SRM 10th Anniversary Conference

Opening session

Introduction

• Master of Ceremonies: Susan Carroll, Head of Communications and Spokesperson, Single Resolution Board

Welcome

• Dominique Laboureix, Chair, Single Resolution Board 

Opening Address 

• Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank 

High-level panel discussions 

Panel 1 - Resilience without borders; Lessons and leverage from global cooperation

This panel will explore the international dimension of bank resolution. Discussions will focus on global cooperation and cross-border challenges in the resolution framework. 

Moderator: Raymond Frenken, financial journalist

1. Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
2. Karolina Ekholm, Director General at Swedish National Debt Office
3. Dominique Laboureix, Chair, Single Resolution Board
4. Sir Dave Ramsden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England 

Panel 2 - Towards a complete Banking Union and a simpler framework that works for everybody

This panel will focus on the EU and Banking Union dimension of bank resolution. Discussions will focus on recent progress, key challenges, and future developments within the European framework.

Moderator: Raymond Frenken, financial journalist 

1. Karen Braun-Munzinger, Board Member, Single Resolution Board
2. Héctor Grisi, CEO, Santander Group
3. Priscille Szeradzki, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) President and Deputy CEO of the Confederation Nationale du Crédit Mutuel (CNCM)
4. Cindy van Oorschot, Executive Board Member, De Nederlandsche Bank

Keynote speech

• Travis Hill, Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Parallel sessions

Session 1 (Studio)

Towards 2028: the shift to crisis readiness

This session will look at the progress of the SRM Vision 2028 strategy and explore how the banking sector, national resolution authorities, and other stakeholders are working together to ensure banks and the SRM are ready and operational in times of crisis.

Moderator: Tuija Taos, Board Member, Single Resolution Board

1. Ugo Bassi, Director, Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime, DG FISMA, European Commission
2. Krzysztof Budzich, Board Member for Resolution Planning, Financial System Projects, and Resolution Departments, Polish Bank Guarantee Fund
3. Stefan Kniege, Head of Group Resolution Planning at Deutsche Bank
4. Álvaro López Barceló, Chairperson, Spanish Resolution Authority (FROB)
5. Wim Mijs, CEO, European Banking Federation (EBF)
6. Sofia Toscano Rico, Deputy Director General in DG Horizontal Line Supervision, European Central Bank 

Audience Q&A

Session 2 (Auditorium)

The changing face of banking: rules, risks and resolution

The world of banking is changing fast, with new business models, technologies, digital transformation and potential deregulation. How is the resolution landscape adapting to the new environment, with its increased digital operational risk and the risk of non-bank financial intermediaries.

Moderator: Slavka Eley, Board Member, Single Resolution Board

1. François-Louis Michaud, Executive Director, European Banking Authority (EBA)
2. Eric Pulinx, CEO, BNY Europe
3. Jeremie Rosselli, General Manager N26, France & Benelux
4. Géraldine Thiry, Director of Resolution of credit institutions Department, National Bank of Belgium  (NBB)

Audience Q&A

Session 3 (Aquarium)

Funding in resolution: approaches and progress across jurisdictions

Funding in resolution was critical to the successful resolution of the 2023 bank failures, and was highlighted in the FSB preliminary lessons learnt for resolution. This panel would discuss developments on funding in resolution at international and European level, and the need to develop a full solution in the Banking Union.

Moderator: Miguel Carcaño, Vice-Chair, Single Resolution Board

1. Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Banque De France
2. Roberto Cercone, Director Resolution and Crisis Management Unit, Banca d’Italia
3. Alain Girard, Head of Recovery and Resolution Division, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
4. Seraina Grünewald, Professor of International Economic Law and Finance Law at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland
5. Pamela Lintner, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank 

Audience Q&A