Conference — Learn, discuss, debate

The conference programme includes topics that reflect the diversity of the Sibos audience. On offer are broad-ranging subjects that affect us all:

• Innovation and collaboration
• Global and financial systemic risk
• Disruptive trends and technologies
• The global economic outlook and its impact on the financial services industry
• Asia rising and the shift in gravity from West to East
• Corporate social responsibility and sustainability

And a series of more targeted and specific subjects including:

• SEPA and beyond
• EU securities harmonisation – MiFID and TARGET2 for Securities
• Standards co-existence
• Regulatory requirements and compliance
• Challenges facing corporate treasurers
• Automating funds distribution
• Greening international trade
• Clearing and settlement – fragmentation and/or consolidation
• Low value payments
• Securities market infrastructure reform
• BRICs and beyond

New this year - Introducing SibosLab workshops

Feel the difference! SibosLabs are active and engaging sessions allowing creative collaboration to emerge. Small group focused discussions, sharing of experiences, and discovery of possibilities, This is networking by sharing ideas, not just business cards.

Join a collaborative and creative small group session. Experience a new way to network at Sibos.

Corporate Social Responsibility day – New!
This year at Sibos, we are introducing a new focus on Corporate Social Responsibility.
What does sustainable development mean for the financial institutions and what are their responsibilities? What are the challenges and opportunities for the financial industry? How can SWIFT support the business opportunities?  Is there room for cooperation or does this represent a competitive advantage?

A series of sessions will address these issues:

Wednesday 17 September
07:45-08:45: Corporate Social Responsibility Breakfast
09:00-10:00: From Remittances to financial inclusion
14:00-15:00: Green trade and ethical investment: the rise in corporate social responsibility
16:00-17:00: Carbon trading: warning up to a global opportunities

Thursday 18 September
09:00-10:00: SibosLab Workshop: Greening (y)our work world

Please refer to the overall programme for full details on these sessions.

Sibos welcomes the OLPC!
Last year at Sibos Nicholas Negroponte from MIT introduced the One Laptop per Child project at the Corporate Social Responsibility Breakfast. His presentation triggered a lot of enthusiasm and emotion in the industry. SWIFT community decided to financially support the initiative whose mission is to provide each child in poorer areas and countries with a laptop.

OLPC will be present this year at Sibos, in the Registration area, from Tuesday to Friday. They will give demos of the new laptop and provide the latest status on the project, as well information on how to pursue support on donations.  Come and visit them!

Special sessions

For the second year running, the Sibos Forum for Corporates , a dedicated two-day event, brings together corporates, the financial community and vendors to explore the corporate-to-bank space.

A dedicated programme on Russia and the CIS countries.

The Fund and Investment Managers Forum will again deliver an unparalleled combination of conference sessions and networking opportunities for investment managers and their counterparties.

The Standards Forum @ Sibos  reaches out to Sibos delegates to provide a 'centre of expertise' on standards for all market segments. Through targeted customer work sessions, expert chats and presentations, the Standards Forum bridges the gap between business and standardisation from the economic, practical and technical perspectives for the expert and not-so-expert delegate.

Following last year’s highly successful event, Sibos will feature a dedicated breakfast meeting on the theme of corporate social responsibility.

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