The conference, titled 'Financing a Better Future: The Vital Role of Finance in Achieving Sustainable Growth' takes place on October 2 at the National Library of Latvia.
"Policymakers and international experts will convene at the conference to discuss the financial architecture of the euro area and Latvia, its challenges, as well as the role of the financial sector in shaping prosperity," said LB.
Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, will deliver a video opening address and Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, will make a keynote address in person, followed by a panel discussion 'From Riga to Brussels to Wall Street: Examining the Differences of Financial Architecture'. Moderated by Michala Marcussen (Group Chief Economist and Head of Economic and Sector Research, Société Générale), the discussion will delve into the contrasts between the financial landscapes of the euro area and the US, exploring opportunities to strengthen the financial sector in order to better drive economic growth.
Panelists in the first discussion will be: Luis de Guindos, Karel Lannoo, CEO of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Tatyana Panova, representative of DG FISMA, Rym Ayadi, Professor at BAYES Business School, Member of the Centre for Banking Research, City University of London.
The second panel discussion, 'Banking for Prosperity: Towards Stronger and More Inclusive Growth Through Increased Integration and Competition' will address the structural differences that hinder financial integration within the euro area and equal access to finance. The discussion will be moderated by Jens Eisenschmidt, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and the Bank's Chief Europe Economist. Panelists will be Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka, Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of Lietuvos bankas and Member of the ECB's Governing Council, Gonzalo Gasós, Senior Director of Prudential Policy and Supervision at the European Banking Federation, as well as Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank.
The working language of the conference is English with simultaneous translation into Latvian provided.
The event will begin at 10:30. Latvijas Banka is organising the conference in cooperation with SUERF – the European Money and Finance Forum and a live broadcast and more details of the conference will be available at: https://conference.bank.lv/.
