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AECM Annual Event:
Warsaw, 6-8 June 2024

The Twin Transition: Towards a Green and Digital Economy



Venue

SOFITEL WARSAW VICTORIA HOTEL

Królewska 11 street
00-065 Warsaw, Poland
Tel: 0048 22 657 8011
Email: h3378@sofitel.com


Our Great Speakers include:

Roger Havenit

Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Hans Koning

Chief Industry Specialist Digital Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ismini Papakirillou

Chief Executive Officer, Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece

Lucia Cusmano

Deputy Head of the Division on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Tourism at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), OECD

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)

Astrid Bartels

Head of Unit, Access to Finance, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission

Przemysław Kulik

Director of CSR and Sustainability Reporting Office, BGK

Sébastien de Brouwer

Deputy CEO at the European Banking Federation (EBF)

Mateusz Walewski

Director of Research and Analysis Department, BGK

Jun Young Park

Vice President, Korea Federation of Credit Guarantee Foundations (KOREG), Korea

Marek Szczepański

Director of Ecological Programmes Department at Bank Ochrony Środowiska SA, Poland

Ingrid Buffolo

Director of the Customer Department at EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office)

 

Mirosław Czekaj

President of the Management Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland 

 

Andrzej Domański

 Minister of Finance, Poland

 

Tadeusz Białek

President, Polish Bank Association (ZBP)

 

Milena Angelova

Member at European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and SME Envoy, Bulgaria

 

Shane McCullough

Product Development Manager, The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), Ireland

 

Ana Vizcaíno Ochoa

Managing Director, Compañía Española de Reafianzamiento (CERSA), member of CESGAR, Spain

 

Ignacy Niemczycki

Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

 

Andrea Bomhoff

Head of Unit, State aid — Financial institutions I, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission 

 

Konstantinos Makedos

President, TMEDE – the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund, Greece

 

Bernd Leidner

CEO of the Afghan Credit Guarantee Foundation (ACGF), Afghanistan and former Managing Partner of LANDT, Germany

 

Vilson Ukaj

Senior Legal Specialist, Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund (KCGF), Kosovo

 

Merete Clausen

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

 

Simona Grobelnik

 Head of Department, Department for Strategic Development and Legal Affairs, Slovene Enterprise Fund (SEF), Slovenia

 

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

 

Seok Kyun (Jason) Park

Senior Deputy Director, Global Cooperation Center, Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC/KIBO), Korea

 

Christopher Lauth

CEO and Founder, 99room, Germany and Poland 

 

Radosław Milczarski

BGK’s history promotion expert

 

Gerhard Huemer

SMEunited, Director Economic and Fiscal Policy

 

Nicolas Tritaris

Senior Advisor Green Gateway and Climate and Urban Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank (EIB)


Programme

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Thursday

6 June 2024

 
08:45 – 09:15

Registration

 
09:15 – 12:30

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

 
09:15 – 09:45

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

 
09:45 – 10:00

Networking break

 
10:00 – 11:30

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

Interpretation: EN, FR

 
11:30 – 11:45

Networking break

 
11:45 – 12:30

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

 
12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

 
14:00– 18:00

Public session of the General Assembly

Interpretation: EN, FR

 
14:00 – 14:30

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) 
 
14:30 – 14:45

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

 
14:45 – 15:00

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

 
15:00 – 16:00

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
 
16:00 – 16:30

Networking break

 
16:30 – 16:45

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

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

 
16:45 – 18:00

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
 
18:00

End of the public session

 
19:15 – 19:45

Transport services to the venue of the Gala Dinner

 
20:00 – 02:00

Gala Dinner

 

Friday

7 June 2024

 
08:45 – 09:00

Registration

 
09:00 – 15:30

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

Interpretation: EN, FR 

 
09:00– 09:15

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 
 
09:15 – 9:30

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

 
9:30 – 10:30

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.
 
10:30 –10:40

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

 
10:40 – 11:10

Networking break

 
11:10 – 11:20

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

Mateusz Walewski, Director of Research and Analysis Department, BGK

 
11:20 – 11:30

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

 
11:30 – 12:30

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 
 
12:30 – 13:00

100th BGK Anniversary

  • Speech: 100-year history of BGK – Radosław Milczarski, BGK’s history promotion expert 
  • Show
 
13:00 – 14:00

Networking lunch

 
14:00 – 15:00

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

 
15:00 – 15:15

Presentation of and invite to the annual event of AECM in 2025 – save the date: 15 to 17 May 2025

 
15:15 – 15:25

Concluding remarks

  • Guy Selbherr, President of AECM
  • Tomasz Robaczyński, Board Member, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland 
 
15:25 – 15:30

Group photo and end of seminar

 
15:30 – 16:00

Networking break 

 

16:00 – 17:40

Annual meeting of the GNGI

– For GNGI members only – NO interpretation provided

 

 

Fees and registration

  • AECM Seminar Fee – Member: EUR 390,00 pp
  • AECM Seminar Fee – Non-Member: EUR 440,00 pp

Leisure programme

Gala dinner:

Belvedere
Restaurant

Thursday 6 June 2024
From h.20:00 – 02:00

Fee: EUR 150,00 pp

One of the most beautiful and interesting points on the culinary map of Poland. It is located in the building of the New Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Park. This unique building is over 150 years old. Like in its early days, it is filled with impressive tropical plants.

Tour

Warsaw in a nutshell!
Time traveling due to local history, art, and architecture”:

Saturday 8 June 2024

Fees:

  • Bus tour only:
    EUR 50,00 pp
  • Museum only:
    EUR 40,00 pp
  • Combo (Bus tour + Museum):
    EUR 90,00 pp

Time traveling due to local history, art, and architecture.

Discover Warsaw’s hidden treasures off the beaten track and explore its most famous sites. Warsaw, which was highly populated during World War I was almost annihilated during WWII. Today it is inhabited by just under 3 mln people. It is known by some visitors as the European capital of skyscrapers or the Phoenix town by others. The story of Warsaw is the story of the Polish nation – unbreakable, persistent, and never giving up. Sightseeing Warsaw combines not only the UNESCO World Heritage sites as the Royal Castle or the Old Town, but also XIXth-century relics, eclectic and neo-classical buildings, and the highest skyscraper in the European Union.

  • 10:00 – 12:00:
    Bus tour:
    Explore picturesque streets, charming squares, historic churches, majestic palaces, and iconic monuments.
  • 12:00/12:10/12:20 – 13:30:
    Royal Castle Tours
  • 13:30/13:40/13:50:
    hotel transfers or free time in the Old Town

Photos

 

Discover the event recap videos and participant testimonials
HERE and HERE


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