SWIFT Business Forum - Canada 2013
Dates: April 8, 2013
Venue: The Westin Harbour Castle
1 Harbour Square
Toronto, Ontario M5J 1A6
Balancing Business Priorities
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Monday, 8 April 2013 |
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08:00 – 09:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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09:00 – 09:30 a.m. |
Welcome and SWIFT Update
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09:30 – 10:30 a.m. |
Opening plenary: Demystifying ISO 20022 - The real truth behind the standard Moderator: Jim Wills, Senior Business Manager, Initiatives, SWIFT Speakers:
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10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 11:30 a.m. |
Plenary: In Conversation with… Moderator: Chris Church, Chief Executive - Americas, SWIFT Speakers:
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Work Sessions 1 |
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Work Sessions 2 |
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2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Work Sessions 3 |
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3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break |
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4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Plenary: The rapidly changing world of payments Moderator: Doug Kreviazuk, Vice-President, Policy & Public Affairs, Canadian Payments Association Speakers:
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5:00 - 6:30 p.m. |
Cocktail Reception |
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Work Sessions
Strategy for success in a global treasury technology project
In this session, we will cover a SWIFT client's treasury project, including how they structured the business case, aligned SWIFT with broader treasury technologies, and their plan for global implementation. The session will include how to engage with your banks, treasury advisors, SWIFT and technology partners to plan a successful project.
- Paul Tawel, Senior Manager, Treasury Operations, CN
- Louis-Etienne Berube, Regional Sales Manager, SWIFT
What are over 1000 corporates doing over SWIFT? Getting 'ready' for SWIFT for Corporates
Come to this session to hear how CIBC assists their corporate clients with the assessment of SWIFT and project implementation. The discussion will also include trends in the market, an update on the SWIFT for Corporates program, CGI (Common Global Implementation) and insights into other new initiatives.
- Gino DiPaolo, Group Product Manager,Cash Management Solutions | Global Transaction Banking, CIBC
- Stacy Rosenthal, Senior Business Manager, Initiatives, SWIFT Americas
Balancing risks yields reward
Managing risk is becoming all-pervasive and all-consuming. Discretionary spend is fast becoming a thing of the past as scarce IT, operational and management resources are funnelled into overseeing regulatory, operational and liquidity risk. We will highlight major new regulations and how to focus on the right areas to be compliant.
- Alan J. Laver, Vice President, Money Transfers & Foreign Exchange Payments, Global Wholesale Services, Scotiabank
- Jim Wills, Senior Business Manager, Initiatives, SWIFT Americas
The road to 2015: an update on the latest initiatives from SWIFT
Join this session with SWIFT market experts to hear the status on several SWIFT initiatives that are focal points on our banking and securities roadmaps, including: Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Sanctions Screening & Testing, Electronic Bank Account Management (eBam), SWIFT Secure Signature Key (3SKey), SWIFTRef, SWIFT Index, and Watch.
- Malene McMahon, Senior Business Manager, Initiatives, SWIFT Americas
- Stacy Rosenthal, Senior Business Manager, Initiatives, SWIFT Americas
SWIFT Alliance Portfolio Update
At this session, you’ll learn how the community has been reaping the benefits of Release 7 over the past 18 months. You’ll also hear about new customer-driven features for 2013, including new operational reporting options, Linux OS support, and enhanced integration solutions for Access. You’ll get an update on Alliance Lite2, SWIFT’s new cloud-based service, which means SWIFT now offers a full range of connectivity options to fit any capability, operational or budgetary requirement.
- Dan Moran, Manager, Technical Sales Services, SWIFT Americas
CPA, ISO 20022, Standards and SWIFT Services - What's New? What's Next?
This session will provide you withh insights on the Canadian Payment Association's strategy and decision on the path to leveraging the ISO 20022 standard as well as how SWIFT's comprehensive portfolio of Consulting, Support and Training services are being engaged. Hear directly from the CPA on why they enaged with SWIFT, what has been done, and what's in the pipeline for the next 12 months. SWIFT will also showcase other case studies on how SWIFT experts have helped clients in different phases of their projects: from the initial assessment of operational processes, the design and implementation of a solution, the training of your staff all the way through the go-live, maintenance and support.
- Pat Antonacci, Head of Services and Technical Sales, SWIFT Americas
- Michael Hoganson, Director, Client Services & Payment Operations, Canadian Payments Association
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SWIFT Showcase
The SWIFT showcase will include the following products and services:
SWIFT Alliance Portfolio:
Alliance products are known for industry leading performance, resiliency and reliability but there are many options that enhance its basic capabilities. Stop by to learn about these enhancement options including Integration Platform which enables a seamless integration of back office systems to your SWIFT infrastructure and Operational Reporting which provides visibility to your SWIFT operational data to easily meet your planning, audit and reporting requirements
Business Intelligence:
Mining SWIFT data can give your institution the insight you need to make better and more timely decisions. Learn more about our featured SWIFT Business Intelligence suite including Analyzers, a powerful and flexible access to your SWIFT messaging data, and Insights Dashboards & Reporting which are easy to use and provide data to better understand your business on SWIFT
MyStandards:
A collaborative, web-based platform to better manage standards and usage in the financial industry
Sanctions Screening:
A quick-to-implement, cost effective solution for real-time screening of your SWIFT messages
SWIFTRef:
A single source for all the reference data for a flawless payments process and accurate regulatory reports
Alliance Lite2:
Lite2 is the new cloud-based way to connect to the SWIFT network. Reduce your infrastructure costs and have SWIFT experts manage the technology. In addition to the connectivity option, Lite2 offers Remote Gateway which allows you to keep your important business data and processes in-house and let SWIFT manage the communication channel with your counterparties, and Lifeline which provides emergency connectivity delivered by SWIFT
Sponsor
Canadian Payments Association
The reliable, secure and efficient exchange of payments is critical to the economy. The Canadian Payments Association operates national infrastructure essential to the movement of hundreds
of billions of dollars across the country each day. We lead our member financial institutions, businesses, government and the public in establishing the rules of the payments highway.
In a global and digital economy, the CPA provides a strong foundation to support innovation and the evolving needs of all those who depend on payments.