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AECM Annual Event:
Athens, 15-17 June 2023
“The regulatory framework of SMEs: how close are we to the red line of red tape?”
Venue
Radisson Blu Park HotelAlexandras Ave., 10
10682 Athens, Greece Tel. +30 21 0889 4500
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Our Great Speakers include:
Athina Chatzipetrou
CEO of the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece
Marjut Falkstedt
Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)
Mateusz Olszak
Director Guarantees and Sureties Department, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland
Jonathan Denness
Head of Unit, Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), European Commission
Chris Allen
Senior Expert, Resident Representative in Athens, Unit Greece, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission
Andreas Bergmann
Policy Officer – State Aid, Unit State aid: case support and policy, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
Giorgio Chiarion Casoni
Director, InvestEU and financial institutions, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission
Kurt Leutgeb
Head of Guarantees and Equity, Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), Austria
Astrid Bartels
Head of Unit, Access to Finance, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission
Agata Mazurkiewicz
Head of Unit, State aid — Financial institutions II, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
Ana Vizcaino Ochoa
Managing Director, Compañía Española de Reafianzamiento (CERSA), Spain
Kiril Velitchkov
Director European Projects and Financial Institutions, UBB, Bulgaria, Manager of KBC Group European Financial Instruments Competence Centre
Konstantinos Makedos
President of TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece
Andreas Athanasopoulos
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Group Chief Transformation Officer, Digital & Retail, Eurobank Holdings
Haroula Apalagaki
Secretary General, Hellenic Bank Association, Greece
Lucia Cusmano
Deputy Head of the Division on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Tourism at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), OECD
Choi Won-mok
Chairperson & CEO, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT)
Gerhard Huemer
Director Economic Policy, SMEunited
Tony Greenham
Director ESG, British Business Bank (BBB), UK
Burçak İnel
Director of Financing Sustainable Growth, European Banking Federation (EBF)
Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary General, INSME – The International Network for SMEs
Lina Konstantinopoulou
Policy Director, Eurochambres – the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Giuseppe Gramigna
Senior Advisor i.a. of the World Bank Group and of AECM
Pantelis Tzortzakis
Executive Vice-Chairman, Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece
Konstantinos Adamantopoulos
Legal Advisor, TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece
László Tóth
Deputy CEO, Rural Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA), Hungary
Gernot Rößler
Deputy Managing Director, Verband Deutscher Bürgschaftsbanken (VDB), Germany
Luz Stella Lozano
Secretary General of the Association of the Ibero-American network of guarantees, REGAR
Jose Fernando Figueiredo
Special Honorary President of AECM with the special mandate for international relations and Founding President of the Global Network of Guarantee Institutions (GNGI)
Nagla Bahr
President of the Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network (EMGN) and Managing Director, Credit Guarantee Company, Egypt
Cha Ji Yeong
Deputy General Manager, Korea Federation of Credit Guarantee Foundations (KOREG), Korea
Mohammed Al-Jafari
Chairman of the Jordan Innovative Start-ups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) and Director General of the Jordan Loan Guarantee Corp. (JLGC)
Programme
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Thursday15 June 2023 Interpretation: EN, FR |
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12h30 – 13h30 |
Networking break with welcome snacks |
13h30 – 14h45 |
Meeting of the internal ordinary General Assembly |
14h45 – 15h00 |
Networking break |
15h00 – 18h30 |
Public session of the General Assembly |
15h00 – 15h15 |
Welcome & Opening
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15h15 -15h30 |
Keynote speech on the EIF’s support for SMEs: state of play and challenges
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15h30 -16h30 |
Panel 1: State aid, recovery plans, and ESI Funds: how to strengthen the link and improve the absorption capacity?
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16h30 -17h00 |
Networking break |
17h00 -18h20 |
Panel 2: Is the implementation of the InvestEU Programme on track? Introductory speaker: Giorgio Chiarion Casoni Director, InvestEU and financial institutions, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission Moderated by Kurt Leutgeb, Head of Guarantees and Equity, Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), Austria
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18h20 -18h30 |
Concluding remarks & end of the public session
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20h00 |
Gala Dinner Hosted by the HDB Chairman, George Zavvos |
Friday16 June 2023 Interpretation: EN, FR |
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09h30 – 15h00 |
Annual seminar on “The regulatory framework of SMEs: how close are we to the red line of red tape?” |
09h30 – 09h45 |
Welcome & Opening
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09h45 – 09h55 |
Keynote addresses: financing of SMEs
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09h55 – 10h10 |
Keynote addresses: how to improve the regulatory and policy environment for SMEs |
10h10 – 11h10 |
Panel 1: The regulatory environment to finance sustainability for SMEs
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11h10 – 11h30 |
Networking break |
11h30 – 12h30 |
Panel 2: Regulatory framework: striking the right balance Moderated by Giuseppe Gramigna, Senior Advisor i.a. of the World Bank Group and of AECM
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12h30 -13h30 |
Group photo followed by a networking break |
13h30 – 14h45 |
Panel 3: The regulatory framework of SMEs from an international perspective Introductory speaker: Luz Stella Lozano, Secretary General of the Association of the Ibero-American network of guarantees, REGAR Moderator: José Fernando Figueiredo, Special Honorary President of AECM with the special mandate for international relations and Founding President of the Global Network of Guarantee Institutions (GNGI)
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14h45 – 15h00 |
Concluding remarks & presentation of the AECM annual event 2024
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15h00 – 15h30 |
Networking break |
15h30 – 17h30
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Annual meeting of the GNGI – For members only –
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Fees and registration
- AECM Seminar Fee – Member EUR 390 pp
- AECM Seminar Fee – Non-Member EUR 440 pp
Leisure programme
Gala dinner:
Acropolis Museum
Thursday 15 June 2023
From 19h30
Thursday 15 June 2023
From 19h30
Located on the Museum’s second floor, the restaurant features a dining area with panoramic views of the Acropolis and other historic hills of Athens!
EUR 150 pp
The gala dinner is generously hosted by the Chairman Mr George Zavvos, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB)
Excursion:
A daily cruise to the Greek islands
Hydra, Poros, and Aegina
Saturday 17 June 2023
• Embarkation time: 7:10–7:40 a.m.
• Return time: 7:40 p.m.
– REGISTRATION FOR THE CRUISE IS NOW CLOSED!
EUR 125 pp
– food and transportation with buses from the hotel to the port included
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In case of any questions please contact info@aecm.eu