Event Details:

HYBRID Event
6 – 10 July 2026 ǀ Sapporo, Japan

Registration:

This event is by invitation only. Registration will be closed by COB 30 June 2026. For Inquiry, please send an email to:

• ABMF - 46th ABMF Meeting and related events: Ms. Sheila Sombillo, ssombillo.consultant@adb.org
• CSIF - 35th CSIF Meeting: Ms. Yvonne Osonia, yosonia.consultant@adb.org
• XBRL Asia Round Table 2026: Ms. Revathy Ramanan, revathy.ramanan@xbrl.org

Overview

The 46^th ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) Meeting and Related Events is co-organized by Hokkaido University, eXtensible Business Reporting Language, and Asian Development Bank (ADB). Under the theme “Sustainability, Food Security, and the Role of Finance,” this hybrid event will be held from 6 to 10 July 2026 at Hokkaido University in Sapporo.

ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) was established in May 2010 by the finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI). The Forum is the only regional platform on which actions and recommendations are reported to the ASEAN+3 policy discussion. It functions to integrate the ASEAN+3 markets through standardization and harmonization of regulations and market practices as well as market infrastructures relating to cross-border bond transactions.

ABMF meetings are held three times a year, bringing together more than 100 experts from the ministries of finance, central banks, securities market regulators, central securities depositories, securities exchanges and market operators, financial market associations as well as major financial institutions and IT vendors in the region. The forum is open to experts who are interested in financial market developments and regional financial cooperation.

The Hokkaido University (HU) was founded in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College, one of Japan’s earliest modern educational institutions. Over the years, it evolved into the current Hokkaido University, one of Japan’s leading comprehensive universities. The Hokkaido University logo is a stylized design of a trillium (liliaceae/lily family), which grows on campus. The design of this perennial was selected in a contest in 1950. On the university’s 120th anniversary in 1996, the design was altered to its present form and was formally made as the university’s symbol. The petals and sepal which make up the six directions (East, West, South, North, Heaven, and Earth) symbolize the dissemination of information from Hokkaido University to Japan and to the world. The characters in the middle are old forms of the Chinese characters for “dai-gaku,” or “university.”

Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF) was established in 2013. The members of CSIF are composed of the central banks and central securities depositories of the ASEAN+3 economies. Officials from the ministries of finance and securities and exchange commissions of ASEAN+3 may join as observers.

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an open international standard for digital business reporting and lets reporting information move between organizations rapidly, accurately, and digitally. The XBRL Asia Roundtable (XART) brings together XBRL experts, project leaders, and national regulators from throughout Asia and Oceania to discuss topics of common interest, including project updates and regulatory developments. XART is not only for XBRL society but also open to anyone who wants to modernize the information supply chain.

EVENT OUTLINE: Sustainability, Food Security, and Role of Finance

IMPORTANT NOTE: In light of ongoing global energy and security developments, please be advised that there is a possibility the Sapporo Event may transition from a hybrid format to a fully virtual meeting conducted via Zoom. Should this become necessary, a formal announcement will be issued by the end of May 2026.