JUNE 8
Wednesday
08 June 2022
Houston, Texas
Markets in Focus: Digitalization
08:55
Ben Hillary
Managing Director,
Commodities People
09:00
Executive Panel
Howard Walper
Moderator
CEO Americas,
Commodities People
Ernie Thrasher
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, Xcoal
Melisa Culbertson
Executive Director OTC Structured Product, RJO'Brien
Gregory Broussard
Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Trading, Cargill
- How are company leaders positioning themselves in an era of high prices and extreme volatility?
- How has the war on Ukraine impacted different markets? How will this impact markets in the long term?
- What are the lingering impacts of COVID-19? Are supply chains springing back, and if not, how long until we are back to"normal?"
- How has the focus on ESG changed the way companies operate, particularly carbon-intensive industries?
09:45
Dr. Craig Pirrong
Professor of Finance, Bauer College of Business,
University of Houston
10:15
Keith Barnett
President,
Barnhill Energy
-Impact of invasion on commodity markets
-Interrelationship between oil, natural gas, fertilizers, ag commodities, FX, inflation, etc.
-Need for top notch data sources, analytics and risk management systems
10:45
Exhibition Area
12:30
Exhibition Area
13:45
Panel Discussion
Patrick Reames
Co Founder and Managing Partner, Commodity Technology Advisory
Sean Britton
Head of Trade Risk Control and Compliance, Musket Corp
Robert Balinski
Vice President Services, Enuit
Jim Kiser
CEO, CapSpire
- Establishing priorities, from financial considerations to functionality, useability and scalability
- Pros and cons of cookie cutter versus tailored solutions
- Working with key stakeholders to prioritize system requirements.
- Impact of regulatory developments on decision making
14:30
Panel Discussion
Jamila Piracci
Moderator
Managing Director,
Patomak Global Partners
Matthew Moore
Associate Director, Risk Surveillance, Macquarie Group
Eric Osborn
Manager Monitoring Surveillance Americas Compliance Framework and Oversight, Shell Trading and Supply
Gordon Allott
President and CEO, Broadpeak Partners
- Developing a mix of trading technologies (CTRM, Trade Surveillance, Machine Learning, RPA) to ensure regulatory compliance?
- How do these technologies fit into an ESG strategy in regard to corporate governance?
15:15
Exhibition Area
16:00
Panel Discussion
Ben Hillary
Moderator
Managing Director
Commodities People
Rod Hutchinson
Regional Business Development Manager, Veridapt
Uma Surana
Managing Director, Commodity and Trade Finance,
Hartree Partners
Nicholaus Rohleder
Co-Founder,
Climate Commodities
- Growth of CTF FinTech and what we are seeing today
- Evolution or revolution? What is truly most important to the traders and financiers? Impact on risk and capital treatment
- High commodity prices, price volatility, liquidity…. How can the commodity finance industry can pro actively manage during these challenging times
- Can these new technologies help resolve financing and liquidity challenges
16:45
Panel Discussion
Howard Walper
Moderator
CEO Americas,
Commodities People
Cetin Karakus
Global Head of Quantitative and Analytical Solutions, BP
Scott Feldman
COO North America, Voxsmart
Dennis Carlson
VP Security & Operations,
Molecule Software
- Trends and impacts of data and digitalization.
- An overview of data tools and landscape from ingestion to advanced analytics.
- Developing a framework to manage data and ensure data governance: ensuring data integrity and transparency.
- Leveraging data analytics to make decisions across domains.
17:30
Exhibition Area
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JUNE 9
Thursday
09 June 2022
Houston, Texas
Markets in Focus: Digitalization
09:00
Panel Discussion
Managing Director, Commodities People
President,
Element Markets
President & CEO,
Uniper North America
President - North America American Rare Earths Limited and its US Subsidiaries, Western Rare Earths, La Paz Rare Earths, LLC & Wyoming Rare (USA) Inc
MD, Trading - Carbon and Environmental Products, Mercuria Energy America, LLC
- Impact of carbon policy on commodity trading
- Impact of sustainability initiatives on commodity trading companies
- Combating image issues in an increasingly climate-focused world
- Impact of sustainability initiatives on investment
- ESG from a leadership perspective/Creating a culture of sustainability trading
10:00
Exhibition Area
10:45
Presentation
Founder and CEO,
Molecule Software
Co-Founder
Latigo Energy Group
-What types of assets are best suited to optimize with mining?
-What are the operational components?
-What kind of costs are involved?
-Can you hedge values? (mitigate value risk)
-Can you trust in liquidity? (Transactional risk)
-Can you leverage value? (Staking)
A framework for kickstarting internal discussions within your organization.
-Defining AI/ML projects - how are they different from a typical IT systems project.
-Business problems in commodities where AI can be applied
- AI/ML to improve current processes versus creating value and competing better.
-Aligning leadership, data, legal/compliance and ensuring cultural readiness to ensure project success
The past 3 years have highlighted vulnerabilities in our IT infrastructure. What steps should companies take to protect their assets, customer information and reputation?
-What have we learned from recent issues like the Colonial Pipeline outage?
-In light of the Ukraine war, how can companies protect themselves from Russia and other foreign actors?
-What are the steps companies should take in responding to an attack?
-What threats are on the horizon?
13:00 - 14:00
Exhibition Area
Thomas Damsgaard is head of BIMCO in the Americas, where his responsibilities encompass member interest and industry engagement for the Americas. Thomas started an exciting shipping career in 1990 and has earned his stripes in a succession of increasingly challenging roles within senior management and leadership for maritime market leaders. He has lead several maritime start-ups and turnarounds and acted as an external advisor on leadership, strategy and optimization to global maritime, logistics and PE organizations. He has served on professional boards within shipping and logistics.
