SWIFT The global provider of secure financial
messaging services

 

SWIFT Operations Forum Europe

26 November 2009


Dates: 14 - 15 December 2009

Venue: Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
Chaussée de Bruxelles 135
1310 La Hulpe
Belgium
 

Registration fee: EUR 700


Monday, 14 December, 2009

8:00 – 9:00

Welcome coffee, registration and Solutions zone open

09:00 – 10:30

Worksession 1

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break and Solutions zone open

11:00 – 12:30

Opening plenary – Managing risk and reducing cost
This session will set the scene for the conference and will explore the around operational realities that matter to you: risk management, cost reduction and adding value in a time of financial constraints. Our keynote speakers will share their views on these questions and more. This session will also give you a unique preview of the many products and initiatives being showcased during this year’s SOFE and an insight into what you can look forward to from SWIFT in the years ahead.
  • Patrick Moeyaert, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Generation, GDF Suez Energy International
  • Mike Fish, Chief Information Officer, Head of Information Technology and Operations, SWIFT
  • Fabian Vandenreydt, Head of Product Management, SWIFT
  • Host: Leo Punt, Head of Customer Support EMEA, SWIFT

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and Solutions zone open

14:00 – 15:30

Worksession 2

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break and Solutions zone open

16:00 – 17:30

Worksession 3
17:30 – 19:00 Welcome cocktail and Meet the Partners show case
As valued members of the SWIFT community, our partners play a key role in helping you to get the most from your investment in SWIFT. During this session, we will give you an overview of the solutions the partners are demonstrating in the Solutions zone as well as a brief explanation of the SWIFT Partners framework.
  • Patrick Neutjens, Head of Partner Management, SWIFT
19:30 Buses leave the hotel for off-site dinner
20:00   Off-site dinner

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

8:00 – 8:30

Welcome coffee and Solutions zone open

8:30 – 9:30

Innovation plenary
This session will focus on “Innotribe”, SWIFT’s initiative to leverage the collective intelligence of the financial community to establish the infrastructure that will enable you to grow. We will take a close look at the changes in technology. Are ‘cloud computing’, ‘software-as-a-service’ and ‘banking-as-a-service’ just the latest buzzwords, or do they represent a fundamental shift in how we will use financial services? Where does this model work and where does it fall short? How can it help our community to further reduce total cost of ownership and get to market faster with new applications and services?

  • Nicholas D. Davies, Lombard Risk
  • Peter Hinssen, CEO, ACROSS
  • Kosta Peric, Head of Innovation, SWIFT

9:30 – 11:00

Worksession 4 and Innotribe lab
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00  Worksession 5
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Solutions zone open
14:00 – 15:30 Worksession 6
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break and Solutions zone open
16:00 – 17:00 Closing plenary – Operational realities and innovation – Debate
During this session, our key note speaker will share his views on the merger between BNP Paribas and Fortis, and the challenges faced from a European perspective as a result of this strategic move. What are the lessons learned and benefits from an operations perspective? We will also provide an update on our progress in developing our next strategy, SWIFT2015, and explore the importance of innovation, the need to achieve operational risk management and the value of efficiency improvements for you and your customers. The panellists will give their opinions on these topics and the debate will also be open to the audience.
  • Bruno van Deinse, Deputy Head of Operations, BNP Paribas
  • Kosta Peric, Head of Innovation, SWIFT
  • Alain Raes, Chief Executive of EMEA, SWIFT
  • Moderator: Leo Punt, Head of Customer Support EMEA, SWIFT
Innotribe

After the break, you are all invited to one of the 3 Innotribe Labs on cloud computing. The idea is to leverage the intelligence of the crowd (crowdsourcing) to generate a set of innovative cloud ideas that could be relevant for the SWIFT community. Two labs will have a pre-defined topic; one lab will be “open” to allow for any ideas that do not fall within one of the two previous categories. Each Innotribe Lab will have a facilitator to help the participants brainstorming about the ideas. For each of the Labs, we’ll have a round-table discussion. 		 


Worksessions
1. Alliance Connect Upgrade Campaign
By the end of 2011 you will need to have upgraded your SWIFT network connectivity to one of the Alliance Connect products. This upgrade is mandatory as the current VPN boxes are reaching the end of their lifecycle. Upgrading to Alliance Connect will increase the functionality of the service we provide while at the same time lowering your connectivity costs. This session provides an overview of all the relevant information you need to successfully plan for this upgrade and understand the impact on your operations.
2. Alliance Integrator
Integrator allows you to minimise the modifications required in your back-office applications to deploy business solutions over SWIFTNet, reducing the time and costs required for implementation. Through a series of case studies, we will share real-life experiences on the implementation and use of Integrator, as well as the benefits gained. Also, we will discuss new functionality delivered in Alliance Integrator 2.0, such as FileAct implementation, MT/MX interoperability and transformation capabilities, as well as further enhancements planned for 2010.
3. Alliance Access – future evolution
Alliance Access 7.0 will be released for general availability in December 2010. It comprises a wealth of new elements and enhanced features, including the Alliance Web Platform, improved monitoring and control and enhanced resiliency.  Join us to find out more about this new functionality, and to discuss the impact of Alliance Access 7.0 on your infrastructure.
4. Messaging evolution: why and how
As technology develops, and the nature of the business you conduct over SWIFT evolves, so do our messaging services. Join us to discover what SWIFTNet 7.0 brings to you, and the impact in your technical infrastructure, including Alliance Gateway 7.0 and RMA.

5. SSIs, Automation for directories and Business Intelligence
Discover SWIFT’s new Standing Settlement Instructions (SSI) directory for commercial payments, planned for early 2010. In this session, we will cover the concept of collaborative SSI data management and related services, as well as how to better integrate the directories in your applications (distribution via FileAct, web services and RSS feeds) . We will also provide an update on Watch, SWIFT’s business intelligence portfolio. 

6. SWIFT Services Portfolio
SWIFT’s Professional Services give you direct access to experts who help you to improve your business processes, to identify best-practice enhancements to your SWIFT infrastructure, to speed up your SWIFT integration projects, and to reduce your total cost of ownership.  In this session, you will learn how SWIFT experts can help in every phase of your project: from the initial assessment of your business processes, to design of a solution, all the way to go-live and maintenance. 

7. Business continuity and resilience
Business continuity and resilience is now part of your company’s DNA. In this session, we will come back to the best practices to manage your SWIFT infrastructure. Based on concrete examples taken from the field, we will review in-built resiliency of typical system configurations. We will analyse some situations, identify pitfalls and share lessons learned to avoid resiliency risks and reduce costs. This is an opportunity for you to share experiences and learn about best practices and guidelines on how to operate, maintain and troubleshoot your SWIFT infrastructure. 

The SWIFT Zone

1. Alliance Lite 2.0
Alliance Lite is the ideal connectivity product for low volume institutions. Join us at the stand and find out about the ease of use of Alliance Lite and discover the new features of release 2.0 for securities settlement and Funds.

2. Alliance Integrator 2.0
Experience how Alliance Integrator helps connect business applications to SWIFT with a minimum effort.

3. Alliance Access 6.3
Discover the powerful features of Alliance Access 6.3, including its enhanced resiliency, improved scalability, continuous operations, improved integration, FileAct support, LDAP support and thin client GUI.

4. User Handbook
The new user handbook offers open access to all SWIFT users and simplifies the processes of ordering, billing and account management.

5. Directories and business intelligence
Do you know how much your SWIFT messaging costs and what are the drivers of those costs? Can you accurately define your business with your correspondents in terms of messaging? Can you benchmark your operational efficiency against the market? The Watch portfolio lets you do this and more.
Also, learn all about our new Online Directories, which provide user friendly and cost-effective access to all SWIFT directories data

6. SWIFT Training
At this stand, you can discover SWIFT’s training portfolio, including our latest training offering for Alliance Lite.  SWIFT Training instructors will inform you about courses, update you on new developments, demonstrate new eTraining modules and answer any questions you may have.