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?

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.