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Wednesday June 4, 2025
KAP Europa Messe Frankfurt Osloer Str. 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
13:00 - 14:30	Registration and voting Entrance Hall, Level 0
14:30	Annual General Meeting (ICMA members only) Meridian Hall, Level 2
16:15	Spotlight on ICMA’s activities in the international capital markets (Open to all) Featuring the Chairs of ICMA Committees Moderator: Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA Gareth Allen, Chair, European Repo & Collateral Council and Managing Director, Global Head Investment and Execution, Head of Repo Trading - Group Treasury, UBS David Camara, Co-Chair, Secondary Market Practices Committee & Managing Director, FICC e-trading, market structure and markets strategic investments, BofA Securities Tim Grayson, Chair, Legal & Documentation Committee & Managing Director, Legal Department, Goldman Sachs Stéphane Janin, Co-Chair, Asset Management & Investors Council and Head of Global Regulatory Developments and Public Affairs, AXA Investment Managers Isabelle Laurent, Chair, Executive Committee, the Principles and Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Emma Lovett, Co-Chair, ICMA Fintech Advisory Committee and Executive Director, Markets DLT – Credit Lead, J.P. Morgan Petra Wehlert, Member, Public Sector Issuer Forum, Vice-Chair, ICMA German Regional Committee & Head of Capital Markets, KfW Yumi Yang, Co-Chair, Primary Market Practices Committee & Head of Fixed Income Syndicate, EMEA, Barclays
17:15	Close of AGM
18:00	ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) and Women’s Network (IWN) reception (Open to all registered conference delegates) Separate registration is required to attend - REGISTER NOW Balcony, Level 4, KAP Europa Messe Frankfurt
19:00	Welcome reception Horizont Hall, Level 4, KAP Europa Messe Frankfurt
23:00	Close of Welcome reception

Thursday June 5, 2025
ICMA Annual Conference KAP Europa Messe Frankfurt Osloer Str. 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
08:00	Registration Entrance Hall, Level 0 Exhibition open Horizont Hall, Level 4
08:15	ICMA Future Leaders (IFL) and ICMA Women’s Network (IWN) joint breakfast session Strategic career support: Beyond the basics (Open to all registered conference delegates) ICMA Future Leaders and ICMA Women’s Network joint breakfast session We all know that strategic career support through mentoring and sponsorship programmes is crucial, but do we really know how to make it work? Join us for this session as we explore practical strategies on how to use a mentor and sponsor, what makes an effective mentor or sponsor (hint: seniority alone isn’t enough) and how to build mutually productive, goal-driven relationships while optimising each other’s time, guidance and advocacy. We will also consider how mentorship and sponsorship can support contingency planning and long-term talent development within firms to ensure broader impact beyond individual growth. Moderators: Angela Brusas, Chair, IWN & Director, Funding & Investor Relations, Nordic Investment Bank Samira Lampe, Steering Committee Member, IFL & Debt Capital Markets Origination, Crédit Agricole CIB Doris Kramer, Head of Investor Relations & Sustainability, KfW Jo Heppe, Senior Advisor, ICMA Reena Parmar, Counsel (DCM Knowledge), Freshfields Separate registration is required to attend - REGISTER NOW Mistral Room, Level 2
Conference Meridian Hall, Level 2
09:00	Opening remarks Janet Wilkinson, ICMA Chair & Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Institutional Sales, EMEA, RBC Capital Markets
09:05	The landscape for international financial market and capital flows amidst deglobalisation, economic fragmentation and geopolitical shifts Moderator: Janet Wilkinson, ICMA Chair & Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Institutional Sales, EMEA, RBC Capital Markets Souâd Benkredda, Member of the Board, DZ BANK Stefan Wintels, Chief Executive Officer, KfW Bankengruppe Alexander Wynaendts, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
09.35	Keynote Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, BlackRock
09:45	Forum of industry leaders: The outlook for the international bond markets Moderator: Katie Martin, Columnist and Member of the Editorial Board, Financial Times Bernard Frenay, Chief Executive, European Markets & ESG, Euroclear SA/NA Fabio Lisanti, Head of Markets Europe, Citi Ingo Mainert, CIO Multi Asset Core, & Member of the Board of Directors, Allianz Global Investors GmbH Marie-Claire Ouziel, Global Head of Bonds, Commerzbank Emmanuel Rolland, Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff, LCH SA
10:25	Keynote
10:35	Keynote: Trump 2.0 - Domestic and Foreign Policy Priorities and Geopolitical Implications Charles Myers, Chairman and Founder, Signum Global
10:45	Break
11:10	Keynote Professor Dr. Ralph Alexander Lorz, the Finance Minister of Hesse, Germany
11:20	How is the trading picture for fixed income evolving? Moderator: Laurie McAughtry, Head of Capital Markets, Euromoney Alberto Martín Jusdado, Head of Business Development, Electronic Trading Solutions, valantic FSA Kate Finlayson, Managing Director, FICC Market Structure & Liquidity Strategy, J.P. Morgan Melvyn Merran, Managing Director, EMEA Fixed Income Quantitative Trading, Jefferies International Pauli Mortensen, Global Co-Head of Fixed Income Trading, Market Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Keynote Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank
13:10	Bridging the financing gap: the role of private credit markets Moderator: Andy Hill, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA Paolo Grassi, Head of Leveraged Finance EMEA, Global Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Damien Guichard, Head of European Private Credit, Allianz Global Investors Ruth Yang, Managing Director & Global Head of Private Market Analytics, S&P Global Ratings
13:40	How to create effective securitisation markets Moderator: Andrew Bryan, Knowledge Director, Global Structured and Derivatives Group, Clifford Chance John Millward, Managing Director, Structured Finance Group, HSBC Janet Oram, Head of Asset Backed Securities, Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd Flávia Palacios, Chief Executive, Opea and Member of the Board of Directors, ANBIMA Avisha Sookhee, Director, Alternative Credit Europe Product Development, DWS Alternatives Global Ltd
14:20	Keynote: The Innovation Imperative - Transforming European Capital Markets Dr. Stephanie Eckermann, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Börse Group
14:30	Break
15:00	Concurrent sessions
	Innovations in issuance - the pioneering efforts of SSAs to increase capacity, including sustainable, digital and outcome bonds Meridian Hall, Level 2 Moderator: Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Tom Ceusters, Director, Capital Markets and Investments, IFC Dr. Tammo Diemer, Managing Director, German Finance Agency (Deutsche Finanzagentur) Jessica Pulay, Chief Executive Officer, UK Debt Management Office Nobuki Sato, Director, Debt Management Policy Division, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan Omar Seifani, Treasurer, African Development Bank Group
	The state and future prospect for the repo market Mistral Room, Level 2 Moderator: Gareth Allen, Managing Director, Global Head Investment and Execution, Head of Repo Trading - Group Treasury, UBS Charlie Badran, Head of AXA Financing, AXA Investment Managers Amanda Butavand, Head of Short Term Markets Sales Europe, Crédit Agricole CIB Sabine Farhat, Head of Securities Finance Product Management, Murex Frank Gast, Managing Director, Member of the Management Board, Eurex Repo Michel Semaan, Global Head of LCH RepoClear, LSEG Post Trade
15:40	Transfer to sessions
15:45	Concurrent sessions
	The future of primary debt markets - striking the balance between vision & reality Meridian Hall, Level 2 Moderator: Armin Peter, Capital Markets Transformation Advisor Tim Armbruster, Group Treasurer and Head of Financial Markets, KfW Adam Bothamley, Global Head of Debt Capital Markets, HSBC Christoph Hock, Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets, Union Investment Audrey Metzger, Director, Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France Glenda So, Head of Platform & Market Structure Development, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
	Mobilising savings and investments: A catalyst for innovation, digital transformation and transition to net zero amid high government debt Mistral Room, Level 2 Moderator: William Wright, Founder and Managing Director, New Financial Laurence Caron-Habib, Head of Public Affairs, BNP Paribas Asset Management Dr. Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, Head of Strategy & Advice, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management Daniel Murray, Deputy CIO & Global Head of Research, EFG AM Elisabeth Ottawa, Head of Public Policy Europe, Schroders Rudolf Siebel, Managing Director, BVI
16:25	Transfer to plenary
Meridian Hall, Level 2
16:30	Headwinds and tailwinds shaping the sustainable finance market Moderator: Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA Jenny Bofinger-Schuster, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), IFRS Foundation Grover Burthey, Head of ESG Portfolio Management, PIMCO Shinichi Kihara, Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Anjuli Pandit, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Bonds, EMEA & Americas, HSBC Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director, Securities Supervision/Asset Management, BaFin
17:10	Keynote Dr. Sabine Mauderer, First Deputy Governor and Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
17:20	Closing remarks Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA
17:25	Close of first day
18:30 - 19:30	ICMA German Regional Committee reception (by invitation only) hosted by KfW Palmengartenstraße 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
19:30	Gala reception Gesellschaftshaus Palmengarten

*The conference programme may be subject to change

Friday June 6, 2025
ICMA Annual Conference KAP Europa Messe Frankfurt Osloer Str. 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
09:00	Exhibition open Horizont Hall, Level 4
Conference Meridian Hall, Level 2
09:30	Keynote Dr. Melanie Garson, Associate Professor, International Security, University College London
09:40	The AI revolution and its impact on the bond markets Moderator: Etay Katz, Partner and Head of Digital Assets & Financial Innovation, Ashurst Santiago Braje, Senior Portfolio Manager, PGGM Vincent Gusdorf, Associate Managing Director and Head of AI Analytics and Digital Finance Research, Moody’s Ratings Nini Nguyen, Head of Capital Markets Operations, World Bank Treasury Emily Prince, Group Head of Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group
10:20	Digital transformation of capital markets: where do we stand? Thorben Lüthge, CFA, Head of Markets and Managing Director, DekaBank – Deutsche Girozentrale Henriette Koegel, Head of Capital Markets, Siemens AG
10:40	Break
10:40 - 11:20	Closed-door roundtable on “Climate Transition Finance in Japan and the Next Steps to Decarbonization” Organised by The Japan Securities Dealers Association (by invitation only) Passat Room, Level 1 Shinichi Kihara, Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Hideki Takada, Director (Finance and Sustainability), GX Acceleration Agency Nobuki Sato, Director of Debt Management Policy Division, Financial Bureau at the Ministry of Finance Japan Reiko Hayashi, Member of the ICMA Board, Director and Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Motonobu Matsuo, Chief Operating Officer for the Securities Strategy Board, Japan Securities Dealers Association Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA To express your interest in attending this session, please contact Hiromasa (Hiro) Oda at Japan Securities Dealers Association at h_oda@wan.jsda.or.jp for an invitation.
11:10	Keynote Samaila Zubairu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Africa Finance Corporation
11:20	In conversation Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA Rodrigo Buenaventura, Secretary General, IOSCO
11:35	Developing bond markets in emerging economies Moderator: Natalie Westerbarkey, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA Philip Buyskes, Chief Executive Officer, Frontclear Management B.V. Banji Fehintola, Executive Board Member and Head of Financial Services, Africa Finance Corporation Additional speakers to be announced
12:15	Building Resilience in the working environment Moderator: Shruti Ajitsaria, Head of Fuse, A&O Shearman Nana Darko, Managing Director and Legal Transactions Counsel, BlackRock Brian Heyworth, Managing Partner and CEO, Lansdowne Partner Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director, Head of Fintech & Digitalisation, ICMA Janie Mines, SVP Inclusion & Innovation, Academy Securities Adeep Segkar, Global Head of Commercial, Innovation and Technology Legal, Managing Director, Barclays
13:00	Keynote: Geopolitics in the Age of AI Professor Simon Johnson, Head of the Global Economics and Management group and Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management; Chair, Systemic Risk Council, CFA Institute 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences
13:10	Closing remarks Bryan Pascoe, Chief Executive, ICMA
13.15	Networking lunch
14.30	Close of conference

*The conference programme may be subject to change

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