Agenda (Day 1) 2017

Felicity Keller, Barrister-at-Law, TEP, Managing Director, J. Stern & Co (Switzerland) AG and Co-Chair, Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation

Cecile Civiale-Vuillier, Senior Relationship Manager, ZEDRA Trust and Co-Chair, Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation

Cecile Civiale-Vuillier, Senior Relationship Manager, ZEDRA Trust and Co-Chair, Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation

Prof. Claude Nicollier, Member, Swiss Space Center

Hon. Prof., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

• Why would Switzerland still be attractive as a banking or business location in 2017 ?
• What are the relevant changes on the legal and compliance front ?
• Why would someone choose a Swiss trustee today ?
• What changes in the wealth industry are coming up in the next five years ?
• Which clientele finds Switzerland still attractive ?

Xavier Isaac, Head of Salamanca Group Trust & Fiduciary

Dr Ariel Sergio Goekmen, Executive Board Member, Schroder & Co Bank AG, Switzerland

Daniel Zappelli, Founding Partner, VSZ Law Firm

Kindly sponsored by Schroder & Co Bank AG

• Transparency for all about everything: the solution or a mirage ?
• Is it sound due diligence checking a register ?
• Today public trust registers... and what comes tomorrow ?
• OECD information exchange puts personal data security at risk ?
• Erosion of the right to keep our finances private is a step too far ?
• I'd put my money in a bank set up by Apple ?
• Does a public register bring any added value ?
• The public register - a tool for witch-hunts and criminals ?
• The right to privacy substituted by mis-interpreted transparecy ?

Natacha A. Polli, Founder, PAZ Consultants SA Geneva

Filippo Noseda, Co-Head Private Client Department, Withers (London)

H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, Chairman, Industrie- und Finanzkontor Ets., Wealth Preservation Experts

• Why are freeports so important in the art trade ?
• The non-extraterritorial status of freeports
• Cultural property law issues
• Customs law issues (new regulations in Switzerland as of 2016)
• Tax law issues

Prof. Marc-Andre Renold, Professor and Attorney-at-Law, Univertsity of Geneva

Dr. Marc Weber LL.M., TEP, Partner, LANTER

Kindly sponsored by Mirabaud & Cie SA

Kindly sponsored by Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd