As we set our sights on Sibos 2024 Beijing, here’s a look at how the conference theme, ‘Connecting the future of finance’, will shape this year’s event.</em></p> Our 2024 theme ‘Connecting the future of finance’</a> reflects this pivotal time for the financial services industry, where digital transformation is creating exciting opportunities and presenting significant challenges. The need for collaboration to build a resilient and inclusive financial ecosystem has never been greater.</p> The conference will feature hundreds of thought leaders from across the globe, sharing their insights across AI, digital currencies, tokenisation, ISO 20022, ESG, embedded finance, interoperability and compliance. These discussions will equip the Sibos community with the latest knowledge to successfully navigate the future of finance.</p> Participants can look forward to the return of conference favourites such as View from the Top, Inside Leadership, Big Issue Debates, Industry sessions, promising an in-depth and engaging programme.</p> Topics we’ll delve into include:</p> Banking & payments</strong>: Exploring the synergy between AI and ISO 20022, new developments in digital money, and the importance of collaboration and data sharing.</li>Securities</strong>: Discussing the benefits and potential pitfalls of fund tokenisation, catering for underserved sectors and digital natives, and the dynamics of emerging capital markets.</li>Trade</strong>: Addressing the trade data revolution and trade digitisation.</li>ESG</strong>: Tackling the critical issues across ESG, including climate change resilience and financial inclusion.</li>Corporates</strong>: Examining how banks can ensure their strategies remain relevant in the modern landscape.</li>Interoperability & compliance</strong>: Maintaining a seamlessly interconnected global financial ecosystem, while delivering faster and more transparent cross-border payments.</li>Technology & innovation</strong>: Focusing on AI in the fight against financial crime, the practicalities of generative AI deployment, and the overarching theme of digital transformation.</li></ul> Innotribe, our innovation focused ‘conference within a conference’ is also back, peering far into the future of finance with a look at the fifty-year horizon. The programme will cover everything from emerging technologies to governance and ethics, economics and prosperity, and the environment and climate.</p> Sibos 2024 Beijing is our first event in China’s capital, a city that embodies both financial and cultural dynamism. It’s the perfect setting for a week filled with insightful conference sessions and networking opportunities with peers from all corners of the world.</p> Sibos 2024 takes place in Beijing from 21 – 24 October. Register now</a> and follow us on X</a>, LinkedIn</a> and Instagram</a> for all the updates.</em></p> Please note all conference topics mentioned are subject to change. A full version of the programme and speaker lineup will be published in June.</em></p>