EBI Global Annual Conference

The Future Role of Banks in a Transforming and Digital Economy

February 24-25, 2022

Online Conference

Program, February 24, 2022

13:15 - 13:25	Welcome Speech Thomas Gstädtner, President of the EBI Supervisory Board
13:25 - 13:35	Opening remarks Christos Gortsos, President of the EBI Academic Board
13:35 - 14:00	Opening Speech of the First Conference Day The Future of Banking in the Eurozone Marco Lamandini, Bologna University and EBI
14:00 - 14:45	Academic Paper Presentation Capital Requirements in Pillar 1 or Pillar 2: Does it Matter? Niklas Witte, Directorate General Universal and Diversified Lenders, European Central Bank
14:45 - 15:15	Debate Dialogue with Niklas Witte and the audience Moderator: Christos Gortsos, Law School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens and EBI
15:15 - 15:45	Tea Break
15:45 - 16:30	Academic Paper Presentation A risky bet: Climate change and the EU’s microprudential framework for banks. Agnieszka Smoleńska, Institute of Legal Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and EBI Jens van ‘t Klooster, University of Leuven, University of Amsterdam
16:30 - 17:00	Debate Dialogue with Agnieszka Smoleńska, Jens van ‘t Klooster and the audience Moderator: Eddy Wymeersch, University of Ghent and EBI
17:00 - 17:45	Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Bart Joosen, VU University Amsterdam and EBI Addressing Climate Change Risk in Bank Capital Requirements Theodora Antonakaki, Climate and Sustainability Advisor, Bank of Greece Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme & Associate Professor, University of Oxford; COP26 Strategy Advisor for Finance, Cabinet Office, UK Government Matthew Scott, Senior Director, Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson Torsten Jäger, Association of German Banks (BdB)

Programm, February 25, 2022

09:00 - 09:45	Keynote Speech The oversight regime for Global Technology Providers in the proposal for Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector Jeff Bullwinkel, Associate General Counsel and Director of Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft Europe
09:45 - 11:00	Roundtable Discussion Operational Resilience of Banks in an increasing digitalised service delivery Jeff Bullwinkel, Associate General Counsel and Director of Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft Europe Kilvar Kessler, Chairman of the Board, Estonian Financial Supervision Authority Finantsinspektsioon Andrew Rogan, Director of Operational Resilience, UK Finance Moderator: Dirk Zetzsche, Université de Luxembourg and EBI
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00	Academic Paper Presentation Operationalisation of Central Bank Digital Currency Andy Jobst, Allianz AG and EBI
12:00 - 13:00	Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Juana Pulgar Ezquerra, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM-CUNEF) and EBI RegTech: the application of technology in the supervision of globally operating banks Andy Jobst, Allianz AG and EBI Dirk Haubrich, Head of Conduct, Payments and Consumers, European Banking Authority (EBA), Paris Robert (Bob) Wardrop, Management Practice Professor, University of Cambridge Judge Business School Douglas Arner, The University of Hong Kong and EBI
13:00 - 13:15	Closing remarks Thomas Gstädtner, President of the EBI Supervisory Board