Brazil Trade & Export Finance Forum

Event Review

Set on the famous Copacabana Beach, delegates were afforded excellent networking opportunities. Email events@exportagroup.com for details of the 2008 conference.

Description

Join us in Rio de Janeiro for two-days of expert presentations and interactive panel discussions - all overlooking the Copacabana Beach.

Hear the very best opinions and insights into trade and financial opportunities in Brazil.

With sponsorship support from Standard Bank, Fimbank, Bladex, BBVA, ACE Global Markets and Ramos, Zuanon e Tartarini Advogados, this event promises to be THE networking event in Brazil.

The brochure is due out NOW, and includes speakers from Embraer, Brasil Ecodiesel, Octagon Asset Management, Texel Capital, Mercosul Invest, Kargman Associates and Volvo to name a few.

If you wish to speak or register, please email events@exportagroup.com

Brochure

Programme

Tuesday, November 27 - Day one

08.30  Registration

09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
Richard Noritake, Director, Latin American Structured Finance, 
Standard Americas Inc

09.10 Brazil's infrastructure: hampering competitivenes
Carl Weaver, Director, Research, Mercosul Invest Limited

09.50  Changing credit markets and impact on financing
Richard Noritake, Director, Latin American Structured Finance,
Standard Americas Inc

10.30 Networking break

11.00 Room for a niche financier?
Ian Henderson, Director, Texel Capital Limited

11.40  Opportunities in the alternative energy resources sector in Brazil
Erich Michel, Senior Vice-President, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

12.20 Lunch

14.00 Factoring in Brazil
Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger, President, Fimbank
Rubens Amaral Jr., Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager, Bladex 

14.40  Brazil-China trade: trends and risk factors
Steve Kargman, President, Kargman Associates

15.20  Networking break

 Legal and documentary issues

15.50  Closing your structured trade finance (STF) deal in Brazil
Christian de Lima Ramos, Partner, Ramos, Zuanon e Tartarini Advogados
Claudio Tartarini, Ramos, Zuanon e Tartarini Advogados
Russell Leblang, Landay & Leblang

16.30  Close of day one, followed by networking reception

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - Day Two

Insurance and risk

09.00  Political risk and credit insurance for trade and export growth
Fredrik Murer, Manager, Americas, ACE Global Markets Political Risk & Credit

09.40 Export credit insurance in Brazil
Cristina Salazar, Director of Short Term Transactions, SBCE
Patricia Langoni, Head of Country Risk of MLT Transactions, SBCE

10.20  Networking break

Panel Discussion        

10.50 Risks and opportunities in Brazil: strategies for successful trading
Richard Allen Bird, Head of Correspondent Banking, Unibanco
Marcos Hepp, Trade Finance Manager, Volvo do Brasil Velculos
Bart Pattyn, Regional Managing Director, Coface Holding America Latina

Corporate viewpoint

11.50  The exchange rate, the non-tariff barriers and other factors that affect the Brazilian beef exporters! The case "Mataboiâ€�; the pearl of the Brazilian beef sector
Sergio Abreu, Assistant for Finance to the Vice-President, Frigorifico Mata Boi SA

12.20  Lunch

14.00  Brasil Ecodiesel: A pioneer experience
Ricardo Vianna, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relation Officer, Brasil Ecodiesel

14.40 New sector understanding on officially supported export credits for civil aircraft
Henrique Rzezinski, Senior Vice-President, External Relations, Embraer

15.20    Close of conference, followed by networking break

Venue

Accommodation

Delegates are responsible for the arrangement and payment of their own travel and accommodation.

A preferential rate has been negotiated for you at JW Marriott Hotel.

Upon registration a booking code will be provided so you may take advantage of a special discount available at JW Marriott Hotel. Please reserve your room directly with the hotel.

Sponsors

Sponsorship opportunities including exhibition stands are available for this event.

To become a sponsor, please contact Tom Whitehead, Head of Sponsorship Sales at twhitehead@exportagroup.com.

Exporta's events have a global reputation, renowned for superb networking opportunities and educational presentations by high-profile speakers.

Time after time our events attract the leading companies in our market as sponsors.

See below for a full list of our Event Sponsors, Institutional Partners and Media Partners and click on the logo to visit their web site. 

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