Infrastrutture e finanza sostenibile al centro del Rome Investment Forum

Appuntamento il 14 e il 15 dicembre con Rome Investment Forum, Financing Long-Term Europe, la conferenza internazionale organizzata dalla FeBAF, la Federazione Banche Assicurazioni e Finanze.

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Circa 90 speaker e 300 partecipanti attesi per la quinta edizione del Rome Investment Forum, l'evento promosso dalla FeBAF, con il patrocinio del Parlamento europeo e la collaborazione della Commissione UE. Investimenti e crescita in Europa e Italia sono i temi che fanno da filo conduttore alle numerose sessioni della conferenza, ospitata presso le Scuderie di Palazzo Altieri e trasmessa in diretta streaming.

Main sponsor dell'evento sono AFME (Associazione per i Mercati Finanziari in Europa) e Cattolica Assicurazioni, cui si aggiungono IR Top Consulting, Poliedros Management Consulting e Roma Start Up, mentre tra i partner rientrano OCSE, Long-Term Intergroup del Parlamento europeo, Bretton Woods Committee, CIME, Forum Finanza Sostenibile, ANSPC, AbiFormazione e FASI.

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Il Programma del Rome Investment Forum

La prima giornata del Forum si aprirà con l'intervento del presidente della FeBAF, Luigi Abete, cui seguirà una sessione plenaria sulle prospettive economiche e socio-politiche per l'Italia e l'Europa.

A seguire due sessioni parallele metteranno i relatori a confronto sui temi degli investimenti infrastrutturali e delle infrastrutture sociali, mentre nel primo pomeriggio altre due sessioni parallele si concentreranno sui finanziamenti per la crescita e l'occupazione e sull'innovazione dei servizi finanziari come leva per la modernizzazione industriale.

A chiudere i lavori della prima giornata un'ultima sessione plenaria sui temi dell'Unione bancaria e dell'Unione dei mercati dei capitali.

La giornata di sabato si aprirà invece con la cerimonia di premiazione del concorso Rome Investment Forum Empowers Talent 2018, cui seguiranno l'intervento del ministro degli Affari esteri, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, e le due sessioni conclusive del Forum con focus sul multilateralismo e sul ruolo globale dell'Europa.

14 Dicembre

9.00 - 9.15 Welcome Address

Luigi Abete, Chairman, Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation (FeBAF)

9.15 - 11.00 Plenary Session: Perspectives for 2019:Where are We Going, and Where Do we Want to Go

• Vincenzo Boccia, Chairman, Confindustria
• Michael Cole-Fontayn, Chairman, Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
• Beatrice Covassi, Head, European Commission representation in Italy
• Maria Bianca Farina, Chairwoman, Italian National Association of Insurance Companies (ANIA)
• Daniel Gros, Director, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
• Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intesa Sanpaolo
• Greg Medcraft, Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Valter Trevisani, General Manager, Cattolica Assicurazioni

11.15 – 13. 00 Parallel Sessions

New Patterns and Partnerships for Financing Infrastructure Investment 

The gap of infrastructure investments in Italy and in Europe: are we on track?

• Chair: Roberto Sommella, Journalist and Writer
• Franco Bassanini, Executive Chairman, Open Fiber
• Carlotta De Franceschi, Chairwoman, Action Institute
• Luca Lazzaroli, Director General, Deputy Head of Operations, European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Francesco Mazzaferro, Head of European Systemic Risk Board Secretariat, European Central Bank (ECB)
• Luigi Paganetto, Vice Chairman, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

Financing instruments and models and public private partnership

• Chair: Dino Pesole, Columnist, Il Sole 24 Ore
• Emanuela Claudia Del Re, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italian Government
• Domenico Arcuri, Chief Executive Officer, Invitalia
• Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Société Générale
• Antonio Caponetto, General Director, Agenzia per la Coesione Territoriale
• Silvia Maria Rovere, Chairwoman, Assoimmobiliare
• Laurent Zylberberg, Director of Institutional, International and European Relations, Caisse des Dépôts

Re-building the Social Contract and Repairing Social Infrastructures

Policy frameworks and business strategies to build resilient economies and societies

• Chair: Paola Albrito, Chief Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
• Daniela D’Andrea,Chief Executive, Swiss Re Italy
• Agostino Miozzo,Director Promotion and Integration of the National Service, Civil Protection Department, Presidency of the Council of Italy
• Roberto Paciotti, Country Manager S&P Global Ratings Italy
• Edoardo Reviglio, Chief Economist, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
• Matthias Schäfer, Head of Team Financial Policy and Labour Market Policy, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
• Eutimio Tiliacos, Secretary General, Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice

Sustainable finance, education and investment: where do we stand

• Chair: Gianfrancesco Rizzuti, Head of Communication and Institutional Relations, Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation (FeBAF)
• Arnaud de Bresson, Chief Executive Officer, Paris Europlace
• Raffaele Della Croce, Senior Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Pietro Negri, Chairman, Italian Sustainable Investment Forum - Legal counsel, Italian National Association of Insurance Companies (ANIA)
• Roberto Ridolfi, Special Advisor on Strategy and Financing Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Pierluigi Stefanini, Chairman, Gruppo Unipol - Chairman, Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS)
• Mark Thatcher, Professor, Luiss University and London School of Economics and Political Science

14.0 – 15.45 Parallel Sessions

Financing Growth Potential and Employment: the Focus on SMEs and Competitiveness

Financing modernization and employment creation: the role of SMEs

• Chair: Ferdinando Giugliano, Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion
• Giulia Bertezzolo, Secretary General, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
• Corrado Passera, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Illimity Bank
• Luca Peyrano, Chief Executive Officer, ELITE – London Stock Exchange Group
• Leonardo Rubattu, General Director, ICCREA Banca S.p.A.

The new competitiveness challenges: funding requirements and opportunities

• Chair: Janina Landau, Editor-in-chief, Rome Bureau, Class CNBC
• Antonio Angioni, Co-founder and Senior Partner, Poliedros Management Consulting
• Carlo Bonomi, President, Assolombarda
• Innocenzo Cipolletta, Chairman, Italian Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt Association (AIFI)
• Anna Lambiase, Founder and Chief Executive, IR Top Consulting
• Massimo Ungaro, Member of the Finance Committee, Italian Parliament

Innovation on Financial Services as Leverage for Industrial Modernization and Competitiveness

Financial innovation shapes the world...

• Chair: Antonia Carparelli, Economic Governance Advisor, European Commission representation in Italy
• Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta, EMEA Insurance Risk and Regulatory Leader, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Luigi Morgano, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education, European Parliament
• Francesco Morgia, Head of Unit General Affairs and Communication, Directorate General for the fight against counterfeiting - Italian Patent and Trademark Office, Ministry of Economic Development
• Pehr Wissén, Senior Advisor, Swedish House of Finance

… the world of innovation needs financing

• Chair: Pierfrancesco Gaggi, Chairman, ABI Lab
• Gianmarco Carnovale, Chairman, Roma Startup
• Elio Catania, Chairman, Confindustria Digitale
• Massimo Di Tria, Chief Investment Officer, Cattolica Assicurazioni
• Patrizia Toia, Vice Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament

16.00 -18.15 Plenary Session: Fixing the European Dream: Economic and Monetary Union, Banking Union, Capital Markets Union, and What Else?

Guests of Honour

• Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, Luxemburg Government
• Roberto Gualtieri, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament

What is the vision for the next European legislature? Priorities and deliverables

• Chair: Giovanni Sabatini, General Manager, Italian Banking Association (ABI) - Chairman of the Executive Committee, European Banking Federation (EBF)
• Ignazio Angeloni, Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank (ECB)
• Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman, European Insurance and Occupation Pension Authority (EIOPA)
• Didier Cahen, Secretary General, EUROFI
• Hung Tran, Executive Managing Director, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
• Rick Watson, Managing Director, Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)

Can economic and financial reforms make a difference in the everyday life of European citizens? How and why?

• Chair: Rainer Masera, Dean of the School of Business, Marconi University
• Mark Garvin, Vice Chairman for the Corporate & Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan
• José Manuel González Páramo, Executive Board Member, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
• Andrea Montanino, Chief Economist, Confindustria
• Bernard Spitz, President, French Insurance Federation (FFA) - President International & Europe, Movement of the Enterprises of France (Medef)  

15 Dicembre

9.30 – 9.45 Award Ceremony: Rome Investment Forum Empowers Talents 2018

9.45 – 10.00 Defending the Rules-based International cooperation Global Order. Or Building a New One?

Guest of Honour:

• Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italian Government

10.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session: Making Multilateralism Effective and Inclusive: What Lessons from the Past and What Reforms for the Future

• Paolo Garonna, Secretary General, Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation (FeBAF)
• Margareta Wahlström, Chairwoman Swedish Red Cross - former Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• José Antonio Ocampo, Board Member, Banco de la República Colombia - Chair, of the United Nations Committee for Development Policies (CDP) - former UN Under Secretary General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Carlo Cottarelli, Director Observatory on the Italian Public Accounts, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan
• Randy S. Rodgers, Executive Director, Bretton Woods Committee

11.00 – 12.30 Plenary Session: Europe's Role on the Global Exchequer: Values, Business Responsibilities, Institutional Cooperation

European Union and its neighborhood policies

• Chair: Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Chairman, Eastwest European Institute
• Ahmed Alkarm, President, Tunisian Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (APTBEF)
• Brando Benifei, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
• Francesca Maria Corrao, Professor, Luiss University
• Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
• Cesare Trevisani, Chairman, Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce (JIACC)

The role of the European Union in the global and transatlantic relations

• Chair: Domingo Sugranyes Bickel, President, Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice
• Lorenzo Cesa, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
• Marco Committeri, Senior Director International Relations and Economics, Bank of Italy
• Pier Virgilio Dastoli, President, Italian Council of the European Movement (CIME)
• Alberto Minali, Chief Executive Officer, Cattolica Assicurazioni

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