14 SEPTEMBER
Monday
Geostrategic Europe, Geopolitics, Climate and Strategy in an Era of AI
GEOPOLITICS, FINANCE & AI
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Keynote speeches
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome remarks
09:20 – 09:30 | Opening keynote
Jan Dusík, Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission
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09:30 – 09:50 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Responsible Investor
Speakers: Martin Zenker, Head of Group ESG Office, UNIQA Group
Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, Executive director, corporate banking, VUB
Miluše Poláková, Country HR director Czech Republic and HR Director zone Central and Eastern Europe, Veolia
09:50 - 10:20 | On stage interview
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor
Speaker: Sabine Abfalter, CFO and board member, Raiffeisen CZ
10:20 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 11:20 | TED-style presentation: Transition planning and implementation
Petra Ondrušová, CSO, Česká spořitelna
Peter Franek, Head of Strategic Risk Management, Česká spořitelna
11:20 – 11:35 | Fireside chat: The transition to net zero: Where does the CEE region stand in the transition of key sectors?
Gergely Pókos, Executive director, Green Program Directorate, OTP Bank
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11:30– 11:55 | Keynote and a fireside conversation
Climate, AI, and the future of society: are we doomed?Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014
In conversation with: Jakob Thomä, Founder and CEO, Theia Finance Labs
11:55 – 12:15 | TED style talk
Who Are You Really Reporting To? Rethinking Sustainability Reporting for Financial MarketsErwin Groenendal, Co-Founder and Product Evangelist, Tangelo Software
12:15 – 12:30 | On-stage interview
Fixed income and technological solutions in focus: using tools and approaches for a profitable and smart transition
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Journalist & founder of Responsible Investor
Speakers: Justine Leigh Bell, CEO, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Luca Bertalot, Secretary General, EMF-ECBC
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break
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13:30 – 13:45 | TED-style presentation
Climate change scenarios for financial sector professionalsProf Riccardo Rebonato
13:45 – 14:00 | TED-style talk
Banking on Tomorrow: Where green ambitions meet security realityMartin Sládeček, Associate Director of Customer & Digital Advisory, KPMG
14:00 – 14:30 | Fireside conversation
Energy transition and competitiveness in focus: is Europe’s strategic autonomy realistic?What are the strategic pivots for European business?
Chair: Martin Ehl, Correspondent, Hospodarske Noviny
Pavel Micka, Head of performance and transformation, Veolia
14:30 – 15:00 | Fireside conversation
Mobilising private capital for economic growth and resilience
How will we finance the economic transformation?
What are the trends and developments in the financial sector?
Will sustainable finance play a greater role in company financing going forward?
Speakers:
Vera Economou, Sustainable Solutions Group Lead, ING
Gina Hanrahan, Head of Economic Policy, UN PRI
Radek Taborsky, Senior manager for investment banking, VUB Bank Prague
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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16:25 – 17:00 | TExpert discussion
Risk mapping – the use of climate risk maps in pricing and risk management
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Main stage
The second room on Monday will bring together a select group of experts and practitioners in banking and finance.
The room will have a fishbowl workshop approach -an active discussion with an opportunity for the audience to be active participants, in order to share questions, remarks, and comments both directly and online.
Transformation vs. transition - mobilising finance
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11:00 – 11:15 | Introductions and keynote remarks
11:15 – 11:30 | Presentation
11:30 – 11:50 | Interview
11:50 – 12:30 | Facilitated discussion on the most pressing needs and options for improved implementation
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Prudential supervision and the transition – managing expectations and risk
13:45 – 14:00 | Introduction and tour de table
14:00 – 14:30 | Introductory presentations and remarks
14:30 – 15:00 | Discussion -
15:30 – 15:45 | Introductory remarks & tour de table
16:00 – 16:20 | Presentations of practices and case studies
DAY 1
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
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If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org
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Navigating shifting geopolitics and money flows, with UN PRI.
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Organised by Eurosif, CzechSIF and EURENI roundtable)
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Run by Moody’s Ratings
with Amaya London, Assistant Vice President - Sustainable FinanceA practical discussion on how issuers and investors are navigating the next phase of the sustainable finance market - from the EU Green Bond Standard and evolving investor expectations to social, sustainability-linked, transition and blue bonds.
Featuring perspectives from Moody’s Ratings and CPIPG, with a focus on framework design, credibility and the realities of the CEE market.
15 SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
Business & Transition
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
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Keynote speeches
09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome remarks
09:05 – 09:15 | Keynote
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09:15 – 09:40 | On-stage interview
Geopolitical shifts, trade, and energy transition: key risks and upside for business in Europe and CEE
Chair: Raphael Minder, The Financial Times
Speakers: Gary Mazzotti, Chair, Accolade
Andrea Fiori, director of VUB Bank in Prague
Jan Ružicka, Chief External Affairs Officer, PPF Griup
09:40 – 10:10 | On-stage interview
Leadership – how to lead teams and communicate in difficult times
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Responsible Investor
Ganna Pidgorna, UNIQA
Emila Mamajova, EVERITA
Christine Würfel, CSO, RBI
10:10 – 10:30 | TED-style talk
Adaptive leadership & managing the contradictions of modern leadership
Emmanuel Coblence, Professor of Leadership, Associate Dean for Pedagogy, HEC Paris
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break -
11:00– 11:20 | On stage discussion
Business in the EU – the future of competitiveness, resilience, and funding for growth
Pavlína Žaková, Confederation of Industry
Anita Simon, Deputy CEO, Alteo
Marta Babicz, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland
11:25 - 11:45 | Presentation: Net-zero transition planning: financing business and risk perspectives
Réka Sulyok & Gábor Szigel, OTP Bank
11:45 – 12:00 | Presentation: Policy Design for System Change: What Is Needed to Speed Up the Transition and Move from A to Better
Gerben Hieminga, Senior Economist at ING Research12:00 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Made in Europe: will Europe deliver on its ambitions for clean tech?
Speakers:
Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director of EIES, the European Initiative for Energy Security
Radu Surdeanu, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Siemens Energy
Jan Brazda, Co-founder, Revoltum
12:30 -13:30 | Lunch Break
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13:30 – 13:50 | | Fireside conversation
Transition planning & future of non-financial reporting and risk management
Questions:
How are the data and integration issues getting solved?
How is transition planning for energy sector progressing?
How to best manage stakeholder engagement and communications related to ESG strategies and transition plans?
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor in Chief, Responsible Investor
Speakers:
Stanislaw Cichocki, PGE
Martin Račan, ČEZ Group
13:50 – 14:10 | On-stage interview
Hugh Wheelan, Founder, Responsible Investor
Speakers:
Eva Bučová, Country Manager, ING Bank Czech Republic
Andrea Basilova, CEO, Sensoneo
14:10 -14:25 | TED-style presentation
How sustainability can be translated into tangible financial performance
Livio Scalvini, Executive Director of the Leonardo Centre & CEO and Co-founder of Golden for Impact
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation
16:00 – 16:30 | Conversation with the audience
What to expect from the European Commission going forward – updates and insights from the “Brussels bubble” and beyond
Olivier Vardakoulias, Chief Economist, CAN Network
William Todts, Executive Director, Transport and Energy
Chris Vrettos, reScoop
16:30 – 17:00 | Conversation with the audience
Corporate reporting, digital infrastructure, and technological autonomy for the EU
Přemysl Píška, Regional sales director for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and DACH, Tangelo Software
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Main stage
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy) - A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, investors and policymakers, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition
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09:10 – 09:20 | Opening speech – Jan Karaba, Director, SAPI – Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy
09:20 – 09:45 | Keynote presentation – DG ENER, name TBC
9:45 – 10:30 | Facilitated discussion – Delivering the Next Phase of Europe's Energy Transition
Chair: ISFC
Participants/speakers
Stanislaw Cichocki, PGE Group
Balázs Felsmann, Economist, REKK
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break
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11:00 – 11:20 | Introductions and keynote remarks: From Energy Transition to Energy Security
Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director, EIES, European Initiative for Energy Security
11:20 – 11:40 | Presentation - Energy security in focus
11:45 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Questions we will explore
Can electricity networks keep pace with Europe's electrification ambitions?
What investments are most critical to strengthening Europe's energy security?
What is preventing capital from flowing into strategic energy infrastructure
Chair: Jan Karaba, Director, SAPI
Speakers
Radu Surdeanu, Senior Director Government and Executive Affairs at Siemens Energy
Katarína Kertýsová, Policy Officer, NATO
Patrik Križanský, member of BoD AVERE – European Association for Electromobility
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15:40 – 16:00 How private finance be mobilised for innovative clean energy solutions? What is happening in the banking sector and project finance in the CEE region?
Jan Troják, Director of Project Finance, CSOB
16:00 – 17:00 | Facilitated discussion
Questions we will explore
Where is private capital flowing today?
Which clean energy technologies are attracting the strongest investor interest?
What are today's biggest risks for investors?
How do policy uncertainty, permitting delays, grid constraints and electricity market volatility affect investment decisions?
What makes a clean energy project bankable?
Chair: Denisa Lehmanova, ISFC
Speakers
Zdeněk Obruča, CEE Head of Energy Advisory
Martin Račan, ČEZ Group
Zdeněk Obruča, CEE Head of Energy Advisory
Jim Campion, PE Fund Manager, investor, asset manager and advisor in Renewable Energy and Storage projects
DAY 2
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
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Discussion topics:
Industrial Accelerator Act
Modernisation Fund and future financial incentives for decarbonisation
CBAM and EU ETS – the tools and policies for enabling European competitiveness
Changes to procurement
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A facilitated roundtable for ESG managers and business leaders focused on how to bring sustainability topics into management decisions and business strategy. Participants will share both successful approaches and lessons learned from what did not work, with space for peer-to-peer discussion across different industries.
The session will be held in Czech.
Fair Venture – strategic ESG and sustainability consulting
16 SEPTEMBER
Wednesday
Business & Transition
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & RESILIENCE
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09:30 – 09:50 | Presentation or fire side chat
09:50 – 10:10 | TED-style talk or presentation
10:10 – 10:30 | Spotlight session: what is needed to build critical infrastructure and resilience for business?
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break
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11:00– 11:15 | Presentation
11:15 – 11:30 | Short interview
11:30 - 11:50 | On-stage interview
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Journalist
Tomáš Procházka, CFO, Accolade
Michał Gładyś, CEO/CIO of ARP TFI managing the Polish Green Fund
11:50 – 12:30 | Real estate – EPBD and solving the retrofitting financing and implementation puzzle
How can we mobilise private finance and make the transition affordable?
Chair & speaker: Marta Gellová, Chance for buildings
Katarína Nikodemová, Buildings for the Future Slovakia
Sarah Anwar, Head of Sustainability and Governance, Econans
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break
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13:30 – 13:50 | TED-style presentation
EU taxonomy in the built environment
13:50– 14:10 | On stage interview
14:00 – 14:20 | Presentation
14:40 - 15:10 | Conversation with the audience
15:10 - 15:40 | Coffee Break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style talk
16:10 – 16:30 | On stage interview/ fireside chat
Digital infrastructure and data centres
16:30 – 17:00 | Conversation with the audience
Real estate – valuations, climate, risk, and climate adaptation
What value added derives from investing in retrofitting or ESG integration?
Stefan de Goeij, Partner and Head of Sustainability & ESG for Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics, Cushman & Wakefield
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing remarks
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Main stage
Co-hosted with Czech Invest - A special event for a group of movers and shakers in the innovation space, from start-up founders to investors and scale up business developers.
The room will have a fishbowl approach - for an active discussion with the audience.
Innovation and clean tech for resilience
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09:10 – 09:20 |Keynote remarks: Markéta Přenosilová
09:20 – 09:40 | Fire side chat:
09:40 – 10:20 | Facilitated discussion with the audience
10:20 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
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11:00 – 11:15 | Introductions and keynote remarks
11:15 – 11:30 | Keynote presentation
11:30 – 11:50 | Fireside discussion
11:50 – 12:30 | Facilitated interactive discussion with the audience
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15:30
DAY 3
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
15 SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
Business & Transition
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
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Keynote speeches
09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome remarks
09:05 – 09:15 | Keynote
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09:15 – 09:40 | On-stage interview
Geopolitical shifts, trade, and energy transition: key risks and upside for business in Europe and CEE
Chair: Raphael Minder, The Financial Times
Speakers: Gary Mazzotti, Chair, Accolade
Andrea Fiori, director of VUB Bank in Prague
Jan Ružicka, Chief External Affairs Officer, PPF Griup
09:40 – 10:10 | On-stage interview
Leadership – how to lead teams and communicate in difficult times
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Responsible Investor
Ganna Pidgorna, UNIQA
Emila Mamajova, EVERITA
Christine Würfel, CSO, RBI
10:10 – 10:30 | TED-style talk
Adaptive leadership & managing the contradictions of modern leadership
Emmanuel Coblence, Professor of Leadership, Associate Dean for Pedagogy, HEC Paris
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break -
11:00– 11:20 | On stage discussion
Business in the EU – the future of competitiveness, resilience, and funding for growth
Pavlína Žaková, Confederation of Industry
Anita Simon, Deputy CEO, Alteo
Marta Babicz, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland
11:25 - 11:45 | Presentation: Net-zero transition planning: financing business and risk perspectives
Réka Sulyok & Gábor Szigel, OTP Bank
11:45 – 12:00 | Presentation: Policy Design for System Change: What Is Needed to Speed Up the Transition and Move from A to Better
Gerben Hieminga, Senior Economist at ING Research12:00 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Made in Europe: will Europe deliver on its ambitions for clean tech?
Speakers:
Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director of EIES, the European Initiative for Energy Security
Radu Surdeanu, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Siemens Energy
Jan Brazda, Co-founder, Revoltum
12:30 -13:30 | Lunch Break
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13:30 – 13:50 | | Fireside conversation
Transition planning & future of non-financial reporting and risk management
Questions:
How are the data and integration issues getting solved?
How is transition planning for energy sector progressing?
How to best manage stakeholder engagement and communications related to ESG strategies and transition plans?
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor in Chief, Responsible Investor
Speakers:
Stanislaw Cichocki, PGE
Martin Račan, ČEZ Group
13:50 – 14:10 | On-stage interview
Hugh Wheelan, Founder, Responsible Investor
Speakers:
Eva Bučová, Country Manager, ING Bank Czech Republic
Andrea Basilova, CEO, Sensoneo
14:10 -14:25 | TED-style presentation
How sustainability can be translated into tangible financial performance
Livio Scalvini, Executive Director of the Leonardo Centre & CEO and Co-founder of Golden for Impact
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation
16:00 – 16:30 | Conversation with the audience
What to expect from the European Commission going forward – updates and insights from the “Brussels bubble” and beyond
Olivier Vardakoulias, Chief Economist, CAN Network
William Todts, Executive Director, Transport and Energy
Chris Vrettos, reScoop
16:30 – 17:00 | Conversation with the audience
Corporate reporting, digital infrastructure, and technological autonomy for the EU
Přemysl Píška, Regional sales director for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and DACH, Tangelo Software
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Main stage
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy) - A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, investors and policymakers, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition conference
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09:10 – 09:20 | Opening speech – Jan Karaba, Director, SAPI – Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy
09:20 – 09:45 | Keynote presentation – DG ENER, name TBC
9:45 – 10:30 | Facilitated discussion – Delivering the Next Phase of Europe's Energy Transition
Chair: ISFC
Participants/speakers
Stanislaw Cichocki, PGE Group
Balázs Felsmann, Economist, REKK
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break
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11:00 – 11:20 | Introductions and keynote remarks: From Energy Transition to Energy Security
Albéric Mongrenier, Executive Director, EIES, European Initiative for Energy Security
11:20 – 11:40 | Presentation - Energy security in focus
11:45 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Questions we will explore
Can electricity networks keep pace with Europe's electrification ambitions?
What investments are most critical to strengthening Europe's energy security?
What is preventing capital from flowing into strategic energy infrastructure
Chair: Jan Karaba, Director, SAPI
Speakers
Radu Surdeanu, Senior Director Government and Executive Affairs at Siemens Energy
Katarína Kertýsová, Policy Officer, NATO
Patrik Križanský, member of BoD AVERE – European Association for Electromobility
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15:40 – 16:00 How private finance be mobilised for innovative clean energy solutions? What is happening in the banking sector and project finance in the CEE region?
Jan Troják, Director of Project Finance, CSOB
16:00 – 17:00 | Facilitated discussion
Questions we will explore
Where is private capital flowing today?
Which clean energy technologies are attracting the strongest investor interest?
What are today's biggest risks for investors?
How do policy uncertainty, permitting delays, grid constraints and electricity market volatility affect investment decisions?
What makes a clean energy project bankable?
Chair: Denisa Lehmanova, ISFC
Speakers
Zdeněk Obruča, CEE Head of Energy Advisory
Martin Račan, ČEZ Group
Zdeněk Obruča, CEE Head of Energy Advisory
Jim Campion, PE Fund Manager, investor, asset manager and advisor in Renewable Energy and Storage projects
DAY 2
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
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Discussion topics:
Industrial Accelerator Act
Modernisation Fund and future financial incentives for decarbonisation
CBAM and EU ETS – the tools and policies for enabling European competitiveness
Changes to procurement
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A facilitated roundtable for ESG managers and business leaders focused on how to bring sustainability topics into management decisions and business strategy. Participants will share both successful approaches and lessons learned from what did not work, with space for peer-to-peer discussion across different industries.
The session will be held in Czech.
Fair Venture – strategic ESG and sustainability consulting
14
SEPTEMBER
Monday
GEOPOLITICS, FINANCE & AI
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
15
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
Main Stage
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy) - A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, investors and policymakers, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Roundtables
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy) - A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, investors and policymakers, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
14 SEPTEMBER
Monday
Geostrategic Europe, Geopolitics, Climate and Strategy in an Era of AI
GEOPOLITICS, FINANCE & AI
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Keynote speeches
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome remarks
09:20 – 09:30 | Opening keynote
Jan Dusík, Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission
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09:30 – 09:50 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Responsible Investor
Speakers: Martin Zenker, Head of Group ESG Office, UNIQA Group
Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, Executive director, corporate banking, VUB
Miluše Poláková, Country HR director Czech Republic and HR Director zone Central and Eastern Europe, Veolia
09:50 - 10:20 | On stage interview
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor
Speaker: Sabine Abfalter, CFO and board member, Raiffeisen CZ
10:20 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 11:20 | TED-style presentation: Transition planning and implementation
Petra Ondrušová, CSO, Česká spořitelna
Peter Franek, Head of Strategic Risk Management, Česká spořitelna
11:20 – 11:35 | Fireside chat: The transition to net zero: Where does the CEE region stand in the transition of key sectors?
Gergely Pókos, Executive director, Green Program Directorate, OTP Bank
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11:30– 11:55 | Keynote and a fireside conversation
Climate, AI, and the future of society: are we doomed?Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014
In conversation with: Jakob Thomä, Founder and CEO, Theia Finance Labs
11:55 – 12:15 | TED style talk
Who Are You Really Reporting To? Rethinking Sustainability Reporting for Financial MarketsErwin Groenendal, Co-Founder and Product Evangelist, Tangelo Software
12:15 – 12:30 | On-stage interview
Fixed income and technological solutions in focus: using tools and approaches for a profitable and smart transition
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Journalist & founder of Responsible Investor
Speakers: Justine Leigh Bell, CEO, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Luca Bertalot, Secretary General, EMF-ECBC
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break
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13:30 – 13:45 | TED-style presentation
Climate change scenarios for financial sector professionalsProf Riccardo Rebonato
13:45 – 14:00 | TED-style talk
Banking on Tomorrow: Where green ambitions meet security realityMartin Sládeček, Associate Director of Customer & Digital Advisory, KPMG
14:00 – 14:30 | Fireside conversation
Energy transition and competitiveness in focus: is Europe’s strategic autonomy realistic?What are the strategic pivots for European business?
Chair: Martin Ehl, Correspondent, Hospodarske Noviny
Pavel Micka, Head of performance and transformation, Veolia
14:30 – 15:00 | Fireside conversation
Mobilising private capital for economic growth and resilience
How will we finance the economic transformation?
What are the trends and developments in the financial sector?
Will sustainable finance play a greater role in company financing going forward?
Speakers:
Vera Economou, Sustainable Solutions Group Lead, ING
Gina Hanrahan, Head of Economic Policy, UN PRI
Radek Taborsky, Senior manager for investment banking, VUB Bank Prague
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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16:25 – 17:00 | TExpert discussion
Risk mapping – the use of climate risk maps in pricing and risk management
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Main stage
The second room on Monday will bring together a select group of experts and practitioners in banking and finance.
The room will have a fishbowl workshop approach -an active discussion with an opportunity for the audience to be active participants, in order to share questions, remarks, and comments both directly and online.
Transformation vs. transition - mobilising finance
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11:00 – 11:15 | Introductions and keynote remarks
11:15 – 11:30 | Presentation
11:30 – 11:50 | Interview
11:50 – 12:30 | Facilitated discussion on the most pressing needs and options for improved implementation
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Prudential supervision and the transition – managing expectations and risk
13:45 – 14:00 | Introduction and tour de table
14:00 – 14:30 | Introductory presentations and remarks
14:30 – 15:00 | Discussion -
15:30 – 15:45 | Introductory remarks & tour de table
16:00 – 16:20 | Presentations of practices and case studies
DAY 1
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
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If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org
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Navigating shifting geopolitics and money flows, with UN PRI.
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Organised by Eurosif, CzechSIF and EURENI roundtable)
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Run by Moody’s Ratings
with Amaya London, Assistant Vice President - Sustainable FinanceA practical discussion on how issuers and investors are navigating the next phase of the sustainable finance market - from the EU Green Bond Standard and evolving investor expectations to social, sustainability-linked, transition and blue bonds.
Featuring perspectives from Moody’s Ratings and CPIPG, with a focus on framework design, credibility and the realities of the CEE market.
15
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
Main Stage
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association of Sustainable Energy) - A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, investors and policymakers, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
-
17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Roundtables
Closed-door roundtable sessions provide an interactive setting for in-depth discussions on different key topics. If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
-
Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
-
09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
14 SEPTEMBER
Monday
GEOPOLITICS, FINANCE & AI
DAY 1
14 SEPTEMBER
Monday
GEOPOLITICS, FINANCE & AI
Main Event
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Keynote speeches
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome remarks
09:20 – 09:30 | Opening keynote
Jan Dusík, Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission
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09:30 – 09:50 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Responsible Investor
Speakers: Martin Zenker, Head of Group ESG Office, UNIQA Group
Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, Executive director, corporate banking, VUB
Miluše Poláková, Country HR director Czech Republic and HR Director zone Central and Eastern Europe, Veolia
09:50 - 10:20 | On stage interview
Chair: Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Editor, Responsible Investor
Speaker: Sabine Abfalter, CFO and board member, Raiffeisen CZ
10:20 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 11:20 | TED-style presentation: Transition planning and implementation
Petra Ondrušová, CSO, Česká spořitelna
Peter Franek, Head of Strategic Risk Management, Česká spořitelna
11:20 – 11:35 | Fireside chat: The transition to net zero: Where does the CEE region stand in the transition of key sectors?
Gergely Pókos, Executive director, Green Program Directorate, OTP Bank
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11:30– 11:55 | Keynote and a fireside conversation
Climate, AI, and the future of society: are we doomed?Connie Hedegaard, former European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014
In conversation with: Jakob Thomä, Founder and CEO, Theia Finance Labs
11:55 – 12:15 | TED style talk
Who Are You Really Reporting To? Rethinking Sustainability Reporting for Financial MarketsErwin Groenendal, Co-Founder and Product Evangelist, Tangelo Software
12:15 – 12:30 | On-stage interview
Fixed income and technological solutions in focus: using tools and approaches for a profitable and smart transition
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Journalist & founder of Responsible Investor
Speakers: Justine Leigh Bell, CEO, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Luca Bertalot, Secretary General, EMF-ECBC
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch break
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13:30 – 13:45 | TED-style presentation
Climate change scenarios for financial sector professionalsProf Riccardo Rebonato
13:45 – 14:00 | TED-style talk
Banking on Tomorrow: Where green ambitions meet security realityMartin Sládeček, Associate Director of Customer & Digital Advisory, KPMG
14:00 – 14:30 | Fireside conversation
Energy transition and competitiveness in focus: is Europe’s strategic autonomy realistic?What are the strategic pivots for European business?
Chair: Martin Ehl, Correspondent, Hospodarske Noviny
Pavel Micka, Head of performance and transformation, Veolia
14:30 – 15:00 | Fireside conversation
Mobilising private capital for economic growth and resilience
How will we finance the economic transformation?
What are the trends and developments in the financial sector?
Will sustainable finance play a greater role in company financing going forward?
Speakers:
Vera Economou, Sustainable Solutions Group Lead, ING
Gina Hanrahan, Head of Economic Policy, UN PRI
Radek Taborsky, Senior manager for investment banking, VUB Bank Prague
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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16:25 – 17:00 | TExpert discussion
Risk mapping – the use of climate risk maps in pricing and risk management
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Transformation vs. transition - mobilising finance
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The room will have a fishbowl workshop approach -an active discussion with an opportunity for the audience to be active participants, in order to share questions, remarks, and comments both directly and online.
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11:00 – 11:15 | Introductions and keynote remarks
11:15 – 11:30 | Presentation
11:30 – 11:50 | Interview
11:50 – 12:30 | Facilitated discussion on the most pressing needs and options for improved implementation
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Prudential supervision and the transition – managing expectations and risk
13:45 – 14:00 | Introduction and tour de table
14:00 – 14:30 | Introductory presentations and remarks
14:30 – 15:00 | Discussion -
15:30 – 15:45 | Introductory remarks & tour de table
16:00 – 16:20 | Presentations of practices and case studies
DAY 1
Roundtables
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If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org
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Navigating shifting geopolitics and money flows, with UN PRI.
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Organised by Eurosif, CzechSIF and EURENI roundtable)
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Run by Moody’s Ratings
with Amaya London, Assistant Vice President - Sustainable FinanceA practical discussion on how issuers and investors are navigating the next phase of the sustainable finance market - from the EU Green Bond Standard and evolving investor expectations to social, sustainability-linked, transition and blue bonds.
Featuring perspectives from Moody’s Ratings and CPIPG, with a focus on framework design, credibility and the realities of the CEE market.
15
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
Main Event
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association for Sustainable Energy). A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Roundtables
Closed-door interactive sessions for in-depth discussions.
If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
16
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & RESILIENCE
Main Event
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
-
15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
-
17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Side-event
Co-hosted with SAPI (Slovak Association for Sustainable Energy). A dedicated deep-dive for energy practitioners, using a fishbowl format that gives the audience space to participate and ask questions.
Electrification & Energy Transition
-
Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
-
09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
-
11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
-
12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
-
13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
-
15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
-
17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Roundtables
Closed-door interactive sessions for in-depth discussions.
If you are interested in attending one of the following roundtables, please email registrations@ceesummit.org.
-
Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
-
09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
-
11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
-
12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
-
13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
-
15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
-
17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
15
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday
BUSINESS & ELECTRIFICATION
Main stage
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
-
09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
-
11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
-
12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
-
13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
Electrification & Energy Transition - Side Event
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Keynote speeches
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
09:20 – 09:35 | Fireside conversation
Chair: Hugh Wheelan, Financial Journalist
Speaker: Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
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09:35 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience - European Green Deal and competitiveness: will the regulatory rethink and the EU “omnibus” deliver what we need?
This session will dive deeper into the new European Commission strategic priorities and the efforts to simplify and streamline reporting and compliance, and what the competitiveness and simplification agenda means for businesses and finance in the CEE region. We will explore the unique needs of the region when it comes to investment and enabling policies for business growth.
Chair: Helena Vines Fiestas, Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance & Spanish Capital Markets Authority
Speakers:
Andreas Hauer, Head of Sustainable Finance, Erste Group
Piotr Dmuchowski, CEO, PFR TFI S.A.
Petr Polach, Co-Head of Group Structured Finance & Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International
Alice Machova, Partner, EY
Anne-Sophie Castelnau, Global Head of Sustainability, ING Group
10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break
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11:00 – 12:00 | Conversation with the audience - Investing and business sense in turbulent times
Is ESG dead? What is the future of investing and the role of sustainability in it? Is AI about to “eat your lunch”? A session discussing whether we are witnessing new, unexpected developments in the investment and finance world, and what makes good business/investing sense – what to keep in mind when seeking value creation, scalable companies, and resilience.
Chair: Linda Zeilina-Cross, CEO, ISFC
Speakers
Cliff Prior, Advisor, ImpactScope & Board Advisor, Gifftid.ai
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX Equity Partners
Marian Gazdík, Managing Partner, G-FORCE
Lubomir Vystavel, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Michał Gladyš, CEO, ARP TFI
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12:00– 12:30 | Discussion with the audience - Sustainable investing vs European security and defence needs.
This session will look closer at whether sustainable or ESG investing is bad for European military industrial complex. What impact will joint efforts to improve Europe’s defence capacities have for business and finance?
Chair: Raphael Minder, CEE correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers:
Eila Kreivi, Board Member, Finnerva & former head of Capital Markets, EIB
Piotr Arak, Chief Economist, Velobank
Julian Popov, former minister of Environment, Bulgaria
Petr Zahradník, Economic and Strategic Analyst, Česká spořitelna
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13:30 – 14:00 | TED-style talk: GDP at transition risk. Prof Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
A special presentation with analysis of the risk management for certain countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland) and sectors (automotive, energy, etc.) to improve and manage competitiveness in regional and global markets.
14:00 – 14:30 | TED style presentation : Prof J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford, INET) - Making sense of Chaos: A better economics for a better world
14:30 – 15:00 | TED-style talk: Dr Florian Berg, MIT: ESG and the original sin
15:00– 15:40 | Coffee break
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15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style presentation: Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Special presentation: Prof Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics, Finance
16:00 - 17:00 | Conversation with the audience - Nature positive finance and biodiversity - are we ready for biodiversity disclosures and the measurement of natural capital? Sustainable finance - the EU taxonomy, reporting
Chair: Will Oulton, Vice Chair, UK’s Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
Speakers:
Andreas Rajchl, Head of the Green Finance and Sustainable Economy Department Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Astrid Matthey, Senior Economist, German Environment Agency
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director, Eurosif
17:00 – 17:10 | Closing session (interview) and reflections of the day
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17:10 – 18:00 | Move to evening venue
CEE Summit 2025 - Knowledge Hub
CEE Sustainable Finance 2025 Report
TED-Style talk presentations
GDP at transition Risk
Dirk Schoenmaker
Transition Story – Transition in Practice
Marcus Pugh-Smith, Goldman Sachs
Making macroeconomic and financial models work for climate risk analysis
Irene Monasterolo
Upgrading housing: The potential and limits of borrower-based measures
Reiner Martin
Pierre Monnin
Making sense of chaos
J. Doyne Farmer
The Original Sin of ESG
Florian Berg
Česká Spořitelna and Ernst & Young
Climate Scenario Analysis
Petr Franěk, Česká spořitelna
Radek Lastovicka, EY
Econans
Presentation: Old Homes, New Business Value for Banks
Sarah Anwar
Krzysztof Bertman
Ernst & Young
Video: Radek Lastovicka answering our questions
Video: Alice Machová answering our questions
KPMG
Presentation: The ESG Tech Pack & Automated Reporting
Maciej Gomolka
OTP Bank
Presentation: What banks can and cannot do for decarbonisation
Gergely Pókos
ING
Video: Eva Bučová
answering our questions
Panattoni
Presentation: A path to net zero
Pavel Sovička
Tangelo
Presentation: Corporate reporting, transformed
Arko Vervark
