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Thursday, 20 October 2016

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

Friday, 21 October 2016

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