“THE AGRI DIGITAL ERA” - The transition to move from paper to electronic documents

Member Exclusive!

Gafta will be running an exclusive workshop on the opening day of GrainCom Conference 2026 at the President Wilson Hotel, Geneva.

The workshop on the “Agri Digital Era”, will take place on Monday, 11^th May 1400-1700.

This event is free for Gafta members, or those attending the GrainCom conference.

Digitalisation is a key focus for Gafta and its members as the agri commodity sector transitions from paper to electronic documents. Click here for the full programme - https://graincomevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Digitalisation-Geneva-Programme432026-1.pdf

The workshop will build on discussions from last year and focus on new changes to the legal frameworks across the globe, uptake of eBills of Lading, ePhytos, eCerts of Origin concluding with an engaging panel session to round off the day.

Our guest speakers include Petya Sechanova CEO and Sorin Albeanu, Head of Commercial at Covantis, sponsoring the event, with Michael Buisset, Partner at HFW, Salvatore Castellano, Freight Decarbonisation Manager COFCO International, Stephanie Gummelt, Director Global Trade Execution, ADM, members of Gafta, and our valued industry colleagues from BIMCO, ICC and ISF sharing key insights, exploring current trends and future opportunities.

This event is free to attend for Gafta members and is a Hybrid event.

Event details: Gafta Workshop: 11 May, 1400-1700, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva.

You can join the Gafta Workshop without attending GrainCom

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Headline sponsor

In 2020, six of the world’s largest agri trade companies – ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO International, LDC, and Viterra – came together to change the way the industry operates. In 2022, they were joined by Marubeni as our 7th shareholder. Out of this unique collaboration Covantis was created, with the aim to digitalize trade execution processes and bring efficiency to industry participants at all levels. The nature of this collaboration has been truly unique and never carried out before on such a scale.

Covantis is now a truly global platform. The company has established a presence across North American, South American, European, Australian and South African grains, oilseeds, and vegetable oils markets. It covers all major commodities and continues to expand its network of more than 55 global and regional forward-thinking agri trading firms, with more than 230 legal entities worldwide. Last year over 808 million metric tons of transactional volume went through the Covantis Voyages platform, leading to an 11% growth year-on-year. Today, we continue to build new products and capabilities to improve post-trade execution processes. Any industry participant is welcome: the more we can collaborate as an industry, the better we can make global agri trade work for everyone.