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SFC 2026 Annual Conference

Smarter Regulation for a Stronger Europe -
Unlocking Growth through Integrated Capital Markets

2nd March 2026

Hotel Steigenberger, Brussels

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Programme

13:30 - 14:00

Registration & Networking

14:00 - 14:10

Opening Remarks

Marcel Rohner

14:10 - 15:00

Exchange of Views – Resilient and Competitive Financial Markets in a Changing World

Colm Kelleher

Chairman, UBS Group

Jörg Kukies

Former German Federal Minister of Finance - Former Head of Goldman Sachs Germany

Moderated by

David Wright

Chairman - EUROFI

15:00 - 16:00

Panel – Smarter Regulation to Unlock Investments

Diane Fromage

Professor of European Law - University of Salzburg

Christoph König

Deputy State Secretary - State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)

Christel Rendu de Lint

Co-CEO - Vontobel

Sam Riley

Senior Vice President and Head of International Regulatory Policy - BPI

Andreas Schwab

Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Delegation for Relations with Switzerland

Moderated by

Melinda Crane

Journalist & Moderator

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 16:45

Impulse Speech

Mark Branson

President - BaFin

16:45 - 17:45

Panel – Financing Europe through Integrated Capital Markets

Nic Dreckmann

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO - Julius Baer

Laurent Ramsey

Managing Partner - Pictet Group

Bjørn Sibbern

Philippe Thill

Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Albuquerque

William Wright

Managing director - New Financial

Moderated by

Melinda Crane

Journalist & Moderator

17:45 - 18:00

Closing Remarks

SFC Board Member

18:00 - 19:00

Networking Drinks