ISSA Symposium 2026 – Breakout Sessions
This page contains all of the information that you will need to prepare for the Breakout Sessions at the 23rd ISSA Symposium.
Context Documents
Below are the context documents for each of the six Breakout Sessions.
- Breakout 1: Client Experience ->pdf
- Breakout 2: Resilience, Recovery and Resolution ->pdf
- Breakout 3: Navigating in an Uncertain World ->pdf
- Breakout 4: AI and Agentic AI ->pdf
- Breakout 5: Alternative Investments ->pdf
- Breakout 6: The Intersection of Securities and Cash ->pdf
Breakout Session Splits
Below is the schedule providing the names of attendees and which Breakout Session and subgroup they are allocated to.
Breakout Session Group 1
Client Experience Subgroup 1: Client Onboarding | Client Experience Subgroup 2:Future Technology Opportunities |
Helen Adair Sonat Bayatli Marco Geisselhardt Brett Lewis Andrew McNeill Oliver Myall Gina Slotosch Nehal Vora | Rene Haag Ben Johnson Nigel Little Sinead McIntosh Fiona McNally Jim Micklethwaite Serge Munten Sonia Paston-Bedingfeld James Pike Mike Sleightholme |
Breakout Session Group 2
Resilience, Recovery and Resolution Subgroup 1: Interconnectivity Risks | Resilience, Recovery and Resolution Subgroup 2:The Impact of Geopolitics |
Carlos Albuquerque Hari Chaitanya Faustina Coleman-Forson Alex Dockx Gary Huang Te-Ping Huang Vicky Kyproglou Ivan Nicora Lucy Hui-Chi Wang Kelli West | Alexandre Kech Gerhard Kronsteiner Kelly Mathieson Vivek Ramgopal Isa Ribeiro Edward Starkie Simon Williams Yasser Zaazaa |
Breakout Session Group 3
Navigating in an Uncertain World Subgroup 1: Drivers of Change | Navigating in an Uncertain World Subgroup 2: Disruptors and Evolving Models |
Hema Cederhage Vijay Chandok Bill Hodash Len Lipton Barnaby Nelson Adeyinka Shonekan Ryo Terazawa Sean Kennedy Raphael Bulut Louise Waterhouse | Chris Burke Laure Fauchet James Fok Steven Hondelink Duygu Kaya Anna Matson Samuel Riley Richard Young Ankush Zutshi |
Breakout Session Group 4
AI and Agentic AI Subgroup 1: Identify AI opportunities | AI and Agentic AI Subgroup 2: Agentic AI challenges and threats |
Philip Brown Mike Cowley Bettina Janoschek Joseph Lartey Gordon Mckellar Jürg Mühlethaler Johnson Samuel Jürg Unger Steve Vinnicombe | Giles Elliott Miguel Espinoza Vikram Kothari Wendy Leong Paul Maley Marjana Marjanovic Alpana Patel Johnsson Richard Wilson Fraser Wikner |
Breakout Session Group 5
Alternative Investments Subgroup 1: Common Characteristics of Alternative Investments | Alternative Investments Subgroup 2: Challenges of Alternative Investments |
Haroun Boucheta Mark Gem Birgit Heilmann-Ohlms Graham Ray John Siena Thomas Small Stuart Warner | Elaine Chan Hai Jade Fuan Christian Geberth Jane Karczewski Viraj Kulkarni Rafael Moral Santiago Prashant Vagal Karen Webb |
Breakout Session Group 6
The Intersection of Securities and Cash Subgroup 1: Current Challenges and Solutions | The Intersection of Securities and Cash Subgroup 2: Future Operating Model |
Samuel Cauvain-Welsh Kuan Lun Chen Glen Fernandes Simon Goodman Margaret Harwood-Jones Juliette Kennel Tian Yet Liu Emanuela Morelli Nadine Readie Bernhard Strauch | Andreas Beck Gaya Boldbaatar Justin Chapman Ryan Cuthbertson Matthieu de Heering Goran Fors Marc Gehrig Steven Munien Marco Strimer |