Aecm Annual Event 2019:
New technologies

The impact of digitization on guarantee business – opportunities and challenges

Venue
Agenda
Seminar program & Speakers’ profiles
Fees and registration
Leisure program

Venue

Hilton Antwerp Old Town
Groenplaats 32
2000 Antwerp – Belgium

Special Fee for event participants – available until XXXX : XXXX

Agenda

Wednesday 12 June 2019

14h00 – 17h00 – GNGI Meeting (by invitation only – meeting in English, no interpretation provided)

17h00 – 19h00 – AECM-REGAR Task Force on additionality (by invitation only – meeting in English, no interpretation provided)

19h00 – Welcome Cocktail

Thursday 13 June 2019

Interpretation will be provided in DE-EN-ES-FR-IT all day long

9h00 – 10h45 – Meeting of the Board of Directors (reserved to the members of the Board)

11h00 -13h00 – Private session of the General Assembly (reserved to AECM members)

13h00 – 14h00 – Lunch

14h00 – 18h00 – Public Session of the General Assembly (open to all registered participants)

20h00 – Gala Dinner

Friday 14 June 2019

Interpretation will be provided in DE-EN-ES-FR-IT all day long

09h00 -17h00 – AECM Annual Seminar: New Technologies

Saturday 15 June 2019

Tours will be held in English

10h00 -17h00 – Antwerp Tour: Diamonds and beer

Seminar program & Speakers’ profiles

Thursday, 13 June 2019 – Public Session of the General Assembly

Interpretation: DE, EN, ES, FR, IT

14h00	Opening Bernhard Sagmeister, Chairman of AECM NN, PMV/z-Waarborgen nv NN, Secretary of State, Flemish Region
14h30	Key note address “The priorities for the new EU budget” Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources
15h00	“Taking stock of SME policy of the outgoing EU Commission” Kristin Schreiber, Director, COSME Program, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission
15h30	Presentation of the activities of AECM 2018 – 2019 Bernhard Sagmeister, Chairman of AECM

15h45 Networking break

16h00	Business transfers: results of a study from Germany Holger Wassermann, Professor for Controlling and Accounting, FOM University of Applied Science, Berlin Sascha Frohwerk, Professor for IT-Management, FOM University of Applied Science, Berlin
16h15	Panel on policy drivers of guarantee institutions: Best possible support of SMEs’ access to finance Moderator: Guy Selbherr, Chairman of the AECM working group state aid Barbara Brandtner, Head of Unit, State Aid Strategy, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission – tbc. Helmut Kraemer-Eis, Head of Research & Market Analysis, Chief Economist, European Investment Fund (EIF) and Peter Sleeckx, Chairman of the AECM working group statistics and evaluation / impact Michael Pielke, Head of Unit, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia; Financial instruments, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development DG AGRI), European Commission – tbc. and László Tóth, Chairman of the AECM working group agriculture Enrico Gaia, Chairman of the AECM working group law and regulation Astrid Bartels, Deputy Head of Unit, COSME Financial Instruments, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission Stéphane Ouaki, Head of Unit, Investments and SMEs, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission and Karine Desroses, Chairwoman of the AECM working group financial instruments and structural funds N.N. and Pedro Pisonero Perez, Chairman of the AECM working group digitisation

18h00 Concluding remarks and closing of the meeting

Bernhard Sagmeister, Chairman of AECM

20.00 Gala Dinner

Friday, 14 June 2019

Seminar “The impact of digitization on guarantee business – opportunities and challenges”

Interpretation: DE, EN, ES, FR, IT

8h30 – 9h00 Arrival / registration

9h00 Opening statements:

Bernhard Sagmeister, Chairman of AECM
NN, PMV/z-Waarborgen nv
NN, Flemish government / ministry

9h15 Key note addresses

Eva Kaili, Member of the European Parliament – tbc.
Roberto Viola, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) – tbc.
Pier Luigi Gilibert, Chief Executive European Investment Fund (EIF) – tbc.

10h00 Impulse statement: Insights in the FinTech evolution

Jurgen Ingels, IT-entrepreneur and specialist in FinTechs

10h20 Networking break

10h45 Panel 1: How FinTechs change the financial world (pros and cons): Cybersecurity, platforms and privacy: Specific challenges for SMEs

Moderator and introductory speaker: Lucia Cusmano, Acting Head of Division SME and Entrepreneurship, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities and Executive Secretary for the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), OECD, Paris
Jakub Boratynski, Head of the Unit “Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Policy”, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) – tbc.
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General DIGITALEUROPE – tbc.
Luc Hendrickx, Enterprise Policy Director, SMEunited – tbc.

11h45 Panel 2: How will the partnership with FinTechs change the business of guarantee institutions: Management, infrastructure and mining of big data

Moderator and introductory speaker: Matthew Gamser, CEO, The SME Finance Forum – tbc.
Dirk Muehlenweg, Head of Sales Global Watson IoT Headquarter IBM – tbc.
Ana García Robles, Secretary General of the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) – tbc.
Lex van Teeffelen, Professor of Finance and Firm Acquisition, Research Center Innovation and Business, HU Business School, Utrecht / The Netherlands

12h45 Group photo

13h00 Networking lunch

14h30 Panel 3: How will digitisation change and impact on the processes of guarantee institutions

Moderator and introductory speaker: Marie-Claude Taillandier–Thomas, Directorate lnternational Affairs and University, Bpifrance, France
NN, SOCAMA, France “guarantee procedure via an app”
NN, VDB, Germany “cooperation with digital enablers”
NN, Assoconfidi, Italy “guarantees for crowdlending platforms”
NN, Altum
Antonio Couceiro, President of CESGAR, Spain “Digitisation and technological platform for guarantees”

16h00 Closing Remarks

Bernhard Sagmeister, Chairman of AECM
NN, PMV/z-Waarborgen nv

16h15 AECM annual event 2020 presentation

16h30 End of Seminar

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Fees and registration

AECM Seminar Fee – Member	EUR 325,00		EUR
AECM Seminar Fee – Non- Member	EUR 375,00		EUR

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Leisure program

Fashion walk Antwerp Tour for accompanying partners Friday 14 June 2019 14.00 – 16.00		Antwerp is the Belgium capital of fashion, the city where it all started for the famous internationally known Antwerp six . Discover all about the Antwerp six with Tanguy Ottomer, fashion expert who will guide you through the most exclusive shops and surprise you with a visit behind the scene of Essentiel. Limited places!	EUR 55,00 per participant

ATypical Gala dinner Thursday 13 June 2019 20.00		Enjoy one of Antwerp’s landmark locations in great company. Ando no, we won’t tell you more, you’ll just have to come and see what we have in store for you. Attention: dress code casual and comfortable shoes are recommended!	EUR 125,00 per participant

A-typical Antwerp Tour Saturday 16 June 2019 10.00 – 14.30 (short option) 10.00 – 15.30 (full option)		Discover two Antwerp specialties: diamond cutting and beer making! In the morning we will visit DIVA, Antwerp’s diamond museum, where an expert diamond cutter will give us a demonstration live. Lunch will be held at the Felix Parkhuis with an all Belgian menu and local beers, just to prepare you for the following visit to the Beer Museum. The tour can be booked for the whole day or there is a short option that ends with the lunch at 14.30.	EUR 100,00 (Short version) EUR 125,00 (Full version)