Day One | October 27
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8:00
Breakfast and Networking
8:50
Chair’s Opening Remark’s
9:00
KEYNOTE – TITANS OF BALANCE SHEET
Panel Discussion: Understanding the views from senior executives on the current balance sheet management experience in an unstable landscape
Key topics
- Looking at a top down view of how organizations are currently maintaining balance sheet resilience and long-term funding in an unpredictable world
- Evaluating how leading organizations are optimizing liquidity, leverage, and capital structure while maintaining flexibility under stress scenarios
- Understanding the evolving relationship between treasury, CFOs, and the board in shaping strategic balance sheet decisions
- Challenging traditional approaches by examining how innovation, data, and scenario planning are transforming balance sheet management
 | Peter Cai,Chief Market & Treasury Risk Officer,KeyBank |
9:45
KEYNOTE – THE JOURNEY TO TREASURER
Panel Discussion: Advising the best practices for those looking to take on a Treasurer role, how teams should be shaped, and how to make the best use of talent for successful risk management
Key topics
- Exploring individual career journeys and the different pathways taken to hold the Treasurer seat
- Identifying the key qualities senior board members look for when hiring and developing new talent
- Revealing the top tips for those preparing to take on a treasurer seat, including how to: improve leadership presence, enhance stakeholder engagement and perfect strategic decision-making in a complex risk landscape
- Defining what a ‘good’ treasury team looks like across all business lines
- Outlining the scalability of your treasury team, looking at how much teams need to grow in size with business growth
 | Bob Gei,Regional Treasurer & Managing Director,Bank of America |
10:30
Morning Refreshment and Networking Break
11:00
INTEREST RATE RISK
FIRESIDE CHAT: Managing asset-liability mismatches, valuation pressures, and funding costs amid uncertainty
Key topics
- Evaluating how wide asset-liability mismatches can be in an environment of heightened rate uncertainty
- Analyzing uneven IRRBB exposure driven by diverging interest rate curves across jurisdictions
- Anticipating borrower behavior shifts in mortgages and fixed-rate portfolios if rates move unexpectedly
- Examining unrealized losses on securities portfolios and revisiting lessons from SVB
- Ensuring investment portfolio positioning reflects the institution’s risk appetite
- Tracking elevated funding costs and identifying when net interest margin (NIM) pressures may ease
 | Rob Demilio, Head of Interest Rate Risk and CFO Price Risk, Bank of America |
11:35
IMPLEMENTING AI
Embedding AI in Treasury & ALM Workflows: Moving from Hype to Daily Value
Key topics
- Learning the requirements to embed explainable AI into daily Treasury and ALM workflows without compromising regulatory confidence, auditability, or human oversight.
- Discovering how natural-language ALM agents provide seamless access to financial and regulatory data, accelerating analysis and reducing operational effort.
- Automating high-effort Treasury and ALM processes using trained AI algorithms that dynamically adapt to market conditions.
 | MiraiRiskTech |
12:10
Lunch Break and Round Table Discussions
1:10
CONSTRAINTS AND LEVERS OF BALANCE SHEET OPTIMIZATION
Exploring the key pressures, priorities, and strategic trade-offs shaping modern balance sheet management across liquidity, capital, and interest rate risk
Key topics
- Examining the primary constraints and optimization levers influencing balance sheet strategy, supported by audience polling on institutional priorities and areas of focus
- Assessing the evolving challenges surrounding liquidity, capital, and interest rate risk through interactive discussion, live feedback, and expert panel perspectives
- Evaluating the potential role of AI in addressing optimization challenges and enhancing future balance sheet decision-making capabilities
 | Christina Victor,Executive Director – Capital & Balance Sheet Management,SMBC |
 | Jem Solomon,Head of Balance and Income Analytics,Wells Fargo |
1:55
THE US AND GLOBAL REGULATORY LANDSCAPE
Panel Discussion: Reviewing the current and upcoming regulatory changes affecting treasury & balance sheet management
Key topics
- Analyzing the current global regulatory landscape and defining the context for the USA’s current position
- Reviewing the impact deregulation has had on financial institutions halfway into the election cycle
- Looking towards upcoming reforms in liquidity, tailoring and operational modeling, and how banks should prepare to meet and manage new requirements
2:40
BASEL ENDGAME IMPLEMENTATION
Navigating the 2026 reforms, capital optimization, and strategic balance sheet positioning
Key topics
- Analyzing key 2026 Basel III reform changes across RWA methodology, credit risk weights, and operational risk frameworks
- Examining comment period outcomes and areas where US banks successfully negotiated further regulatory adjustments
- Assessing US divergence from other jurisdictions’ Basel standards and the resulting competitive advantages for domestic institutions – could it cause other jurisdictions to revisit their implemented standards?
- Differentiating balance sheet strategies across GSIBs, regional banks, and foreign institutions while balancing resilience and strategic risk
 | Ryan Hergrueter,Head of Balance Sheet & Capital Management,BNY |
3:15
Afternoon Break and Networking
3:45
CAPITAL EFFICIENCY AND RETURNS STRATEGY
Panel Discussion: Outlining best practices for maximizing return on capital to effectively drive growth
Key topics
- Defining optimal profitability metrics and allocating excess capital across buybacks, lending growth, and new business lines
- Reforming balance sheet management practices to ensure long-term balance sheet health
- Optimizing the leverage ratio to enhance results from the capital efficiency equation
- Analyzing the positive impacts from diversifying portfolios and best ways to manage this effectively
 | Luke Makai,Executive Director,SMBC |
 | Jennifer Imler,Head of Balance Sheet Advisory,Truist |
4:20
IMPACT OF STABLECOINS AND DIGITALIZATION
Panel Discussion: Explaining the future impact of stablecoins and digitalization on balance sheet management
Key topics
- Predicting the future direction of stablecoins, tokenized assets/liabilities and digital currencies and how they will impact deposit strategy
- Analyzing the risk these alternatives have of drawing funds away from bank deposits due to their less regulated position
- Looking at how digitalization will significantly increase the speed of financial flows and how banks can stay ahead of this technology shift to reduce capital, rate and liquidity risk
- Understanding how banks should be progressing with the new wave of digitalization
5:05
Chair’s Closing Remarks
5:20
Networking Drinks Reception
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