An EU financial system for the future
Joint conference of the European Central Bank and the European Commission on European financial integration
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Online event - participation upon registration only
Each year the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission organise a joint high-level conference on European financial integration. This year, in conjunction with the conference, the ECB will publish its biennial report on Financial Integration and Structure in the Euro Area (Statistical annex) and the Commission will release its annual European Financial Stability and Integration Review (EFSIR). Apart from the presentation of the two reports, two keynote speeches and two panel discussions will address issues such as:
- the most important developments in financial integration, structure and stresses in the euro area/European Union over the last one to two years
- implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for financial sectors in Europe
- key features of and challenges for the European financial system in the years ahead and how the financial architecture of the European Union and Economic and Monetary Union needs to be improved going forward
- the role of equity markets in funding the (digital, green and other) innovation needed in Europe, in complementing public investment and recovery programmes and in helping companies to scale up
- how to make the multi-centric European financial system work and the role of decentralised finance
Attendees can join in discussions during the Q&A parts of the sessions.
Webcast
Programme
Speakers- 9:00
Keynote speech
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Followed by Q&A with the online audience
- 9:30
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Presentation of reports
Financial Integration and Structure in the Euro Area
Philipp Hartmann, Deputy Director General Research, European Central Bank
European Financial Stability and Integration Review
Peter Grasmann, Deputy Director, Financial systems and crisis management, European Commission
Followed by Q&A with the online audience
- 10:30
- Break
- 11:00
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Panel 1: Innovation in Europe – From public investment programmes to private capital markets
Moderator: Isabel Schnabel, Executive Board Member, European Central Bank
- Marco Da Rin, Associate Professor, Tilburg University
- Anne Fossemalle, Chair of Invest Europe and Director, Equity Funds, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Carolin Gabor, CEO, Movinx GmbH
- Alain Godard, CEO, European Investment Fund
- Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel
Followed by Q&A with the online audience
- 12:30
- Lunch break
- 13:30
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Keynote speech
Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Followed by Q&A with the online audience
- 14:00
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Panel 2: Could a decentralised EU financial sector achieve a more financially integrated EU financial services market?
Moderator: Peter Grasmann, Deputy Director, Financial systems and crisis management, European Commission
- Magdalena Borowik, Senior Adviser for Innovation, Polish Security Printing Works S.A.
- Bryan Coughlan, Sustainable Finance Officer, BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation
- Leonardo Gambacorta, Head of Innovation and the Digital Economy, Bank for International Settlements
- Paul Klanschek, CEO, Bitpanda
- Petr Koblic, President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and CEO of the Prague Stock Exchange
Followed by Q&A with the online audience
- 15:30
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Closing remarks
Jérôme Henry, Principal Adviser, Directorate General Macro Prudential Policy and Financial Stability, European Central Bank
- 15:45
- End of conference
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
Audiovisual notice: The entire event will be live streamed, recorded and published on the ECB’s website shortly after the conference. Journalists will be present and will report.
General information
Online event
English
Philippe Molitor
Directorate General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability
+49 (0) 69 1344 6892
Raquel Gil-Antona
Directorate General Research
+49 (0) 69 1344 3315
Erika Rüting
Directorate General Research
+49 (0) 152 215 479 47
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