Conference programme
| Location | Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam |
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| 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
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I. Opening Plenary Session: What are sustainable financial services and what role for law?
Room: Concertzaal |
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| 9:30 | Opening remarks: Prof. Olha Cherednychenko, University of Groningen / Director Groningen Centre for European Financial Services Law |
| 9:40 | A legal perspective: Prof. Mads Andenas, University of Oslo / University of Oxford / University of London |
| 10:00 | An economic perspective: Prof. Hans Schenk, Utrecht University School of Economics / University of Cambridge / Founder Sustainable Finance Lab |
| 10:20 | Discussion |
| 10:40 | Tea/coffee break |
| 10:55 | A consumer perspective: Greg van Elsen, Senior Financial Services Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) |
| 11:15 |
An industry perspective: |
| 11:50 | Discussion |
| 12:10 | A perspective from a European Supervisory Authority: Dr. Steven Maijoor, Chair European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) |
| 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| IIa. Parallel sessions: Towards sustainable financial services in the post-crisis era - selected issues | |
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14:00-15:20 |
Parallel session 1: Top bankers under scrutiny: The supervision of behaviour and culture and fit and proper test in European and Dutch law (Room: Teekenzaal) Chair: Prof. Cynthia Williams, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto
Frank Elderson, Executive Director Dutch Central Bank (DNB) |
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14:00-15:20
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Parallel session 2: Financial supervision and civil liability in mass damage cases: The case of interest rate swaps mis-sellings in the Netherlands and the UK (Room: Koepelzaal) Chair: Prof. Michel Tison , University of Gent / Dean of the Law School
Prof. Femke de Vries, Executive Board Member Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) / University of Groningen |
| 15:20-15:35 | Tea/coffee break |
| IIb. Parallel sessions: Towards sustainable financial services in the post-crisis era - selected issues | |
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15:35-16:55 |
Parallel session 3: Ensuring compliance with EU and Dutch principles-based regulation: The role of financial supervisory authorities (Room: Teekenzaal) Chair: Prof. Takis Tridimas, King’s College London
Wijnand van der Beek, Manager Strategy, Policy and International Affairs, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) / Chair Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities Sub-Committee on Consumer Protection and Financial Innovation |
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15:35-16:55
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Parallel session 4: Consumer protection against dangerous financial products: Product governance/intervention and civil liability in European and comparative perspective (Room: Koepelzaal) Chair: Dr. Dirk Ulbricht, Director Institut für finanzdienstleistungen, Hamburg
Jonathan Foster, Counsel European Law, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK |
| 16:55-17:10 | Tea/coffee break |
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III. Concluding Plenary Session: Towards sustainable financial services in the post-crisis era
Room: Concertzaal |
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17:10-17:55
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Panel discussion with the chairs of parallel sessions and general discussion Moderator: Prof. Mark Wissink, Advocate General Supreme Court of the Netherlands / University of Groningen
Prof. Michel Tison, University of Gent / Dean of the Law School |
| 17:55-18:25 | Law & economics perspective: Prof. Fernando Gomez, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (with discussion) |
| 18:25-18:30 | Closing remarks |
| 18:30 | Drinks |
| Last modified: | 21 August 2017 1.19 p.m. |