Joint conference of the European Commissionand the European Central Bank

European Financial Integration 2024
Joint conference of the European Commission and the European Central Bank.

Each year the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission organise a joint high-level conference on European financial integration. This annual conference has established itself as an important meeting place for a high-level exchange of views between policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, representatives of civil society and academics on current themes that matter for financial integration in Europe. It also marks the launch of the annual European Financial Stability and Integration Review, the flagship publication prepared by the Commission services, and the bi-annual report Financial Integration and Structure in the Euro Area prepared by the ECB.

Programme

9:00
Welcome and opening remarks

9:15
Keynote speech
Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Market Union, European Commission

9:45
Presentation of the ECB report Financial Integration and Structure in the Euro Area
Jérôme Henry, Principal Adviser, DG-Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability, European Central Bank

10:15
Presentation of the European Commission European Financial Stability and Integration Review
Paulina Dejmek Hack, Director for General Affairs, DG FISMA, European Commission

11:00
Fireside chat
Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank

11:30
Session 1
Consolidation of EU stock markets – approaches and potential benefits
Session chair: Paulina Dejmek Hack, Director for General Affairs, DG FISMA, European Commission

Panellists:
Petr Koblic, CEO of Prague Stock Exchange, President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)
Javier Hernani, CEO of the Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME)
Athanasios Kouloridas, Chairman of the Management Committee of the Greek Union of Listed Companies (ULC)
Johan Almenberg, Swedish state secretary for financial markets
Gunjan Chauhan, Global Head of Capital Markets and Market Intelligence, State Street Global Advisors

14:00
Session 2
A single EU financial markets supervision – Approaches and potential benefits
Session chair: Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, ECB

Panellists:
Verena Ross, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Aleksandra Mączyńska, Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE
Stéphane Boujnah, CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V.
Pat Lardner, CEO, Irish Funds
Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow, Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics

15:30
Keynote speech
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB

16:00
End of conference