Operational Seminar, Brussels, December 6th till 8th, 2006

On a yearly basis, this seminar is organised to provide a very useful support both on the GRIF use and the IFexchange system. The seminar is split in 2 days. This seminar has a special strucure, with two days, each representing a different aspect of the work in an international department.

The 1st day generally covers issues related to the GRIF and Legal issues and the second day is devoted to a more technical level with issues related to IFexchange.This event represents a unique opportunity to familiarize with day to day operational routines used in international factoring and provides a possibility to meet your international peers.

Presentations from the GRIF/Legal seminar day:

• Introduction by Erik Timmermans
• Introduction on Factoring & legal documentation by Edward Wilde
• Analysing possible risk issues related to 2-factor business by Yvonne Wedel
• Navigating through the IFG's documents & introduction to the GRIF by Edward Wilde
• Other Core docs by Edward Wilde
• Hot & Cold Backup & Collections by Edward Wilde
• Inter Factor Agreement by Edward Wilde
• Special articles of the GRIF by Dieter Hardt
• Legal aspects of Cross-Border factoring by Thierry Bosly & Alastair Sutton
• New opportunties in international factoring by Corneliu Robu
• Facility for advances by Edward Wilde
• GRIF Navigator's guide (.pdf)
• Advances by Import factor (.doc)

Presentations from the IFexchange seminar day:

• IT Committee presentation by Michele Cardoens
• Introduction to IFexchangeby Nils Otto Nielsen
• Reports & Statistics by Line Pedersen
• Hands on case studiesby Line Perdersen

Participants may choose to attend either one of the day or both days. Please refer to the Agenda for further information on the seminar.

If you wish to find out more about the seminar, do not hesitate to contact (Ms) Michele Cardoens, Operations Manager (m.cardoens@ifgroup.com).

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