Experts and participants from diverse areas of the financial sector met on 10 February 2019 in Almas Conference Center, JLT, Dubai. The conference was attended by a number of high-profile government representatives and delegates including H.E. Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry, and H.E. Navdeep Suri, Ambassador of India to the UAE. Delegates included:
Industry experts tackled the latest economic and market challenges affecting commodity trading during the 6th Global Commodity Outlook Conference.
Almas Conference Centre
8:00am - 3:30pm, 10 Feb 2019
08:00 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:40
Inauguration
09:45 - 10:30
Global Economy, Energy and FX Outlook
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee Break and Networking
10:50 - 11:35
Agriculture Commodities - Grains, Oilseeds, Coffee, Tea
11:35 - 12:10
Managing ESG risks in the agribusiness sector: the business case for sustainability
12:10 - 12:55
Future of Trade
12:55 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking
14:00 - 14:45
Precious Metals and Base Metals Outlook
14:45 - 15:30
Commodity Investments and Strategies
H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade and Industry of Ministry of Economy
H.E. Navdeep Suri, Ambassador of India to the UAE
Gautam Sashittal, CEO, DMCC
Paresh Kotecha, Chairman, Richcomm Global Services
Les Male, CEO, DGCX
Matt Stanley, Senior Broker, StarFuel
Edward Bell, Director - Commodities Research, Emirates NBD
Gerard Al-Fil, Manager, MIE Group/China Trade UAE
Jonathan Grange, Grains Broker, Sunstone Brokers - moderator
Hakan Bahceci, CEO, Hakan Agro Group
James Wild, CEO, Wild Agri
Diane Holdorf, Managing Director, World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Sanjay Sethi, Director - Sustainability, Phoenix
Ruth Thomas, Director, Global Agribusiness Alliance
Frank Kane, Senior Business Columnist, Arab News - moderator
Anthony Butler, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Cloud
Sinan Ozcan, Senior Executive Officer, Maersk Trade Finance
Gerhard Schubert, Founder, Schubert Commodities Consultancy
Sandeep Shishodia, Managing Director, Sun Metal Group
Harish Pawani, Managing Director, Bin Sabt Jewellery
Dilshad Khan, Head of Trading, Dijllah Gold
Luca Gorlero, Chairman - Strategy Committee, Timeless Asset Management - moderator
Milo Guastamacchia, Chief Operating Officer, Abalone Asset Management
Remi Burdairon, Partner Agribusiness, Barak Fund Management
Anis Samet, Associate Professor of Finance, American University of Sharjah
Neil Griffiths, Head of Commercial Insight, AB Sugar
Almas Tower