Trade Finance Conference Prague 2025

One day International Conference Trade Finance Prague 2025

Topics: Documentary Credits, Demand Guarantees, Credit Insurance Digitalization, Rules and Practices, Questions & Answers

This Conference is designed for:

• bankers working in trade finance, particularly in documentary credits, collections, bank guarantees and export financing departments;
• front office bank specialists, relationship managers;
• specialists in trade finance, bank risk managers, internal auditors;
• exporters, importers and traders;
• carriers, freight forwarders, insurance companies;
• lawyers, advocates, academics;

Conference Language - English with no translation

Organizer - ICC CR - reserves the right to adjust the program, if needed.

Venue:

Grandium hotel Prague, Politických vězňů 12, Praha 1 - map

Program of the the Eighth Trade Finance Conference:

08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:05 Welcome and Opening of the Conference Representative(s) of ICC CR

09:05 - 09:45 Trade Finance - update from ICC

• News from ICC Banking Commission:
• New ISBP Revision, education project
• Developments in the Demand Guarantee World
• Progress with digitalization in trade finance?

Speaker: Pavel Andrle

09:45 - 10:30 ICC Opinions on Documentary Credits, Perspective on ISBP revision

• Selected Recent ICC Opinions on Documentary Credits
• Views on ISBP revision
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: Radek Dobáš

10:30 - 11:00 Tea / Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 News from EBRD, recent developments, enlargement of the TFP program, new countries of operation

• Questions and Answers

Speaker: TBA

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Credit Insurance and how to use it in foreign trade

• Credit insurance: products, processes
• Role of insurers, brokers, agents, re-insurers
• Role of credit insurance in foreign trade, advantages, limits
• Questions and Answers

Speaker: TBA

15:30 - 16:00 Tea / Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:45 Digitalization of trade finance - electronic - digital documents, recent developments

• Questions and Answers

Speaker: TBA

16:45 - 18:00 Closing Remarks & Glass of wine

Speakers:

Pavel Andrle - International Trade Finance Trainer and Consultant

Radek Dobáš - Head of Documentary Business, Česká spořitelna, a.s.

TBA

Event registration fees:

9.990 Kč (incl. 21 % VAT) per person

• The price includes conference fee, two coffee breaks, lunch, glass of wine anf conference materials.
• Standard discounts applicable for members off the ICC Czech Republic.
• Registration for the event is binding, no refund.

Partner:

The company GOODWILL PARTNER, s.r.o. provides tax consulting focused on the economic aspects of tax planning as well as tax-legal consulting within the framework of value added tax, income taxes, and international taxation. It carries out internal audits and forensic audits of various processes and areas of focus. It will provide related consulting services, studies or research as needed or will arrange these with its partners. The result is an integrated comprehensive service corresponding to the guarantee of impartial expertise and legal certainty for the client. It cooperates with legal offices, specialized consultants and renowned experts from various fields in the implementation of an integrated service. All services are provided by experts with many years of experience and long-term quality results.