November 13, 2019

16:30 – 21:30

November 14, 2019

08:30 – 14:30

Meeting room for B2B networking available to participants

LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura

Global Commodities Conference 2019

The annual international conference on commodities and commodity trading, organised by Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA) and Conoscere Eurasia Association, will be held in Lugano on November 13 and 14.

With a new format, the Global Commodities Conference will gather world-renowned special guests, international trade experts, commodity traders, banking institutions and service providers. It is a unique platform in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for networking and deepening of issues related to this sector.

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Free tickets for commodity traders.
Mandatory registration.

13 NOV 14 NOV INFO

November 13, 2019

16:30 – 21:30

Meeting room for B2B networking available to participants

16.30-17.00 / Sala 1
Registration

17.00-18.00 / Sala 1
Welcome Statements

Thomas Patrick, President, LCTA

Marco Borradori, Mayor of Lugano, Switzerland

Sergey Garmonin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Switzerland

Norman Gobbi, Cantonal Councillor, Switzerland

Marco Longo, Chief Executive Officer, Intesa Sanpaolo Private Bank (Suisse) Morval SA

Antonio Fallico, President of Banca Intesa Russia and President of Associazione Conoscere Eurasia

18.00-18.30 / Sala 1
The Eurasian space and the “One Belt One Road” project: opportunities and challenges

Tatiana Volozhinskaya, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation to Switzerland

Murat Seitnepesov, CEO, Integral Petroleum

Elena Rovenskaya, Program Director, Advanced Systems Analysis Program, Acting Program Director, Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria)

18.30-19.15 / Sala 1
Natural resources in Central Asia

Giovanni Marchelli, CEO, Coeclerici Commodities SA

Valeriy Vaisberg, Head of Research Department, GK Region

Inna Karpenko, Senior Credit Analyst, Banca Intesa Russia

19.15-19.45 / Sala 1
Special guest
Mark ENTIN
Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Holder of the Chair of European Law, Copresident of the scientific seminar permanent part of the Baltic Federal University, Member of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia’s Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Luxembourg (2012-2016).

Topic: Competition vs. Cooperation in Greater Eurasia

20.00-21.30 / Sala 3
Standing dinner

Next day and other infos

November 14, 2019

08:30 – 14:30

Meeting room for B2B networking available to participants

8.30-9.00
Registration and welcome coffee

9.00-9.05

Welcome statements

Marco Passalia, Secretary General, LCTA

9.05-9.40
Special guest
John Bruton

Former Prime Minister, Ireland
John Bruton served as Prime Minister of Ireland (from 1994 to 1997) and more recently as EU Ambassador to the United States (2004-09).

9.40-10.30
The role of banks in commodity trade finance

Dmitry Derkatch, Chairman of the Management Board, Bank GPB International S.A.

Esam Mustafa I. Elrayas, Deputy General Manager, Bank UBAE

Christopher Harding, Managing Director, Mercuria

Thomas Patrick, CFO, DITH

Marc Schulz, Risk & Claims Director, Euler Hermes

Moderator: Marco Passalia, Secretary General, LCTA

10.30-10.50

What does the Swiss tax reform bring to commodity trading companies

Hartwig Hoffmann, Partner, International Tax Services, Ernst & Young, Lugano

10.50-11.20

Coffee break

Metals (sala 1)

11.20-11.40
The impact of trade tensions

Coleman Nee, Senior Economist, World Trade Organization

Fabrizio Vismara, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Moderator: Marina Foltea, Founder and Managing Director, Trade Pacts

11.40-12.10
Trends that are shaping metal sector

Conor Rowley, Vice President, Credit Suisse International

12.10-13.00
The metals panel: analysis and debate

Dmitry Dvoretsky, Director, DITH

Carlo Ghezzi, Managing Director, GURTA AG

Sarah Hunt, Partner, HFW

Paul Laszlo, CFO, Bluequest Resources AG

Dominique Ortiz, Team Head, Metal Desk, BCV

Moderator: Marco Galimberti, CEO,

DP Trade SA

Energy (sala 4)

11.20-11.40
Macrotrends in the energy markets?

Sebastien Avenard, Senior Manager, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, Lugano

11.40-12.10

A2A’s experience providing liquidity in GME’s MGAS by Market Making activity

Fabio Casamatta, Head of Trading & Execution, A2A S.p.A.

12.10-13.00

The energy panel and debate

Matija Barudzija, CEO, ENET Energy

Murat Seitnepesov, CEO, Integral Petroleum

Fabrizio Vismara, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Gianluca Zonta, Senior Vice President, SNAM

Moderator: Stefano Colombo, CEO, Stan2services Sagl

Shipping (Teatro Studio)

11.20-11.40
Shipping: analysis and forecast

Derek Langston, Head of Research, Simpson Spence Young

11.40-12.10
Shipping & blockchain

David Moss, CEO, Strongblock

Alexander Varvarenko, CEO&Founder, SHIPNEXT

12.10-13.00
The shipping panel: analysis and debate

Michael Buisset, Partner, HFW

Guido Luigi Carbone, Business Development Senior Manager, Finsea Holding Company

Michael Queally, Director of Shipping, ADM Intermare

Derek Langston, Head of Research, Simpson Spence Young

Angelo Scarrà, Senior Chartering Manager, Starboard Shipping & Trading

Moderator: Michel’Angelo Piccinini, President, Propeller Club-Port of Lugano

13.00-14.30
Business lunch

Previous day and other infos

Contact Us

Olga Maksymova
Project Manager
Mail: gcc@lcta.ch

LCTA
Lugano Commodity Trading Association
c/o Cc-Ti
Corso Elvezia 16
CH-6900 Lugano
Switzerland

Do You Need to Book a Hotel?

LCTA agreed for a special rate in the following hotels:

Hotel Colorado

Hotel Dante

Hotel Delfino

Hotel Splendide Royal

Hotel Walter au Lac

Hotel Zurigo

When you contact one of these hotels, please mention LCTA Conference.