Home
International Offsets
18 June - 19 June 2003
International Offsets
The importance of offsets has been steadily increasing and SAE Media Group’s 5th Annual International Offsets conference will evaluate the role of Offsets, analyse offset partnerships and their profitability.The conference also aims to present Government perspectives, trade prospects and future offset requirements while providing an excellent opportunity to network with senior representatives from the industry.

Benefits of attending this event:
Explore the global initiatives introduced worldwide
Review country specific offset policy in priority countries
Network with leading industry players in the industry
Hear the latest on international offsets and the economic development internationally
Explore the possibilities held by countertrade
Find out about the current trends and opportunities in the market

Major contributions from senior representatives:
Dr Pompiliu Verzariu, Director, Financial Services & Counter Trade Division, US Department of Commerce
Mazen Madooh, Offset Manager, Ministry of Finance, Kuwait
Carl Lundgren, Head of Division, FMV, Sweden
Leah Clark, Director, Defence Industries, Industry Canada
Mohammed Hilal Al Muhairi, Senior Projects Manager, UAE Offsets Group
Professor Kjell A Eliassen, Director, Centre for European and Asian Studies, Norwegian School of Management
Alexander Hubler, Attorney-at-Law, Defence Procurement Agency, Legal Affairs & Offset, Switzerland
Lionel October, Deputy Director General, Enterprise Industry Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa
Gabor Szalay,Political State Secretary,Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary

Conference agenda

clock

8:30

Registration and Coffee

clock

9:00

Introduction to Offset

  • Introduction to Executive Briefing leaderS
  • Executive Breifing overview
  • Offset 101
  • Industry trends: current and future
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning Coffee

    clock

    11:20

    Styles and types of offset

  • Direct offset
  • Indirect defence
  • Indirect
  • Offset methods
  • clock

    12:45

    Lunch

    clock

    14:00

    Case study – pre-contract proposal development

  • Identify current/future offset needs
  • Conduct research
  • Develop strategy
  • Devise internal offset plan
  • Develop offset proposal
  • Negotiate and finalise offset contract
     Implement offset agreement
  • clock

    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

    clock

    15:20

    Offset trends

  • Civil/defence
  • Policy
  • Role of offset in contract award
  • Current/future approach
  • clock

    16:20

    Close of Executive Briefing

    clock

    9:00

    Registration & Coffee

    clock

    9:30

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Lindsey Shanson

    Lindsey Shanson, Editor, Countertrade and Offset

    clock

    9:40

    US GOVERNMENT POLICY ON OFFSETS

    Pompiliu Verzariu

    Pompiliu Verzariu, Director, Financial Services & Countertrade, International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce

  • US policy guidelines
  • US response to a competitive offset environment
  • Value creation in implementing economic offsets
  • clock

    10:20

    UNDERSTANDING THE SADIP PROGRAMME

    Johan J van Dyk

    Johan J van Dyk, General Manager:Countertrade Development, Denel (South Africa)

  • The role of the local industry in executing DIP
  • Constraints, trends and opportunities
  • Impact of DIP on defence industry
  • Developing partnerships caused by DIP
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning Coffee

    clock

    11:20

    OFFSET AND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION

    Professor Kjell Eliassen

    Professor Kjell Eliassen, Director, Centre for European and Asian Studies, Norwegian School of Management

  • Defence procurement strategies in France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom
  • From offset to industrial co-operation?
  • Why this shift in procurement strategy - are there any differences?
  • What are the costs of offset?
  • Future European procurement patterns
  • clock

    12:00

    DEFENCE ACQUISITION IN SWEDEN - JOINT PRESENTATION

  • Developing acquisition in co-operation
  • Offset policy and lessons learnt
  • Sweden’s new offset policy
  • The future of defence offset in Sweden
  • Carl Lundgren

    Carl Lundgren, Head of Division, FMV

    Marcus Nadelius

    Marcus Nadelius, Commercial Advisor, FMV

    clock

    12:40

    Lunch

    clock

    14:00

    INDIRECT OFFSETS

    Mark Quinn

    Mark Quinn, CEO, Global Trade Group

  • Utilising strategic offset fulfilment partners
  • Sourcing, development and implementation
  • clock

    14:40

    COUNTERTRACE AND OFFSET RELATIONS IN SWITZERLAND

    Alexander Hubler

    Alexander Hubler, Attorney-in-Law, Defence Procurement Agency, Legal Affairs and Offset, Switzerland

    clock

    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

    clock

    15:40

    OFFSET IN HUNGARY

    Mr Sandor Hidas

    Mr Sandor Hidas, General Directory, Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary

    clock

    16:20

    COUNTERTRADE AND OFFSET RELATIONS IN THE CZECH REPLUBLIC

    Bear Midkiff

    Bear Midkiff, Director, Midkiff Consultancy Services

    clock

    17:10

    Smi Drinks Reception

    clock

    9:00

    Re-registration & Coffee

    clock

    9:30

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Lindsey Shanson

    Lindsey Shanson, Editor, Countertrade and Offset

    clock

    9:40

    THE NORWEGIAN APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION

    Åge Skøelv

    Åge Skøelv, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

    clock

    10:20

    TRADE FINANCE IN BRAZIL

    Marcello Reis

    Marcello Reis, Managing Director, Latin Offsets

  • The offset environment in Brazil
  • Opportunities for counter-trade
  • Structured commodity finance in Brazil
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning Coffee

    clock

    11:20

    COUNTERTRADE AND OFFSET RELATIONS IN PORTUGAL

    Joao Pedro Taborda

    Joao Pedro Taborda, Project Manager, Inteli

  • Current guidelines
  • The Portuguese Offset Committee, CPC: members and points of contact
  • The current industrial structure
  • The opportunities for co-operation in Portugal
  • Current programmes and sales potential
  • Useful sources of information
  • clock

    12:00

    CANADA’S INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL BENEFITS PROGRAM

    Leah Clark

    Leah Clark, Director, Defence Industries,, Industry Canada

    clock

    12:40

    Networking Lunch

    clock

    14:00

    THE NEW VISION OF KUWAIT OFFSET PROGRAM

    Mazen Madooh

    Mazen Madooh, Offset Manager, Ministry of Finance, Kuwait

  • The expected economic benefits of the offset program
  • Job creation
  • Higher rates of cash flow and growth of exports
  • clock

    14:40

    A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENTS

    Mohammed Hilal Al Muhairi

    Mohammed Hilal Al Muhairi, Senior Project Manager, UAE Offsets Group

  • Goals and approaches
  • An update on UOG projects
  • Current methodology and practices
  • UOG success stories and case study
  • clock

    15:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea.
    Close of Conference

    Workshops

    OFFSET 101

    OFFSET 101

    One Whitehall Place
    17 June 2003
    London, United Kingdom

    One Whitehall Place

    Westminster
    London SW1A 2HD
    United Kingdom

    One Whitehall Place

    HOTEL BOOKING FORM

    Title

    SubTitle
    speaker image

    Content


    Title


    Description

    Download

    Title


    Description

    Download

    Title


    Description


    Download


    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

    CPD Certificates

    We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@saemediagroup.com

    Event Title

    Headline

    Text
    Read More

    I would like to speak at an event

    I would like to attend an event

    Group Booking

    Please complete the below form and a member of SAE Media Group’s booking team will be in contact within 24 hours

    I would like to sponsor/exhibit at an event

    SIGN UP OR LOGIN

    Sign up
    Forgotten Password?

    Contact SAE Media Group

    UK Office
    Opening Hours: 9.00 - 17.30 (local time)
    SAE Media Group , Ground Floor, India House, 45 Curlew Street, London, SE1 2ND, United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7827 6000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7827 6001
    Website: http://www.smgconferences.com Email: events@saemediagroup.com
    Registered in England - SMi Group Ltd trading as SAE Media Group




    Forgotten Password

    Please enter the email address you registered with. We will email you a new password.

    Thank you for visiting our event

    If you would like to receive further information about our events, please fill out the information below.

    By ticking above you are consenting to receive information by email from SAE Media Group.
    Full details of our privacy policy can be found here https://www.smgconferences.com/privacy-legals/privacy-policy/.
    Should you wish to update your contact preferences at any time you can contact us at data.privacy@smgconferences.com.
    Should you wish to be removed from any future mailing lists please click on the following link http://www.smgconferences.com/opt-out

    Fill in your details to download the brochure

    By submitting this form you agree to our privacy policy and consent to receiving communications, you may opt out at any time.