08:30-09:30    Breakfast, networking and registration

09:30-10:15    Keynote address

Lessons learned from the sub-prime crisis and global credit crunch

Dr Christian Szylar, Managing Director, Portfolio Risk Services, RBS

10:15-11:00    Panel - New directions for risk management

The credit crunch has provided the impetus for banks globally to re-evaluate their enterprise risk strategy and modeling of credit, counterparty, liquidity and operational risk. A panel of senior risk management experts from across the financial services industry will debate and discuss the drivers for change and the practical and cultural upheavals required to take the industry forward.

Moderator:      Edward Sankey, fellow and council member, Institute of Operational Risk.

Participants: 

Barbara Ridpath, CEO, International Centre for Financial Regulation

Dr Christian Szylar, Managing Director, Portfolio Risk Services, RBS

Allan Russell, head of SAS Global Risk Practice and SAS Fellow

Peyton Kay, global head of product marketing, Thomson Reuters

11:00-11:30    Coffee and networking break

11:30-12:15    Panel - Operational efficiency tools to enhance risk management

Achieving and sustaining operational efficiency has become a top priority for risk-averse financial institutions. This session explores how the implementation of business process management and activity monitoring tools and methodologies can help financial institutions streamline processes, introduce internal efficiencies and generate more reliable outcomes.

Moderator: Edward Sankey, fellow and council member, Institute of Operational Risk.

Participants:

Gilles Leflambe, vice president, head of sales, EMEA Financial Services, Systar

Mike Lees, senior director - product marketing,  Software AG

12:15-13:00   Panel - Creating the high-performance bank

Recent market volatility has put incredible stresses on the number-crunching IT architecture used by banks to model their risk factors and assess their exposures. As regulators take a closer look at capital allocation and collateral management, demand for real-time, up-to-the-minute information on outstanding positions across the bank is at a premium. This session will look at the use of the latest class of service oriented architecture and associated technologies by banks looking to scale out and re-architect their enterprise risk platforms for more turbulent times.

Moderator: John Barr, research director, financial markets, The 451 Group

Participants:

Ian Bentinck, head of trading and derivatives solutions group, IBM Global Business Services

Jeremy Gibbs, fixed-income IT professional

Xavier Bellouard, managing director, London, Quartet Financial Systems

Dr. Neil Dodgson, senior industry director, Oracle Corporation UK

13:00-14:00    Lunch

14:00-14:45   

Panel - The evolution of financial markets clearing and settlement in Europe

The Giovannini process and European Code of Conduct have in theory opened up competition for post-trade services in Europe, but what barriers remain? On this panel, representatives of leading clearing firms will debate the impact of recent M&A activity, more Brussels-led regulation and infrastructure on the horizon, and the pros and cons of an integrated vs. independent clearing model.

Moderator:      Gary Wright, CEO, B.I.S.S. Research.

Participants:   

Marco Strimer, CEO, SIX x-clear

Simon Wheatley, director of regulatory liaison, LCH Clearnet

Ilse Peeters, director of public affairs, Euroclear

Manfred Skalitzky, principal expert,  T2S programme at the European Central Bank

John Tanner, head of equity post-trade service development, London Stock Exchange

14:45-15:30    Panel - Dealing with OTC

Banks are stepping up efforts to cut the number of their outstanding over-the-counter trades to reduce counterparty risks in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse. Meanwhile, regulatory bodies are pushing the industry to create better, more centralised ways to manage the risk created by OTC products. This session will look at individual bank efforts to net out and compress their OTC exposures and ask what lessons can be learned from previous industry collaboration efforts in the exchange-traded markets?

Moderator: Gary Wright, CEO, B.I.S.S. Research

Participants:

Bill Blythe, UK Sales Director, SmartStream

Robert Stowsky - director, financial services - Progress Software Corporation