The document outlines the agenda for the Almas Conference Center in Dubai on February 12, 2017. The all-day conference will cover macroeconomic outlook, energy outlook, agriculture outlook, base metals outlook and precious metals outlook in separate sessions. There will be panel discussions in each session moderated by experts and consisting of 6 panelists from industries such as banking, commodities trading, and commodity exchanges. Confirmed speakers for the inauguration include government officials and heads of commodity exchanges, while the panels will discuss current market conditions and forecasts from analysts across different commodity sectors.

1. 12 February 2017 – Almas Conference Center, JLT, Dubai
Agenda
08:00 am - 09:00 am
09:00 am - 09:45 am
09:45 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
01:00 pm - 01:40 pm
01:40 pm - 02:00 pm
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Registration & Breakfast
Inauguration/Opening
Macro Economic Outlook Session
Networking Break
Energy Outlook Session
Agriculture Outlook Session
Lunch & Networking
Presentation "What is Blockchain and How It Could Impact Financial Markets?"
Base Metals Outlook Session
Precious Metals Outlook Session
Networking
Confirmed panelists
Inauguration and Welcome Address / Key Note Speech
1. Hon. Minister Navin Dissanayake, Ministry of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka
2. Omar Khan, Director, International Offices, Dubai Chamber of Commerce
3. Paresh Kotecha, Managing Director, Richcomm Global Services
4. Sanjeev Dutta, Director – Tea and Tradeflow, DMCC
5. Gaurang Desai, CEO, Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
6. Zhou Xiaodong, General Manager, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Macro Economic Outlook
1. Moderator – Andrew Torchia, Chief Financial Correspondent, Thomson Reuters
2. Michael Creed, Senior Manager, Policy and Strategy, Dubai Financial Services Authority
3. Eric Norland, Executive Director Economics, CME Group
4. Dr. Nawazish Mirza, Associate Professor of Finance, S P Jain School of Global Management
5. Alain Vandenborre, Executive Chairman & Founder, Singapore Diamond Investment
Exchange
Energy Outlook
1. Moderator – Tobias Young, Head of Hydrocarbons, DGCX
2. Giorgos Beleris, Lead Oil Analyst, Thomson Reuters
3. Robin Mills, CEO, Qamar Energy
4. Esa Ramasamay, Global Director, Platts
5. Mustafa Ansari, Analyst – Energy Research, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation

2. 6. Joshun Chan, Oil Trader, Gulf Petrochem
Agriculture Outlook
1. Moderator – Arnaud Boucard, Business Development Manager, Thomson Reuters
2. James Wild, Head - Middle East & Africa, Louis Dreyfus Company MEA Trading DMCC
3. Jonathan Grange, Grains Broker, Sunstone Brokers
4. Hasan Mahmood, Head of Product Development & Agri Business, Pakistan Mercantile
Exchange Limited
5. Sanjay Sethi, Managing Director & CEO, Signature Agri Ventures Ltd.
6. Vincent Jeannin, Commodities Trader, Al Ghurair Resources
Base Metals Outlook
1. Moderator – Shivani Singh, Editor, Metal Bulletin's Asia
2. Engr Salam Al Sharif, President, Bureau of Middle East Recycling
3. Oscar Wehtje, Head of Product Development, LME
4. Ashwani Sharma, Managing Director, Mecontech
5. Stephan Riekert, Senior Vice President, Macquarie Bank Limited (DIFC Branch)
6. Pradeep Kumar, Head of Risk and Treasury Management, Al Ghurair group, Metal Industries
Precious Metals Outlook
1. Moderator – Gerhard Schubert, Founder, Schubert Commodities Consultancy
2. Chirag Sheth, Research Consultant: South Asia, Metals Focus
3. Alex Shaw, Head of Market Development – Precious Metals, London Metal Exchange
4. Jeffrey Rhodes, Founder & Managing Consultant, Rhodes Precious Metals Consultancy DMCC
5. Rajeb Hamed, CEO, Sabayik Al Kuwait Co.
6. Jan Carnogursky, CEO, Gulf Gold Refinery