IFX Forum Events
The IFX Forum holds face-to-face meetings regularly, and its working groups and committees meet often via teleconference in the interim. Please note that while IFX Forum committee and working group meetings are closed to outsiders, interested companies are welcome to send representatives to face-to-face meetings prior to committing to IFX Forum membership. A meeting fee applies.
Click here for the face-to-face meeting schedule.
IFX Face-to-Face Meeting October 28-30 in Atlanta, GA
The IFX Forum Face-to-Face meeting in October will include meetings of Steering Committee, Architecture Committee, several Work Groups and all members meeting. Non-members, as always, are cordially invited to attend the meeting to "test drive" Forum activities before joining.
The IFX Forum Face-to-Face meeting in October will include meetings of Steering Committee, Architecture Committee, several Work Groups and all members meeting. Non-members, as always, are cordially invited to attend the meeting to "test drive" Forum activities before joining.
Click here for the face-to-face meeting schedule.
Joint IFX Forum-BIAN Webinar, December 16, 2013
Free webinar held December 16, 2013, "Implementing BIAN Service Domains Using the IFX Business Message Specification" -- learn more and download the podcast here.
Industry Events
Members of the IFX Forum are active in industry conferences and trade shows, and assist the Forum's efforts to promote adoption of the IFX standard during their participation in these events.
In addition, the Forum itself participates directly in relevant conferences on standards development. For example, the Forum's President, Richard P. Urban, has regularly been a delegate to the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) periodic Open Forum for Standards Developers.
The Forum also participates in the financial forum SIBOS, held in various locations around the world. A session delivered by IFX President Richard Urban at a prior event covered the following content.
Session description:
IFX Forum will present a synopsis of the standard IFX architecture and highlight its interoperability with various corporate and international standards. IFX Forum has a long-standing commitment to interoperability in the standards community, exemplified by serving as a founding member of the IST Harmonization effort that resulted in the ISO 20022 payments messages. IFX was the first standard to implement those messages and IFX continues to host and participate in TC68 to extend that support. IFX also has formal Memoranda of Understanding with EACT (European Associations of Corporate Treasurers) in connection with its CAST effort, with Acord in the insurance industry and with X12F in the