7.30 am – 8.30 am

Registration and Coffee/Tea

8.30 am – 10.30 am

THE ASIAN BANKER SUMMIT 2008 OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Welcome Notes
Mr Pham Huy Hung, chairman, Vietnam Banks Association & chairman, Vietinbank (formerly Incombank)
Mr David Eldon, chairman, The Asian Banker Summit Advisory Council & former chairman, HSBC Asia

Opening Keynotes
Current Developments in Vietnam’s Banking Industry
Mr Nguyen Van Giau, governor, State Bank of Vietnam

A World Without the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Mr Paul Sarbanes, co-author, Sarbanes-Oxley Act & former chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Leadership Keynote
Decision Making at a Time of Environmental & Organisational Turbulence
Mr Kaspar Villiger, board member, Swiss Re & former president & finance minister, Switzerland

Leadership Dialogue on Sarbanes-Oxley and the Financial Institutions Business

With distinguished panelist
Mr Byung Chul Yoon, chairman, Financial Planning Standards Board, Korea & former chairman, Woori Financial Group

Session co-chaired by
Mr Emmanuel Daniel, president and editor-in-chief, The Asian Banker
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker

10.30 am – 11.00 am

Coffee Break

11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Welcome by the Co-Chairs
Professor Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology & former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker

Opening Keynote Session
Who’s Really in Charge of Risk Management?
A review of the roles of the board, the business line, the risk professionals and the interplay between those roles.

Presentations by
Dr Gunter Dunkel, deputy chairman, Nord/LB
Mr V. Vaidyanathan, executive director, ICICI Bank

12.00 pm – 1.30 pm

Luncheon

1.30 pm – 2.30 pm

Managing the Risks of Growth in a Changing Landscape
The banking sector in Asia has been growing spectacularly. In this new time of uncertainty, how will Asia’s most expansionminded banks continue to pursue and manage the risks of growth?

Presentations by
Mr Andrew Carriline, chief risk officer, Westpac Bank
Mr Bambang Moerwanto, head, banking business development, SAP Asia Pacific, Japan.

Co-moderated by
Professor Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois
Institute of Technology & former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker

2.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Trends in the Global Cost of Credit
What are the trends in the global cost of credit and the projections and management strategies going forward?

Presentation by
Ms Chng Sok Hui, head, group risk management, DBS Bank

With contributory dialogue from
Mr Jack Niu, deputy group chief credit officer, Standard Chartered & board member of SCB (China)
Mr John Foulley, risk management, practice head, Asia Pacific, SAS

Co-moderated by Professor
Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, and former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Tea Break

4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Advancements in Risk-based Portfolio Optimisation
A top-level assessment of new developments in the pursuit of consistent returns in today’s volatile marketplace.

Presentation by
Mr Charles Richard III, co-founder & SVP, QRM

With contributory dialogue from
Dr Li Lin, head, strategy and development, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Co-moderated by
Professor Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, and former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker

5.00 pm

End of Day 1 Conference. Cocktails, followed by IT Awards and Banker Commendations

7.30am – 8.30 am

Day Two - Registration and Coffee/Tea

8.00am – 8.30 am

BAFT Briefing – Serving Financial Institutions in Asia
The new strategic vision to globalise BAFT through the development of regional councils of bankers around the world will focus on the key trade, payment and financial institution issues in the industry, so as to generate relevant dialogue to educate and devise solutions to international issues such as compliance and asset trading.

Discussion led by
Mr Craig Weeks, president, BAFT & senior vice president, JPMorgan Chase, Mr Jeremy Wilson, vicechairman, Barclays Commercial Bank, and Mr Carter McDowell, general counsel, BAFT & chief legislative counsel, American Bankers’ Association

8.30am – 9.30 am

Enterprise Risk Management & Shareholder Value Optimisation
How are leading banks translating theoretical ERM into concrete action steps that best enhance shareholder value?

Presentations by
Mr Michael Hamar, group chief risk officer, National Australia Bank
Mr Lock Kwee Yoong, head, bankingcustomer intelligence and risk intelligence solution, SAS

With contributory dialogue from
Ms Chng Sok Hui, head, group risk management, DBS Bank.

Co-moderated by
Professor Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, & former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Mr Mac Kalyan, member of CME & SGX

9.30 am – 10.30 am

Risk Managers and the Strategic Planning Process
How are financial institutions reacting to increasing regulatory burdens and the reinvention of the risk management role? Can they leverage strategic risk management initiatives to add real bottom-line value?

Presentations by
Mr Tham Ming Soong, executive vice president and head, risk management, UOB Bank
Mr Jack Niu, deputy group chief credit officer, Standard Chartered & board member of SCB (China)

Co-moderated by
Professor Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology & former chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez
Professor Jayanth Varma, board member, Axis Bank, dean, IIM-Ahmedabad & former board member, SEBI

10.30 am – 11.00am

Coffee Break

11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Welcome Note
Mr Tran Minh Tuan, first deputy governor, State Bank of Vietnam

Bank-Regulator and Inter-Regulator Relationships
What do recent developments in the U.S. teach Asian regulators about issues such as risk identification, liquidity and data collection? What makes for an effective trans-jurisdictional relationship between central banks, prudential regulators and commercial banks?

Presentation by
Mr Steve Hoffman, senior vice president, banking supervision and regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

With contributory dialogue from
Mr Ross Jones, deputy chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Comoderated by
Mr Alastair Clark, advisor to the governor of the Bank of England
Dr Ishrat Husain, former governor, State Bank of Pakistan

12.00 am – 1.30 pm

Luncheon

1.30 pm – 3.00 pm

Where Are We with Basel II and Stress Testing?
What have the banks achieved in implementing Basel II, and what are the main challenges? How has the accord been faring under stress? What are the ingredients of developing a rigorous scenario analysis and stress modelling capability, and how should an effective feedback mechanism operate?

Presentations by
Mr Johnny Mao, chief risk officer, Bank of East Asia
Mr David Fernandez, managing director & head, emerging Asia research, JPMorgan
Mr Tsuyoshi Oyama, deputy director general, financial systems and bank examination department, Bank of Japan

With contributory dialogue from
Mr William Ryback, special advisor, Financial Supervisory Service,
Korea & former deputy chief executive, HKMA.

Co-chaired by
Dr Ishrat Husain, former governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Prof Michael Ong, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology & chief risk officer, Credit Agricole Indosuez

3.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Tea Break

3.30 pm – 5.30 pm

THE ASIAN BANKER SUMMIT 2008 CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION

Closing Keynote
Exposure of Long-Term Liabilities to Current Volatilities in the Marketplace
Mr Ross Jones, deputy chairman, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Closing Dialogue
Unraveling Recent Episodes of Failure

With distinguished dialogue partners
Sir George Mathewson, former chairman, the Royal Bank of Scotland & chairman, Toscafund
Mr Christopher Page, head, risk – Asia Pacific, ANZ Bank & former chief credit officer, HSBC Asia
Mr Alastair Clark, advisor to the governor of the Bank of England
Mr Steve Hoffman, senior vice president, banking supervision & regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Co-chaired by
Mr Gordian Gaeta, international resource director, The Asian Banker, and Professor Jayanth Varma, board member, Axis Bank, dean, IIM-Ahmedabad & former board member, SEBI

Concluding Remarks
Mr David Eldon, chairman, The Asian Banker Summit Advisory Council & former chairman, HSBC Asia
Mr Christian Kapfer, senior manager, research, The Asian Banker

5.30 pm

End of The Asian Banker Summit 2008

* Please note that the names of speakers and panelists listed are pending confirmation. The Asian Banker reserves the right to change the topics, agenda format and names of the proposed speakers.