We have speakers to share their knowledge and experience and offer high-level and varied expertise on EU financial instruments. The conference will offer a platform for exchanges of views and ideas between experts from the EU institutions, practitioners and other public and private stakeholders.
Conference opening and introductory presentation:

Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President, European Court of Auditors

Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors
Morning Panel discussion:

Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors

Ingeborg Grässle, Chair of Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament

Pier Luigi Gilibert, Chief Executive, European Investment Fund

Vazil Hudák, Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director-General, Compliance and Performance, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors
Afternoon Panel discussions:
Panel 1: Leverage of private capital: How can financial instruments be more successful in attracting private sector capital?

Moderator:
Tony Murphy, Head of Private Office of Mrs Iliana Ivanova, European Court of Auditors

Sophie Barbier, Director of the Caisse des Dépôts European affairs Division

Fabio D'Aversa, Partner, PwC Luxembourg

Roger Havenith, Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund

Patrycja Wolińska-Bartkiewicz, Managing Director of EU division in Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Polish development bank
Panel 2: Revolving effect: How to ensure that financial instruments are effectively re-used?

Moderator: Niels-Erik Brokopp, Principal Manager, European Court of Auditors

Giorgio Chiarion Casoni, Head of Unit Financing of climate change, infrastructure policies and Euratom, DG for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Frank Lee, Head of Division - Financial Instruments Advisory, European Investment Bank

Kenroy Quellenec-Reid, Financial Engineering Manager, European programmes unit, Greater London authority
Panel 3: Management fees and costs: How to implement financial instruments at a reasonable cost?

Moderator: Martin Weber, Director of Chamber II, European Court of Auditors

Luigi Amati, Co-founder and CEO of META

Christoph Kuhn, Director of Mandate Management Department, European Investment Bank

Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director-General, Compliance and Performance, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

Audrius Zabotka, Director General of INVEGA (Lithuania) and Member of the Board of AECM
Panel 4: EFSI and SMEs Initiative: The way forward for financial instruments

Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors
Hubert Cottogni, Deputy Director, Head of Mandate Management, European Investment Fund
Lucia Cusmano, Senior Economist, SMEs and Local Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Merete Clausen, Head of Unit for Financing on innovation, competitiveness and employment policies, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Mihails Kozlovs, Chamber V, Member, European Court of Auditors

Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investments
Closing remarks

Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors