Sunday
18.00 Welcome Reception
Monday 08.00 Registration
09.00 Keynote Opening Address
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Singapore
9.45 Building the Arteries of Trade in Emerging Markets
Supply chains are the arteries that allow commodities to flow. In emerging markets, building the complex logistics to smooth the supply is the first – and necessary step – to trade. In this discussion, a diverse panel will examine where the biggest challenges to logistics lie and how they can be addressed.
Jack de Kreij, Vice Chairman & CFO, Vopak
John Ng, CEO, Singapore LNG Corporation
Rob Nijst, CEO, VTTI
Paul Ward, CEO, Anglo American Marketing (Singapore)
Alan D Willits, Executive Vice President, Cargill
10.45 Break
11.15 Emerging Consumers meet Emerging Suppliers
From Peru to Nigeria and from Vietnam to Poland, emerging markets are a new force in global commodities markets, with new consumers meeting new producers. A panel of industry experts discuss how producers can link with consumers to create new markets, and the challenges they face.
Surya Bagchi, Managing Director Head of Commodity Traders & Agribusiness, Standard Chartered
Monday 08.00 Registration
09.00 Keynote Opening Address
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Singapore
9.45 Building the Arteries of Trade in Emerging Markets
Supply chains are the arteries that allow commodities to flow. In emerging markets, building the complex logistics to smooth the supply is the first – and necessary step – to trade. In this discussion, a diverse panel will examine where the biggest challenges to logistics lie and how they can be addressed.
Jack de Kreij, Vice Chairman & CFO, Vopak
John Ng, CEO, Singapore LNG Corporation
Rob Nijst, CEO, VTTI
Paul Ward, CEO, Anglo American Marketing (Singapore)
Alan D Willits, Executive Vice President, Cargill
10.45 Break
11.15 Emerging Consumers meet Emerging Suppliers
From Peru to Nigeria and from Vietnam to Poland, emerging markets are a new force in global commodities markets, with new consumers meeting new producers. A panel of industry experts discuss how producers can link with consumers to create new markets, and the challenges they face.
Surya Bagchi, Managing Director Head of Commodity Traders & Agribusiness, Standard Chartered
Hakan Bahceci, CEO, Hakan Agro Group
Diane Boogaard,Global Head Product Clients, Rabobank
Vijay Iyengar, CEO, Agrocorp
Ketan Patel, Managing Director, ETG
12.15 Lunch
14.00 Emerging Trends in Financing
As commodities traders continue to expand along the supply chain, acquiring everything from ports in Brazil to petrol stations in Australia, they are increasingly turning to sovereign wealth funds to help fund their acquisitions. Natural resources companies, from agribusiness to energy group and miners are doing the same, seeking a new source of capital. How do these relationships work? How do commodities traders intermediate between cash rich investors and entrepreneurs? Speakers from some of the world’s leading traders, SWFs and leading bankers discuss this growing trend.
Jean-François Lambert, Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity & Structured Trade Finance, HSBC Holdings plc
Jan-Maarten Mulder, Global Head of Commodities, ABN Amro Bank
Diane Boogaard,Global Head Product Clients, Rabobank
Vijay Iyengar, CEO, Agrocorp
Ketan Patel, Managing Director, ETG
12.15 Lunch
14.00 Emerging Trends in Financing
As commodities traders continue to expand along the supply chain, acquiring everything from ports in Brazil to petrol stations in Australia, they are increasingly turning to sovereign wealth funds to help fund their acquisitions. Natural resources companies, from agribusiness to energy group and miners are doing the same, seeking a new source of capital. How do these relationships work? How do commodities traders intermediate between cash rich investors and entrepreneurs? Speakers from some of the world’s leading traders, SWFs and leading bankers discuss this growing trend.
Jean-François Lambert, Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity & Structured Trade Finance, HSBC Holdings plc
Jan-Maarten Mulder, Global Head of Commodities, ABN Amro Bank
David Stanton, Group Head of Treasury, Mercuria
Michael Syn, Executive Vice President, Head of Derivatives, Singapore Exchange
15.00 Country focus: China
Over the last decade, China has become the most important country for the natural resources industry, accounting for a significant share of the growth in commodities demand. The fortune of the sector and Beijing are now entangled. With economic growth slowing down from the torrid double-digits of the early 2000s to a cooler, but still strong, 7.0-7.5 per cent, what will be the impact on the commodities market and industry? And will Beijing continue buying stakes in natural resources companies?
Gert-Jan van den Akker, Senior Head of Regions, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Arnoud Balhuizen, President, Marketing, BHP Billiton
Ik Wei Chong, Partner and Chief Representative, Shanghai, Clyde & Co
Neil Dhar, Co-Head, Hard Commodities, Noble Group
Rene van der Kam, Head of Industrial Metals, Gunvor
16.00 Break
16.30 The CEO Debate
The chief executives of the world’s leading natural resources groups discuss the outlook for the commodities industry, the new opportunities and the challenges in emerging markets.
Tom Albanese, CEO, Vedanta
Don Taylor, Executive Chairman & Interim CEO, GrainCorp
Sunny Verghese, CEO, Olam
17.30 Closing remarks from the chair
19.30 The Retreat Dinner
Michael Syn, Executive Vice President, Head of Derivatives, Singapore Exchange
15.00 Country focus: China
Over the last decade, China has become the most important country for the natural resources industry, accounting for a significant share of the growth in commodities demand. The fortune of the sector and Beijing are now entangled. With economic growth slowing down from the torrid double-digits of the early 2000s to a cooler, but still strong, 7.0-7.5 per cent, what will be the impact on the commodities market and industry? And will Beijing continue buying stakes in natural resources companies?
Gert-Jan van den Akker, Senior Head of Regions, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Arnoud Balhuizen, President, Marketing, BHP Billiton
Ik Wei Chong, Partner and Chief Representative, Shanghai, Clyde & Co
Neil Dhar, Co-Head, Hard Commodities, Noble Group
Rene van der Kam, Head of Industrial Metals, Gunvor
16.00 Break
16.30 The CEO Debate
The chief executives of the world’s leading natural resources groups discuss the outlook for the commodities industry, the new opportunities and the challenges in emerging markets.
Tom Albanese, CEO, Vedanta
Don Taylor, Executive Chairman & Interim CEO, GrainCorp
Sunny Verghese, CEO, Olam
17.30 Closing remarks from the chair
19.30 The Retreat Dinner
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