3rd Incheon Law & Business Forum (ILBF) Day 1

UNCITRAL RCAP held the 3rd Incheon Law & Business Forum (ILBF) themed “From Documents to Data: Legal and Commercial Solutions for Digital Trade,” from 11 – 12 September 2023. Read more about the event here: https://uncitral.un.org/en/2023Incheo....

PROGRAMME (DAY 1)

Opening Ceremony

Mr. Koo, Sang-yeop, Deputy Minister for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea
Mr. Yoo, Jeong-bok, Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Keynote Speeches

Dr. Eiman Al-Mutairi, Vice Minister of Commerce and CEO of the National Competitiveness Center (NCC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General for the ASEAN Economic Community, the ASEAN Secretariat
Business Track 1: MLETR Implementation in Trade Finance and Fintech

Moderator: Mr. Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Speakers:

Mr. Steven Beck, Head, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Phattharaphon Ratanasuvan, SVP, Trade Finance Product, Bangkok Bank PCL, Thailand “Thailand Digital Trade Transformation”
Ms. Shafaq Al Kooheji, Head of Payments Services, The Benefit Company B.S.C, Kingdom of Bahrain “Accredited Trust Service Provider (TSP) - Implementation Journey”
Ms. Lucy Wong, Advisor, Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BIS Innovation Hub), Hong Kong SAR “Project Dynamo”
Business Track 2: MLETR Implementation in Transport and Logistics

Moderator: Ms. Khanit Phatong, Executive Advisor and Chief Information Officer, Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), Thailand

Speakers

Mr. Reiji Ishida, Deputy Director, Trade Promotion Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan ”Approaches to Trade Digitalization by the Japanese Government”
Mr. Ren Yuh Kay, Assistant Director, TradeTrust, Digital Utilities Cluster, Sectoral Transformation Group, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore “Trade Digitalisation: TradeTrust – Transform the Way You Trade”
Mr. Satoru Someya, Executive Officer, COO, CMO and Head of Global & Alliance Business Department and Marketing & Sales dept., TradeWaltz Inc., Japan “MLETR Adapting (eBL) Legislation and Digital Trade Platform Development by “TradeWaltz” and Government in Japan”
Ms. Marina Comninos, Co-Head, ICE Digital Trade (IDT) “Digitising Trade: the Practical Benefits & Challenges of Legal Change”
Business Track 3: MLETR Implementation in Paperless Trade

Moderator: Ms. Soo Hyun Kim, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN/ESCAP)

Speakers:

Ms. Juan Zhai, General Manager, Legal Department, China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd. (CMES), China “CMES’s Practice in Paperless Trade and the Desire for Localization Legislation of MLETR”
Mr. Craig Alan Laabs, Head of Global Trade, Coupang Corp., Republic of Korea “Current Retail Business State of Paperless Trade in Korea”
Ms. Anastasiya Alexandrovskaya, Senior Legal Expert, International Transport Activity Division, Legal Department, JSC Russian Railways, Russian Federation “Rail and Multimodal Electronic Transport Documents, Further Development of Consignment Notes with Additional Function as Letter of Credit”
Ms. Andrea Tang, Head of International Trade and Law Unit, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) “Fostering Digitalisation in the Logistics Supply Chain”
Coffee Highlight: The Use of NFT for Electronic Bills of Lading

Moderator: Dr. Hyeon Kyun Lee, Senior Research Fellow, Korean Society of Law / Adjunction Professor, Hannam University School of Law, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

Ms. Chaemee Kim, CDO, Executive Director, Korea Trade Network (KTNET), Republic of Korea “X of Next Trade Facilitation”
Mr. Chandler Yoon, Head of D.X TEAM, Posco International, Republic of Korea “Consigner's Insight - to All the Cross Industries”
Concluding Remarks for Day 1

Ms. Athita Komindr, Head, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNCITRAL RCAP)
Special Event: Launch of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business (UN/CEFACT) White Paper on Transfer of MLETR-compliant Titles

Ms. Kamola Khusnutdinova, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) / Secretary, United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business (UN/CEFACT)
Mr. Ren Yuh Kay, Assistant Director, TradeTrust, Digital Utilities Cluster, Sectoral Transformation Group, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore “MLETR-Compliant Title Transfer - White Paper”