🗓 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 | 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 |
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