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DAY 2: THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2026

Session 5: Role of Liquidity in the Management of FX Reserves


SPEAKERS:


Ms. Lu Thi Thu Hien
Deputy Director General
Foreign Exchange Management Department
State Bank of Vietnam  



Investment Management Department
Central Bank of Sri Lanka 




Head of Foreign Exchange Reserves Management Division
Financial Markets Department
National Bank of Georgia



Mr. Matthew Nemeth
Director of Customer Account Services
Central Bank and International Account Services Markets Group
 Federal Reserve Bank of New York 




Head of Foreign Exchange Reserves Management
Directorate Money and Foreign Exchange Markets
Central Bank of Hungary
 



MODERATOR:


Assistant Treasurer
Treasury Services Division
Asian Development Bank


Session 6: A View from the Issuance Side


SPEAKERS:


Ms. Katina Kikitis
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Australian Office of Financial Management 




Ms. Lenaig Mallegol
Treasury Specialist
Funding Division
Asian Development Bank
 





Mr. Genki Sugawara
Deputy Director of Debt Management Policy Division
Financial Bureau
Ministry of Finance of Japan 




Ms. Sarah Fouqueray Carrick
 Deputy Head
Funding and Investor Relations
European Stability Mechanism 





MODERATOR:


Ms. Annie Lei Wang
Assistant Treasurer
Client Solutions Division
Asian Development Bank


Session 7: Internal Capacity Building and Resilient Reserve Management Institutions  


SPEAKER:


Mr. Heung Sik Choo
Former Director and Chief Investment Advisor
World Bank Treasury
Former Deputy Governor & Head of Reserve Management Group
Bank of Korea 




MODERATOR:


Mr. Deepak Taneja
Assistant Treasurer
Financial Policy and Planning Division

Asian Development Bank


Session 8: The Role of Gold in Reserve Management and Diversification


SPEAKERS:


Mr. Shaokai Fan
Head
Asia-Pacific (ex-China) and Global Head of Central Banks
World Gold Council




Mr. Erekle Tsivtsivadze
Deputy Head
Financial Markets Department
National Bank of Georgia 





MODERATOR:


Ms. Olimpia Henriques Da Silva
Senior Treasury Specialist
Financial Policy and Planning Division
Asian Development Bank


Session 9: Impact of Oil Prices on Central Bank Monetary Policy and Reserves Management


SPEAKER:


Mr. Matteo Lanzafame
Director
Economic Research and Development Impact Department
Asian Development Bank 




MODERATOR:


Mr. Anthony T. Ruschpler
Principal Treasury Specialist
Financial Policy and Planning Division
Asian Development Bank 


Session 10: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analytics


SPEAKERS:


Mr. Philip Dongsoo Hong
Senior Financial Officer
Partnerships and Engagements, Partnerships and Advisory Department
World Bank Group Treasury 




Ms. Anastasia Nasyrova
Senior Treasury Specialist
Treasury Quantitative Analysis Unit
Asian Development Bank 





MODERATOR:


Mr. Ian Storkey
Consultant
Asian Development Bank