CEE Sustainable Finance Summit

The CEE Sustainable Finance Summit is an invite-only event for practitioners and market participants. The focus of the Summit is sustainability in practice: implementation of sustainable finance and sustainability-related policies and regulation for business and financial institutions, best or early market practices, changes in strategy and adjustments to financing conditions. The public agenda is combined with an invite-only roundtable programme for deep dives into different topics, allowing for structured policymaker interaction with market participants. We believe that the Summit’s high quality content and curated audience allows for a unique set up to drive positive change, connect people, and help create solutions.

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27 MAY
Monday

SUSTAINABILITY IN FINANCE
Sustainability in finance: greening finance or financing green

09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome remarks with an intro video
09:10 – 09:20 | Opening keynote
09:20 – 09:30 | Second opening keynote
09:30 – 10:20 | Conversation with the audience: European disclosure regime and the EU Green Deal – are we all set for an effective transition?
A discussion about the future use of disclosures in business, finance and public funding. Exploration of key implementation and interpretation challenges, and how to overcome them, plus a conversation about whether the non-financial disclosures will redirect capital flows- or how to achieve this in practice.
11:00 – 11:20 | Keynote remarks or a short presentation
11:20– 11:40 | TED style talk
11:40 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
EU Green Deal and the European economy: can the EU win the game of global competition?
13:30 – 13:50 | Presentation: Inevitable Policy Response & decarbonisation pathways
13:50 – 14:10 | TED-style talk: Degrowth – what is it?
14:10 – 15:00 | Short discussion: The future of investing & ESG practice
15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style talk
16:00 – 16:30 | Issue in focus: The energy transition we need, want or can have – busting the renewable energy myths.
How and why should we finance more renewable energy?
16:30 - 17:30 | 20-year anniversary of EU membership: convergence or a slow divergence?
18:30 – 19:00 | 20-year anniversary of EU membership: convergence or a slow divergence?
An evening panel discussion about the CEE countries’ 20-year membership of the EU: the success stories, the challenges, and the disappointments. The session will explore whether CEE countries have become equal EU member states, and what to expect from the upcoming EU elections and the new European Commission. What should the CEE countries focus on in the next 5-10 years? What risks exist and need addressing?

28 MAY
Tuesday

SUSTAINABILITY IN BANKING
Banking on an economic transformation

09:00-09:10 | Welcome remarks
09:10 – 09:25 | First opening keynote speech
09:25 – 09:40 | Keynote presentation: MBH and its Green Transition Path
09:40 – 10:40 | Conversation with the audience
The road to net zero – fixing the data issues and rethinking banking in CEE
11:20– 11:40 | Keynote presentation from the ECB
11:40 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Panel discussion: green debt instruments – solution to financing challenges or an expensive distraction?
13:30 – 14:00 | Presentation by EBA about the main focus areas: what to expect going forward with Q&A
14:00 – 14:30 | Conversation with the audience: GAR and its usefulness
14:10 – 15:00 | Discussion
CSRD reporting in practice for the banking sector – what and how is changing, and how it will affect businesses.
15:40 – 16:00 | TED-Style presentation
16:00 – 16:20 | TED-Style presentation
16:20 – 17:20 | Panel discussion: supervision in flux? GAR, climate stress testing, supervision of climate risk – and the future of supervisory activities
17:20 – 18:00 | Arrivals and transfer to the evening venue
18:00 – 18:30 | Welcome drinks
18:30 – 18:40 | Opening / welcome speech
18:45 – 19:20 | Will net zero commitments lead to the decarbonisation of CEE economies?

29 MAY
Wednesday

SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS
Sustainability for value creation

09:00 – 09:10 | Opening remarks
09:10 – 09:25 | First keynote speech
09:25 – 09:40 | Second keynote speech
09:40 – 10:20 | CSRD and ESRS
Lessons from implementation and early practices for improving business competitiveness - the use of sustainability performance and data disclosures.
11:00– 11:20 | TED-style talk
Value chain approach to tackling upstream Scope 3 emissions (WBCSD Presentation of PACT)
11:20 - 11:35 | On-stage live interview with WBCSD representative and SAP
11:35 – 11:55 | Presentation: Integration of no-financial information into financial reporting
11:55 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience
Interactive panel discussion with the audience: Transition planning and implementation – how to create a successful transition.
How to use disclosures for transition planning?
13:30 – 13:45 | Keynote speech
13:45 – 14:10 | TED-style presentation: Real Estate – from the idea of sustainability to execution
15:10 – 15:30 | Presentation
15:30 – 15:50 | TED-Style presentation: CRREM and best practices for real estate assets
15:50 – 16:40 | Panel discussion: Real Estate value drivers and the changes in financing real estate for net zero
17:30 -17:40 | Evening opening keynote & closing speech of the Summit
17:40 – 18:30 | Debate with the audience
18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner and evening reception with music