ETOT IN-PERSON

Mark Copley, CEO, EFET

PRESENTATION
• The Fit for 55 package and the role of trading in decarbonising economies.
• Trading challenges for the UK market

Marc Merrill, President & CEO, Uniper North America

Nicki Dalgaard, CEO, Disruptive Biotrading

Andrew Singleton, Partner, Baringa Partners

Catherine Newman, CEO, Limejump

PANEL DISCUSSION
• What are the impacts and developments in the UK and Europe post-Brexit and Covid?
• The future view for energy trading
• Exploring wider areas and regions of interest for traders
• Ongoing Covid limitations and incorporation into the trading floor; expansion of virtual markets

Rafael Narezzi, Chief Technology Officer, CF Partners

PRESENTATION
• What are the impacts and developments in the UK and Europe post-Brexit and Covid?
• New digital opportunities… and risks
• Ongoing Covid limitations and incorporation into the trading floor; expansion of virtual markets
• Continued rumour of a “reduced back office”. Will it really ever go away?

Moderator: Jakob Bloch, CEO, Commodity

Jamie Hillyar, Senior Manager of Business Planning, EDF Energy

Dr Luke Treglown, Principal Data Psychologist, Thomas International

Marc Merrill, President & CEO, Uniper North America

Chris Gribben, Group Head of HR, Socar Trading

PANEL DISCUSSION
We’re talking: • Strategies for the new ways of work across commodity businesses
• Changes in office culture
• Demands on technology and leadership
• Diversity – are post-pandemic work practices a help or a hindrance to this agenda?
• Learning, development and upward mobility
• How science and data can help with the way ahead

Following the session, participants will be invited to join 20min audience wide roundtable group discussions on specific topics and in conclusion, the table leader will provide closing remarks.

Cameron Turner, Managing Director, Lean Consulting

PRESENTATION
• What is RPA, Intelligent Automation & Hyper Automation?
• Best practises in RPA use
• Introducing AI into RPA programmes
• From RPA to Hyper Automation

Martin Pritchard, Delivery Manager, Digiterre

Gordon Allott, President & CEO, BroadPeak Partners Inc.

Kevin Kindall, Senior Data Scientist, Hartree Partners

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Exploring and selecting the appropriate data analytics tools for meaningful utilisation of information
• Latest market data management applications in energy trade systems: easy wins for the back office?
• Win-Win: Practical steps to drive collaboration between back office and IT around key data management projects

Following the session, participants will be invited to join 20min audience wide roundtable group discussions on specific topics and in conclusion, the table leader will provide closing remarks.

Stephen Ford, Delivery Manager, Digiterre

Majdouline El Aasemi, Global Head of Corporate PPA / Green Energy Procurement & InstaTrust, DNV

Justin Colley, European electricity editor, Argus Media

PANEL DISCUSSION
• What are the most relevant exchange and OTC offerings? Which are truly products of the future?
• Managing multiple ETS schemes: what are the key differences and reporting obligations?
• ESG reporting in production and transportation chains. How to calculate and report?
• PPAs in the back office – getting the management, pricing, and workflow right

Following the session, participants will be invited to join 20min audience wide roundtable group discussions on specific topics and in conclusion, the table leader will provide closing remarks.

Agatha Valentina Murgoci, Senior Quantitative Analyst / Risk Management & Market Analytics, Ørsted

Thomas Griffiths, Head of Product, Cassini

Richard Payne, Partner, capSpire Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Do the combined forces of remote working and Brexit give a stronger argument than ever for offshoring? If so how sustainable is it? What are the control implications?
• Which operational efficiency initiatives are yielding the greatest returns presently? What are the easy wins?
• Where can new technologies further enhance and improve automation?

Christian Baer, Secretary General, EUROPEX

Eddie Tofpik, Head of Technical Analysis & Senior Markets Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd.

Mark Higgins, EMEA Product Development, BNY Mellon Markets

John Cunningham, Managing Director Commodities & Global Markets (Futures), Macquarie

PANEL DISCUSSION
• Too many broker branches to handle? Impact of Brexit and the work of EFET in this space
• How can clearing houses handle the increasing internationalisation of the markets?
• Are we keeping up with the pace of new product development?

Gavin Ferguson, Head of Standardisation Workstream, EFET – European Federation of Energy Traders

Jens Bartenschlager, CEO, Fidectus

Graeme Bannon, Back Office Services Team – MFB-SU, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

Chris Sass, EVP Sales & Marketing, Fidectus

PANEL DISCUSSION
Commencing with an update from the EFET eSM Working Group
eSM has changed the way the European OTC markets have operated up to now. This session will look at:
• Benefits of automation and the new settlement standards
• Standardisation around settlement time: How soon can it be implemented?
• Brokers’ perspectives on eSM
• Cross jurisdictional issues

Chris Sass, EVP Sales & Marketing, Fidectus

Liam Dunne, COO, Equias

Following the session, participants will be invited to join 20min audience wide roundtable group discussions on specific topics and in conclusion, the table leader will provide closing remarks.