SRB Annual Conference 2024: The road ahead: risk, readiness and resilience

Opening session

Introduction

• Master of Ceremonies: Susan CARROLL, Communications team leader and Spokesperson, Single Resolution Board

Welcome 

• Dominique LABOUREIX, Chair, Single Resolution Board 

Opening Address 

• Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

In-conversation: SRB and SSM Chairs 

In-conversation session with SRB Chair Dominique LABOUREIX and Claudia BUCH, Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank

Moderator: Maria TADEO, European correspondent

Roundtable high-level discussion

Moderator: Joe LYNAM, Business Editor, Newstalk (Ireland)

• John BERRIGAN, Director-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
• Jérôme GRIVET, Deputy CEO of Crédit Agricole S.A
• Manuel PRETO, Deputy CEO, Santander Totta 
• Birgit RODOLPHE, Chief Executive Director of Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany (BaFin)
• Irene TINAGLI, MEP and Chair, European Parliament’s ECON committee
• Anneli TUOMINEN, Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank 

Parallel sessions x 3 

The MREL journey – where we stand and the next steps

This session will look at the progress made, explain the challenges we see going forward, such as challenges from the recent crises and combinations of tools, and send a signal for discussing the long-term future.

Moderator: Sebastiano LAVIOLA, Board Member, Single Resolution Board (SRB)

• Gonzalo GASÓS, Senior Director Prudential Policy and Supervision, European Banking Federation (EBF)
• Stefano PORRO, Chief Financial Officer, Unicredit
• Sofia TOSCANO RICO, Deputy Director-General of Horizontal Line Supervision, European Central Bank (ECB)
• Ruth WALTERS, Senior Advisor, Bank for International Settlement (BIS)

Cooperation on new risks and digitalisation

This session will look at global responses to new risks to banking and resolvability, as well as explore the challenges and opportunities posed by digitalisation for the banking sector and resolvability.  

Moderator: Jan Reinder DE CARPENTIER, Vice-Chair, Single Resolution Board (SRB)

• Christopher JACKSON, Head of International Resolvability Division, Bank of England 
• Alexandra MANIATI, Senior Director, Innovation & Cybersecurity, European Banking Federation (EBF)
• Dirk HAUBRICH, Head of Conduct, Payments and Consumers, European Banking Authority (EBA)
• Dalvinder SINGH, Professor of Law at the University of Warwick, School of Law

The next phase: testing and operationalisation 

Resolution authorities and banks are turning their attention to testing resolution strategies and plans. This session will consider the experience so far, and discuss the way ahead for banks and authorities.

Moderator: Pedro MACHADO, Board Member, Single Resolution Board (SRB)

• Matthias BULACH, Member of the Management Committee, CaixaBank
• Anna COX, Head of Group Recovery and Resolution Planning, Barclays Europe 
• Francesco MAURO, Head of Supervisory Review, Recovery and Resolution Unit (SuRRR), European Banking Authority (EBA)
• Claire MCGRADE, Head of Resolution and Crisis Management Division, Central Bank of Ireland

Closing session