Global Commodities Conference
by Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA)
June 23-24, 2025
The Global Commodities Conference (GCC) is LCTA’s flagship event and serves as a distinctive platform to explore trends, opportunities, and challenges within the commodities market, with dedicated focus on geopolitical dynamics. It convenes commodity traders from throughout Switzerland and major trading centers such as London and Dubai, distinguished guests of international repute, experts in international trade, banking institutions and service providers, offering them the additional chance to foster new relationships and reestablish existing connections.
The GCC 2025 will commence on the evening of June 23, 2025 with an exclusive LCTA members- and invitation-only event, while the morning of June 24 will be devoted to the thematic Conference, with keynote addresses and panel discussions. On this occasion, we will engage with our esteemed guests to examine how the unstable geopolitical landscape, coupled with the revival of trade and industrial policies that distort trade flows, provoke retaliatory measures, and ultimately redefine trade routes, positions the commodity market for significant transformations.
Program and registration coming soon
Day 1 | Monday, June 23, 2025
18:30 – 21:00
At Seven Restaurant
18.30-19.00 / Entrance
Registration
19.00-19.30
Opening Remark
Roberto Grassi,
Vice President LCTA
Switzerland and Swiss Companies amidst the Re-shaping of geopolitical Alliances
Yves Rossier,
former Ambassador of Switzerland to Russia
19.30-21.00
Standing dinner
Dinner sponsored by Axion Bank
Day 2 | Tuesday, June 24, 2025
08:30 – 14:00
At LAC
8.30-9.00 / Sala 2
Registration and welcome coffee
9.15-10.45 / Sala 1
Session 1
Middle East, the new Chessboard: Challenges and Opportunities
Matthew Bryza,
former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Panel discussion
Moderation: Dimitri Loringett, Journalist
Anna Borshchevskaya,
Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Matthew Bryza,
former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Marco Galimberti,
CEO, DP Trade SA
Ano Kuhanathan,
Head of Corporate Research, Allianz Trade
James May,
Head of Strategy, Duferco SA
10.45-11.15 / Sala 2
Coffee break
11.15-12.45 / Sala 1
Session 2
Integrating Sustainability throughout the Commodity Trading Chain, a Reality Check
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB), Switzerland and Member of the Executive Board of SUISSENÉGOCE
Panel discussion
Moderation: Dominique Bruggmann,
CFA, Manager Financial Services Risk Consulting, Ernst & Young AG
Simone Knobloch,
COO, Valcambi SA
Giulio Macciocchi,
Head of Finance & ESG, DXT Commodities SA
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale
Stephen Thomas,
Head of ESG & Sustainability, ArrowResources AG
Panel discussion
Moderation: Stephanie Arnold
Manager, Sustainable Finance, Financial Services Risk Consulting, Ernst & Young AG
Simone Knobloch,
COO, Valcambi SA
Giulio Macciocchi,
Head of Finance & ESG, DXT Commodities SA
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale
Stephen Thomas,
Head of ESG & Sustainability, ArrowResources AG
12.45-14.00 / Sala 2
Networking Lunch
June 23-24, 2025
Contact Us
LCTA
Lugano Commodity Trading Association
℅ Fidinam SA
Via Maggio 1, 6900 Lugano — Switzerland
Mail: info@lcta.ch
Do You Need to Book a Hotel?
NON VISIBILE
LCTA agreed for a special rate in the following hotels:
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When you contact one of these hotels, please mention LCTA Conference.
Global Commodities Conference 2024
Day 1 | Monday, July 1, 2024
18:30 – 21:00
At Seven Restaurant, Lugano
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Day 2 | Tuesday, July 2, 2024
08:30 – 14:00
At LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano
Global Commodities Conference 2024
Global geopolitics and trade patterns are rapidly changing. Tensions in the Middle East, in particular, are putting a strain on key commodities, affecting trade routes and supply chains. For its part, the “green transition” is generating major problems about sustainable sourcing and commitment to ethical commodity manufacturing, as well as increasing demand for clean energy-related raw materials. The Global Commodities Conference 2024, organized by the Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA), returned to Lugano on July 1 and 2, 2024, two years after its previous edition to examine and analyze the new geopolitical dynamics and the energy transition, as well as their impact on global commodity markets.
It was an intense and thought-provoking Conference, with excellent networking opportunities, that brought together over 150 industry professionals in Lugano from across Switzerland as well as major centers such as London and Dubai.
The Conference featured Allianz Trade and Axion SWISS Bank as sponsors and was supported by the Ticino Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Cc-Ti), the City of Lugano, SUISSENÉGOCE and the Zug Commodity Association as Institutional partners.
DAY 1, July 1st
The GCC 2024 kicked off on July 1 with a caustic and stinging address on a one-man world, the cause-and-effect links between war, trade and sanctions, and a Switzerland that simply does not exist in the picture, followed by a standing dinner at SEVEN Restaurant in Lugano.
Roberto Grassi, Vice President, LCTA
Yves Rossier, former Ambassador of Switzerland to Russia
DAY 2, July 2nd
The main Conference was held at LAC (Lugano Arte e Cultura) in Lugano and was divided in two sessions, both with an impulse speech followed by a panel discussion: the first session focused on the new Middle East chessboard, the different chess pieces and the effects of the ongoing conflict on commodity trade and shipping. The second session addressed the “greening” of commodities and the “decommoditization” of the sector, as a result of the energy transition, as well as how commodity producers and traders can adapt to this shifting environment.
Matteo Somaini, President, LCTA
First panel discussion
Second panel discussion
Global Commodities
Conferences 2024
All images © studio Daulte / Loreta Daulte
DAY 1, July 1st
DAY 2, July 2nd
Day 1 | Monday, July 1, 2024
18:30 – 21:00
At Seven Restaurant
18.30-19.00 / Entrance
Registration
19.00-19.30
Opening Remark
Roberto Grassi,
Vice President LCTA
Switzerland and Swiss Companies amidst the Re-shaping of geopolitical Alliances
Yves Rossier,
former Ambassador of Switzerland to Russia
19.30-21.00
Standing dinner
Dinner sponsored by Axion Bank
Day 2 | Tuesday, July 2, 2024
08:30 – 14:00
At LAC
8.30-9.00 / Sala 2
Registration and welcome coffee
9.15-10.45 / Sala 1
Session 1
Middle East, the new Chessboard: Challenges and Opportunities
Matthew Bryza,
former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Panel discussion
Moderation: Dimitri Loringett, Journalist
Anna Borshchevskaya,
Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Matthew Bryza,
former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Marco Galimberti,
CEO, DP Trade SA
Ano Kuhanathan,
Head of Corporate Research, Allianz Trade
James May,
Head of Strategy, Duferco SA
10.45-11.15 / Sala 2
Coffee break
11.15-12.45 / Sala 1
Session 2
Integrating Sustainability throughout the Commodity Trading Chain, a Reality Check
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB), Switzerland and Member of the Executive Board of SUISSENÉGOCE
Panel discussion
Moderation: Dominique Bruggmann,
CFA, Manager Financial Services Risk Consulting, Ernst & Young AG
Simone Knobloch,
COO, Valcambi SA
Giulio Macciocchi,
Head of Finance & ESG, DXT Commodities SA
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale
Stephen Thomas,
Head of ESG & Sustainability, ArrowResources AG
Panel discussion
Moderation: Stephanie Arnold
Manager, Sustainable Finance, Financial Services Risk Consulting, Ernst & Young AG
Simone Knobloch,
COO, Valcambi SA
Giulio Macciocchi,
Head of Finance & ESG, DXT Commodities SA
Deia Markova,
Head of Trade Commodity Finance, Sustainability Ambassador, Société Générale
Stephen Thomas,
Head of ESG & Sustainability, ArrowResources AG
12.45-14.00 / Sala 2
Networking Lunch
Free tickets for commodity traders.
Mandatory registration.
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