GTR’s Australia Trade Forum 2017, 29 May 2017, Sydney
Returning to Sydney for its fourth year, GTR’s annual gathering in Australia has evolved into the Australia Trade Forum for 2017.
The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has secured 2 passes, each with a 50% discount for ITFA members to attend the GTR Australia Trade Forum 2017. This one-day event is taking place on 29 May 2017 and is being held at Sofitel Hotel Wentworth, Sydney.
As is customary, the discounted passes will be available to ITFA members only on a first come first serve basis. In addition, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 15% discount. In order to register for the passes and benefit from the ITFA discounts please send an email on alexiavella@logixtest.com. Please keep in mind that these offers are not available in conjunction with any other offers and are eligible for new registrations only.
A corporate-focused gathering bringing together all sectors involved in international trade, the event will report on developments in global markets and their impact on Australian trade, and explore what the future may hold for Australia’s corporates and exporters.
Five main themes for discussion include:
- Australia’s current and future trade & investment landscape;
- Current challenges and opportunities for trade finance, treasury, supply chain and procurement;
- Digitisation across the finance sector;
- Commodity trade and financing;
- Infrastructure financing.
Highlighted topics include:
- Putting the spotlight on Australia: Policy updates, commodity outlook and future developments amidst the economic volatility.
- The big picture: An analysis of the macroeconomic environment, trade rebound and its impact.
- What’s next for Australia’s corporates? Reviewing challenges and opportunities that Australian corporates are facing, across procurement, treasury and supply chain management.
- Digitalisation, technology and trade: An update into the new technologies for trade and financing industries and the bright opportunities they bring for Australia.
- Supply chain financing: Current challenges, opportunities and risks across SC financing
- Trade and commodity financing: Mechanisms, structures and evolving risk management strategies.
- Traders’ roundtable: Experts will navigate delegates through the challenges of Australia’s commodity-based economy and covering topics including trade volumes, policies and regulations and the environmental and political factors impacting trade.
- Supply chain management: The latest technologies and innovations driving supply chain digitisation.
- Masterclass option: Join this masterclass session to secure a better understanding of policies, regulations, financing options and procedures while learning how to set up your treasury hub in Australia.
- Infrastructure financing: Reviewing the importance of investing in infrastructure to help increase production and understand where future investment opportunities are.
- Corporate key priorities and optimisation: Experts will provide crucial techniques from evaluating, managing and reducing liquidity, currency risk, increasing supply chain efficiency to ensure greater working capital optimisation and much more.
As always we do hope that our ITFA members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations.
