Speaking at a press conference held in Dubai to announce Channels 2005, Barth de Ridder, Channels Summit Director of IIR Conferences, confirmed that an unrivalled line-up of over 75 senior bankers, financiers and technology specialists from leading regional and international financial institutions will address a range of key banking and finance issues at Channels 2005, the global banking strategy summit being held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Dubai on 6 – 9 February 2005. The four-day event will include two conferences, interactive workshops and an exhibition. The event is sponsored by Headline Sponsor: Visa International; Gold Sponsors: HP; Sun Microsystems; Avaya, and Silver Sponsor: Comsec.
Channels 2005 will open with a Guru Summit Day, bringing together some of the world’s leading authorities on financial services, who will examine the challenges of growth and strategic development of global banking and financial services. Don Peppers, recognised for over a decade as one of the world’s leading authorities on customer-focused strategies and a leading innovator in the field of CRM technology, will lead a half day seminar, Strategy + Technology = Competitive Edge Strategies exploring paths to success in challenging environments.
The two-day Strategy @ Channels conference, held on February 7th and 8th 2005, will follow three general streams: Regulatory and Compliance Challenges, Sustainable Growth and Customer Centricity and Marketing, providing delegates with in-depth exploration of a stunning range of critical subjects from risk management and preventing fraud to multi-channel integration and Islamic Finance. These two main conference days will provide delegates with in-depth exploration of retail banking and its regulatory challenges, relationship management, bancassurance and driving measurable results among many other areas of interest.
