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 Agenda Speaker
8:00 Registration
9:00 Coffee and Seating
9:30 Introduction to the Event Professor Moorad Choudhry
Welcome ACI President
Welcome ICA President
Welcome ACI Jordan President
9:45 Keynote Address Governor, Central Bank of Jordan
10:00 In Conversation Mrs. 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 Stephen King, HSBC (Other panellists to be confirmed)
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 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 Saloni Ramakrishna – Oracle, Anna-Marie Slot – Transition Value Partners
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Panel Discussion – The importance of Benchmarks and the Benefit of using derivatives for hedging in banks Aude Pacatte, Director – EBRD, John Ho – Head of Legal Financial Markets Standard Chartered Bank
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
Time Agenda Speaker
9:00 Coffee and Seating
9:30 Introduction to Day 2 Professor Moorad Choudhry
9:45 Keynote Address High profile speaker to be confirmed
10:15 PANEL DISCUSSION – The CEO’s Panel: Emerging challenges and opportunities for the region’s banks Ms. Nour Jarrar – CEO Citibank Jordan, Ms. Valeria Vahorovska- CEO Fondy
11:00 Morning Break
11:30 PANEL DISCUSSION – Leveraging use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to explore opportunities in banking and trading John Ho – Head of Legal Financial Markets Standard Chartered Bank, Marc Esmiley – Technical Product Director Microsoft, Sylvanus Eneche – Wema Bank
12:15 FIRSESIDE CHAT: MOORAD AND FRIENDS… – “Bank risk management in the post-SVB age: recommendations for policy” Chris Westcott – Faculty Head The BTRM, Dr. Diyama (Abu Laban) Awadallah – Assistant Professor Birzeit University
13:00 Lunch
14:00 FIRESIDE CHAT: “Global Debt Capital Markets Outlook” Ebru Boysan, Bloomberg
14:00 Breakout Session 1: "Implementing Your Optimum IRRBB Solution"- Room 1 Chris Westcott, Faculty Head, The BTRM
14:00 Breakout Session 2: "Continuous Education: Practice Makes Perfect"- Room 2 Rui Correia, ACI Education Head
14:30 LECTURE – “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” Prof. Dr. Michael Eichhorn – Country CEO (Ireland), Credit Suisse
15:15 Facilitator's End of Conference Closing Address
15:30 Special Session: ICA General Assembly ICA Executive
16:15 End of Conference Gathering
16:30 Trip to Wadi Rum and Welcome Drink – “Tracing the footsteps of T.E. Lawrence….”
19:30 Dinner
22:30 Return to Event Venue
Time Agenda
Excursion Trip to Petra the Rose City

Event Speakers

H.E. Dr. Adel Sharkas

Governor

Central Bank of Jordan

H.E. Olayemi Cardoso

Governor

Central Bank of Nigeria

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John Ho

Head of Legal, Financial Markets

Standard Chartered Bank

Michael Eichhorn

Country CEO (Ireland)

Credit Suisse

Anna-Marie Slot

Co-founder

Transition Value Partners

Saloni Ramakrishna

Senior Director

Oracle Financial Services

Rui Correia

Executive Director and Chair of Board of Education

ACI Financial Markets Association

Professor Chris Westcott

Head of Faculty

Bank Treasury Risk Management (BTRM)

Ebru Boysan

Market Specialist Debt Capital Market

Middle East and Africa, Bloomberg LP

Selva Baziki

Turkey and Sweden Economist

Bloomberg Economics

Diyama Abu Laban

Head of the Finance and Banking Department

Birzeit University

Marc Esmiley

Technical Product Director

Microsoft

Sylvanus Eneche

Chief Risk Officer

Wema Bank Plc Nigeria.

Farouk-Soussa

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economist

Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs

Yasmine Saleh

Editor

Zawya Arabic, London Stock Exchange Group

Stephen King

Author, Columnist and Senior Economic Adviser

HSBC

Tessa Walsh

ESG financing editor

IFR

Axel van Nederveen

Managing Director, Treasurer

the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Aude Pacatte

Director, Head of Portfolio Management EMEA

the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Ramzy Abdulaziz Darwish

Chief Strategy and Finance Officer

Banque Saudi Fransi

Rani Jabban

Head of Treasury, Digital Assets

Financial Institutions and Communication

Valeria Vahorovska

Founder and CEO

Fondy

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