Conference on European Economic Integration (CEEI) 2025

Описание: Conference on European Economic Integration (CEEI) 2025:
CESEE’s financial future: funding growth and innovation

The successful convergence seen in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) over the past decades has been shaped by strong FDI inflows and bank-based financing. However, economic convergence with the EU has slowed along with generally weaker growth in the EU itself. Europe now faces several challenges, including economic fragmentation and weaker economic performance of major trading partners. Against this background, the CEEI 2025 will explore what financial systems are needed to support future growth, innovation and convergence. The upcoming event aims to tackle the following questions and more:

What infrastructure and regulatory reforms are needed for the development of capital markets?
How can CESEE move from bank-based financing to more diverse funding sources beyond traditional bank loans?
How to attract venture capital to promote startups and innovations?
How to encourage households to direct their savings into capital market investments?

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:04 Welcome remarks
Martin Kocher, Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

00:20:51 Keynote lecture 1: The Capital Market Union opportunity for CESEE countries
Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow, Bruegel and the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Chair: Martin Kocher. Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

01:02:10 Panel 1: Promoting diverse financing sources in CESEE
Chair: Edeltraud Stiftinger, Vice Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Larisa Dragomir, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of EU Commissioner Albuquerque
Alejandra Medina, Head of the Financial Economics Unit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dóra Piroska, Associate Professor, Central European University

02:04:04 Academic session: How to enhance financial inclusion of households and SMEs?
Chair: Julia Wörz, Head of the Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Elisabeth Beckmann, Senior Expert, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Julia Korosteleva, Professor of Economics and Business, University College London

02:50:23 Panel 2: Financing innovation and start-ups
Chair: Monika Rosen, Vice President, Austro-American-Society
Gunhild Berg, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
Maximilian Bierbaum. Head of Research. New Financial
Marek Blaha. CEO, Dostupné bydlení České Spořitelny

03:51:10 Keynote lecture 2: Breaking Barriers to Financial Access: Cross-Platform Digital Payments and Credit Markets
Speaker: Manju Puri, Professor. Duke University
Chair: Martin Kocher. Governor. Oesterreichische Nationalbank

04:41:44 Governors panel: Status quo of capital markets in CESEE
Chair: Martin Kocher, Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Anca Dragu, Governor, National Bank of Moldova
Ahmet Ismaili, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo
Marta Kightley, First Deputy Governor, Narodowy Bank Polski
Madis Müller, Governor, Eesti Pank
Dániel Palotai, Deputy Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Trajko Slaveski, Governor, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

Find more information to this event here: https://www.oenb.at/en/Calendar/2025/...

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