Sibos week has finally arrived.</p> With a busy schedule ahead, you will need to keep your energy levels up as you work through the hundreds of conference sessions and exhibitor stands.</p> The Sibos Restaurant, located on Level 5, provides lunch with a view of Singapore’s stunning skyline. Between 12:00 and 14:00 each day you can choose between a buffet featuring Asian cuisine and an international set menu. Vegetarian options are also available.</p> Throughout the week, you can also enjoy a continental breakfast at the Sibos Restaurant between 07:30 and 09:00.</p> The health corners, sponsored by ICBC, are a new initiative for this year, where you can take a break and choose from a selection of healthy snacks and drinks – free for all delegates. Look out for the stations on each exhibition level, offering a comprehensive range of refreshments – including Fairtrade coffee and tea, smoothies, fresh fruit and local delicacies.</p> Stay on top of the agenda with Sibos Issues and Sibos TV</h3> The refreshed Sibos TV format looks ahead to each day, providing insight into the hottest topics on the agenda.</p> The full Sibos TV programme</a> is available through the Sibos App and on Sibos.com</p> Sibos Issues, the official daily newspaper, also previews the wide range of sessions, workshops and Big Issue Debates on offer during the week. You can pick up a copy at the venue or read online.</p> Join us for the opening plenary</h3> This year’s welcome address, starting at 14:00, will be delivered by Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Group, who will share his outlook on the global economy as well as discuss the challenges and opportunities in an age of digital disruption.</p> This will be followed by the SWIFT plenary, with Chairman of the Board Yawar Shah and CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt sharing their perspectives on the last 12 months, the industry challenges ahead, and SWIFT’s role in addressing them.</p> The conference begins</h3> The Innotribe programme starts today, and will explore the latest innovation trends in the industry. Millennials and women in finance play a central role.</p> Running today and tomorrow, the Market Infrastructures Forum looks at how the traditional strongholds of the industry are coping with growing challenges. How are they reshaping to meet the needs of their members?</p> The two-day Technology Forum also kicks off today, bringing together leaders from across the global IT and operations communities to discuss new ways to progress and safeguard your technology systems.</p> The week-long Securities and Payments streams contain sessions relevant to a wide range of industry professionals. With disruption gathering speed, what does the future payments landscape look like? And how are regulation and collateral management impacting the securities industry?</p> The Standards Forum begins its comprehensive programme, designed to facilitate discussion and collaboration around best practices – helping you to learn more about the benefits that standards can bring to your business.</p> Visit the SWIFT Auditorium to discover more about the latest solutions for the financial community, whilst the SWIFT stand will host some of the keenest academic minds in the world in a series of SWIFT Institute lectures.</p> Discover more with interactive notifications</h3> Look out for beacons around the venue that communicate and interact with the Sibos App when you are close by.</li> Make sure that you have Bluetooth switched on to receive further information about key features – such as the Art Walk.</li> If you get lost, you can even open the App at markers located across the venue to check your exact location on the interactive floor plan.</li> </ul>We wish you a successful and productive day ahead.</p> </p>