09:00 – 09:30

09:30 – 10:00

Opening plenary - SWIFT and Russia: The strength of a community

• Steven Palstermans, Head of Russia, CIS and Mongolia, SWIFT
• Lázaro Campos, CEO, SWIFT

10:00 – 11:00

Debate - Transforming Moscow into an international financial Centre: What will it take?
Moscow, as the gateway to the Russian financial marketplace, has an opportunity to steal a march on other centres still mired in the crisis, and as a consequence, Moscow’s goal of becoming a truly international financial centre looks more achievable than ever. The panellists will reflect on the opportunities Moscow has and the challenges it faces as it embarks on the road to establishing itself as an international financial centre.

• Joerg Bongartz, CEO, Deutsche Bank Ltd, Russia
• Lázaro Campos, CEO, SWIFT
• Konstantin N. Korishchenko, President of MICEX
• Valeriy Novikov, COO and Member of the Board, Alfa-Bank – Moderator

11.00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30

Debate - Market Infrastructures: What’s next in Russia?
Building a robust and resilient Market Infrastructure is a pre requisite for financial stability and economic growth. At present, there are varying market practices and rules in Russia. In this session we will discuss trends and assess how best practices can be applied across Russia.

• Sergey Kharlamov, Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service (tbc)
• Mikhail Laufer, President, Depository Clearing Company (DCC)
• Natalia Sidorova, Head of Securities Services, ING Bank (Eurasia) - Moderator
• Sergey Suchinin, President, Settlement house, MICEX group

12:30 – 13:00

Closing plenary
This session will provide a synopsis of the insights that have emerged from the forum. Summarizing the dialogue and feedback exchanged during the event, the closing plenary will address tangible actions we can take as a community going forward. We will also provide an update on our progress in developing our next strategy, SWIFT2015.

• Steven Palstermans, Head of Russia, CIS and Mongolia, SWIFT
• Alain Raes, Chief Executive EMEA, SWIFT

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

Special Interest Session

Central Bank of Russia’s payment system and SWIFT: The way forward
Building on the morning debate “Transforming Moscow into an international financial centre: what will it take?”, the participants to the Special Interest Session will discuss the needs for the use of standardized financial messages in the Central Bank of Russia’s payment system (BESP). A key success factor for international access to the local market is to ensure alignment of domestic standards with the ISO standards. In this respect, the Central Bank of Russia has developed a new payment instruction and a converter, allowing the usage of the SWIFT messaging platform for the BESP system. To ensure a streamlined approach in Russia, the Russian Payments Market Practice Group is preparing an updated version of the STP rules for Russia; SWIFT-RUR recommendations. More information will be provided during this Special Interest Session.

• Vladislav Kontorovich, Director, Interregional Centre of Informatization, Bank of Russia
• Stepan Kuznetsov, Managing Director, ROSSWIFT – moderator
• Valeriy Novikov, COO and Member of the Board, Alfa-Bank
• Steven Palstermans, Head of Russia, CIS and Mongolia, SWIFT
• Oleg Perestenko, Deputy Head of Department, Bank of Russia