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Bruegel Annual Meetings 2017

The Annual Meetings are Bruegel’s flagship event. They offer a mixture of large public debates and small private sessions about key issues in European and global economics. In a series of high-level discussions, Bruegel’s scholars, members and stakeholders will address the economic policy challenges facing Europe.

Date: Sep 7 - 8, 2017 Topic: Banking and capital markets

The Annual Meetings are Bruegel’s flagship event. They offer a mixture of large public debates and small private sessions about key issues in European and global economics. In a series of high-level discussions, Bruegel’s scholars, members and stakeholders will address the economic policy challenges facing Europe.

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Speakers

Carlos Sallé Alonso

Director of Energy Policies and Climate Change, Iberdrola

José Antonio Álvarez Álvarez

Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré

Member of the board

Pervenche Berès

President, Association Europe Finances Régulations (AEFR)

Matthias Buck

Head of EU Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende

Grégory Claeys

Senior Fellow

Zsolt Darvas

Senior Fellow

Jean Luc Demarty

Director General, European Commission, DG TRADE

Maria Demertzis

Interim Director

Anna Ekström

Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education, Sweden

Lowri Evans

Director-General of DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs - European Commission

Ferdinando Giugliano

Journalist, Bloomberg

Sandro Gozi

State Secretary for European Affairs, Italy

Peter Grünenfelder

Director, Avenir Suisse

Reiner Hoffmann

President, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

Levin Holle

Director General, Financial Markets Policy, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany

Kate Kalutkiewicz

Senior Trade Representative, US Mission to the EU

Steffen Kampeter

Director General, Confederation of German Employers' Associations

Peter Kažimír

Minister of Finance, Slovak Republic

Emmanuel Lagarrigue

Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Schneider Electric

Matti Maasikas

Deputy Minister for EU Affairs, Estonia

Steven Maijoor

Chair, ESMA

Reza Moghadam

Chief Economic Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Nathalie Moll

Director General, EFPIA

James Murray

Deputy Mayor, Housing and Residential Development, London

Johan Van Overtveldt

Member of the European Parliament; Chair, Committee on Budgets

Julia Reinaud

Director, Industry and Innovation, European Climate Foundation

André Sapir

Senior Fellow

Dirk Schoenmaker

Non-Resident fellow

Mateusz Szczurek

Member, European Fiscal Board

Marianne Thyssen

European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Jean-Claude Trichet

Honorary Chairman of Bruegel

Reinhilde Veugelers

Senior Fellow

Nicolas Véron

Senior Fellow

Ida Wolden Bache

Executive Director, Monetary Policy Department, Norge Bank

Liviu Voinea

Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania

Guntram B. Wolff

Former Director

Georg Zachmann

Senior Fellow

Location & Contact

Square - Brussels Meeting Centre

Matilda Sevon

[email protected]

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