ISSA Symposium 2025 – Programme

06 – 08 May 2025 – UBS Conference Centre Wolfsberg, Switzerland

Programme: Securities Services – Clients, Technology and Risk

Tuesday, 06 May 2025
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:15 – 13:30Opening Symposium / Welcome Remarks
13:30 – 14:45Securities Services: Clients, Technology and Risk
14:45 – 15:30Panel: Collateral – Changing needs and availability
15:30 – 16:15Panel: Client and Issuer View on Securities Services
16:15 – 16:45Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:15Panel: Current Working Group Activities
17:15 – 18:15Market Place 1: Presentation of Working Group Activities
Accelerated Settlement
Asset Servicing
Digital Identity and Onboarding
Domestic CSDs
Securities Services Risks 2025
19:00 – 22:30Cocktails and Dinner

Wednesday, 07 May 2025
07:00 – 08:15Breakfast
08:30 – 08:45Reflection on the First Day
08:45 – 09:30Panel: Future of Securities Services  
09:30 – 10:30Panel: Demographic timebomb in Securities Services: The Right People, the Right Environment, the Right Skills
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45Fireside chat: The changing face of Cyber Risk
11:45 – 12:15Panel: Introduction to the Breakout Sessions
12:15 – 13:15Lunch
13:15 – 14:00Breakout Sessions: Theme Discussions
Theme 1:               Client Experience
Theme 2:               Networked Securities Services
Theme 3:               Accelerated Settlement
Theme 4:               Realizing Evolving Technologies
Theme 5:               Optimizing the Securities Services demographic
Theme 6:               Emerging Risks in a Changing World
14:00 – 15:30Breakout Sessions: Sub-Theme Discussions
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00Breakout Sessions: Consolidation
17:00 – 18:00          Market Place 2: Presentation of Working Group Activities
Evolving Technologies
Financial Crime Compliance
Investor Solutions
Out of Network Assets
Sustainability and Securities Services
19:00 – 22:30Cocktails and Gala Dinner
Thursday, 08 May 2025
07:00 – 08:15Breakfast
08:30 – 08:45Reflection on the Second Day
08:45 – 10:30Breakout Sessions: Feedback
Key Recommendation for Next Steps of Activities
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45Panel: ISSA’s Next Priorities Discussion on Shaping the Future of Securities Services Review with the audience
11:45– 11:55Handover: Handover from Vicky Kyproglou to Margaret Harwood-Jones / Introduction of the new Vice Chair
11:55 – 12:00Closing Remarks of the ISSA Chair
12:00 – 13:00Lunch and Departure