Quick Reference

• BIC Codes

  BIC Code: BIC (Bank Identifier Code) codes are required by financial institutions to access the registration site for Virtual Sibos 2011. Each financial institution has a specific BIC code which can be obtained from the BIC Directory page on our website www.swift.com. To access the BIC Directory please click here.

  PIC Code: PIC (Partner Identifier Code) codes are required by SWIFT registered vendors (Solution, Business, Service and Network Partners) to access the registration site for Virtual Sibos 2011. If you do not know your PIC code, please contact sibos@delegate.com.

  If you do not have a BIC or PIC code, please use the Help button on the registration page for further assistance.

• Day Passes

  Day Passes will be available online from March, 2011.

  Please note that the Day Pass for Toronto 2011 will allow full access to the conference and exhibition at Sibos. Day passes are available at EUR 950 per day.

  The maximum number of day passes which can be purchased is two (excluding Friday). If you wish to attend for more than two days you will need to purchase a Week Long Participant Pass.

• Pricing

  A Week Long Participant Pass is EUR 2800 for access to the conference and exhibition.

  Day passes are available at EUR 950 per day with a limitation of two days per person. Day passes have access to the conference and the exhibition.

  The maximum number of day passes which can be purchased is two (excluding Friday). If you wish to attend for more than two days you will need to purchase a Week Long Participant Pass.

  A lunch pass is EUR 50 per day.

• Visas

  Passports and visas: planning is essential.

  When planning your visit to Sibos 2011, please allow plenty of time to investigate the visa requirements for Canada.

  Please use this link for advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including a list of those countries that do not need a visa to visit Canada:
  Visa information

  Please note that SWIFT will not provide invitation letters for visa purposes.

• CSR

  Offsetting: in order to reduce the environmental impact of Sibos 2011, SWIFT has decided to offset (compensate) the CO2 emitted by the travel of our staff, and offer delegates the possibility to offset their travel.

  SWIFT has partnered with MyClimate, an internationally-recognised carbon management company.

  A webpage is available on the Sibos website for more information.

  You will be asked if you are willing to participate during the registration process.

• Virtual Sibos

  Virtual Sibos is a communication and collaboration platform that replicates the venues and features of Sibos extending Sibos experience into an online community that provides an on demand archive of all of the presentations, debates, and sessions in an interactive, internet accessible forum. Virtual Sibos will be available as from September 26th for a period of 3 months and will open as a live event the 3rd week of October for 2 days to allow Sibos delegates to re-visit exhibitors and attend additional conference live sessions.