Big issue debates Session locations
| The daily big issue debates are an opportunity for everyone to hear the views of senior key figures from both within and outside the financial industry on issues that are highly relevant to the SWIFT community. |
Welcome address
Big issue debate 1: Sibos one year on – leading through uncertainty |
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Monday 14 September, 14:00 – 15:30
The welcome address is followed by a panel discussion.
The 2009 global financial climate has developed significantly since we met in Vienna a year ago and continues to be extremely challenging on many fronts. How can our industry help shape the post-crisis world? Should the regulatory environment be different? How must the financial industry move forward to build and regain trust? Some banks seem to have got it right. What can we learn from them? What role has transaction banking played – both from a systemic and macro perspective? How will upcoming changes (regulation, protectionism, availability of capital) impact the business models of financial institutions? Have we gone a step too far in moving from no risk and inadequate regulation to being completely risk-averse and over-regulated? How can we strike the right balance?
Welcome address: Joseph Yam, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Debate moderated by Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, Financial Times
Panellists:
- Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited
- Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank
- William White, Chair of the Economic and Development Review Committee, OECD. Former Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, BIS and former Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.
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| SWIFT plenary |
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Monday 14 September, 16:00 – 17:00
Your cooperative’s CEO, Lázaro Campos and its chairman, Yawar Shah, will give an update on how we have supported our customers throughout the turmoil and what we have done during the past year to adapt to your evolving needs. They will share their perspectives on our industry’s challenges and their vision of the role that SWIFT can play in addressing them.
With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.
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| Big issue debate 2: The Asian century - implications for the financial industry |
Tuesday 15 September, 11:00 – 12:15
As the global economic crisis continues to evolve, interest in the role of Asia remains strong, not just within the region but also from around the world. Will Asia be a driver for recovery -- or will its focus shift inward to deal with national and regional economic pressures? What does this mean in terms of opportunities for the financial sector? Despite slowing growth overall, where does expansion or investment make sense and what risks should an Asia strategy take into account? Hear what senior thought-leaders from the financial, corporate and public sectors think about the promise of Asia and what should be done to ensure that the Asian century fulfils its promise.
- Dominic Barton, Worldwide Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
- Dr. Ranee Jayamaha, Advisor to the President on Banking, President Secretariat, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
- David Pilling, Editor, Financial Times, Asia
- Huiman Yi, Vice President, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.
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| Big issue debate 3: Will transaction banking be the engine for sustainable growth? |
Wednesday 16 September, 11:00 – 12:15
Transaction banking as a business model has so far proven to be resilient during the crisis. In this debate, CEOs of the transaction banking divisions of global banks will share their insights and perspectives on how the major transaction banks have fared over the past year and on the future trends for transaction banking. It will explore how far the events of 2008 have changed the shape of regulation and made it global, what new regulatory structures are emerging and how they will develop.
What are the implications of supra-national regulatory bodies on firms, such as the global transaction banks which operate on a cross-border basis? Is the regulatory response to the financial crisis effective and proportionate? How can regulatory compliance in the new environment be achieved at the lowest risk and cost and can those impacted by changes in regulation work together to form collective responses to the regulators?
- Catherine P. Bessant, President, Corporate Banking, Bank of America
- Karen Cone, President and CEO, TowerGroup
- Andrew Long, Head of Global Transaction Banking and Group General Manager, HSBC
- Werner Steinmueller, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Member of the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank
- Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi, CEO, Global Transaction Services, Citi
With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.
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| Closing plenary |
Thursday 17 September, 15:30 – 17:00
We will bring Sibos to a close in the presence of a well-known thought-leader on innovation and technology from outside the financial industry. We will also reflect on the Sibos week and the experiences we have shared together.
- Guy Kawasaki, Founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence, Garage Technology Ventures
- Ralph Silva, Research Director, European Banking and Payments, TowerGroup
- Stephan Zimmerman, Deputy Chairman, SWIFT
With simultaneous translation to Japanese and Mandarin.
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