08:15 AM Registration and coffee.
09:00 AM Opening remarks:
Mr. Gagik Zakarian.
Rt. Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick.
Session One: Economic impact of money transfers.
09:15 AM Mr. Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist, World Bank.
Global Migration movements 2006.
Remittance Impact on developing economies.
  Mr. Ronald Sipat, General Manager National Bank of Philippines.
  Mr. Leon Isaacs, Director, Coinstar.
Session Two: New Migrations from Russia and the CIS countries.
10:15 AM

Introduction: Mr. Garegin Tosunian, President, Association of Russian Banks.
  Mr. Alexei Savatugin, Russian Deputy Finance Minister.
Russian perspective on a rapidly growing market.
11:00 AM Mr. Viktor Zubkov, Head of Russian Financial Monitoring Federal Service.
Russian economic policy impact on money transfer market.
11:15 AM COFFEE
Session three: Impact of the European Payment Services Directive.
11:30 AM Dr. Mary-Patricia Azevedo, Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President of The Western Union Company.
Are the European Payment Services Directives a help or a hindrance?
  Mr. Tom Kokkola, International Dept. European Central Bank.
A guide through the European Payment Services Directive 2007.
12:30 AM LUNCH.
Session Four: New Technologies in money transfers.
1:30  PM

Transforming the remittance landscape through innovative use of technology.

Dr. Thea Sabri, CEO Electronic Money Transmitters Association
Mr. Robert Caplehorn, PAYPAL.
Mr. Dan Starr, Executive Vice-President, Neteller.
Mr. Diarmuid Mallon, Senior Product Manager, Mobile 365.
Mr. Deepak Varghese, Head for retail and private banking for ICICI Bank UK Ltd.
2:10 PM

New pathways to money transfers.

Mr. Michael Whyte, Director, SWIFT.
Mr. Nick Dunlop, Commercial Director, Earthport.
Mr. Henrik Parl, CEO, EuroGiro.
2:50 PM Mr. Souren Hayriyan, CEO, Unistream.
3:00 PM TEA
Session Five: Compliance.
3:20 PM

Mr. David Armond, Deputy Executive Director, Serious and Organised Crime Agency SOCA.

Are we a soft target for money laundering?
3:45 PM

US Treasury Secretary Poulson message.
Mr. Adam Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of the Treasury.
What steps can be taken to revise Patriot Act and ease burden on money transfers?
4:30 PM

Mr. Andrei Joosten, Senior manager, Corporate Finance, Deloitte.
Merging and acquisition in the Money Transfer Market.
4:45 PM

Money Service Business response.

Mr. Ezra Levine, Partner Howrey, LLP, Counsel to the US Money Services Round Table.
Mr. Mohammed Galadari, Chairman, Khaleej Times.
Session Six: UK Government
5:30 PM Mr. Gareth Thomas, MP Under Parliamentary Secretary of State, Department of International Development.
Facilitating the smooth operation of  money transfers.
6:00 PM SUMMARY: Rt. Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick
7:30 PM RECEPTION
8:15 PM

GALA DINNER
Presided over by Lord Lamont

Keynote Address: Mr. Jack Jared, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services,
A global banking perspective of the remittance and money transfer market.

Concluding remarks

Lady Olga Maitland,
CEO, International Association of Money Transfer Networks.