SUERF/De Nederlandsche Bank Conference Forging a new future between the UK and the EU

Wednesday, 8 January 2020 De Nederlandsche Bank Westeinde 1, Amsterdam

Brexit marks an unprecedented event in European history and while the United Kingdom has often been portrayed as holding back Europe, the reality is, that in several key areas, the UK has been on the forefront, notably pushing for deregulation, flexibility and deeper market integration. Moreover, when it comes to finance, London has a long history as Europe’s main financial centre. This conference aims to bring together thought leaders from policy making, academia and industry to discuss the economic implications of some of the challenges uncovered by Brexit and other recent events on both sides of the Channel.

Programme Wednesday, 8 January 2020

08:30 Registration and Welcome breakfast

09:00 Welcome and Opening remarks Klaas Knot, President, De Nederlandsche Bank

09:30 Session 1: Climate Change

Address: Financing the low-carbon transition Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor, RSM, Erasmus University Rotterdam and SUERF Fellow

10:00 Panel 1: Climate Change

Moderator: Michala Marcussen, Group Chief Economist, Société Générale and SUERF

Heather Gibson, Director, Economic Analysis and Research Department, Bank of Greece Aerdt Houben, Director Financial Markets, De Nederlandsche Bank Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Session 2: Inequality - Securing better opportunities for regions

Address: Regional inequality in the UK Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England and Chair of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Council

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12:00 Panel 2: Tackling regional inequality

Moderator: Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG

Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel Charles Goodhart, Emeritus Professor, LSE I SUERF Fellow Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Deputy Director, OECD Anthony Venables, Professor of Economics, Oxford University

13:15 Lunch

14:00 Session 3: London, the Euro area and the global financial system

Address: Europe’s role in the global financial system Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, ECB

14:30 Address: How can the City best benefit the EU post Brexit? David Miles, Professor of Financial Economics, Imperial College Business School

15:00 Panel 3: The international role of the European financial system

Moderator: Jakob de Haan, SUERF President and Head of Research, De Nederlandsche Bank

Iain Begg, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman, Société Générale Richard Portes, Professor of Economics, London Business School Phil Wooldridge, Head of Financial Markets, BIS

16:30 End of Conference

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