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About the event

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum are pleased to announce their fourth Annual European Financial Integration Conference in May 2024.

AFME and OMFIF are joining forces again to bring their expertise in European capital markets, financial regulation, and economic and monetary policy for the 4th Annual European Financial Integration Conference.

Taking place in the financial centre of Frankfurt, this conference will bring together leading policy makers and opinion-formers, as well as influential members of the regulatory and business community, for a day of thought-provoking content and discussion.

Set against the backdrop of a persisting political and economic challenges and a crucial phase in the process leading to the EU institutional changeover and definition of the main priorities for the new policy and legislative cycle, this year’s meeting will assess the state of Eurozone financial integration and the role it can play in addressing the key policy challenges. The future shape of the regulatory framework needed for a stronger banking sector, and key policy issues for fostering well-developed, integrated, and competitive capital markets, will be the central focus of the discussions. Key issues will also include the role technological innovation and digitalisation can play in the journey towards greater financial integration.

*This event is free to attend and spaces are limited to two per organisation. All registrations are subject to AFME approval.

To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Cheryl Chickowski at [email protected] or on +44 (0)7824 874 391.

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Who attends?

  • Senior banking and capital market professionals
  • Supervisory authorities
  • EU policy makers
  • Consultancies and advisories
  • Law firms
  • Think tanks
  • Other financial services and infrastructure representatives

Why attend?

  • Meet influential policy-makers, regulators and business leaders
  • Build contacts through streamlined networking
  • Hear from leading industry experts
  • Join the debate in 7 hours of high-level content
  • Showcase solutions in the sponsor booths

Registration enquiries

For registration enquiries, please contact Events on [email protected] for assistance.

Agenda

08:00
Registration and networking
08:45
Welcome remarks
Speakers:
Adam Farkas,
Chief Executive Officer, AFME
John Orchard,
Chief Executive Officer, OMFIF
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08:55
Opening address
Speaker:
Rachel Zahra,
Chief Operating Officer, BNY Mellon
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09:10
Keynote address
Speaker:
Margarita Delgado,
Deputy Governor, Bank of Spain
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09:35
Keynote address
Speaker:
Jörg Kukies,
State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery, Federal Chancellery
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10:05
Panel discussion: Macroeconomic and macropolitical outlook – Are divergences threatening resilience, European investability and a “soft landing” scenario?
  • Divergences and fragmentation vs convergences and integration : which trends will prevail and who will drive them?
  • Assessing strategic asset allocations in the current macroeconomic environment
  • Resilience to shocks: remarkable so far, but threatened by slow recovery?
  • Will a “soft landing” scenario be achieved?
  • Are monetary and fiscal policies pulling in the same direction?
  • Do lower growth, higher-for-longer rates, and reduced fiscal space push for structural reforms?
  • What are the main emerging and potential risks?
Moderator:
John Orchard,
Chief Executive Officer, OMFIF
Speakers:
Birgit Niessner,
Director, Economic Analysis and Research Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Giovanni Callegari,
Head of Economic and Risk Analysis, European Stability Mechanism
Johannes Lindner,
Co-Director, Jacques Delors Centre
Mark Wall,
Chief European Economist, Deutsche Bank AG London
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11:05
Networking break
11:40
Panel discussion: Can Technology and Financial Innovation Improve European Financial Integration?
  • What are the trends in technological transformation and how can they help reduce fragmentation?
  • Is the push towards a harmonised framework (from operational resilience to crypto assets) promoted by the EU digital finance agenda delivering on its objectives?
  • Is DLT technology leading to a new financial ecosystem? Which use cases are being deployed in capital markets and what is the impact of the lack of standardisation?
  • Wholesale CBDCs – What progress has been made? Is this an essential building block for digitalisation or alternative options could be considered?
Moderator:
Stefano Mazzocchi,
Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME
Speakers:
Adriana Ennab,
Policy expert on Digital Finance
Gerry Cross,
Director Financial Regulation – Policy and Risk, Central Bank of Ireland
Holger Neuhaus,
Head Market Innovation & Integration Division, Directorate General Market Infrastructure & Payments, European Central Bank
Peter Kerstens,
Advisor, European Commission DG FISMA
Sebastian Mayer,
Managing Director, Protiviti
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12:50
Networking Lunch
13:50
Keynote address
Speaker:
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi,
Chairman, Société Générale
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14:15
Panel discussion: Achieving Integration, Competitiveness and Sustainability: Priorities for the new EU legislative cycle
  • How to enhance the competitiveness of the EU financial system? Priorities from the real economy perspective.
  • How to build a more holistic approach to policy making?
  • What EU priorities for relaunching European financial integration?
  • Is the work towards the Sustainable Finance framework achieving its objectives? Ensuring effective allocation of resources towards the green transition
Moderator:
Sabine Dittrich,
Head of EU Financial Regulation, Slaughter and May
Speakers:
Alexandra Jour-Schröder,
Deputy Director General, European Commission
Christophe Bories,
Head of division financial sector department, Financing Ministry – General Direction Treasury
Florian Toncar,
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
Michael McGrath,
Assistant Secretary, Financial Services Division, Department of Finance Ireland
Torry Berntsen,
Executive Vice-Chairman, CIB Europe, Americas, Middle East and Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
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15:15
Networking break
15:45
Panel discussion: The next phase of CMU: Incremental vs transformational: what should be the focus in the short term and what are the long term objectives?
  • What initiatives could be promoted at Member State level and how to leverage on those to promote European scale and integration?
  • Is new momentum building up? The foundations built so far and the discussions in the context of the Eurogroup, Draghi Report on competitiveness, Letta Report on Single Market
Moderator:
Jacqueline Mills,
Managing Director, Head of Advocacy, AFME
Speakers:
Björn Storim,
Chief Executive Officer, BNY Mellon
Niels Brab,
Head of Group Regulatory Strategy, Government Relations & Political Affairs, Chief Regulatory Officer, Deutsche Börse
Thomas Wieser,
Bruegel
Tuomas Saarenheimo,
President of the Economic and Financial Committee and the Eurogroup Working Group, Council of the European Union
Vittorio Grilli,
Chairman of the Corporate and Investment Bank EMEA & Italy, JP Morgan
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16:45
Closing remarks
Speaker:
Stefano Mazzocchi,
Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME
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17:00
End of conference and drinks reception

Keynote Speakers

Jörg Kukies

State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery, Federal Chancellery

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

Chairman,

Société Générale

Margarita Delgado

Deputy Governor,

Bank of Spain

Other Speakers

Adam Farkas

Chief Executive Officer, AFME

Adriana Ennab

Policy expert on Digital Finance

Alexandra Jour-Schröder

Deputy Director General, European Commission

Birgit Niessner

Director, Economic Analysis and Research Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Björn Storim

Chief Executive Officer, BNY Mellon

Christophe Bories

Head of division financial sector department, Financing Ministry – General Direction Treasury

Florian Toncar

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance

Gerry Cross

Director Financial Regulation – Policy and Risk, Central Bank of Ireland

Giovanni Callegari

Head of Economic and Risk Analysis, European Stability Mechanism

Holger Neuhaus

Head Market Innovation & Integration Division, Directorate General Market Infrastructure & Payments, European Central Bank

Jacqueline Mills

Managing Director, Head of Advocacy, AFME

Johannes Lindner

Co-Director, Jacques Delors Centre

John Orchard

Chief Executive Officer, OMFIF

Mark Wall

Chief European Economist, Deutsche Bank AG London

Michael McGrath

Assistant Secretary, Financial Services Division, Department of Finance Ireland

Niels Brab

Head of Group Regulatory Strategy, Government Relations & Political Affairs, Chief Regulatory Officer, Deutsche Börse

Peter Kerstens

Advisor, European Commission DG FISMA

Rachel Zahra

Chief Operating Officer, BNY Mellon

Sabine Dittrich

Head of EU Financial Regulation, Slaughter and May

Sebastian Mayer

Managing Director, Protiviti

Stefano Mazzocchi

Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME

Thomas Wieser

Bruegel

Torry Berntsen

Executive Vice-Chairman, CIB Europe, Americas, Middle East and Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Tuomas Saarenheimo

President of the Economic and Financial Committee and the Eurogroup Working Group, Council of the European Union

Vittorio Grilli

Chairman of the Corporate and Investment Bank EMEA & Italy, JP Morgan