World Trade Symposium 2019 | Finastra | 6 November 2019 | Grand Hyatt , 109 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, USA

The World Trade Symposium is a unique, global forum for world business, policy and technology leaders to connect, collaborate and re-imagine tomorrow’s market places.

Into its fourth year, the Symposium takes place in New York and welcomes innovative thinkers, industry experts and influential decision makers and experts who will debate issues and opportunities for global trade.

Who Should Attend:
• Banking
• Financial Services
• Governmental Organisations
• Regulator & Policy Influencers
• Corporates
• Technology Providers
• Shipping
• Logistics and Freight

2019 Speakers

Simon Paris
Chief Executive Officer; Finastra. Chair, World Trade Board

Anabel González
Non Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

His Excellency Ambassador Alexandre Guido Lopes Parola
Permanent mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organization

Jennifer Hillman
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Chad Bown
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Ambassador Alan Wm. Wolff
WTO Deputy Director-General

Dr Huiyao Wang
Founder & President of Center for China and Globalization

Dr. Phil Levy
Chief Economist, Flexport

Mark Shayler
Founding Partner, Do Lectures

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Director on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD

Soumaya Keynes
US Economics Editor, The Economist

Ziyang Fan
Head of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum

Dr. Amy Zalman
CEO, Prescient LLC

Kate Suominen
Founder & CEO, Nextrade Group

Maryan Hassan
Chief Negotiator for WTO Accession, Office of the President Federal Republic of Somalia

Randall Chafetz
Managing Executive Officer, Global Corporate & Investment Banking MUFG Bank Ltd.

Elliot Harris
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development & Chief Economist UN

Peter Navarro
Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy (OTMP)

Michael J. White
CEO and Head of TradeLens Maersk GTD Inc.

Martin Muhleisen
Director of the Strategy, Policy & Review Dept. (SPR) IMF

Caroline Freund
Global Director of Trade, Investment and Competitiveness, World Bank

Stephen Vaughn
Partner in the International Trade Team, King & Spalding

Mike Bhaskaran
CTO, DP World

Shaul Kfir
CTO & Co-founder, Digital Asset

Angie Ruan
Senior Vice President, Global Technology

Iain MacLennan
Vice President for Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Finastra

Nancy Gillis
CEP, Green Electronics Council

Kevin Klowden
Executive Director, Milken Institute’s Centre for Regional Economics & California Center

John W.H. Denton AO
Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Gerald Sun
Vice President, Mastercard

Fabio Santucci
President, Mediterranean Shipping Company

Christopher Clague
Managing Editor, Asia and global editorial lead, trade and globalisation, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
US business editor, The Economist

Cesar Remis
Assistant Deputy Minister for International Trade Negotiations, The Ministry of Economy of Mexico

2019 Trade Partners

• International Trade Council
• British Exporters Association
• USCIB