The Forum’s speakers included Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov, Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chebeskov, Deputy Bank of Russia Governor Olga Polyakova, State Secretary – Bank of Russia Deputy Governor Alexey Guznov, and Association of Banks of Russia President Anatoly Kozlachkov.
On 25 September, the Forum’s opening session “Financing the Structural Transformation of the Russian Economy: Finding Fund Sources” and the sailing regatta took place.
The program on 26 September featured the Forum’s key session “Russian Economy in a Changing World” attended by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina. Experts attempted to assess the influence of global trends on financial institutions and identify the main characteristics of banks of the future at foresight session “Banks in 10 Years”. In addition, 5 roundtables were conducted, covering such topics as banking regulation, government support of industries, compliance, countering fraud, insurance and service products. The business breakfast hosted by REGION Group was dedicated to the growth of the share capital market, while the business lunch with Sovcombank focused on the role of regional banks in development projects in various parts of Russia.
The last Forum day on 27 September started with session “Digital Solutions as a Foundation for Transitioning to a New Technological Paradigm”, followed by four roundtables on IT outsourcing, ESG in banking, SME financing and mortgage. In addition, a running competition and a football match took place on the same day.
The Forum’s evening program featured a welcome cocktail, an immersive performance at the Sochi marina and a gala dinner at the Forum closing ceremony.
For the first time in the event’s history, the XXI International Banking Forum hosted the Demo Days of the Industrial Competence Center “Finance”. At the Demo Days exhibition of 26-27 September, Russian software developers had the chance to present their products. The Demo Days included two sessions where representatives of credit institutions exchanged their experience in implementing projects with new technical solutions and discussed the ways of encouraging IT development in Russia against the current economic background.
This year’s international guests included the top executives of banking associations of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of Belarusian, Egyptian and Tanzanian banks. For the entire duration of the Forum, participants from abroad could benefit from the Forum’s international lounge established for conducting meetings with Russian participants.
