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The Asian Banker Summit 2006

Date: March 15-17, 2006
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

ASrIA is one of the endorsers of the event.

Unlocking the value of the institution in a global marketplace

The Asian Banker Summit is the region's foremost gathering of senior professionals in the financial services industry. The Summit features a one-day town hall forum for CEOs and board members of leading banks in the Asia Pacific region, followed by two days of conferences on three of the most important areas driving the industry today.

The Summit CEO Forum (15 March 2006)
The InterBank Conference on Trade, Cash and Treasury (16-17 March)
The Risk Management and Governance Conference (16-17 March)
The Technology and Business Architecture Conference (16-17 March)

The Asian Banker Summit (15 March, 2006) is the preeminent gathering of senior executives and top professionals in the financial-services industry in the Asia Pacific region. Since 2000, the Summit has been delivering the region’s most important learning experience, featuring several separate conferences designed to both educate and challenge industry leaders to achieve new frontiers in their businesses and corporate processes. Each year, the approximately 500 chairmen, CEOs, executive vice-presidents, regulators and other senior executives who gather at the Summit walk away with fresh ways to approach their businesses and their roles as corporate chiefs.

In 2006, proceedings at the Asian Banker Summit will centre on the theme of "unlocking the value of the institution" through alliances, mergers and acquisitions and also through maximizing the organic franchise of the organization through building customer value.

Some of the leading names in the industry worldwide will be there. Mr. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., former US Congressman and co-sponsor of the hallmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that transformed the financial services industry in the United States, will provide the keynote.

Other world renowned experts with strong subject knowledge such as Professor Arnold Schilder, Chairman of the Accounting Task Force of the Basel Committee and Executive Director of The Netherlands Bank; Mr. Jacques Attali, Founder & First President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and currently President of PlaNet Finance; Mr. John Pattison, Senior Vice President, Treasury & Risk Management, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and others will participate as speakers and panelists in the main day as well as the during the subsequent conference.

The InterBank Conference on Trade, Cash and Treasury. This conference will feature all the key issues facing the “financial institutions” business of banks today. Even as commercial banks seek counterparties around the world, the global banks have created products and services that enable domestic banks to provide world-class services to their customers. The nature and demands of what used to be called "correspondent banking" has changed forever, yet this will be the first time that banks will have the chance to make sense of the synergies between global and domestic players.

The Risk Management and Governance Conference. Now in its fourth year, the Risk Management and Governance Conference has matured into an intense evaluation of the practical side of establishing sound risk management practices. This conference also examines the real issues of corporate governance in a world of corporate scandals and intensifying investor pressures. In 2006, this conference will focus on the issues that financial institutions’ finance functions will face in the implementation of Basel II.

The Technology and Business Architecture Conference. This Conference is designed to meet the needs of senior management – CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CTO/CIOs and other decision makers at the corporate and business levels who are involved in deciding upon fundamental infrastructure requirements to expedite business goals. How are their peers making decisions on core banking and related technology needs? What are the implementation issues? Delegates will receive an incisive study from the experience of their peers in the industry, who will present their endeavours.

WHO SHOULD ATTENDS

The Asian Banker Summit is the largest gathering of decision makers in the banking and financial-services industry. About 500 senior professionals from all across the Asia Pacific region attend every year. We expect the audience profile to be differentiated according to the various forums:

The Summit CEO Forum

The CEO Forum, set in a "town hall" setting to engender a strong level of participation by the following groups:

The InterBank Conference on Trade, Cash & Treasury

• Senior executives in trade finance
• Senior executives in cash management
• Senior executives in treasury and payments
• Regulators

The Risk Management and Governance Conference

• Chief Risk Officers and related senior managers in the risk management divisions.
• Chief Operating Officers and operational staff with responsibilities in operational risk.
• Senior executives in credit and market risk management.
• Board members and senior management responsible for IAS 39 and other marked-to-market valuation.
• Staff of regulatory agencies.

The Technology and Business Architecture Conference 

• CEOs and senior management of many banks in newly emerging Asian markets where transformation of financial institutions is underway.
• Chief Technology Officers and technology architects.
• Chief Operating Officers.
• Heads of technology and Chief Information Officers of major Asian banks.
• Decision makers in the selection committee for core banking and new infrastructure.
• Heads of tactical divisions such as customer relationship management (CRM) and profitability systems of banks that take a holistic view of their technology.
• Heads and senior executives of distribution systems interested in developing end-to-end architecture.
• Regulators.

The Asian Banker Summit 2006: http://www.asianbankerforums.com/summit2006/

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