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ICC Austria’s conference week stands out for its strong focus on educational content, aiming to address challenges faced by Bank Guarantee and Letters of Credit practitioners worldwide. Each year, ICC Austria curates diverse topics, including industry trends, legal issues, and drafting exercises on guarantees under URDG and L/Cs under UCP. In the upcoming conference themed around the Year of the Dragon, ICC Austria will spotlight China and discover topics like authentication, transfer & assignment, and dispute resolution in demand guarantee life cycles. The conference will also cover ESG, digitalisation, sanctions & compliance trends. Expert speakers, deeply involved in ICC Banking Commission’s work, ensure top-notch sessions.

Don’t miss out on in-depth training, discussions, and networking with international peers from more than 50 countries which make it a truly global platform. Join ICC Austria to meet and learn from leading international experts!

For trade finance, Vienna is the place to be.

19th Global Conference on Bank Guarantees

3 + 4 June 2024

  • What does “authenticated” under URDG mean?
  • Transfer and Assignments
  • Country Issue: China
  • Digitalisation: trends and technologies:
    • Electronic Guarantees
    • MLETR
    • AI the future of guarantee drafting?
  • Litigation avoidance and Dispute resolution in Guarantee Cases
    • ICC Banking Commission Opinions, DocDex Decisions, Arbitration
  • Corporates’ insights
  • Case Studies
  • Stay up-dated: Sanctions & Compliance

Case Studies on Bank Guarantees & Letters of Credit

5 June 2024

  • Difficult & unusual cases are presented from the bankers, corporates, traders, forwarders & insurance point of view
  • Please submit your own anonymized interesting or difficult cases to: e.treu@icc-austria.org

18th Global Conference on Letters of Credit

6 + 7 June 2024

  • ISBP 821 new review – the journey continues
  • Transfer and Backtoback LCs
  • Country Issue: China
  • Understanding Incoterms® & different certificates required under a LC
  • Stakeholder perspective: International Federation of Freight Forwarders – FIATA
  • AI and automated document checking
  • ESG – Industry insights on Sustainability
  • Case Studies
  • Stay up-dated: Sanctions & Compliance
  • Are sanction clauses – a non-documentary condition?
    • Money laundering and the impact of de-risking in Trade Finance