Trade Finance Training 2019 – Wednesday 27 March 2019

Date & Time

Wednesday 27th March 2019
08:30 – 17:00

Training Agenda

8:30 – 9:00	Registration
9.00 – 9.15	ICC Qatar opening remarks QNB welcome remarks by Mr. Ali Abdullah Darwish, AGM Financial Institutions & Correspondent Banking Kim Sindberg welcome remarks
9.15 -11.15	Letters of Credit (L/C) – worst and best practices Recent ICC guidance Pitfalls and challenges in daily L/C handling Case studies and recent examples
11.15 – 11.45	Networking break
11.45 – 12.30	Highlights from Incoterms 2020 Status and key topics Relationship and interaction with the UCP 600
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 15.00	Guarantees – worst and best practices ICC rules on guarantees Pitfalls and challenges in daily guarantee handling The SWIFT release on guarantee messages (MT760 etc.) Case studies and recent examples
15.00 – 15.30	Networking break
15.30 – 16.00	Status on the demand guarantee standard banking practices
16.00 – 16.30	Questions and answers
16.30 – 16.45	Closing remarks and certificate collection

Cost

Course Fee – QAR 150
ICC Qatar Members – Complimentary
Participants will be awarded 6.5 PDUs.

Note: ON THE DAY OF THE TRAINING, ONLY CASH PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

About Trade Finance Training 2019

Welcome to the “Trade Finance Training 2019” which will cover the worst and the best practice on letters of credit and guarantees, taking outset in recent ICC guidance, case studies and examples. In addition, the training will cover Incoterms® and its relationship with letters of credit as well as offer insights to the drafting of Incoterms® 2020 which will enter into effect January 2020.

The target audience are those working with Trade Finance; for example banker, importers, exports, lawyers, forwarders and insurance companies.

About the Trainer:

Mr. Kim Sindberg

Technical Advisor to the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Founder of Sindberg Consult (www.kimsindberg.com)

Member of several national and international Trade Finance forums, and has served in several ICC working- and drafting groups.

Memberships:

Technical Advisor to the ICC Banking Commission
Member of “ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice”
Member of “IIBLP European Advisory Council”
Member of “IIBLP Council on International Standby Practices”
Member of “ICC Denmark Trade Finance Forum”
Chairman of the Danish “Trade Finance Compliance” working group
Member of BAFT Europe Council working group on Anti Trade Based Money Laundering

Magazines and publications:

”Editor in Chief” for the electronic newsletter “Trade Services Update”
Founder of the Trade Finance portal www.lcviews.com
Regular contributor to international magazines with comments and articles
Articles translated into Vietnamese, Chinese and Turkish languages.
Co-creator of the app “Pocket Guide Series for International Trade”
Accredited as a DOCDEX (Documentary Credit Dispute Resolution Expertise) Expert by ICC International Centre for Expertise
Published (Trade Finance) books:
- UCP 600 Transport Documents (2012)
- From Beginning to Beginning – Trade Finance Articles from 2003 to 2011 (2012)
- Remburs – en introduktion (2012)
- Anfordringsgaranti og Standby Remburs – en introduktion (2013)
- Udenlandsk Inkasso – en introduktion (2013)
- The Cheater’s Handbook to Documentary Credits (2014)
- UCP 600 Transport Documents – 2nd Edition (2015)
- From A to UCP (2016)
- From Beginning to Beginning – Trade Finance Articles from 2003 to 2014 (Chinese and English) (2017)