Agenda
The IfTI Global Symposium: Financing. Impact. Together. tackled the issue of modernising the trade and development finance landscape to serve future goals. The symposium informed more than 125 financiers and policy makers from 30 countries, improved knowledge and expertise, built bridges strengthening institutional collaboration and moved towards creating a dynamic marketplace for mobilising capital. The symposium shared approaches to better understand and address current challenges, presented case studies, and offered opportunities to discuss practical and pragmatic ways to move forward.
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
08:30 Bus pick-up Offenburg Hotels to Campus Gengenbach
09:00 Registration and Coffee
Offenburg University, Campus Gengenbach
Klosterstraße 14, 77723 Gengenbach
09:30 Chair’s Opening Remarks: Fostering Growth in a World of Change
Prof Andreas Klasen, Head, IfTI, Offenburg University
09:40 Keynote Speech
Michael Kleiner, Permanent Secretary,
Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing
09:55 Berne Union Welcome Address
Beatriz Reguero Naredo, COO, CESCE and President, Berne Union
10:05 Setting the Scene: Fostering Development in a Disruptive Environment
Dr Marion Jansen, Chief Economist, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Kirstine Damkjær, CEO, EKF Denmark’s Export Credit Agency
Simon Edmonds, Deputy Executive Chair, Innovate UK
Dan Riordan, President PRCB, AXA XL
10:50 Morning Refreshments and Networking
11:15 Financing Solutions for Africa's Transformation
Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO, Coriolis Technologies
Dr Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, WTO EIF
Prof Benedict Oramah, President, Afreximbank
Louis Taylor, CEO, UK Export Finance
12:00 Academic Interventions
Prof Mathias Bärtl, Offenburg University
Dr Simone Krummaker, City, University of London
13:00 Group Photo
13:15 Networking Lunch
Klosterkeller, Benedict-von-Nursia-Straße, 77723 Gengenbach
Stream 1: Innovation
14:15 Accelerating Innovation: Policy Approaches and Financing Tools
Dr Henning Meyer, Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Dr Jörg Goschin, Managing Director, KfW Capital
Øyvind Leistad, Director, Enova Norway
Sandra Planes Satorra, Innovation Policy Analyst, OECD
15:15 Innovation in Government Financing Instruments: Evolution or Revolution?
Dr Philipp Wackerbeck, Partner, Strategy&
Reimund Felderhoff, Co-Founder, tr8fin
Jens Heitmann, Head of Division, Euler Hermes
Jan Sasse, CEO, Tesi Finland
Dr Karine Siegwart, Vice Director, BAFU Switzerland
Stream 2: Trade and Development
14:15 Development and Trade Finance: Convergence and Collaboration
Diana Smallridge, President and CEO, IFCL
David Drysdale, Head Export Credits Division, OECD
Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO ITFC, Islamic Development Bank Group
15:15 Financing Tomorrow's Infrastructure
Werner Schmidt, Head Structured Trade & Export, Deutsche Bank
Evelyn Patricia Hartwick, TCS Head, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Jonathan Joseph-Horne, Global Co-Head of Structured Export Finance, SMBC
Johannes Schmidt, Head Financial Advisory, Siemens Financial Services
16:15 Afternoon Refreshments
16:30 End of Day 1 with bus pick-up Campus Gengenbach to Offenburg Hotels
18:45 Hotel bus pick-up followed by Reception and Dinner
19:00 Reception and Dinner
Brauwerk Baden, Gutenbergstraße 3, 77654 Offenburg
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
08:30 Bus pick-up Offenburg Hotels to Campus Gengenbach
09:00 Coffee
Offenburg University, Campus Gengenbach
Klosterstraße 14, 77723 Gengenbach
09:10 Chair’s Opening Remarks
Prof Andreas Klasen, Head, IfTI, Offenburg University
09:15 The Strategy Panel: Innovation, Industrial Development and Trade
Prof Andreas Klasen, Head, IfTI, Offenburg University
Avag Avanesyan, Deputy Minister, Armenian Ministry of Economy
Ambassador Dr Eric Jakob, Director, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Nina Kopola, CEO, Business Finland
10:00 Cases and Innovation Labs
11:00 Morning Refreshments and Networking
11:30 Report back from Cases and Innovation Labs
Prof Andreas Klasen, Head, IfTI, Offenburg University (Moderator)
11:55 Chairman's Closing Remarks
Prof Andreas Klasen, Head, IfTI, Offenburg University (Moderator)
12:00 Lunch
Offenburg University, Campus Gengenbach
Klosterstraße 14, 77723 Gengenbach
13:00 End of Day 2 with bus pick-up to Offenburg Hotels/Central Station