6th Annual EU Financial Regulation Conference 2017 | QED | 7 November 2017 | The Hotel Brussels, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Europe' s financial services industry is facing disruption in two major fields: the regulatory change and the digital upheaval. The future of financial services in Europe is dependent on how we deal with those changes and to what extent the financial industry, as well as regulators and consumers can adapt and take advantage of them.

Possible discussion points:
• What can be said about the work done so far? What should be the priorities going forward?
• How can the access to finance for start - ups and SMEs be improved?
• What actions can be taken in order to make it easier to raise capital through public markets?
• What can be done to promote both sustainable and long - term investments, including infrastructre investments?
• How can retail and institutional investments be fostered?
• How can banks' capacity to support the wider economy be strengthened?
• How can we best facilitate cross - border investments?

2017 Speakers:

Conor Foley
Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Norton Rose Fulbright

Vincent Piron
Partner, Financial Services, Management Consulting, KPMG Belgium

Gerry Cross
Director, Policy and Risk, Central Bank of Ireland

Anna Felländer
Visiting Fellow to Swedish House of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Advisor to the Swedish Minister of Digitalisation, Senior Advisor, BCG

Olivier Guersent
Director General, DG FISMA, European Commission

Eva Gustavsson
Director, Government Relations EMEA, PayPal

Dr Alexandra Hachmeister
Chief Regulatory Officer, Deutsche Börse AG

Paulina Dejmek Hack
Member of Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission

Brian Hayes
Member of the European Parliament

Aleksandra Maczynska
Executive Director, Better Finance

Rafael Marquez
Executive Vice President, Consumer Europe & Country Manager American Express UK

Anastasia Nesvetailova
Director, City Political Economy Research Centre, City University of London

PANELISTS:

Brian Hayes
Member of the European Parliament

Paulina Dejmek Hack
Member of Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission

Gerry Cross
Director, Policy and Risk, Central Bank of Ireland

Eva Gustavsson
Director, Government Relations EMEA, PayPal

Dr Alexandra Hachmeister
Chief Regulatory Officer, Deutsche Börse AG

Anastasia Nesvetailova
Director, City Political Economy Research Centre, City University of London

Anna Felländer
Visiting Fellow to Swedish House of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Advisor to the Swedish Minister of Digitalisation, Senior Advisor at BCG

Rafael Marquez
Executive Vice President, Consumer Europe, American Express

Aleksandra Maczynska
Executive Director, Better Finance

MODERATORS:

Conor Foley
Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Norton Rose Fulbright

Vincent Piron
Partner, Financial Services, Management Consulting, KPMG Belgium

2017 Sponsors:

• Deutsche Börse Group
• PayPal
• American Express
• KPMG

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Payments Compliance