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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261013T140000
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SUMMARY:From Participation to Prosperity: Employee Ownership as a Driver of Financial Literacy and Capital Market Development in Europe
DESCRIPTION: \nHow can employee share ownership help Europeans build long-term wealth\, improve financial literacy and become more active participants in capital markets?\nThat is the question that BETTER FINANCE and its Austrian member organisation IVA – Austrian Shareholders’ Association will explore at their upcoming conference: \nFrom Participation to Prosperity:\nEmployee Ownership as a Driver of Financial Literacy and Capital Market Development in Europe\nDate: 13 October 2026 | Time: 14:00 – 18:00 | Location: Vienna\, Austria \nDiscussions will explore how employee ownership can contribute to: \n\nbuilding long-term wealth and financial resilience for employees;\nstrengthening financial literacy and investor participation;\nencouraging a broader ownership culture in Europe; and\nsupporting deeper and more inclusive European capital markets and the Savings and Investment Union.\n\n\n\nThe conference will also mark 25 years of the highly successful voestalpine employee participation programme\, offering a unique opportunity to examine one of Europe’s most prominent examples of employee ownership in practice. \n** \nProgramme\n13:30 – 14:00 | Registration\n\n14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks\nFriedrich Mostböck\, Head of Group Research\, Erste Group Bank AG and Chair of the Austrian Association ÖVFA \nFlorian Beckermann\, Chairman of the Austrian Shareholder Association – IVA Interessenverband für Anleger \nAngelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n14:15 – 14:40 | Opening Keynote | Employee Ownership as a Strategic Factor in Companies\nAngelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n14:40 – 15:25 | Panel Discussion | Production\, Sustainability\, Financial Education\, Experience on the Capital Market\nCorporate Representation: Gudrun Egger\, Board Member ERSTE Stiftung – DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung \nLegal: Philip Vondrak\, Grama Schwaighofer Vondrak Rechtsanwälte GmbH \nEmployee Representation: Johannes Pointer\, Voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung \nStakeholders: Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger\, President\, Aktienforum \n\n15:25 – 15:40 | Coffee Break\n\n15:40 – 16:00 | Keynote Speech |  A Roadmap for Europe: Employee Ownership as a Pillar of the Savings and Investment Union\nAleksandra Maczynska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n16:00 – 17:00 | Panel Discussion |  From Employee to Stakeholder: How can Europe Facilitate Employee Ownership?\nEuropean Shareholder Representation: Aleksandra Maczynska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \nCapital Markets: Manuel Prieschl\, EuropeanIssuers Brüssel \nInvestors: Walter Hatak\, Head of Responsible Investments\, Erste Asset Management GmbH \nCorporate Representation: Günther Ofner\, Joint CEO & CFO\, Flughafen Wien AG and Chairman\, Supervisory Board\, ÖBAG \n\n17:00 – 17:20 | Q&A Session\n\n17:20 – 17:40 | Keynote Speech | Best Practices: Successful Employee Ownership Models in Europe\nJörg Ziegler\, Managing Director\, J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions \nCorporate Representation: Julia Jäger\, MA\, Senior Expert Rewards\, Total Rewards & Global Mobility\, OMV AG \n\n17:40 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks & Reception\n\nRegister Here\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/employee-ownership-driver-financial-literacy-market-development/
LOCATION:Vienna\, Vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Conference
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