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09-11 June 2027

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We are pleased to announce that the 59th edition of ICMA’s Annual General Meeting & Conference will be held from June 9 to 11 in Milan, Italy.

The AGM will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 9, followed by the welcome reception later that evening. The conference will take place on Thursday, 10 and Friday, 11 June, providing a day and a half of keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and networking.

We look forward to building on the success of the most recent AGM in London which attracted over 1,300 senior public sector officials, bankers, investors, market infrastructure providers and lawyers active in the cross-border bond markets, as well as academics and journalists.

Registration will open in February 2027.

For sponsorship, please contact sponsorship@icmagroup.org.

For speaking opportunities and general event enquiries, please contact events@icmagroup.org.

Photos from the 58^th ICMA Annual General Meeting & Conference:

Networking & Exhibition

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Annual General Meeting & Panel Featuring Chairs of ICMA Committees

ICMA Future Leaders networking reception

Welcome Reception

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Day 1 - Conference

Side sessions:

Breakfast session 1: Accelerating progression: Top career hacks from senior leaders

Breakfast session 2: Capital in transition: What the transition economy means for finance, hosted by Swiss Re

Breakfast session 3: Buy-side only think tank: Innovation across ETFs, agentic AI in fixed income markets & private markets

AI governance in fixed income surveillance: From model risk to regulator examination readiness, hosted by Behavox

Strengthening securitisation through regulation and beyond

Complex bond calculations, hosted by ConvEx

Private markets and private capital: The new markets ecosystem

ICMA Women's Network reception

Gala Reception

Friday, 29 May 2026

Day 2 - Conference

Wednesday, May 27

Spotlight on ICMA’s activities in the international capital markets

Thursday, May 28

Accelerating progression: Top career hacks from senior leaders

Keynote - The resilience of the gilt repo market

Global financial markets at a turning point: geopolitical risk, markets, and capital flows

Keynote - America first and imperialism: Understanding the new geopolitical order

Insights from Washington and impact for Europe

Keynote - Europe’s integration moment - The market architecture agenda

The future of fixed income markets

The buy-side trading desk: navigating liquidity, technology and execution

Keynote - The perfect AI storm

AI, tokenisation and digital money: What’s the next frontier for capital markets

Repo markets in transition: Resilience, clearing and the road ahead

Strengthening securitisation through regulation and beyond

Scaling up the European CP Market

Keynote - Verena Ross, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority

Friday, May 29

Keynote - Reviving growth in Europe

Driving growth and competitiveness: The role of regulation and fixed income markets

Keynote - Financing the transition

Keynote - Japan’s approach to GX and transition finance

Financing the entire transition: How sustainable bond markets are evolving

Sustainability in a new world order

Unlocking capital: Advancing bond markets globally

Instant, global and always-on: who are the winners and losers in the new capital market infrastructure?

Keynote - Leadership lessons

Keynote - Global competition and the no rules world order

If AI can do most white-collar jobs in 18 months - What comes next?

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting

Download the Minutes of the ICMA Annual General Meeting, held in London on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (ICMA members only).

Cyril Demaria-Bengochéa, Managing Director, Senior Advisor, Head of Private Markets Strategy, Julius Baer & Anita Karppi, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA

Jason Warr, Global Head of ETF Markets, BlackRock & Anita Karppi, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA

Janina Marks, Head of Sales and Business Development – Derivatives & Clearing, Euronext & Aman Gill, Associate, Market Practice & Regulatory Policy at ICMA

Elisabeth Ottawa, Head of Public Policy Europe, Schroders & Yannig Loyer, Global Head of Markets & Liquidity Solutions, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Pablo Portugal, Steering Committee Member, Regulatory Policy Committee & Senior Director, Public Affairs, Euroclear & Nina Suhaib-Wolf, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA

Agnes Gourc, Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, BNP Paribas & Nicholas Pfaff, Deputy CEO and Head of Sustainable Finance, ICMA

John Flint M. Flint CBE, Former Group Chief Executive of HSBC and former Chief Executive of the National Wealth Fund & Georgina Jarratt, Managing Director and Head of FinTech & Digitalisation, ICMA

Simon Walls, Executive Director of Markets, UK Financial Conduct Authority & Andy Hill, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA

Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Columbia University; Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Climate School & Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, ICMA

Shruti Ajitsaria, Partner and Head of Fuse, A&O Shearman & Emma Thomas, Associate Director, FinTech & Digitalisation Team, ICMA

Dr. Jakub Michalik, Chief Policy Officer & Member of the Executive Committee, Euronext & Natalie Westerbarkey, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA

Katie Martin, Markets Columnist and Member of the Financial Times Editorial Board, Bea Martin, Member of the Group Executive Board, Group Chief Operating Officer and President, UBS EMEA & Souad Benkredda, Member of the Group Management Board, DZ BANK AG

Dr. Arthur Krebbers, Head of Corporate Climate and ESG Capital Markets, NatWest Commercial and Institutional & Katie Kelly, Senior Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, ICMA