CTRM Conference Series

The CTRM Technical Conference Series is at the Cumberland hotel, London for a two day conference based around important technical issues in the commodity trading and risk management business function including; CTRM Software, Risk Management Software, Data Management and more. The conference is taking place in London, United Kingdom on May 29th and 30th hosted by CommodityPoint.

The Cumberland hotel London

A modern style icon, perfectly positioned where bustling Oxford Street meets glamorous Park Lane, The Cumberland Hotel combines world-class comforts with stunning contemporary design. website

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A spectacular London hotel on Oxford Street, close to Marble Arch

Creativity and flair are The Cumberland’s hallmarks, from the original artworks in the lobby to the designer-industrial Carbon Bar, and the breathtaking Ocean Room in our dedicated conference centre. We’ve also worked with one of the world’s most innovative chefs, Gary Rhodes, to create our Michelin-starred Rhodes W1 Restaurant and private dining.

Luxury Hotel Rooms

One of London’s largest hotels, with more than 1,000 luxurious bedrooms, The Cumberland Hotel is perfectly placed for the West End theatres and shopping trips, with Oxford Street just two minutes’ walk away.

Tuesday May 29th

9:30 -10:00 am : Registration and Sponsored Tea
10:00 am – 5:30 PM : Presentations, Lunch and Exhibitors
5:30 – 7:30 pm : Sponsored Social Hour

Wednesday May 30th

8:00 – 9:00 am : Registration and Sponsored Tea
9:00 am – 4:00 pm : Presentations, Lunch and Exhibitors
4:00 – 6:30 pm : Sponsored Social Hour

Mr. Rob Pringle, Director of Global IT, Gazprom Marketing & Trading

Rob Pringle is Director of Global IT for Gazprom Marketing & Trading with global responsibility for all aspects of IT delivery and operations for the organisation. Gazprom Marketing & Trading, part of the world’s largest natural gas company Gazprom, is headquartered in London and has subsidiaries in Houston, Singapore, Paris, Berlin and Manchester. It trades commodities such as natural gas, power, oil, carbon, LNG and foreign exchange and also retails energy to business consumers in the UK, France and Eire.

Rob has over 20 years of experience working in IT within the energy industry. After being sponsored by British Gas through a Business Administration and Computer Science degree, he joined them on graduation working on IT solutions for the liberalisation of the UK gas and electricity markets. Rob then moved to ABB and was responsible for marketing and developing energy retail and trading solutions for participants in the competitive energy markets. Prior to joining Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Rob spent 10 years with UK utility Centrica working in a number of different roles in the energy trading arena, and for his final four years was Head of Architecture for the Centrica Energy business unit. Rob joined Gazprom Marketing & Trading at the beginning of 2009.

Mr. Michal Skalka, Director of Trading, CEZ Group

Michal Skalka has been working for ČEZ, a. s. from 2005 as Director of Trading and member of several management committees within CEZ Group. He is responsible for all of ČEZ Group’s wholesale energy trading activities across markets of Central and Eastern Europe covering power, emissions and also coal and gas commodities. Trading activities include asset-backed trading of nuclear, lignite and hard coal assets as well as proprietary trading and sales portfolios procurement. Michal Skalka is an expert in energy and derivatives transacting, risk management, ETRM systems and settlement processes. Prior to joining ČEZ, Michal worked for the international audit and consultancy firm Deloitte as manager for ETRM services (Energy Transactions and Risk Management). First in the Management Consulting department in the Czech Republic, then in the Treasury & Capital Markets in the Netherlands and finally back in Central Europe in the Capital Markets department.

Michal gained his Engineering degree in Information Technology at the University of Economics, Faculty of Information Technology and Statistics, Prague, Czech Republic with additional study at the University of Stirling, Dept. of Computing Science, U.K.