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Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Time: 14h00 – 18h00 | Place: University Foundation, 11 Rue d’Egmont, 1000 Brussels

PROGRAMME

13h30 – 14h00 | Registration & Coffee

14h00 – 14h10 | Welcome | Aleksandra Mączyńska, Acting Managing Director, BETTER FINANCE

14h10 – 14h20 | Keynote Speech | José Manuel Campa, Chair, European Banking Authority (EBA)

14h20 – 14h30 | Panel Introduction | Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP, ECON Committee Member

14h30 – 15h45 | Panel | Empowering Retail Investors: Strategies for Increased Participation in Capital Markets

• Moderator: Guillaume Prache, Founder and Senior Advisor, BETTER FINANCE
• Ben Granjé, CEO, VFB (Flemish Federation of Investors)
• Marcel Haag, Director Horizontal Policies, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
• Fausto Parente, Executive Director, European Insurance & Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
• Annemie Rombouts, Vice-Chair, FSMA
• Benoit van den Hove, CEO, Euronext Brussels

15h45 – 16h00 | Video Address | Jean-Paul Servais, Chairman of IOSCO

16h00 – 17h15 | Panel | Rebooting the Capital Markets Union for the Benefit of Enterprises and Individuals

• Moderator: Josina Kamerling, Head of Regulatory Outreach EMEA, CFA Institute
• Lasse Michael Boehm, Head of Unit for Economic Policies, European Parliament Research Service (EPRS)
• Natasha Cazenave, Executive Director, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
• Eric de Montgolfier, CEO, Invest Europe
• Jos Heuvelman, Member of Executive Board, Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)
• Nikolaj Kosakewitsch, President Nasdaq Copenhagen, Senior Vice President, Head of Equities and Equities Derivatives Europe

17h15 – 17h30 | Closing Remarks | Jella Benner-Heinacher, President of BETTER FINANCE &  Josina Kamerling, Head of Regulatory Outreach EMEA, CFA Institute

17h30 – 18h30 | Networking Cocktail

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