upcoming event

Young Professionals Forum 2024

Nov 13 - Nov 15, 2024
Netherlands

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FORUM, 2024

The YP Forum 2024 will take place at the Design Hotel in Amsterdam, kindly hosted by ATRADIUS Dutch State Business!

This will be the third in-person meeting of the BU's growing network of young and developing professionals in export credit insurance!

Registration is now closed.


The Young Professionals Forum is a unique opportunity for the future professionals of our industry to deepen their knowledge across a wide range of key topics in trade finance and credit insurance and develop career skills and explore new ways of thinking while building their network of like-minded individuals from around the globe.

The meeting will take place over 2 full days on 14th & 15th November, with a the welcome reception the evening of the 13th November.


Attending this meeting is FREE for Berne Union Members. Participants will be awarded a Berne Union Certificate of Continuing Professional Development to add to their portfolio

We encourage all BU Members to involve their young and junior colleagues in the YP Initiative and to consider sending a rising star as a delegate/s to this in-person meeting so that they can help contribute to building not only the export credit insurance industry of the future, but also the BU of the future!

If you would like to attend the BU YP forum and think it would be helpful to submit a letter of invitation along with your application for approval, please do not hesitate to contact Nicole at the secretariat: ncherry@berneunion.org

Agenda

AGENDA

 Wednesday 13th November

 18:00-20:00

Welcome Reception

Welcome drinks hosted by ATRADIUS

 Atradius DSB Office, 11th floor

 Thursday 14th November

 09:00-09:05

Welcome

 Meeting Room

 09:05-09:15

Opening Remarks, overview of the 2 days to come

BU Sec and Core Group

 09:15-09:45

Atradius DSB Welcome and Presentation

Bert Bruning

Manging Director

ATRADIUS DSB

 09:45-10:55

Risk Analysis / An Underwriting Perspective – Private/Public

Presentations from 2 young professionals from both Private and ECA members, discussing product development, risk appetite in different regions/countries, details into the risk assessment on different size deals, combining aid/trade, examples of milestone transactions and much more

Mikaela Edström

Senior Underwriter

EKN

Kilian Van Loenen

Underwriting Manager

ATRADIUS GROUP

 10:55-11:25

Break

 11:25-12:30

Project finance and Due Diligence

We will be delving into one big case to showcase the different stages of a large transaction showing the process from start to finish until the realisation of the project, incl. financial, ESG, human rights, and compliance due diligence, not only from an ECA perspective but from the buyer perspective as well. 

Marije Hensen

Senior Specialist & Head of E&S team

Atradius DSB

Alexander Otten

Senior Underwriter, Project Finance

Atradius DSB

 12:30-14:00

LUNCH

 14:00-15:00

"Developing Cultural Agility"

Our Guest Speaker this year will be Anne Parker from Leqture, discussing the significance of cultural awareness and competence in a global business environment.

Anne Parker

L&D Professional

LEQTURE

 15:00-15:30

Break

 15:30-17:00

BU Industry Specialists – Career Journeys

Our popular discussion session is back! We're inviting 4 industry specialists to come and share with us their career journeys, offer advice, lessons learned and answer any of your questions.

Rafael Docavo-Malvezzi

Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Political Risk, Credit & Bond

AXA XL

Beatriz Reguero Naredo

Director - Chief Operating Officer State Account Business

CESCE

Irene Visser

Head of Strategy & International Relations

ATRADIUS DSB

 17:00-17:15

EGAP Exchange Programme

Mikulas Pycha will give a brief presentation on their new and exciting exchange programme!

Mikulas Pycha

Head of Strategic Planning Department

EGAP

 17:15-17:20

Closing remarks

 18:30-22:30

Networking Dinner

Restaurant de Bazel

 Friday 15th November

 07:45-08:00

Check out of hotel room (optional)

 08:00-08:20

Welcome / Meet in Hotel Lobby

 08:20-11:45

Excursion! 

Atradius DSB are taking us to The Royal FloraHolland, the worlds largest flower auction, where today, more than half of the worlds flowers move from grower to distributor and then on to you, the retail customer. We will have a tailored tour offering insights into the supply chain of the worlds largest floral export trade!

 12:00-13:00

Lunch at Hotel

 13:00-14:15

Digital Tools - AI 

The team will separate up into smaller groups to build their own AI project, working together through all the challenges they're faced with!

The session will be lead by 2 colleagues from Euler Hermes

Nadine Biber

Innovation Manager

EULER HERMES

Tim Hilbig

Innovation Manager

EULER HERMES

 14:15-15:45

Macro-economic trends on global regions & events

YPs will attend their 2 preferred breakout sessions out of the 3 below

Ghalia El Kerouani

Political Risk, Credit & Bonds Analyst

AXA XL

Hosting Middle East Conflict Breakout 

Lewis Evans

Junior Economic Research Analyst

BERNE UNION

Hosting Russian / Ukraine War Breakout 

Charles Busch

Business Manager - Political Risk & Credit

VANTAGE

Hosting US Elections 
Breakout 

 15:45-16:15

Break

 16:15-17:15

Industry Focussed Group Activity

Think on your feet, act quickly, encourage team work, aim to win!

 17:15-17:25

Closing remarks

Venue

Artemis Design Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Event enquiries

The Welcome Reception on Wednesday 13th November will be hosted at Atradius DSB's premises

The 2 day Forum will also be hosted at the Artemis Dutch Design Hotel 

Visa information

If you require any additional visa or logistics information then please contact the Secretariat at ncherry@berneunion.org