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AECSD Forum

Date:
May 12-15th 2025
Place:
Moscow, Ararat Hyatt Hotel

Registration is closed, please contact the AECSD Secretariat – aecsd@aecsd.com

Organizer: NSD
Date: May 12-15th 2025
Place: Moscow, Ararat Hyatt Hotel

AECSD Forum includes an Extraordinary General Meeting of the AECSD and the AECSD Annual Training Seminar. Financial sector professionals, representatives of regulators and authorities will gather to discuss issues of cooperation between financial market infrastructure institutions, growth potential in emerging markets and the latest technologies for central depositories.

Program
(subject to change)
AECSD Forum
12-15 May 2025
Ararat Park Hotel Moscow, Sargsian Hall
Moscow, Russia

Monday (May 12, 2025) Extraordinary General Meeting

11.00 13.00

AECSD Extraordinary General Meeting
(AECSD members and observers only)
NSD Office, 12, Spartakovskaya Str., Moscow, Russia

18.45 – 19.00

Gathering of guests
Restaurant Conservatory, 10th floor of the Ararat Park Hotel Moscow

19.00 - 22.00

Welcome dinner
Restaurant Conservatory, 10th floor of the Ararat Park Hotel Moscow


Tuesday (May 13, 2025) Annual Training Seminar

09.00 10.00

Guest registration
Welcome coffee
Ararat Park Hotel Moscow, Sargsian Hall

10.00 – 10.30

Welcome remarks:

  • Central Bank of Russia
  • Dr. Ekrem Arikan, AECSD Chairman, CEO & Board Member, Merkezi Kayit Kurulusu A.S. (MKK)
  • Chairman of the Executive Board, National Settlement Depository (NSD)

10.30 – 11.30

 

Plenary Session
Eurasian Financial Market Infrastructures: Effective Cooperation for Mutual Prosperity

Moderator: Chairman of the Executive Board, NSD
Speakers:

  • Ms. Imelda Sebayang, Director of Finance and Administration, Member of the Board of Directors, KSEI
  • Dr. Konstantin Saroyan, Secretary General, Federation of Eurasian Capital Markets (FEAS)
  • Ms. Zarina Abitaeva, Managing Director, KCSD
  • Ms. Setenay YAGANOGLU, Director of Depository Services, MKK

Discussion questions:

  • Efficiency of post-trading infrastructure in the AECSD: models and functional architecture, standardization and harmonization.
  • Development of integration processes between FMIs in the AECSD
  • Challenges and Solutions

11.30 11.40

Family Photo

11.40 12.00

Coffee break

 

 

12.00 – 13.00

Panel discussion: Russian Financial Market

Moderator: Representative of Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Speakers:

  • Ms. Elena Kuritsina, Senior Managing Director for Interaction with Issuers and Authorities, MOEX
  • Mr. Denis Buryakov, Senior Managing Director for Corporate Business, NSD
  • Mr. Pavel Prass, General Director, INFINITUM Asset Services
  • Mr. Denis Shulakov, First Vise-President, Head of Capital Markets, Gazprombank

Discussion questions:

  • Russian financial market now
  • Plans for development
  • Innovations

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch

14.30 – 15.30

Presentation session (~10 minutes/speaker, max~5 speakers)

Topics: Mixed

Speakers:

  • Ms. Elizaveta Sedyakhina, Chief Product Manager, Corporate Depository Business, NSD (Russia)
  • Dr. Siavash Azimi, Director of International Relations & Corporate Secretary, CSDI (Iran)
  • Mr. Pavel Erykalov, Director, Data Services, NSD (Russia)
  • Mr. Roman Chernov, Executive Director, Russian National Association of Participants of Financial Communications (Rosfincom)
  • Mrs. Rachmi Maryda Ramyakim, Head of Assurance Division, KSEI (Indonesia)

15.30 – 16.00

Signing of Memoranda and other official events

16.00 – 17.00

Special guest: Mr. Alexander Misurkin, Hero of Russia, Cosmonaut Pilot

Space ambitions. Together we can achieve more!

17.00 – 17.30

Special guest: Mr. Alexander Misurkin, Hero of Russia, Cosmonaut Pilot

Q&A Session
Autograph and Photo Sessions

17.30 – 17.45

Completion of the first day of the Forum

18.00 – 19.00

Free time

19.00 – 22.00

Dinner, Restaurant Park, 2nd Floor, Ararat Park Hotel Moscow


Day 2 (May 14, 2025)

09.00 – 10.00

Guest registration
Welcome coffee
Ararat Park Hotel Moscow, Sargsian Hall

10.00 – 10.30

Keynote speaker
The World of Innovations
Speaker: Mr. Anton Guglya, General Director, QApp

10.30 – 11.30

Panel discussion: The Future Generation of Financial Market Infrastructure

Moderator: Mr. Konstantin Neradovsky, Head of Innovations, NSD
Speakers:

  • Mr. Viktor Birchuk, Head of Digital Assets, INFINITUM
  • Mr. Alexander Nam, Director of Blockchain Lab, Sber
  • Ms. Maria Cheremisina, Managing Director, Clearing, National Clearing Center (NCC, CCP of Russia)
  • Mr. Armen Shahnazaryan, Executive Director, EGAR Technologies

Discussion questions:

  • Modern Technologies - Before the Hype and Beyond. When is the Right Time to Implement?
  • The Edge of Efficiency: How to Find It?
  • Risks and Regulation of Innovative Technologies

 

11.30 12.00

Coffee break

12.00 – 12.30

Keynote speaker
Artificial Intelligence & Everyday Life
Speaker: Mr. Ivan Khaustov, CEO & Founder, Legium.X 

12.30 13.30

Panel discussion: Automated Post-trading

Moderator: Mr. Alexander Baulin, Journalist, ex-editor of the Forbes Technology
Speakers:

  • Mr. Kirill Tsverkun, CTO, Member of the Board, NSD
  • Mr. Alexander Chekanov, Chief IT Architecture, BellIntegrator
  • Ms. Maria Kulabukhova, Head of Business Development, Fintech, Yandex.Cloud
  • Ms. Nina Danilova, Chief Product Officer, KCSD

Discussion points:

  • Use of modern tools to improve the efficiency of central securities depository processes
  • Robotization
  • Cloud solutions

 

13.30 – 15.00

Lunch

15.00 – 16.00

Presentation session (~10 min/speaker, max~5 speakers)

Topics: mixed

Speakers:

  • Mr. Matthieu De Heering, Global Head of Business Development, Capital Markets, Montran [online]
  • Ms. Kanchan Sapkota, Head of Depository, CDS and Clearing Limited (Nepal)
  • Mr. Sergey Kuibeda, IT Architecture, KCSD (Kazakhstan)
  • Mr. Vishal Gupta, Deputy CTO, NSDL (India)
  • Mr. Mustafa AKGUN, Director of Investors and Corporate Governance Services Software Development Department, MKK [online]

16.00 – 16.30

Keynote speaker
Cyber Security
Speaker: Mr. Denis Kashcheev, Solution Architect, Kaspersky Lab

16.30 – 17.00

Closing remarks:

  • Chairman of the Executive Board, National Settlement Depository (NSD)
  • Dr. Ekrem Arikan, AECSD Chairman, CEO and Board Member of MKK
  • Mr. Arman Melkumyan, AECSD Secretary General

17.00 – 18.30

Free time

18.30

Departure of the 1st transfer to the gala dinner from Ararat Park Hotel Moscow

18.45

Departure of the 2nd transfer to the gala dinner from Ararat Park Hotel Moscow

19.00 23.00

Gala Dinner
Restaurant Matryoshka
Moscow, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, 2 / 1c6

22.30

Departure of the 1st transfer to Ararat Park Hotel Moscow

23.00

Departure of the 2nd transfer to Ararat Park Hotel Moscow


Thursday (
May 15, 2025)

10.00 – 10.15

Gathering of guests at the Ararat Park Hotel Moscow

10.30 13.00

Cultural Program
Saint Basil's Cathedral and State Historical Museum with a walk along Red Square
The Golden Pantry of the State Historical Museum

13.00 14.00

Networking Lunch, Polovtsian Courtyard, Historical Museum

14.00

End of the cultural program

The Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel https://araratparkhotel.ru/en/hotel/

Accommodation costs: 26 000 / 28 500 RUB per room per night for single/double occupancy.

Included services:

  • Breakfast
  • Access to the fitness room, swimming pool, sauna
  • Coffee, tea
  • Mineral water, fresh fruits
  • Wi-Fi

Booking method: email to the booking department reservation@araratph.ru - the code phrase "AECSD Seminar 2025".

Payment: prepayment of the first night at the time of booking

Free cancellation/change: 72 hours before check-in