The 62nd ACI World Congress and the 47th ICA Conference & Exhibition 4-5 October 2024 Aqaba, Jordan

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✨ The 62nd ACI World Congress & 47th ICA Conference & Exhibition ✨

🗓 Dates: October 4-5, 2024

📍 Venue: Hyatt Regency Ayla Hotel, Aqaba, Jordan

The event will be jointly organized by the ACI FMA, the Interarab Cambist Association (ICA), and ACI Jordan and is expected to attract many delegates from around the world.

The Congress and Conference will feature a series of insightful debates on topics that are strategic to the future of the Financial Markets industry.

Under the Patronage of His Excellency

Dr. Adel Al Sharkas

Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan

Facilitated By

Professor Moorad Choudhry

Event Organizers

Khaldoon Al-Janini

ACI Middle East President

Ali Abu Swai

ACI Jordan President

Ashraf Qudah

ACI Jordan Vice President

Faris Ahmad Ababneh

ACI Jordan General Secretary

Omar Hatamleh

ACI Jordan Treasurer

Hasan Al Masri

ACI Jordan Assistant General Secretary

Maen Al Bdour

ACI Jordan Assistant Treasurer

Badawi Shahin

ACI Jordan Board Member

Rita El Hage

ICA Marketing Coordinator

ACI Jordan – The Financial Markets Association

📞 Contact Number: +962-79-2040401
📧 Email: [email protected]

Event Management By

Al Oula Event & Conference Services

📞 Contact Number: 0779556000

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Event Agenda

Program Schedule

Time Agenda
8:00 Registration is Open
19:30 Cocktail Reception and Dinner
Time Session Title Speaker
8:00 Registration and Coffee
9:00 Seating
9:15 INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT Professor Moorad Choudhry
WELCOME ACI Chairman
WELCOME ICA President
WELCOME ACI Jordan President
9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Governor, Central Bank of Jordan
9:45 IN CONVERSATION Governor, Central Bank of Jordan
Professor Moorad Choudhry
10:00 IN CONVERSATION Ms. Randa Al-Sadek, CEO Arab Bank
Professor Moorad Choudhry
10:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
“High Interest Rates: Is the inflation battle over? Learned lessons and 2025 forecasts”
Moderator: Yasmine Saleh, LSEG

Panellists:

Stephen King, HSBC (virtual)

Olayemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (virtual)

Muhammad Ali Malik, Executive Director, State Bank of Pakistan
11:15 MORNING BREAK and Opening of the Exhibition
11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION
“Facing multiple geo-political, macroeconomic and competition challenges: considerations for banking strategy”
Moderator: Professor Moorad Choudhry
Panellists:
Selva Bahar Baziki, Bloomberg
Farouk Soussa, Goldman Sachs
Michael Eichhorn, Credit Suisse
12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
“Climate Change Risk and the bank operating model: transitioning to business opportunities incorporating ESG and Sustainable Banking”
Moderator: Tessa Walsh, LSEG
Panellists:
Saloni Ramakrishna, Oracle
Anna-Marie Slot, Transition Value Partners
Maram Al-Jazeera, Arab Bank
13:30 LUNCH
14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
“The importance and challenges of developing Benchmarks and derivatives for hedging in banks in frontier and emerging markets”
Moderator: Axel Van-Nederveen, Treasurer, EBRD
Participants:
Aude Pacatte, Director, EBRD
John Ho, Head of Legal, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank
Ramzy Darwish, Chief Strategy and Finance Officer, Bank Saudi Fransi
15:15 FACILITATOR’S END OF DAY SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS
15:30 CLOSE OF DAY 1
19:30 Gathering at the Lobby
20:00 Gala Dinner, Golf Club
TimeSession TitleSpeakers
9:00Coffee and Seating 
9:30INTRODUCTION TO DAY 2Professor Moorad Choudhry
9:45KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“”Stablecoin Assets and Trad-Fi Banking: Opportunities and Risk Management””
Ramy Soliman, President, GMO Trust
10:15PANEL DISCUSSION
“The CEO’s Panel: Emerging challenges and opportunities for the region’s banks”
Moderator: Professor Moorad Choudhry
Panellists:
Ms. Nour Jarrar, CEO, Citibank Jordan
Ms. Valeria Vahorovska, CEO, Fondy
Mr Ayman Abu Dhaim, CEO, National Bank of Iraq
11:00MORNING BREAK 
11:30PANEL DISCUSSION
“Leveraging use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to explore opportunities in banking and trading”
Moderator: Mahmoud Khliefat, LSEG
Panellists:
John Ho, Head of Legal, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank
Marc Esmiley, Technical Product Director, Microsoft
Sylvanus Eneche, Wema Bank
Rani Jabban , Arab Bank Switzerland
12:15FIRSESIDE CHAT: MOORAD AND FRIENDS…
“Bank risk management in the post-SVB age: recommendations for policy”
Host: Professor Moorad Choudhry
Guests:
Chris Westcott, Faculty Head, The BTRM
Dr Diyama (Abu Laban) Awadallah, Assistant Professor, Birzeit University
13:00LUNCH 
14:00FIRESIDE CHAT: “Global Debt Capital Markets Outlook”Host: Professor Moorad Choudhry
Guest: Ms. Ebru Boysan, Bloomberg
14:00Parallel Break-out session (Room 1) “Implementing your optimum IRRBB solution”Presenter:
Chris Westcott, Faculty Head, The BTRM
14:00Parallel Break-out session (Room 2) “Continuous Education… Practice Makes Perfect”Presenter:
Rui Correia, ACI Education Head
14:30LECTURE: “The 2023 bank failures and lessons learned: Back to Basics – why sticking to core banking discipline is the best way to survive and thrive in a volatile geo-political environment”Presenter:
Prof. Dr. Michael Eichhorn
Country CEO (Ireland), Credit Suisse
15:15END OF CONFERENCE 
15:30ICA General AssemblySpeakers:
ICA Executive
16:30Trip to WADI RUM and Welcome Drink
“Tracing the footsteps of T.E. Lawrence….”
 
19:30Dinner 
22:30Return to the event venue 
Time Agenda
Excursion Trip to Petra the Rose City

Event Speakers

H.E. Dr. Adel Sharkas

Governor

Central Bank of Jordan

Randa Sadik

CEO

Arab Bank

H.E. Olayemi Cardoso

Governor

Central Bank of Nigeria

Anna-Marie Slot

Co-founder

Transition Value Partners

Aude Pacatte

Director, Head of Portfolio Management EMEA

the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Axel van Nederveen

Managing Director, Treasurer

the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Ayman Abu Dhaim

CEO

National Bank of Iraq

Professor Chris Westcott

Head of Faculty

Bank Treasury Risk Management (BTRM)

Diyama Abu Laban

Head of the Finance and Banking Department

Birzeit University

Ebru Boysan

Market Specialist Debt Capital Market

Middle East and Africa, Bloomberg LP

Farouk-Soussa

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economist

Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs

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John Ho

Head of Legal, Financial Markets

Standard Chartered Bank

Mahmoud Khleifat

Global Head of Capital Markets

LSEG

Maram Al-Jazireh

Global Head of Financial Institutions, Acting Chief Sustainability Officer

Arab Bank

Marc Esmiley

Technical Product Director

Microsoft

Michael Eichhorn

Country CEO (Ireland)

Credit Suisse

Muhammad Ali Malik

Executive Director

Financial Markets & Reserve Management Group (FMRM

Ramzy Abdulaziz Darwish

Chief Strategy and Finance Officer

Banque Saudi Fransi

Noor Jarrar

CEO

City Bank Jordan

Rani Jabban

Head of Treasury, Digital Assets, Financial Institutions and Communication

Arab Bank Switzerland

Rui Correia

Executive Director and Chair of Board of Education

ACI Financial Markets Association

Saloni Ramakrishna

Senior Director

Oracle Financial Services

Selva Baziki

Turkey and Sweden Economist

Bloomberg Economics

Stephen King

Author, Columnist and Senior Economic Adviser

HSBC

Sylvanus Eneche

Chief Risk Officer

Wema Bank Plc Nigeria.

Tessa Walsh

ESG financing editor

IFR

Valeria Vahorovska

Founder and CEO

Fondy

Yasmine Saleh

Editor

Zawya Arabic, London Stock Exchange Group

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