Creating sustainable financial structures
by putting citizens first
Thursday, 21 November - Brussels
PROGRAMME OF THE DAY
Moderator: Jacki Davis
Opening Speech
Helmut Schleweis - President, ESBG
09.00
09.20
Keynote Speech
Andrea Enria - SSM Chair, European Central Bank
08.30
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09.40
Panel I - The future of the EU supervisory architecture
An exchange of views with leading personalities on the completion of Basel III, non-performing assets, proportionality and other topics.
Martin Merlin - Director, Bank and Insurance, DG FISMA, European Commission
Jo Swyngedouw - Head of Prudential Policy and Financial Stability Division, National Bank of Belgium
Nicolas Duhamel - Head of Public Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, Groupe BPCE
Georg Josef Huber - Head of Representation to the EU, DSGV
Marc Lauwers - Chief Executive Officer, Argenta
Luis Teijeiro - Director of Regulation and Research, CECA
Keynote Speech
Luis de Guindos - Vice-President, European Central Bank
10.40
Coffee Break
11.00
Panel II - Sustainable Finance - not only the E(nvironmental), also the S(ocial)
An exchange with leading personalities on the way to encourage and achieve a sustainability oriented mindset in Europe and how the savings and retail banking sector can contribute.
Julie Ansidei - Head of Strategy and Sustainable Finance Unit, Autorité des Marchés Financiers
Joseph Delhaye - Senior Vice-President, Head of Legal Department, BCEE
Bertrand de Mazières - Director General, Finance, European Investment Bank
Peter Surek - Head of Social Banking, Erste Group Bank
11.30
Panel III - European Sovereignty: the future of a modern instant payments system
Payments are one of the cornerstones of a modern financial infrastructure that contributes to the economic welfare of our continent and European payment systems can contribute to the European sovereignty on payments. Among other solutions, instant payments will certainly be one of the discussion points.
Ulrich Bindseil - Director General, DG Market Infrastructure & Payments, European Central Bank
Diederik Bruggink - Senior Adviser Payments, ESBG
Etienne Goosse - Director General, European Payments Council
Petia Niederländer - Head of Retail and Corporate Operations, Erste Group Bank AG & Chairperson of the Board, EBA Clearing
12.30
13.30
Closing Remarks
Chris De Noose - Managing Director, ESBG
13.40
Networking Lunch

LOGISTICS
VENUE
Sofitel Hotel
Place Jourdan 1, 1040 Brussels
WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION
Starting at 08.30