Brussels Conference 2009
The latest Conference took place in Brussels on 15-16 October 2009
The impact of the financial and economic crisis on banks specializing
in public finance and on their local partners:
How to overcome current and future challenges?
Agenda
Thursday 15 October 2009
Day I The global scope
09:00 – 12:30 The public finance banks experience
Chairman: Pierre Mariani, ICLC General Secretary, Dexia CEO
The current crisis seriously challenges the financial sector practices and while the business model of the public finance banks was not an a priori risk taking model they have been touched as well as their local partners. Restoring the stability and the credibility of the financial sector is therefore of the utmost importance and the session will cover these areas.
09:00 – 09:20 Welcome Speech
Pierre Mariani, ICLC General Secretary, Dexia CEO
Stefaan Decraene, Dexia Bank CEO
09:20 – 09:50 Rudolf Niessler, Director of Policy Coordination, General Directorate of the Regional Policy, European Union
09:50– 10:30 The collapse of globalised finance
Anton Brender, Chief Economist Dexia Asset Management
10:30 – 10:50 ICLC survey: Impact on the banks
Marie-Alice Lallemand-Flucher, Dexia, ICLC Secretariat General
Juliana Pigey, Urban Institute
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Round table
Moderator: Tomas Werngren,
President and CEO Kommunivest i Sverige
Panellists:
- Guido Ravoet, General Secretary of the European Banking Federation
- Hans Leenaars, BNG Board member
- Laurent de Mautort, Director Lending Operations Western Europe, BEI
- Pierre Mariani , ICLC General Secretary, Dexia CEO
Q&A
12:30 – 14: 30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:00 The local sector experience
Chairman: Pascal Poupelle CEO Dexia Credit Local
Within a number of industrialized countries the local public sector has been severely hit as a provider of public services, as principal public investor, as economic agent and finally as employer. The session will consider how the financial crisis has affected sub-national governments and the impact on their local economy.
14:30 – 15:00 Boosting local investments
Keynote speaker: Raphaël Alomar, Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank
15:00 – 15:10 ICLC survey: impact on the local sector
Marie-Alice Lallemand-Flucher, Dexia, ICLC Secretariat General
Juliana Pigey, Urban Institute
15:10 – 16:40 Round table
Moderator: Pascal Poupelle, CEO Dexia Credit Local
Panellists:
- Jeremy Smith, General Secretary, Council of European Municipalities and Regions
- Ottar Gudjonsson, Managing Director, Municipality Credit Iceland
- Stéphane Rio, Head of Product and Portfolio Management, Deutsche Pfanbriefbank AG, Member of Depfa Board
Q&A
Friday 16 October 2009
Day II The Belgian scope.
09:00 – 12:30 Politic and economic presentation of Belgium
Chairman: Stefaan Decraene, CEO Dexia Bank
09:00-9:15 Welcome
Stefaan Decraene,
Financial crisis and local investments: credit crunch?
09:15-9:45 Address - Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian Prime Minister
09:45-10:15 The Belgian local public sector and its financial situation
Keynote speaker - Frank Lierman, Chief Economist, Dexia Bank
Q & A
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee - break
11:00-12:30 Round table
Is PPP still a solution for public sector investments?
Moderator Dirk Gyselinck:
Member of the Management Board of Dexia Bank
Panellists :
- Johan Vande Lanotte, Extraordinary professor of constitutional law & international human rights law, Minister of State: presentation of the Datio in Solutum-Mediacenter Project
- Luc Asselman, Chairman of OCMW/CPAS (Public Centre for Social Help) Merchtem, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening (Flemish company for water supply): presentation of the Merchtem – Building of service flats
- Eric Van Cappellen, Director Distribution Public Finance, Dexia Bank
- Damien Legrand, Head of guaranteed PPP, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG
Q & A
Concluding remarks
Pierre Mariani, ICLC General Secretary, Dexia CEO
Stefaan Decraene, Dexia Bank CEO
