Middle East Trade & Export Finance Forum 2006, Dubai

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Programme

Day One

10.45 Networking break

11.15 Key drivers for forecasting political risk in the Middle East
Simon Sole, Managing Director, Exclusive Analysis

11.55 Managing trade risks in the Middle East – snags and solutions
Robert Parson, Partner, Clyde & Co

12.40 Lunch sponsored by Ascot Underwriting Limited

14.00 Risk evaluation and mitigation
Katie Christie, Finance Director, Harris Corporation

14.40 The China connection: Chinese corporate view of Middle East trade opportunities and risks
Fan Yan, Director, International Finance Department, ZTE Corporation

15.20 Networking break

15.50 Pre-export finance opportunities in the Iranian petrochemical industry
Irfan Afzal, Director, Head of Middle East, Global Structured Commodity Finance, Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank

 16.30 Factoring in the Gulf region
Andrew Freeman, Executive Vice-President, FIMBank

17.10 Commodity finance:  Innovative structures
Mohammed Ghouse Mohiddin, Assistant General Manager, Trade Finance, Al Khaleej Sugar Co LLC

17.50 Close of day one, followed by evening networking reception

Day Two

09.40 Islamic finance and trade
Michael Clarke, Senior Manager, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

10.20 Innovations in Islamic trade finance
Arul Kandasamy, Head of Islamic Banking, Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank

11.00 Networking break

11.30 Update on the economic and political situation in Iraq
Ali Al-Uzri, CIO, Trade Bank of Iraq

12.00 Iran: trade opportunities and risk
Mehrdad Parhizkar, Deputy Managing Director, Atieh Bahar Consulting    

12.30 The Levant: trade opportunities and risk
David James, Senior Underwriter, Terrorism and Political Risk, Ascot Underwriting Limited

13.00 Interactive panel discussion: Encouraging trade with the Middle East
Azmat Taufique, Senior Manager for the GCC, International Finance Corporation (IFC);
Irfan Bukhari, Marketing Manager, Islamic Corp for Insurance of Investments and Export Credit (ICIEC);
Mohsen Rashad, Head of Financial Institutions & Correspondent Banking, Arab-African International Bank

13.30 Conclusions and close of conference followed by lunch

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