Emporium 2027
1st Commodity Trading & Shipping Emporium
- Dates: 4–5 May 2027
- Time: 08:30–18:30 daily
- Location: SQUARE, University of St. Gallen
Security Beyond Markets. Four keynotes and eight panels over two days.
Events
What's next, and everything we have run since our first evening in October 2025: speaker sessions, workshops, a trading competition and two nights at Bar adhoc.
What's coming up
More dates are announced on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) and UniClubs (opens in a new tab).
Certificate programme
Commodities Unlocked
Commodity Trading Workshop Series 2026
Six workshops and a closing trading competition, with speakers from Petraco Oil Company, Sucafina, Suisse Atlantique and Trasteel.
- Requirement
- Miss no more than two of the six workshops
Past events
Recaps of 8 events since October 2025, by semester, newest first.
Autumn semester 2026
, 2 events
Speaker session
Trading, Shipping & Entrepreneurship in a Changing World
A guest lecture by Alberto Ravano, founder of Bulk Trading SA, on physical commodity trading, shipping and entrepreneurship, followed by an open Q&A.
Networking
Semester Meet & Greet
The kick-off to the autumn semester: drinks, new faces and a first look at what the club has planned this year. No membership required.
Spring semester 2026
, 2 events
Competition
Trading Competition
Commodities Unlocked closed with a trading competition, in which participants applied the concepts from the series to real-time decisions under market constraints.
Workshop series, with Certificate
Commodities Unlocked: Commodity Trading Workshop Series 2026
A certificate programme of six evening workshops with faculty and practitioners from Petraco, Sucafina, Suisse Atlantique and Trasteel, from oil and coffee to shipowning and steel, closed by a trading competition. Participants who missed no more than two workshops received a certificate signed by CLS-HSG.
Autumn semester 2025
, 4 events
Speaker session
Strategy, Steel and Supply Chains
James May, Head of Strategy at Duferco International Trading Holding, on the steel industry and raw material markets.
Speaker session
A Life in Agricultural Commodities Trading
A masterclass in agricultural trading with Prof. Ivo Sarjanovic, former Cargill executive and former CEO of Alvean, on how global markets, trading houses and AgriTech have evolved.
Competition
Commodity Trading Competition
Our first trading competition: commodity finance and physical trading, with a crude oil trading simulation in the HSG trading room.
Networking
Inaugural Kick-off
The club's first official event: the founding board introduced itself and presented the club's mission and vision for the academic year.
Come to the next one
Membership is free and runs through UniClubs, where new dates are announced too.
For companies
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Give a talk or run a workshop for HSG students.