Klingelhoeferstrasse 4
10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 590091913
Fax: +49 30 590091917
E-mail: info(at)efbs2016.org
The congress languages are English, Hungarian and German.
All speeches will be simultaneously translated.
Registration of congress delegates and accompanying persons at the congress hotel Sofitel Chain Bridge
Welcome reception for delegates and accompanying persons at the Vörösmarty Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, one of the most beautiful club locations of Budapest. Dress code: Business/smart casual
09:00 - Opening of the Congress and 1st Session
"Economic situation and monetary policy: impact on the banking industry"
Opening speech: Dániel Palotai, Executive Director and Chief Economist of the Hungarian National Bank, Hungary:
Merits of unorthodox monetary policy
Boris Vujčić, Governor of the Croatian National Bank, Croatia:
Economic situation and monetary policy: impact on the banking industry
10:30 - Coffee and tea break
11:00 - 2nd Session
"Financial stability, consumer protection, long-term financing:
European and national initiatives"
Ádám Farkas, Executive Director of the European Banking Authority, United Kingdom:
EBA regulatory priorities
Jacek Furga, Chairman of the Real Estate Financing Committee at the Polish Bank Association, Poland:
The housing finance market in Poland
Didier Davydoff, Director, Observatoire de l'Epargne Européenne, France:
Financial stability, consumer protection, long-term financing: The saver’s perspective
12:15 - Lunch break
13:15 - 3rd Session
"Financial stability, consumer protection, long-term financing:
European and national initiatives" (continued)
Hiltrud Thelen-Pischke, Director Regulatory, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Germany:
Recent developments in EU banking regulation – impacts for bausparkassen
Dávid Németh, Chief Economist, K&H Bank, Hungary:
The challenge
András Kiss, Managing Director, Fundamenta-Lakáskassza, Hungary:
Die Rolle des Bausparens während der Finanzkrise und danach. Im Fokus: Ungarn und Mitteleuropa
Kristjan Verbič, President of the PanSlovenian Investors' and Shareholders' Association – VZMD, Slovenia:
The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users - an introduction
15:00 - Coffee and tea break
15:30 - 4th Session
"Innovative solutions for regulatory requirements and digitization"
Joachim Degel, Managing Director, BGK, Germany:
Digitization needs automation
Tamás Kórász, partner, Management Consulting, IT Advisory, KPMG, Hungary:
Supporting the client through a complex IT transformation program
József Németh, Deputy CEO of Sales and Client Relationship, Online Business Technologies, Hungary:
Modernizing core systems to keep pace with FinTech revolution
17:30
Departure of delegates and accompanying persons for the evening event
18:00
Evening event for delegates and accompanying persons
at the invitation of Fundamenta Lakáskassza:
Classical concert at the Vigadó Concert Hall and festive dinner
Dress code: business/elegant
8:30- 5th Session
"Housing policy in Europe: promotion of low-income households and energy efficient housing"
Christine Whitehead, Professor of Housing Economics, London School of Economics, United Kingdom:
Housing policy in Europe: promotion of low-income households and energy efficient housing
Oliver Rapf, Executive Director, Buildings Performance Institute Europe, Belgium:
Challenges and opportunities for the transition to a future-proof European building stock
Lauri Suu, Grant Manager at the Housing and Energy Efficiency Division of KredEx, Estonia:
Financing housing in Estonia
Jonas Scholze, Head of EU Office, German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development, Belgium:
Funding possibilities on housing and energy efficiency – what’s currently in from the EU structural funds?
10:15 - Coffee and tea break
10:45- 6th Session
"Brave New World for Finance?" and closing
Introductory speech: András Becsei, CEO of OTP Mortgage Bank and OTP Building Society, Hungary, followed by a podium discussion with Bernadett Tátrai, Member of the Board and designated CEO and Chairperson of the Board, Fundamenta-Lakáskassza, Hungary, Jürgen Gießler, Chairman of the Financial Affairs Committee of the EFBS, Germany, and Manfred Koller, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Českomoravská stavební spořitelna, Czech Republic.
Moderation: Iván Ferencz, Director Law and Compliance of Fundamenta-Lakáskassza, Hungary
Final keynote speech: Jürgen Stark, former Chief Economist and Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Germany:
Brave New World for Finance?
12.30 - Buffet lunch at the congress hotel for delegates and accompanying persons