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Agenda

10th conference (2023)

10.00

Welcome

Hendrik Haag, Executive Board Member, Institute for Law and Finance

Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


10.10

1st speech

"Banks under stress" - culture & governance in focus

Denise Bauer-Weiler, Head Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance and Member of the Management Board, UBS Europe


10.35

2nd speech

Our banks - attractive or out of time?

Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Member of the German Federal Parliament


11.00

3rd speech

Times of change: why culture matters and how we can shape it

Karen Braun-Munzinger, Deputy Head of the Banking and Financial Supervision department, Deutsche Bundesbank


11.25

Coffee Break


11.50

4th speech

The missing pillar in Banking Union: ELA

‍Rosa Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London


12.15

1st panel discussion

Rosa Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London
Denise Bauer-Weiler, Head Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance and Member of the Management Board, UBS Europe
Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Member of the German Federal Parliament
Karen Braun-Munzinger, Deputy Head of the Banking and Financial Supervision department, Deutsche  Bundesbank
David Rouch, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Moderator: Constant Lambers, Transaction Services Partner in the Financial Advisory team, Deloitte


13.00

Lunch


14.00

5th speech

Culture and governance: The view from the financial industry

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Société Générale


14.30

6th speech

Treading softly yet boldly: How culture drives risk in banks – and what supervisors can do about it

Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank


15.00

2nd panel discussion

Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Société Générale
Karel Lannoo, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for European Policy Studies

Moderator: Janina Heinz, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Past agendas

09.30

Registration and coffee reception


Part I

ESG and banking regulation


10.00

Welcome

Andreas Cahn, Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance
Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


10.15

1st speech

On the Banking Union and on Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards

Erkki Liikanen, Chair, IFRS foundation


10.45

2nd speech

The way towards banks’ good climate change risk management

Anneli Tuominen, Member of the SSM Supervisory Board, European Central Bank


11.15

Coffee Break


11.45

3rd speech

ESG: "The journey towards becoming a leading sustainable bank"

Jürgen von der Lehr, Head of Sustainability & Strategy, ING Germany


12.15

1st panel discussion

Erkki Liikanen, Chair, IFRS foundation
Anneli Tuominen, Member of the SSM Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
Véronique Ormezzano, Head of Group Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas
Jürgen von der Lehr, Head of Sustainability & Strategy, ING Germany
Ann-Katrin Kaufhold, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, LMU

Moderator: Teresa Ko, Corporate partner and China Chairman, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Co-vice chair, IFRS Foundation


13.00

Lunch


Part II

Regulating the “S” and “G” in ESG


14.00

Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI; Chair, European Platform on Sustainable Finance


14.30

5th speech

Regulatory challenges around the S in ESG

Rick Lacaille, EVP & Global Head of ESG, State Street


15.00

2nd panel discussion

José Manuel Campa, Chair, European Banking Authority (includingkeynote)
Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, PRI; Chair, European Platform on Sustainable Finance
Rick Lacaille, EVP & Global Head of ESG, State Street
Janina Heinz, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Moderator: Seraina Grünewald, Full Professor, Chair for European and Comparative Financial Law at Radboud University Nijmegen & EBI


15.45

End of conference

09.30

Registration and coffee reception


Part I

The financial system after the pandemic


10.00

Welcome

Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


10.15

1st speech

The case for Banking Union in the post-pandemic world

Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission


10.30

2nd speech

How to make profitable banking in view of the current market challenges

Stefan Ermisch, CEO of Hamburg Commercial Bank


11.00

Coffee Break


11.45

3rd speech

Integrating the climate and environment challenge in the missions of central banks and supervisors

Frank Elderson, Executive Board Member and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank


12.15

1st panel discussion

Markus Benzing, Frank Elderson, Stefan Ermisch

Moderator: Elena Carletti, Professor of Finance, Bocconi University


13.00

Lunch


Part II

New developments in AML supervision


14.00

4th speech

AML/CFT 4.0: Time for a change

Thorsten Höche, Managing Director and General Counsel, Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken)


14.30

5th speech

Criminal and regulatory enforcement of money laundering legislation in Europe - today and in future under the AMLA

Simone Kämpfer, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


15.00

6th speech

AMLA: a new centre of the Union AML/CFTsupervisory system

Olena Loboiko, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission


15.45

2nd panel discussion

Thorsten Höche, Simone Kämpfer, Olena Loboiko

‍Moderator: Katharina Hefter, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group


16.15

Reception and end of conference

08.45

Online channels open


Part 1

The regulatory agenda for the decade ahead


9.00

Welcome

Andreas Cahn, Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance

Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


9.15

1st speech

The Yin and Yang of banking market integration – the case of crossborder banks (followed by 15 minutes Q&A)
Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank


10.00

2nd speech

AML –on the brink of a new regime
Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director of Resolution Directorate, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)


10.30

3rd speech

Single resolution fund contributions - recent developments
Karen Kuder, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG


11.00

Coffee Break


11.30

1st panel discussion

Elizabeth McCaul, Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
‍Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director of Resolution Directorate, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
‍Karen Kuder, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG
Silvia Schmitten-Walgenbach, Chair of the Board, The Association of Foreign Banks in Germany

Moderator:
‍Markus Benzing, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


12.30

Lunch


Part 2

Big Tech and financial regulation


13.30

4th speech

Cloud-driven innovation in the European banking sector. Strengthening operational resilience: technology and regulatory aspects.
Ksenia Duxfield-Karyakina, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google Cloud EMEA


14.00

5th speech

Overseeing critical ICT providers - the Commission proposals in the digital operational resilience act
Jan Ceyssens, Head of Digital Finance Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission


14.30

Coffee Break


15.00

2nd panel discussion

Jan CeyssensMaria E. Tsani, Head of Financial Services Public Policy EMEA at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Andreas Krautscheid, Chief Executive of Bundesverband deutscher Banken e. V.
Torsten Schreier, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Moderator:
‍Georg Ringe, Professor of Law & Finance and Director of the Institute of Law & Economics at the University of Hamburg, Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law


16.00

Closing remarks

Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


16.15

End of conference

10.00

Welcome

Andreas Cahn, Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance


10.15

1st speech

Modern banking supervision – Leveraging technology to control new risks
Pentti Hakkarainen, Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank (followed by Q&A)Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance


10.45

2nd speech

Fragmentation and overlaps in banking supervision – The perspective of a globally operating bank
Saumya Bhavsar, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Credit Suisse


12.15

1st panel discussion

Elke König, Saumya Bhavsar, Elke Gurlit, Professor of Public Law, Comparative Law and European Law, University of Mainz, and Markus Benzing, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Moderator: Christos Gortsos, Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chair of the Single Resolution Board Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance


14.00

2nd speech

How to hit a moving target – The impact of digitalisation on the banking sector and supervision
Joachim Wuermeling, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank, Chair of the Single Resolution BoardExecutive Director, Institute for Law and Finance


14.30

3rd speech

FinTech regulation for banks – Between a rock and a hard place?
Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank, Chair of the Single Resolution Board Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance


15.00

2nd panel discussion

Joachim Wuermeling, Alexander Glos, Volker Brühl, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Studies, Tamaz Georgadze, CEO, Raisin GmbH, and Sandra Kumhofer, Director Regulatory, FinLeap GmbH
Moderator: Henning Soller, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank, Chair of the Single Resolution Board Executive Director, Institute for Law and Finance

10.00

Welcome

Mark Wahrenburg, Professor for Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt


10.15

1st speech

The Single Supervisory Mechanism: effective, transparent and accountable
‍Ignazio Angeloni, Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank


10.45

2nd speech

TheSingle Supervisory Mechanism - the established first Pillar of theBanking Union
‍DominiqueThienpont, LegalCounsellor / Senior Expert for Directorate D (Regulation and prudential supervision of financial institutions), European Commission (DG FISMA)


11.45

3rd Speech

Future of EU and UK financial services post Brexit
‍Rosa M. Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London


12.15

1st Panel discussion

Speakers from above and Gunnar Schuster, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Moderator: Matthias Goldmann, Junior Professor of International Public Law and Financial Law, Goethe University Frankfurt


14.00

4th Speech

MREL and TLAC: current state of play and outlook on future developments
Manfred Heemann, Director-General, Policy Issues, Legal Affairs and Committees relating to Resolution, German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)


14.30

5th Speech

Legal remedies in the SRM: Navigating the maze
Markus Benzing, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP


15.00

2nd Panel discussion

Speakers from above and Karen Kuder, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank AG
Moderator: Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

10.00

Welcome

Dr Rolf Friedewald, Managing Director, Institute for Law and Finance


10.10

Progress in regulatory and supervisory consistency in the EU

Dr Adam Farkas, Executive Director, European Banking Authority


10.50

The other side of the coin - why European supervision needs international regulation

Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank


11.50

Regulation and supervision in Europe – Many cooks, good broth?

Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank


12.30

Panel discussion


14.00

Bank resolution in practice: the banking crisis in Italy

Prof Raffaele Lener, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP


14.40

The impending review of the European resolution framework: the Commission’s proposals of 23 November 2016

Prof Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Professor of International and European Monetary and Financial Institutions, University of Piraeus; Visiting Professor, Department of Law, London School of Economics


15.50

Recent trends in resolution planning and resolution practice

Dr Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP


16.30

Panel discussion

10.00

Welcome

Andreas Cahn, Institute for Law and Finance


10.10

The scope of consolidated supervision - the ECB and EBA powers in the SSM regulation

Prof Concetta Brescia Morra, Vice Chair of the Administrative Board of Review of the European Central Bank


10.50

SREP capital ratios and due process

Dr Gunnar Schuster, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


11.50

Financial Integration in Europe - EDIS and the finalisation of the Banking Union

Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank


12.30

Panel discussion on the SSM

Speakers and Diederik van Wassenaer, Global Head Regulatory & International Affairs, ING Group (and potentially further panelists)


14.00

Cross-border coordination of bank resolution

Prof Dr Jens-Hinrich Binder, University of Tubingen


14.40

Therole of the Commission in the Single Resolution Mechanism

Sean Berrigan, Acting Deputy Director General, DGFISMA, European Commission


15.50

Bail-in, MREL, TLAC, EDIS- bank liabilities in a new world

Dr Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP


16.30

Panel discussion on the SRM

Speakers and Mr. Leonidas Fragkiadakis, Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Greece (and potentially further panelists)

10.00

Welcome

Prof Dr Andreas Cahn, Institute for Law and Finance


10.10

The first six months of European banking supervision – The ECB ́s perspective

Jukka Vesala, Director General Micro-Prudential Supervision III, European Central Bank


10.50

The first six months of European banking supervision – The lawyer ́s perspective

Dr Klaus Lackhoff, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer


11.50

The first six months of European banking supervision – The NCA ́s perspective

Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank


12.30

Panel discussion on Single Supervisory Mechanism

Speakers and Eduardo Avila Zaragoza, Head of Global Supervisors Relations, BBVA; Moderation Prof Dr Andreas Cahn, ILF


14.00

The Single Resolution Board – Insights from a start-up

Dr Elke König, Chair of the Single Resolution Board


14.40

«Money, money, money» – Resolution Funds under the BRRD and SRM-Regulation

Dr Benedikt Wolfers, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP


15.50

The Single Resolution Mechanism – How many authorities are needed to resolve a bank?

Dr Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP