AGENDA

MONDAY 8 JUNE: Network Managers Afternoon
only open to approved network managers.

TUESDAY  9 JUNE: Main Conference Day One

WEDNESDAY  10 JUNE: Main Conference Day Two

If you have an interest in speaking at the Annual Meeting, then please drop a line to
Andrew Barman on abarman@thenetworkforum.net

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Monday, 08 June 2026

  • Registration for NM Only Afternoon

  • Lunch for NM Only Day Registered Attendees

  • How Can NMs Benefit From AI?

  • New Research

  • Afternoon Break

  • Welcome Reception hosted by The Network Forum and The Principal Partners

Tuesday, 09 June 2026

  • General Registration & Coffee

  • Artificial Intelligence And Digital Transformation – Cultural Change vs. Operational Change: What Are The Real Impacts on Our Roles?

  • Morning Coffee

  • Regulator Update: How To Promote Growth In The EU

  • Savings & Investment Union (SIU): Policy & Post-Trade Impact And Structural Transition. Assessing What’s Best For The Market…

    Anna Kulik, ECSDA

  • Lunch & Host Focused Roundtables

    • Central Clearing
    • Under 30s & Emerging Talent  (by invitation only)
    • Geopolitics – hosted by Manas Chalwa
    • EU T+1 – hosted by Giovanni Sabatini
    • UK T+1 – hosted by Andrew Douglas

  • FOCUS GROUP A: THE FUTURE OF SETTLEMENT & BEYOND

    One Year to T+1: Readiness & Lessons Learned

    Giovanni Sabatini, EU T+1 Industry Committee

    Andrew Douglas, DTCC

  • FOCUS GROUP B: RESLIENCE & RISK MANAGEMENT

    14:00 – 14:30 Sanctions & Third-Party Risk Management 

    14:30 – 15:00 Compliance vs Operations: Bridging the Disconnect 

  • FOCUS GROUP C: MARKET INFRASTUCTURE & INTEGRATION

    Tracking A Path to A More Integrated CSD Market Structure

  • FOCUS GROUP A: THE FUTURE OF SETTLEMENT & BEYOND

    Beyond Settlement: Corporate Actions, Lending & Voting

  • FOCUS GROUP B: RESLIENCE & RISK MANAGEMENT

    Market Resilience, Operational Continuity & Regulatory Pressure

  • FOCUS GROUP C: MARKET INFRASTUCTURE & INTEGRATION

    Equity Clearing Debate: Competition & Consolidation Among CCPs

    Rafael Plata, EACH

    Michael Gort, SIX

  • Afternoon Break

  • FOCUS GROUP A: THE FUTURE OF SETTLEMENT & BEYOND

    The Custodian’s Dilemma: Costs, Clients & Automation

  • FOCUS GROUP B: RESLIENCE & RISK MANAGEMENT

    WARGAMING: Responding to Changing Geopolitical Risk Profiles

    Manas Chawla, London Politica

  • FOCUS GROUP C: MARKET INFRASTUCTURE & INTEGRATION

    Settlement Internalisation, Costs & Investor Impact

  • FOCUS GROUP A: THE FUTURE OF SETTLEMENT & BEYOND

    What Comes Next? T+0 and Real-Time Markets

  • Wargaming (Continued)

  • FOCUS GROUP C: MARKET INFRASTUCTURE & INTEGRATION

    Global Integration Models: LatAm / Europe/ Mid East 

  • End of Day 1

  • "Soirée sur la Seine" Reception Hosted By:

       

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

  • Breakfast Briefing

  • Morning Coffee

  • Asset Servicing Operations – How To Deal With Growing Volumes & Growing Complexity

  • Digital Assets (& Servicing Innovation): From DLT Pilot Projects To Live Use Cases

  • Global Regulation (& Fragmentation) in Digital Assets

  • Coffee Break

  • Rewiring The System: How To Prepare The Framework For Tokenised Assets To Remodel Capital Markets

  • Transforming The Workforce – Adapting To Change And Identifying Emerging Talent... And Keeping It!

  • Lunch & Roundtables

    • ISSA update – hosted by Julia McKenny, CEO, ISSA
    • AGC update – hosted by Association of Global Custodians 
    • AFME update  – hosted by Pete Tomlinson, MD, AFME
    • Under 30s and Emerging Talent- by invitation only 

  • FOCUS GROUP D: TECHNOLOGY

    AI Lessons – Learning From The Buy-Side & FinTechs

     

  • FOCUS GROUP E: PEOPLE, GOVERNANCE & INDUSTRY EVOLUTION

    New Research Report

    Martin Lawrence, The ValueExchange

  • FOCUS GROUP F: CYBER SECURITY WORKSHOP

    (to be confirmed)

  • FOCUS GROUP D: TECHNOLOGY

    Compliance, Identity & Scalability in a 24/7 Market

  • FOCUS GROUP E: PEOPLE, GOVERNANCE & INDUSTRY EVOLUTION

    Next Gen/Emerging Talent Mentoring

  • FOCUS GROUP D: TECHNOLOGY

    CBDCs vs. Stablecoins

  • FOCUS GROUP E: PEOPLE, GOVERNANCE & INDUSTRY EVOLUTION

    Brainstorming: What Might The Industry Look Like In 5 Years?

  • Afternoon Break & Soft Close

  • AFTERNOON CULTURAL OPTION 1

    (Full details to be announced)

  • AFTERNOON CULTURAL OPTION 2

    (Full details to be announced)

  • 1-1 MEETINGS TIME

    Meet with your providers and clients

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