About the Business Circle

The Business Circle is an eye-catching, innovative platform at the heart of the Congress exhibition area that will serve as a central space to showcase and engage with new products and services, host and participate in networking opportunities, present to an audience in a dynamic space and learn from other 13WCC attendees.

Running exclusively during Congress breaks for up to two hours per day, Business Circle will act as a hotspot for:

  • viewing and engaging with the products and services of chambers, multi-national companies and SMEs through rotating demos,
  • networking across formal and informal meetings arranged through our AI-powered matchmaking app,
  • giving selected SMEs a chance to deliver presentations and capture an audience by presenting the latest tools and services available to them.

 

Contact worldchamberscongress@iccwbo.org for more information.

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Business Circle sessions

Wednesday, 21 June:

13:20-13:25: ICC Centres of Entrepreneurship
The ICC Centre of Entrepreneurship aims to create the largest interconnected business-led ecosystem for local entrepreneurs to build meaningful livelihoods.
– Presented by Sebastián Ferrari
13:40-13:45: Global Trade Helpdesk
The Global Trade Helpdesk (GTH) is a multi-agency initiative jointly led by ITC, UNCTAD, and the WTO that aims to simplify market research for companies, and especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), by integrating trade and business information into a single online portal.
– Presented by Anna Jankowska-Eriksson
13:55-14:00: Glue Up
With an intuitive SaaS platform, Glue Up is the leading provider of the cloud solutions that provide associations, event organizers, Chambers of Commerce, agencies, marketers, businesses, and NGOs with a full suite of tools designed to streamline operations, modernize processes, and eliminate engagement challenges.
– Presented by Kseniia Farkas
15:40-15:45: The Swisstainable Trans-Alpina (Watch & Cow)
Along the Alps from Milan to Geneva with:
3 panoramic mountain trains: Bernina Express, Glacier Express and Mont-Blanc Express
3 famous resorts: S Moritz, Zermatt and Chamonix
3 summits: Diavolezza, Gornergrat and Aiguille du Midi
– Presented by Pierre Jaccard

Thursday, 22 June:

11:10-11:20: Fongit

Fongit is Switzerland’s premier innovation hub. Fongit specialise in deep tech, high impact innovation. Fongit currently supports over 150 startups and projects in Geneva.

– Presented by Antonio Gambardella
13:10: Genesis
Genesis offers a reliable verifying tool not only to exporters for their origin statement, but also importers and customs authorities, which aims to reduce fraud risks and costs, and to facilitate smoother customs checks.
– Presented by Mike van der Vijver
13:25: e-Ping
On the ePing website, you can subscribe to receive email alerts on planned regulatory revisions covering products and/or markets of interest to you. ePing also includes a communication platform where you can discuss these upcoming changes with fellow stakeholders and government officials, such as SPD/TBT enquiry points.
– Presented by Serra Ayral
13:40: Trade4MSMEs
Trade4MSMEs is an initiative by the Informal Working Group on MSMEs, a group of World Trade Organization Members working on facilitating the engagement of smaller companies in the trading system.
– Presented by Kathryn Lundquist
15:35 – 15:40: FIATA
FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, is a non-governmental, membership-based organisation representing freight forwarders in some 150 countries. FIATA’s membership is composed of 109 Association Members and over 5,500 Individual Members, overall representing an industry of 40,000 freight forwarding and logistics firms worldwide. FIATA is a reference source on international policies and regulations governing the freight forwarding and logistics industry. FIATA works at the international level to represent service providers who operate in trade logistics and supply chain management.
– Presented by Stephane Graber

Friday, 23 June:

10:35 – 10:40: GIST Impact

SME360x – Leading impact data and analytics provider GIST Impact will provide an overview of their supply chain impact assessment product recently launched in partnership with ICC and UPS.

– Presented by Anupama V S
12:45: Cyberpeace Institute
The CyberPeace Institute is a Geneva based organization protecting the most vulnerable in cyberspace. Independent and neutral, headquartered in Geneva, the Institute investigates and analyzes the human impact of systemic cyber threats, delivers free cybersecurity assistance, tracks the enforcement of international laws and norms and forecasts threats to Cyberpeace.
– Presented by Emilie Compignie
13:00: Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland provides legal advice and solutions to an international client base which includes some of the world’s largest multinationals.
– Presented by Olivier Dunant
13:25: Field solutions
Field Solutions SARL is a counselling company specialising in commodities trading and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) based in Geneva-Switzerland. They take proactive and solution-based stand in business counselling daring to put skin in the game and dynamic input.
– Presented by Vicken Bayramian

Hamad Buamim

Chair of the World Chambers Competition

Honorary Chair, ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF), United Arab Emirates.

Hamad Buamim was President and CEO of Dubai Chamber of Commerce from April 2006 until September 2022 . He serves as the Chair of Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC). Educated in the United States, Mr Buamim graduated with Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He holds an MBA with Honors in Finance from the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC).

Mr Buamim is also Chair of National General Insurance (PJSC), member of the board of directors of Dubai World, and Dubai Islamic Bank (PJSC).

He has served on the boards of various organisations including the UAE Central Bank, Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), EmiratesNBD Bank (PJSC), Emirates Financial Services, ENBD Capital, Kerzner International, Atlantis the Palm Hotel, City Center Las Vegas (Aria Resort), Union Properties (PJSC) and Network International.