FEBEA 2018 CONFERENCE

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THE ROLE OF ETHICAL FINANCE IN EUROPE: FACTS AND ASPIRATIONS

09:00 - 09:30

Antoon Vandevelde, President Hefboom Pedro Sasia, President FEBEA

Herman Van Rompuy, President Emeritus European Council, Minister of State and President of the European Policy Centre Q&A

T H E R O L E O F E T H I C A L F I N A N C E I N E U R O P E : F A C T S A N D A S P I R A T I O N S

09:30 - 10:00

SITUATION IN EU - FINANCE AND ETHICS 10:00 - 11:00

REGISTRATION

OPENING SPEECHES

Carlos Trias Pintó, EESC member Q&A

12:00 - 12:30 AN ACTION PLAN ON SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

COFFEE BREAK

MORNING SESSION

11:00 - 11:20

THE ROLE OF ETHICAL BANKS TODAY 11:20 - 12:00

Luc Van Liedekerke, Professor in Business Ethics at the Leuven, Antwerp, and Tilburg universities Reactions from FEBEA members Q&A

31 MAY CONFERENCE

LUNCH12:30 - 14:00

The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven

14:00 - 14:30

Daniel Sorrosal, FEBEA Policy and Advocacy Manager - Moderator Clémentine Blazy, France Active Financing Manager  Dirk Dalle, CEO at HefboomNathalie Denis, Credit Coordinator at Crédal Magdalena Czuchryta, Responsible for loans for social economy clients at TISE 

14:30 - 15:40

THE PRACTICE OF ETHICAL BANKING 16:00 - 17:00

EFFICIENT MODELS FOR CREATING SOCIAL IMPACT

ETHICAL FINANCE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

COFFEE BREAK15:40 - 16:00

Pedro Sasia, FEBEA Chairman

DINNER OFFERED BY FEBEA20:00

T H E R O L E O F E T H I C A L F I N A N C E I N E U R O P E : F A C T S A N D

A S P I R A T I O N S

Nicole Alix, Chairwoman of “La Coop des Communs”

CONCLUSION 17:00 - 17:15

AFTERNOON SESSION

De Hoorn, Sluisstraat 79, 3000 Leuven

Patrick Develtere, Principal Adviser for European Social Policy at the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) - ModeratorPanagiotis Tournavitis, General manager Cooperative bank of KarditsaLars Pehrson, CEO at Merkur Bank Anna-Valentina Cenariu, Head of Sustainability at Alternative Bank Switzerland

PEDRO SASIAFEBEA Chairman, Board Member of Banca Popolare Etica. Professor at theUniversity of Deusto (Bilbao), where he is Boardmember of the Center for Applied Ethics.

SPEAKERS

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY President Emeritus European Council, Ministerof State and President of the European PolicyCentre.

ANTOON VANDEVELDEPresident of Hefboom, Philosopher andEconomist, Prof. Em. Katholieke UniversiteitLeuven.

LUC VAN LIEDEKERKELuc Van Liedekerke holds the BNP chair inEthics and Finance at the UniversityAntwerp. He is board member of severalacademic and non-academic organisations inBelgium and abroad who are active in thefield of SRI and sustainable business.

CARLOS TRIAS PINTÓRepresentative of the Spanish Council ofConsumers and Users, EESC member andrapporteur for the ongoing work on the EESCopinon "Action Plan on Sustainable Finance".

SPEAKERS

DANIEL SORROSALFEBEA Advocacy and Policy Manager and International Relations Manager at Crédal. 15 years+ of International Management experience.

NICOLE ALIXChairwoman of “La Coop des Communs”, tobuild alliances between Social Economy andthe Commons. HEC Business School, she hasbeen involved for 15 years in Crédit Coopératif(Development Director) and 25 years in socialservices of general interest. 

CLEMENTINE BLAZYA graduate of ESSEC, she is currentlyresponsible for financing and investing insocial enterprises at France Active.

DIRK DALLEDirk Dalle is Chief Executive Officer of Hefboom since 2001. Hefboom  is active in Flanders and Brussels. The focus is primarily on social economy, social welfare and green energy projects.

NATHALIE DENISAfter more than 10 years of experience at Crédal, Nathalie Denis is currently responsible for personal and professional credit activities.

SPEAKERS

ANNA-VALENTINA CENARIUAnna-Valentina Cenariu is Head ofSustainability at ABS. Before joining the ABS in2017 she worked as Head of CorporateSustainability for the Swiss private bank J.Safra Sarasin for the previous six years.

LARS PEHRSONLars Pehrson is the CEO of Merkur CooperativeBank in Denmark. Since Merkur was foundedin 1982, Lars Pehrson has been spearheadingthe development of Denmark’s foremostfinancial institution in the field of sustainablebanking.

PANAGIOTIS TOURNAVITISPanagiotis Tournavitis is General ExecutiveDirector of the CBK since 2015. He is memberand chief of the project team, formed by theCBK to implement national and internationalprojects.

PATRICK DEVELTEREPrincipal Adviser for European Social Policy atthe European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC).

MAGDALENA CZUCHRYTAMagdalena Czuchryta is analyst in TISE SA amd she is responsible for loans for social economy clients.

MEETING VENUEThe Leuven Institute for Ireland inEurope, Janseniusstraat 1 3000 Leuven

PRACTICAL  INFORMATION

CONTACTS 

Aurora Prospero secretariat@febea.org

Office: +39 0497648000 Mobile: +39 3929927249

Hans Verstreken

Hans.Verstreken@hefboom.be Office: +32 2 205 17 23

HOW TO GET THEREFrom Brussels Airport Zaventem: >Take a train in the direction of ‘Landen’ or ‘Hasselt’.  Leuven will be your first stop.

From Brussels South Airport (Charleroi) >Take the Brussels City Shuttle (Bus available every 30 min.) to ‘Brussels South Trainstation’: duration 1hr >Take a train in the direction of Liege, Eupe, Landen or Hasselt: duration 25 minutes

The Leuven train station gives easy access to public transport or taxis.

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