Meeting of the Board of Directors and of the ordinary General Assembly

Board of Directors meeting (part 1)

– for AECM members of the Board only

Interpretation: EN, FR

registration and documents via member area of AECM’s website

Meeting of the internal ordinary General Assembly – i. a. election of the Board of Directors
– for AECM members only

Interpretation: EN, FR

Board of Directors meeting (part 2) – constitutive meeting – i. a. election of the President of AECM

– for AECM members of the Board only

Interpretation: EN, FR

registration and documents via member area of AECM’s website

Public session of the General Assembly

Interpretation: EN, FR

Welcome & Opening

• Mirosław Czekaj, the President of the Management Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland 
• Guy Selbherr, President of AECM 
• Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance, Poland 
• Tadeusz Białek, President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP) 

Introductory speech: Supporting SMEs: from the current to the next European Commission

Merete Clausen, Director Investment, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission

Introductory speech: Intangible assets: Key Drivers for Access to Finance and Competitiveness of European Companies

Ingrid Buffolo, Director of the Customer Department, The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Click here to download the presentation

Panel 1: Financial ecosystems and key crosscutting issues for SMEs

Moderator: Gerhard Huemer, Director Economic Policy, SMEunited

• Milena Angelova, Member at European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and SME Envoy, Bulgaria
• Sébastien de Brouwer, Deputy CEO, European Banking Federation (EBF)
• Simona Grobelnik, Head of Department, Department for Strategic Development and Legal Affairs, Slovene Enterprise Fund (SEF), Slovenia

Introductory speech: EU financial instruments – the EIF’s experiences

Roger Havenith, Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Panel 2: Implementing InvestEU – lessons learnt?

Moderator: Elias Jokinen, EU Finance Manager, Finnvera, Finland

• Antongiulio Marin, Head of Unit, InvestEU implementation, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission
• Koen Dierckx, Head of Unit, Budgetary guarantees and risk analysis, Directorate-General for Budget (DG BUDG), European Commission
• Astrid Bartels, Head of Unit, Access to Finance, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission
• Ana Vizcaíno Ochoa, Managing Director, Compañía Española de Reafianzamiento (CERSA), member of CESGAR, Spain

End of the public session

Annual Seminar on “The Twin Transition: Towards a Green and Digital Economy”

Interpretation: EN, FR 

Welcome & Opening

• Tomasz Robaczyński, Board Member, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland 
• Ignacy Niemczycki, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland
• Guy Selbherr, President of AECM 

Keynote speech: Leveraging the opportunities of AI for the benefit of MSMEs 

• Hans Koning, Chief Industry Specialist Digital Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC) – Click here to download the presentation

Panel 1: Sustainable development – how can the digital and green transition be combined?

Moderator: Przemysław Kulik, Director of CSR and Sustainability Reporting Office, BGK

• Andrea Bomhoff, Head of Unit, State aid — Financial institutions I, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission 
• Nikolaos Tritaris, Senior Advisor Green Gateway and Climate and Urban Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Marek Szczepański, Director, Ecological Programmes Department, Bank Ochrony Środowiska, Poland.

Keynote speech: Navigating the Path to Growth & Sustainability for SMEs

Ismini Papakirillou, Chief Executive Officer, Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece – Click here to download the presentation

Keynote speech: The twin transition (digital and green) within the SMEs

Mateusz Walewski, Director of Research and Analysis Department, BGK

Keynote speech: a green and digital transition for SMEs

Jun Young Park, Vice President, Korea Federation of Credit Guarantee Foundations (KOREG), Korea – Click here to download the presentation

Panel 2: Digitalisation: from global to company level

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)

• Lucia Cusmano, Acting Head SMEs and Entrepreneurship Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD – Click here to download the presentation
• Seok Kyun (Jason) Park, Senior Deputy Director, Global Cooperation Center, Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC/KIBO), Korea – Click here to download the presentation
• Christopher Lauth, CEO and Founder, 99room, Germany and Poland and Philip Reibel, Managing Founder of Frontier Kapital, Germany – Click here to download the presentation

Panel 3: Internal control system of the guarantee schemes

Moderator and introductory speaker: Shane McCullough, Product Development Manager, The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), Ireland

• Konstantinos Makedos, President, TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece
• Bernd Leidner, Managing Partner, LANDT, Germany – Click here to download the presentation
• Vilson Ukaj, Senior Legal Specialist, Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund (KCGF), Kosovo – Click here to download the presentation
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Concluding remarks

• Guy Selbherr, President of AECM
• Tomasz Robaczyński, Board Member, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland 

16:00 – 17:40

Annual meeting of the GNGI

– For GNGI members only – NO interpretation provided