The Annual Conference on the Banking Union brings together European and domestic supervisors and regulators, financial industry experts, legal advisers and academics which discuss the current state of play in the banking sector with a strong focus on regulatory and supervisory issues. The conference is jointly organised by the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University in Frankfurt. Since inception in 2014, the conference has become a highly respected regular banking industry forum for key decision-makers from supervisory and regulatory authorities as well as academics and practitioners from all over Europe.
10th conference (2023)
10.00
Welcome
Hendrik Haag, Executive Board Member, Institute for Law and Finance
Alexander Glos, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
10.10
1st speech
"Banks under stress" - culture & governance in focus
Denise Bauer-Weiler, Head Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance and Member of the Management Board, UBS Europe
10.35
2nd speech
Our banks - attractive or out of time?
Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Member of the German Federal Parliament
11.00
3rd speech
Times of change: why culture matters and how we can shape it
Karen Braun-Munzinger, Deputy Head of the Banking and Financial Supervision department, Deutsche Bundesbank
11.25
Coffee Break
11.50
4th speech
The missing pillar in Banking Union: ELA
Rosa Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London
12.15
1st panel discussion
Rosa Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London
Denise Bauer-Weiler, Head Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance and Member of the Management Board, UBS Europe
Frank Müller-Rosentritt, Member of the German Federal Parliament
Karen Braun-Munzinger, Deputy Head of the Banking and Financial Supervision department, Deutsche Bundesbank
David Rouch, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Moderator: Constant Lambers, Transaction Services Partner in the Financial Advisory team, Deloitte
13.00
Lunch
14.00
5th speech
Culture and governance: The view from the financial industry
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Société Générale
14.30
6th speech
Treading softly yet boldly: How culture drives risk in banks – and what supervisors can do about it
Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
15.00
2nd panel discussion
Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Société Générale
Karel Lannoo, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for European Policy Studies
Moderator: Janina Heinz, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer