Description
Digital Finance Outreach 2020 – Closing conference
The Digital Finance Outreach 2020 (“DFO”) is a series of events organised in collaboration with Member States in February-June 2020 on fintech and digital innovation in the financial sector to prepare the new EU Digital Finance Strategy.
The public consultation is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/finance-2020-digital-finance-strategy_en
AGENDA
2:00 pm-2:20 pm – Keynote speech by Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis
2:20 pm-2:30 pm – EUvsVirus Hackathon Digital Finance award ceremony with demo by winners – Bankera Business Care: Vytautas Karalevičius, Mantas Mockevičius, Justas Dobiliauskas
Panel Discussions
2:30pm-3:10 pm – A Digital Single Market for financial markets
Moderator: John Rega, Politico
Panel debate with:
Markus Ferber, MEP, EPP, European Parliament
José Manuel Campa, Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA)
Marius Jurgilas, Member of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania – DFO Lithuania
Karel Baert, Febelfin, CEO – DFO Belgium
Laura Manescu, Modex, Head of Fintech – DFO Romania
Cyril Chiche – Vice President of France Fintech, Co-founder and CEO of Lydia – DFO France
3:10 pm-3:50 pm – Ensuring a technology-neutral and innovation friendly regulatory framework
Moderator: John Rega, Politico
Panel debate with:
Joerg Kukies, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
Eva Kaili, MEP, S&D, European Parliament
Alex Ivanco, Director, Department of Financial Markets III, Ministry of Finance – DFO Czech Republic
Paul Ryan, Director of International Finance Division, Department of Finance, Ireland – DFO Ireland
Nasir Zubairi, CEO Luxembourg House of Fintech, DFO Luxembourg
Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi, Professor Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, member of ROFIEG – DFO Italy
3:50 pm-4:30 am – Promoting a More Data-Driven Financial Sector
Moderator: John Rega, Politico
Ondrej Kovarik, MEP, REG, European Parliament
Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Johan Rosén, Swedbank, Head – DFO Sweden
Carolin Gabor, Finleap, Managing Director, member of German Fintech council, – DFO Germany
Judith Arnal Martinez, Director, Spanish Treasury – DFO Spain
Irene Tiki, Cyprus government – DFO Cyprus
4.30 pm – Wrap-up by John Berrigan, Director-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA), European Commission
