief welcome
Yerkin Tatishev, First Deputy Chairman, Bank TuranAlem

09.40  Forfaiting: An alternative financing tool for Central Asian companies and banks
Nick Cullen, Director, GML International Limited

10.10  Partnering with foreign banks; helping exporters and importers find finance
Timur Sabyrbaev, Head of Import and ECA Trade Finance, Bank TuranAlem

10.40  Factoring: Export solutions in Central Asia
Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger, President, First International Merchant Bank plc

11.10  Morning networking break

11.40  Creative financing solutions for soft commodities in Kazakhstan
Pieternel Boogaard, Vice-President, Structured Commodity Finance, ING

12.10  Prospects and challenges in the Central Asian region
Ekaterina Trofimova, Ratings Specialist, Financial Institutions, Standard & Poor's

12.40  Winning the future
David Hennah, Product & Marketing, Trade Services, Misys Wholesale Banking Systems

13.15  Lunch

15.00  Structuring cross-border trade and commodity finance deals in Central Asia
Jim Varanese, Partner, Clyde & Co
Pii Ketvel, Partner, Clyde & Co

15.30  Networking break

16.00  Kazakhstan as a trade finance and investment opportunity
Allen Wazny, Audit Director, Energy Resources Group, Deloitte & Touche LLP

16.30  Kyrgyzstan as a trade finance and investment opportunity
Asel Sulaimanova, Representative for Kyrgyzstan, BISNIS, US Department of Commerce

17.00  Chairman's closing remarks followed by evening networking reception

Conference Programme - Day Two

10.30  Insurance of export credits and investment
Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of the Executive Board, State Insurance Corporation for the Insurance of Export Credit and Investment in the Republic of Kazakhstan (KECIC)

11.00  Morning networking break

11.30  Multilateral backing for the region's SMEs
Rudolf Putz, Operation Leader, Trade Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

12.00  Panel Discussion
Rudolf Putz, Operation Leader, Trade Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Charles Raether, International Trade Specialist, BISNIS, US Department of Commerce
Josef Tauber, Chief Executive and Second Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Czech Export Bank
William Hess, Director - Russia, CIS, Turkey, Export-Import Bank of United States
Sophocles Parapanos, Chief Executive Officer, TFI Public Company Limited
Holger Weiss, Vice-President, KfW IPEX-Bank 

12.45  US trade and investment in the region
Charles Raether, International Trade Specialist, BISNIS, US Department of Commerce

13.15  Chairman’s concluding comments and close of conference.

13.30  Lunch       

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