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Chapter Regulatory Developments: Regulatory requirements and business decision impact
Presenters:
Birgit Rutishauser: Head of Risk Management Insurance – Finma
Patricio Verdieri: CRO Zurich Switzerland & ZLIC – Zürich Insurance Group
Moderator & Panelist:
Xandra Farkas: Senior actuarial consultant – AON
Anton Seidel: Senior Regulatory Officer – SwissRe
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Risk Appetite Framework Session 3: Risk Management in Private Banking
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Bernhard Hodler: CEO, Julius Baer
Heinz Rubin: managing partner, zeb.Switzerland
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Stormy waters or calm seas ahead? – macroeconomic outlook in a time of uncertainty
Presenters:
Dr. Fritz Zurbrügg: Vice Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
Professor Sir Charles Bean: London School of Economics
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Investment Risk Management – What is best practice?
Keynote Speaker:
Andreas Hogg: Head Risk, Finance & Services, Member of the Executive Committee at Swisscanto Fondsleitung AG
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FinTech Session 2: Smart contracts and the impact on the (fintech) value chain
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Robert William Allen: Founder at Coin Cube LLC
Samuel Meyer: Chief Marketing Officer Deon Digital
Robert Ruttmann: Founder Redesigning Financial Service, University St. Gallen

Operational Risk Session 4: Cyber Risk
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Alain Beuchat: Group Information Security Officer, Managing Director at UBS
Ivo Hoppler: Managing Director at Stroz Friedberg, LLC & GmbH
Klaus Julisch: Partner Cyber Risk Services at Deloitte Switzerland
Thomas Koch: Chief Security Office at SIX Group Switzerland
Michael Landolt: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Swiss Universal Bank at Credit Suisse
Andreas Suberg: Global Head of Information and Transformation Risk at Zurich Insurance Company
Tom Schmidt: Partner EY, Leader Cybersecurity Switzerland | EMEIA Financial Services Advisor

Stress Testing and Scenario Generation Session 3: Stress testing from Banking to Insurance: differences, similarities, challenges
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Dr. Martin Bardenhewer: Head Financial Institutions & Multinationals at Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)
Dr. Gerold Studer: Senior executive consultant at Munich Re Group in Zurich (NewRe)

Machine Learning Applications in Risk Management and Compliance
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Marc Ryser: Partner at EY, EMEIA Financial Services Advisory – Risk
facilitated by Boris Hohl: Executive Director at EY, FS Risk, Head of Risk Analytics
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Chapter Model Risk: Model risk management in the age of digital analytics and machine learning
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Marianne Hänggi, Head Commercial Insurance Financial Lines Underwriting, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Dr. Karl Ruloff, Senior Manager at EY

Chapter Regulatory Developments: Regulatory Developments in FinTech arena
Presenters, Panelists, Moderator:
Stefan Bürge: Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
Jon Frost: Member of the Secretariat, Financial Stability Board (BIS, Basel)
Ingo Rauser: Senior Partner at Capco
Philipp Schneider: Co-founder and managing partner at creditworld
Stephan Zimmermann: Partner and General Counsel at CreditGate24

Chapter Risk Appetite Framework: Economic Risk Measures to support Risk Appetite
Presenters, Panelists, Moderator:
Katja Pluto: Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Thomas Thym: UBS Risk Methodology

Operational Risk Session 3: Risk Transfer
Presenters, Panelists, Moderator:
Markus Mende: Chairman of the Board at Aon Switzerland
Roy Baumann: Director Innovative Risk Solutions at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Christian La Fontaine: Cyber risk underwriter at Zurich Insurance company

Artificial Intelligence – The next revolution without options
Moderator, Presenters, Panelists:
Grace Brasington: Vice President at IBM
Frank Luijckx: CEO and co-founder of 4th-IR
David Moschella: Research Fellow at Leading Edge Forum
Martin Möller: Digital Transformation Principal for Banking & Finance at Microsoft
Robert Saxby: Big Data Product Specialist at Google Cloud
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FinTech – Session 1: In search of a definition.
Presenters, Panelists, Moderator:
Anders Christensen: Senior Manager at Accenture Strategy
John Hucker: President at Swiss Finance + Technology Association
Roland Rüttimann: Managing Partner at CB Financial Services
Christine Schmid: Global Head Equity and Credit Research at Credit Suisse
Arthur Vayloyan: Member of the Executive Board, Head Products and Services at Falcon Private Bank
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Risk Governance – Enterprise Risk Management: What does good look like?
Keynote Speaker: Helen Campbell: KPMG, Partner
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Stress Testing – Session 2: Risk parity – The Road to Stress Testing Success
Presenters, Panelists, Moderator:
André Fässler & Raj Udeshi: Hidden Levers
Simon Grimm: zeb, Partner
Pascal Roth: Trestle Group, Managing Partner

Member Party
First member party with drinks, food and music by DJ Enrico Lenardis in Seebad Enge.

Model Risk – Session 3: Use of internal models and model risk mitigation
Presenters:
Adam Remo: OG Research, Director and developer forecasting and policy analysis systems
Patrick Schüepp: Credit Suisse, Managing Director, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Swiss Universal Bank
Lutz Wilhelmy: SwissRe, Head Group Regulatory Risk Management
11. April 2017 – Chapter event

Risk Appetite Frameworks – Session 1: Implementing Risk Appetite: Developments and Challenges
Presenters, Panelists, Moderators:
Patricia Jackson: Ernst & Young, Senior Advisor
Daniel Martin: Ernst & Young, Partner
Pieter Klaassen: UBS, Managing Director, SRA Boardmember
20. March 2017 – Chapter event

Regulatory Developments – Session 1: MiFID & FiDLEG
Presenters, Panelists, Moderators:
Beate Born: UBS, Global MiFID II Project Lead
Michael Bornhauser: Julius Baer, Head Legal Regulatory & Strategic Projects
Stephan Geiger: Ernst & Young, Executive Director
Glenn Hempel: EPAM, Head FS Business Consulting & WM Sector (Switzerland)
7. March 2017 – Swiss Risk Dinner event

FinTech
Elizabeth Lumley: Managing Director, Thought Leadership at Rainmaking
6. March 2017 – Chapter event

Operational Risk – Session 2: Risk Measurement and Management
Presenters, Panelists, Moderators:
Todd Cheney: UBS, Head of Conduct Risk, Framework and Capital Switzerland
Antonios Frangidis: Landis+Gyr, Head of Contract and Risk Management EMEA
Diethard Kaierseder: Swiss Re, Head Group Operational Risk
André Dylan Kohler: Ernst & Young, Partner
Markus Mende: AON Schweiz AG, Chairman of the Board
Jacob Waerness: Independent consultant
6. February 2017 – Swiss Risk Dinner event

Risk Appetite Frameworks
Clarity of risk appetite is of utmost importance in the pursuit of strategic goals. A risk appetite statement requires a concise formulation of strategy in terms of tangible risk and capital implications.
Dominic Rau: Swiss Re, Head of Risk Governance and Steering
30. January 2017 – Chapter event

Session 1: Stress Testing and Scenario Generation
Panel Discussion with:
Dr. Christian Capuano: FINMA, Head of Risk Management Department
Ondra Kamenik: OG Research, Partner
Dr. Pieter Klaassen: UBS, Managing Director
Dr. Boris Wälchli: University of Zurich
Moderated by Pascal Roth: Trestle Group, Managing Partner
Chapter Chair Prof. Dr. Erich Walter Farkas: University and ETH Zurich, SFI Faculty, Professor of Quantitative Finance
24. January 2017 – Chapter event

Session 2: Model Risk
Oliver Kaufmann: Ernst & Young, Executive Director
Alfred Künzle: Zurich Kantonal Bank, Head Audit Risk
Owen Matthews: Fintegral, Senior Manager
Peter Sohre: Swiss Re, Managing Director, Head of Group Risks and Analytics
Moderated by Anton Seidel: Swiss Re, Boardmember of Swiss Risk Association
16. January 2017 – Flagship event

Panel Discussion with the Chief Risk Officers of UBS and Credit Suisse
Dr. Christian Bluhm: UBS, Chief Risk Officer
Joachim Oechslin: Credit Suisse, Chief Risk Officer
Moderator: Prof. Dr. em. Martin C. Janssen Ecofin Group, Owner

Bitcoin & Blockchain – How does it work and what does it mean?
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katarina Adam University of Berlin
Dr. Jochen Dürr: SIX, Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Roman Polupanov: EPAM, Director of IT Delivery and Blockchain
Moderator: Sandro Schmid: AAAccell, Partner
16. November 2016 – Swiss Risk Dinner event

Scenario Analysis & Stress Testing
Valeriu Bajenaru: Credit Suisse, Global Head of Stress Testing and Risk Frameworks
14. November 2016 – Chapter event

Operational Risk Risk Identification
André Dylan Kohler: Ernst & Young, Partner
Markus Mende: AON Schweiz AG, Chairman of the Board (CRO)
Meeting Facilitator: Katie Richards: UBS

Die Schweizer Armee als Instrument des Risikomanagements in der Schweiz – Bedrohungen und Antworten
KKdt André Blattmann Head of the Swiss Army
Organized in collaboration with the Swiss Finance Institute.

Digital Risk Management – Are you ready?
Andres Wohler: United Security Providers, Security-Consultant

Mini-Conference on Risk Management in Finance and Insurance
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Patrick Cheridito, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Steven Kou, National University of Singapore
Prof. Dr. Pawel Polak, Columbia University NY
Prof. Dr. Steven Ongena, University of Zurich
Dr. Pieter Klaassen, UBS
Dr. Alexandre Kurth, FINMA
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breymann, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Dr. René Schnieper, Former Head Division Insurance, FINMA
Hieronymus Dormann, Partner, Head Segment Insurance, KPMG Switzerland
Dr. Michel Dacorogna, Former Scientific Advisor to the President, SCOR
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas, Professor at University and ETH Zurich
After Work Drinks – Meet informally in a relaxing atmosphere with other Risk Professionals
organized in collaboration with ENJOY events.
12. September 2016 – Chapter event

Model Risk– First Chapter meeting: “What is Model Risk?”
Manfred Plank UBS, COO of CRO
Philipp Fasnacht: CS, Head Model Risk Management CH
Meeting Facilitator: Owen Matthews: Fintegral, Senior Manager
4. July 2016 – Swiss Risk Dinner event

Model Risk – Implications for governance and risk management
Keith Garbutt: Credit Suisse, Global Head of Model Validation
Jason Forrester: Credit Suisse, Global Head of Enterprise Risk Management
After Work Drinks – Meet informally in a relaxing atmosphere with other Risk Professionals
organized in collaboration with ENJOY events.
After Work Drinks – Meet informally in a relaxing atmosphere with other Risk Professionals
organized in collaboration with ENJOY events.
21. March 2016 – Swiss Risk Dinner event

Beyond data – Turning tomorrow’s risks into opportunities.
Jayne Plunkett: SwissRe, Member of Reinsurance EC, Division Head Casualty
After Work Drinks – Meet informally in a relaxing atmosphere with other Risk Professionals
organized in collaboration with ENJOY events.
2. February 2016 – Flagship event

Finanzplatz Schweiz – Risiken und Herausforderungen 2016
Christine Novakovic: UBS, Head Corporate & Institutional Clients and Investment Bank Switzerland, Group Managing Director
Barend Fruithof: Julius Bär, Head Region Switzerland & Global Custody, Member of the Executive Board Director
Moderator: Andrin Bernet: PwC, Partner
Organized in collaboration with the Swiss Finance Institute.

Quantitative Risk Management
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Martin Larsson, ETH Zurich
Sebastian Herrmann, ETH Zurich
Dr. Philipp Arbenz, Risk Manager, SCOR
Prof. Dr. Michael Koller, ETH Zürich & Group Risk Director, Prudential Assurance
Dr. Roman Muraviev, Executive Director, Twelve Capital
Dr. Peter Giger, Deputy CEO & Head Insurance Division, FINMA
A. J. McNeil, R. Frey, P. Embrechts, Authors “Quantitative Risk Management”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Walter Farkas, Professor at University and ETH Zurich

Risk Culture. A Continuing Journey.
David Cole: SwissRe, Group CFO
Organized in collaboration with the Swiss Finance Institute.
21. January 2015 – Flagship event

Risiken Finanzplatz Schweiz
Oswald J. Grübel: former CEO of UBS and Credit Suisse
Daniel Zuberbühler: former head of FINMA
Moderator: Martin Janssen: Owner Ecofin Group
Organized in collaboration with the Swiss Finance Institute.