🗓 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
Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan
Facilitated By
ACI Middle East President
ACI Jordan President
ACI Jordan Vice President
ACI Jordan General Secretary
ACI Jordan Treasurer
ACI Jordan Assistant General Secretary
ACI Jordan Assistant Treasurer
ACI Jordan Board Member
ICA Marketing Coordinator
📞 Contact Number: 0779556000
📧 Email: [email protected]
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 |
Time | Session Title | Speakers |
9:00 | Coffee and Seating | |
9:30 | INTRODUCTION TO DAY 2 | Professor Moorad Choudhry |
9:45 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS “”Stablecoin Assets and Trad-Fi Banking: Opportunities and Risk Management”” | Ramy Soliman, President, GMO Trust |
10:15 | PANEL 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 |
11:00 | MORNING BREAK | |
11:30 | PANEL 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 |
12:15 | FIRSESIDE 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 |
13:00 | LUNCH | |
14:00 | FIRESIDE CHAT: “Global Debt Capital Markets Outlook” | Host: Professor Moorad Choudhry Guest: Ms. Ebru Boysan, Bloomberg |
14:00 | Parallel Break-out session (Room 1) “Implementing your optimum IRRBB solution” | Presenter: Chris Westcott, Faculty Head, The BTRM |
14:00 | Parallel Break-out session (Room 2) “Continuous Education… Practice Makes Perfect” | Presenter: 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” | Presenter: Prof. Dr. Michael Eichhorn Country CEO (Ireland), Credit Suisse |
15:15 | END OF CONFERENCE | |
15:30 | ICA General Assembly | Speakers: ICA Executive |
16:30 | Trip to WADI RUM and Welcome Drink “Tracing the footsteps of T.E. Lawrence….” | |
19:30 | Dinner | |
22:30 | Return to the event venue |
Time | Agenda | |
Excursion Trip to Petra the Rose City |
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