Tick-tock! The AECM Annual Event in Warsaw is fast approaching!
AECM Annual Event:
Athens, 15-17 June 2023
“The regulatory framework of SMEs: how close are we to the red line of red tape?”
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Venue
Radisson Blu Park HotelAlexandras Ave., 10
10682 Athens, Greece Tel. +30 21 0889 4500
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Our Great Speakers include:
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Athina Chatzipetrou
CEO of the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece
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Marjut Falkstedt
Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)
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Mateusz Olszak
Director Guarantees and Sureties Department, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland
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Jonathan Denness
Head of Unit, Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), European Commission
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Chris Allen
Senior Expert, Resident Representative in Athens, Unit Greece, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission
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Andreas Bergmann
Policy Officer – State Aid, Unit State aid: case support and policy, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
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Giorgio Chiarion Casoni
Director, InvestEU and financial institutions, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission
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Kurt Leutgeb
Head of Guarantees and Equity, Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), Austria
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Astrid Bartels
Head of Unit, Access to Finance, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission
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Agata Mazurkiewicz
Head of Unit, State aid — Financial institutions II, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
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Ana Vizcaino Ochoa
Managing Director, Compañía Española de Reafianzamiento (CERSA), Spain
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Kiril Velitchkov
Director European Projects and Financial Institutions, UBB, Bulgaria, Manager of KBC Group European Financial Instruments Competence Centre
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Konstantinos Makedos
President of TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece
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Andreas Athanasopoulos
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Group Chief Transformation Officer, Digital & Retail, Eurobank Holdings
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Haroula Apalagaki
Secretary General, Hellenic Bank Association, Greece
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Lucia Cusmano
Deputy Head of the Division on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Tourism at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), OECD
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Choi Won-mok
Chairperson & CEO, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT)
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Gerhard Huemer
Director Economic Policy, SMEunited
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Tony Greenham
Director ESG, British Business Bank (BBB), UK
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Burçak İnel
Director of Financing Sustainable Growth, European Banking Federation (EBF)
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Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary General, INSME – The International Network for SMEs
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Lina Konstantinopoulou
Policy Director, Eurochambres – the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
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Giuseppe Gramigna
Senior Advisor i.a. of the World Bank Group and of AECM
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Pantelis Tzortzakis
Executive Vice-Chairman, Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece
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Konstantinos Adamantopoulos
Legal Advisor, TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece
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László Tóth
Deputy CEO, Rural Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA), Hungary
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Gernot Rößler
Deputy Managing Director, Verband Deutscher Bürgschaftsbanken (VDB), Germany
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Luz Stella Lozano
Secretary General of the Association of the Ibero-American network of guarantees, REGAR
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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)
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Nagla Bahr
President of the Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network (EMGN) and Managing Director, Credit Guarantee Company, Egypt
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Cha Ji Yeong
Deputy General Manager, Korea Federation of Credit Guarantee Foundations (KOREG), Korea
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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
in
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!
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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!
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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