World Trade Symposium 2017 | Financial Times | 6 June 2017 | London, United Kingdom

World Trade Symposium 2017:
Transforming trade: Driving financial inclusion
through globalisation and digitisation.

World Trade Symposium: Transforming trade: Driving financial inclusion through globalisation and digitisation.

The fundamentals of global trade are being challenged as never before. Trade blocks are under pressure, and growth is lagging. Financial market constraints remain in place. Consumers and producers in every continent are wondering if globalisation is really garnering prosperity and financial inclusion.

The World Trade Symposium 2017 proposes a highly interactive, action-oriented C-Level dialogue on the major themes that will shape the future direction of international trade.

The innovative deployment of digital information and technologies has the potential to revolutionise trade by enabling new services, funding models and entrants. The extent to which these astounding developments in new technology can be applied to the common good is dependent upon the overriding trends in policy, investment and implementation – in other words, how the new model of globalisation develops.

Ambassador Michael Froman
Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and former United States Trade Representative (USTR)

Simon Paris
Joint Chair, World Trade Board
President at Misys

Annie Lennox
Singer, songwriter, activist and philanthropist

Zhu Qin
Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Lesley Batchelor OBE
Director General, Institute of Export and International Trade

Stephen Adams
Partner, Global Counsel

Douglas Carswell
Independent MP

Ambassador Jonathan T. Fried
Coordinator, International Economic Relations/Coordonnateur des Relations économiques internationals, Global Affairs Canada/Affaires mondiales Canada

Katharine Morton
Editor in Chief, TFR (Trade & Forfaiting Review)

Shawn Donnan
World Trade Editor, Financial Times

Nadeem Syed
Chief Executive Officer, Misys

Bill Hayton
Associate Fellow, Chatham House and Author, ‘South China Sea: the struggle for power in Asia’

Natalie Blyth
Global Head of Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC

Stefania Palma
Asia Editor, The Banker

Sir Vince Cable
Former Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills President of the Board of Trade

Arancha González
Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC)

Sir Michael Rake
Chairman, ICC United Kingdom; Chairman, BT

Barry Gardiner
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade and Shadow Minister for International Climate Change

Francisco Cabrera
Minister of Production of Argentina

Kah-Chye Tan
CEO & Founder, Tin Hill Capital

Dr. Marc Auboin
Counsellor – Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Dr. Ugo Panizza
Professor of Economics, Director of Finance and Development Centre and Pictet Chair, Graduate Institute, Geneva and CEPR Research Fellow

Dr. Alisa DiCaprio
Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Lucia Cusmano
Senior Economist, SME and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism (CFE)

Daniel Cotti
Chairman, Bolero International Ltd

Fabio Manca
Managing Director at DHL Inventory Finance Services

Steven Beck
Head of Trade Finance, Asian Development Bank

Lawrence Wintermeyer
CEO Innovate Finance

Hanne Melin
Director and Head, Public Policy Lab for Europe, Middle East and Africa, eBay

Martin Habel
Manager IFC Treasury Client Solutions, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia

Dr. Kati Suominen
Founder and CEO, Nextrade Group; Founder, TradeUp Capital Fund, Founder and Executive Director, Business for eTrade Development

Adrian Harris
Director General, ORGALIME

John Davis
Managing Director, Business Centric Services Group (BCSG)

Enrico Camerinelli
Senior Analyst, Aite Group

Leanne Kemp
Founder and CEO, Everledger

Gerard Hartsink
Chairman of the GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation) Board

Alexander R. Malaket
President, OPUS Advisory Services International and Deputy Head of the Executive Committee, ICC Banking Commission

David Hennah
Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Misys

Sean Doherty
Head, International Trade & Investment, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum (WEF)

Bastien Sachet
CEO, The Forest Trust (TFT)

Hugh Jones
CEO, ACCUITY

Thomas Verhagen
Senior Programme Manager – Banking, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Michael Vrontamitis
Global Head of Trade, Product Management Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Tanya Kuznetsova
Assistant Treasurer, X5 Retail Group

Brenda Santoro
Head of Trade Services, Silicon Valley Bank

Esther Peh
First Secretary (Economics), Permanent Mission of Singapore and Chairperson, WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Committee (TBT) Committee

Michael Gidney
CEO, Fairtrade Foundation

Dr Amy Jadesimi
Managing Director and CEO, LADOL

Susanne Chishti
CEO & Founder, FINTECHCircle, FINTECHTours and Chairman, FTCInnovate & Co-Editor – The FINTECH Book

Todd McDonald
Co-Founder and COO, R3

Brian Caplen
Editor, The Banker

Kaushalya Somasundaram
Global Head of Fintech Partnerships & Strategy, HSBC

Zaki Manian
Founder, Skuchain

Ghela Boskovich
Founder and Global Ambassador, FemTechLeaders

David Treat
Managing Director, Financial Services, Blockchain Lead, Accenture

Patrik Latin
SVP Global Supply Chain Management, Sandoz

Charles Bryant
Secretary General, European E-invoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA)

Magaly Charlier
Director of Global Product Compliance, Taulia Inc.

Elliott Limb
Joint Chair, World Trade Board Global Head of Corporate Banking, Misys

Rhomaios Ram
Business Mentor, Startupbootcamp and Partner – Business Development, Ohalo

Dr. Selim Seval
Board Member and General Manager, Octet Turkey

Edle Everaert
Managing Director – Banking, Accenture

Amardy Geerdink
Account Development Manager Europe, Ripple

Alexander Goulandris
CEO, essDOCS

Sukand Ramachandran
Partner & Managing Director – London, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Lady Barbara Judge CBE
Chairman, Institute of Directors (IoD)

Daniel Blockert
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden and Chairman, Committee on Trade Facilitation, WTO

Clive Myrie
Presenter & Foreign Correspondent, BBC News

Platinum:
HSBC

Gold:
accentureconsulting

Silver:
ACCUITY
Fircosoft
Bankers ALMANAC
NRS