WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TRADECONNECT 2019

Don’t miss our biggest
networking event of the year

2019 AGENDA

Theme: Evolving business models & impact on SME businesses

  • 2:00 PM
    Onwards

    Arrival of Attendees at Hotel

    TradeConnect officially opens as attendees start checking in to their hotels!

  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

    TradeConnect Welcome Dinner

    We kick off in style with a fun networking dinner, where you’ll meet your fellow attendees & our prominent speakers.

  • 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM

    Breakfast

    We fuel up for an exciting day at SingEx

  • 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

    Great Merchant Digitalisation Story (at Morning Plenary, Main Stage)
    - Moderator: Matthew Gamser, Chief Executive Officer, SME Finance Forum
    - Praveen Khandelwal, National Secretary General, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)

Formal kickoff of TradeConnect at Coral Triangle (Hall 3) at Singapore FinTech Festival

  • 9:45 AM – 9.55 AM

    About TradeConnect 2019

    GlobalLinker Co-founders Summi Gambhir & Sameer Vakil

  • 9:55 AM – 10:00 AM

    Welcome Address

    Edwin R Bautista, President & Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank of the Philippines, Manila

  • 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM

    Opening Keynote Address - New age SMEs adapting to digitization
    - Matthew Gamser, Chief Executive Officer, SME Finance Forum, Washington DC

  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM

    Thriving in the new normal - what SMEs can learn from the enterprise experience
    Panel Discussion with

    - Gerald Leo, Director, Commercial Partners, Small & Medium Corporate Customers, Microsoft, Singapore

    - Ignacio Villoch, Open Innovator Senior Ecosystem Builder, BBVA, Madrid Spain

    - John Cary L Ong, Executive Vice President, Union Bank of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

    - Moderator: Matthew Gamser, Chief Executive Officer, SME Finance Forum, Washington DC

  • 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM

    The fundamentals of doing & growing a business in the digital age

    Panel Discussion with

    - Satyam Agrawal, Head of Retail Business Banking, Asia, HSBC Hong Kong

    - Debarun Roychoudhury, Group Head, UOB BizSmart, United Overseas Bank, Singapore

    - Bijith Bhaskar, Head Digital & Partnerships at ICICI Bank, Mumbai India

    - Moderator - TBA

  • 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM

    Local to Glocal - The evolving role of Corporations, SME Trade Bodies & Govts in the New Normal
    Panel Discussion with

    - Praveen Khandelwal, National Secretary General, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), New Delhi, India

    - Ravi Aurora, SVP Global Policy Affairs & Community Relations, MasterCard, Purchase, NY

    - Puneet Mehta, Asst General Manager Elite Trade Relations Group, ICICI Bank, Mumbai India

    - Prasoon Mukherjee, Vice-Chairman, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

    - Moderator – Gabriela Martinez De Aragon Calvo, Country Manager, BBVA Singapore

  • 11:40 AM – 11:55 AM

    SME Growth Stories –

    India: Our IPO Experience: - Manish & Krishi Dutt, VR Films, Mumbai India

  • 11:55 AM – 12:15 PM

    Vote of Thanks; Lunch & BSB Announcements and Closing

2nd Half: Session on SMEs & Platforms - Trade without Borders

  • 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

    Digitise and Globalise – How SMEs and Platforms can change the World

    Jane Lim, Assistant Chief Executive, Sectoral Transformation Group, Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA)

  • 1:15 PM – 1:50 PM

    Business sans Borders (BsB): The Journey Ahead

    Panel Discussion with Sameer Vakil & BsB Partners

  • 1:55 PM – 2:30 PM

    The SME Growing Pains: Intimate Fireside Chat with Founders

    Panel Discussion moderated by Sameer Vakil

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

    Remapping Trade Routes: The Impact of Trade Wars on SMEs, Platforms and Supply Chain Management

    Panel Discussion

  • 3:10 PM – 3:45 PM

    What SMEs and platforms need to know – 2020 and beyond

    Panel Discussion

  • 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM

    Show me the Money: SME Financing Reimagined

    Panel Discussion

  • 4:25 PM – 5:00 PM

    East Meets West: Debt Capital for Asian Platforms

    Panel Discussion

  • 7 AM

    Breakfast & Open Day

    You asked, we listened. The last day has been kept open, so that our attendees can explore Singapore city or hangout with their new TradeConnect buddies.

  • 12:00 PM
    Onwards

    Hotel Checkout

    Departures will be as per individual attendees’ travel schedule. Hotel check out is 12:00 PM

Note:
1.Event plan is tentative and subject to change
2.Participants may extend stay in Singapore to attend the Singapore FinTech Festival event. All additional expenses to be borne by participants.

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