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SUMMARY:CTA Technology Breakfast Geneva 2026
DESCRIPTION:Technology Transformation Challenge for Commodity Trading Companies\nCTA Association is pleased to invite professionals from across the commodity trading sector to a focused breakfast discussion on the technology transformation challenge facing commodity trading companies. \nAs digital infrastructure\, AI\, data intelligence\, and automation become increasingly central to trading performance\, firms are under growing pressure to turn technology investment into practical commercial advantage. Success will increasingly belong to companies that treat connected systems\, strong data foundations\, and modern decision-making tools not as optional enhancements\, but as core elements of their trading architecture. \nThis event will bring together industry practitioners to discuss how commodity trading firms are responding to this shift in practice\, and where the real opportunities and challenges now lie. \nWhat will be discussed\nThe session will explore practical and timely themes\, including: \n\nHow firms are using AI to work with increasingly complex and unstructured data\nWhether broader access to data\, automation\, and AI tools is truly leveling the playing field in commodity trading\nWhere durable competitive advantage still comes from when technology becomes more widely available\nThe operational realities of AI transformation\, including adoption\, training\, monitoring\, cost control\, and coordination across teams\nWhy the gap between AI expectations and data reality continues to matter across commodity trading and shipping\nHow firms can combine digital-native ways of working with traditional market expertise and relationships\n\nSpeakers\n\nPaula Freire: Group CIO\, Ameropa\nEmilie Gubian: Head of Data Intelligence\, BRS Shipbrokers\nMoody Sultan: PM Data\, Analytics & Intelligence\, Sparta Commodities\n\nModerator\n\nModerator: Dave Whitcomb: Head of Research\, Peak Trading Research\n\nEvent agenda\n\n08:00 – Open doors\n08:30 – Introduction\n08:45 – Content session\n09:45 – Q&A\n10:00 – Networking\n11:00 – End\n\nEvent details\n\nDate: Wednesday\, 29 April 2026\nVenue: Ernst & Young\, Place de Pont-Rouge 1\, 1212 Lancy\nHosted by: EY\n\nRegistration\n\nCTA Member (Alumni): CHF 25\nStandard Price: CHF 35\n\n			\n				REGISTER HERE
URL:https://cta-association.com/event/cta-technology-breakfast-geneva-2026/
LOCATION:Ernst & Young\, Place de Pont-Rouge 1\, 1212 Lancy
CATEGORIES:NETWORKING EVENTS
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