SWIFT Business Forum - Canada 2010


Dates: 4 May 2010
Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
South Building
255 Front Street West
Ontario M5V 2W6, Toronto

Registration Fee: free of charge

Tuesday 4 May 2010

08:30 – 09:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome and SWIFT Update

  • Ingrid Versnel, Head, Payments & Trade, Global Technology & Operations, RBC Financial Group and SWIFT Board Member
  • Chris Church, CEO, SWIFT Americas and Global Head of Securities

09:30 – 10:30

Plenary: Canada Wins Gold! The Time is Now...
Canada has sailed through the financial crisis better than most. While the rest of the world grapples with balancing market regulations, compliance and growth issues, what is next for Canada? Nancy Atkinson, Senior Analyst, Aite Group will be joined by a panel of leaders from the payment and securities industries to discuss the challenges, solutions and opportunities for the Canadian financial services industry in 2010.

  • Nancy Atkinson, Senior Analyst, Aite Group
  • Mark Weseluck, Chief Business Developer, CDS Clearing & Depository Services
  • Normand Zucco, Vice-President, Business Strategy and Operations, Canadian Payments Association
  • Ron Robertson, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, State Street Global Services’ Institutional Investor Services

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break and demo zone

11:00 – 11:30

Keynote Speech: Cloud Computing in Banking- using Business Intelligence & Analytics to succeed

  • Christopher Dziekan, WW Cloud Portfolio Executive, Business Analytics, IBM

Cloud Computing is one of the biggest buzz words of the year promising users a ‘pay as you go’ computer processing cost model. This session will introduce Business Analytics and Economics in the new era of Cloud Computing.

11:30 – 12:30

Work session 1

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and demo zone
13:30 – 14:00

Technology plenary: Technology trends and ways SWIFT is adopting them to enhance operational performance.

  • Michael Fish, Chief Information Officer, SWIFT
14:00 – 15:00

Worksession 2

15:00 – 16:00

Worksession 3

16:00 - 16:30

Closing plenary: The Evolution of SWIFT’s Portfolio and Strategy

  • Chris Church, CEO, SWIFT Americas and Global Head of Securities
16:30 - 18:00

Cocktail reception - Cocktail sponsored by the Canadian National Member Group



Work sessions

New in the world of Standards
This session will focus on the latest developments in the area of Standards, including:

  • What’s new on the MT-MX coexistence front
  • Upcoming ISO 20022 development plans
  • Highlights of the 2010 Standards Release
  • Preliminary highlights of the Standards Release in 2011

Speaker:
Jim Wills, Senior Business Manager, Banking Initiatives, SWIFT Americas

SWIFT in Securities - a roadmap for the future
This session includes a brief history of SWIFT in the Securities market, highlights today’s key initiatives and introduces SWIFT’s strategic roadmap for supporting the industry over the next 18 months.

Speaker:
Dennis Goodenough, Senior Business Manager, Securities, SWIFT Americas

Payments on the Move 2010
Hear about how globalization, regulation, compliance and standardization are impacting payments. The session will discuss changes in the LVTS, what’s happening with the International Payments Framework (IPF), cross border trade and an update on cover payments.

Speaker:

Eileen Dignen, Managing Director Banking, SWIFT Americas
Jim Wills, Senior Business Manager, Banking Initiatives, SWIFT Americas

Global Remittances: Trends driving change in the market
This session will cover market trends, key corridors, delivery channels and SWIFT’s role in the market. Hear a mobile vendor perspective about how the mobile space is impacting remittance flows.

Speakers:
Jason Hurlbut, Vice President, Global Sales & Business Development,CPNI Inc.
Stacy Rosenthal, Senior Business Manager, Banking Initiatives, SWIFT Americas

Alliance Roadmap: SWIFT overview and tools guiding you to your final destination
Attend this session to understand the Alliance product roadmap including Gateway, Access/Entry, Integrator and Webplatform. We will also explore the additional services SWIFT offers to help clients, such as preparing for Standards releases, identifying operational efficiencies and increasing overall STP rates.

Speakers:
Filip Versluys, Manager, Technical Sales, SWIFT Americas
Pat Antonacci, Senior Consultant, SWIFT Americas

Corporates and Banks: Partnering to grow business
What banks and corporations need to know about SWIFT for corporates. Hear about the drivers creating a more of a competitive landscape in the industry. Learn what's new at SWIFT including solutions for Bank Account Management, Personal Digital Identity (PDI), Trade and Account reporting.

Speaker:
Matt Monaco, Head of Corporate Sales North America, Banking Initiatives, SWIFT Americas



Below is a tentative schedule of when these sessions will take place. Please note that these times are subject to change:

Tuesday 4 May 2010

11:30-12:30

Corporates and Banks: Partnering to grow business

Alliance Roadmap: SWIFT Overview and tools guiding you to your final destination

14:30-15:30

SWIFT in Securities - a roadmap for the future

Payments on the move 2010

16:00-17:00

New in the world of Standards

Global Remittances: Trends driving change in the market

 


SWIFT Demo zone

The SWIFT Business Forum – Canada 2010 we will a feature a SWIFT Demo Zone highlighting specific tools for you to view and discuss with SWIFT experts. They include the following:

  • Alliance Access 6.3 & 7.0: This demonstration showcases the latest releases of SWIFT Alliance Access.
  • A look at eTraining: Does your team know all you need to know about SWIFT?! Learn about the eTraining portfolio including: SWIFT Basics, Payments, Securities, Trade & Connectivity.
  • Alliance Integrator: Can your back-office applications create what’s needed for the Standards release in November? Or is your core system speaking EBCDIC but your payments platform only knows ASCII? Talk with an expert about this Access add-on, and learn how it can help you implement flows between your back-office applications.
  • Alliance Lite: SWIFT messaging made easy right before your eyes. Experience how simple a connection to SWIFT can be and easy you can connect to the global network of financial institutions.