Rolf Strauch at Florence School of Banking and Finance Annual Conference 2026 "The EU Savings and Investments Union: Opportunities for European Savers and European Companies"
Agenda
PROGRAMME
DAY 1 | 5 March 2026
13:00 – 13:50 Registration + Welcome lunch
13:50 – 14:00 Welcome address by Patrizia Nanz (EUI President)
14:00 – 14:40 Keynote speech by Maria Luís Albuquerque (EU Commissioner – Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union)
14:40 – 16:00 Session 1: Banking and the SIU - priorities and key challenges
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break and networking
16:30 – 17:40 Session 2: Financial literacy vs financial products – what’s the key to unlocking European savings?
17:40 – 18:30 Session 3: The Commission’s Proposal for Financial Markets Infrastructure Supervision and the Impact on the SIU
18:30 onwards Aperitif, dinner, and dinner speech
DAY 2 | 6 March 2026
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome coffee
09:30 – 10:10 Keynote speech by: Rolf Strauch (Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Facility)
10:10 – 11:20 Session 4: European technology challenges and the role of VC and PE
11:20 – 12:00 Coffee break and discussion
12:00 – 13:30 Session 5: Policy steer and market development
13:30 – 15:00 Closing words followed by lunch and networking