GTR Asia 2026

The hurdle to digitalizing trade: Solving interoperability at scale

Tuesday, September 8 | 14:50-15:35 SGT

Despite more than a decade of concerted industry effort to digitalize global supply chains, digital trade continues to face significant hurdles. A tech-led approach has inadvertently created “digital islands,” resulting in fragmented data chains and closed, isolated networks. While legal reform is accelerating, true scalable adoption can only inch forward until the core issue of interoperability is solved. This session will provide a critical breakdown of current industry developments and cross-border solutions.

Speakers:

• Pamela Mar, Managing Director, ICC Digital Standards Initiative (Moderator)
• Patrick DeVilbiss, Trade and Supply Chain Solutions, CGI
• Samuel Mathew, Managing Director, Global Head of Documentary Trade, Standard Chartered Bank

CGI Trade360

CGI Trade360 delivers all of the software, infrastructure, and support resources necessary to power a bank’s global trade business. Delivered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS), CGI Trade360 enables banks to provide the full range of traditional trade, payables, receivables, and cash management services to their customers—anywhere, anytime—on a single, integrated and global platform.

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