FIA Forum: Frankfurt 2024

8:30
Registration & Networking  

9:00
Welcome remarks  

• Bruce Savage, Head of Europe, FIA 

9:05
Keynote  

• Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director of Securities Supervision, BaFin 

9:35
CMU and other regulatory priorities  
This panel will bring together regulatory experts to discuss the drive towards Capital Markets Union as well as other regulatory priorities for the EU and their impact on cleared derivatives markets.   

Moderator:

• Corinna Schempp, Head of EU Policy & Regulation, FIA 

Speakers:

• Karl-Peter Horstmann, Head - Markets Regulation, RWE 
• Daniela Gellenbeck, Senior Product Owner Derivatives Clearing, Commerzbank AG 
• Julia Kolbe, Director, Head of Capital Markets & UK Policy, Deutsche Bank
• Dr. Dorothee Kohleick, Head of Division  – International Affairs, BaFin 

10:25
Networking Break  

Sponsored by Eurex

11:05
Fireside Chat - View from the Buyside

Moderator:

• Bruce Savage, Head of Europe, FIA 

Speaker:

• Christoph Hock, Head of Tokenisation and Digital Assets, Union Investment 

11:25
Tokenisation – a promising future?  
While blockchain has yet to have a significant impact on our markets, the potential benefits of tokenization are beginning to be recognised. Experts will assess the opportunities to provide greater efficiency in collateral management and the post-trade environment more broadly.  

Moderator:

• Chris Dingley, CEO of Single Rulebook, Kaizen

Speakers:

• Katie Emerson, EMEA Head of Agency Lending & Collateral Management Sales, J.P. Morgan
• Christoph Hock, Head of Tokenisation and Digital Assets, Union Investment 
• Efthimia Kefalea, Senior Vice President, Clearing Design – Eurex Clearing AG
• Simon Millington, Head of Business Development, CloudMargin

12:15
Networking Lunch  

Sponsored by Eurex

13:30
Market trends in cleared derivatives  
Participants from across the market’s ecosystem will provide their views on key opportunities and challenges in the local and regional markets.  

Moderator:

• Bruce Savage, Head of Europe, FIA

Speakers:

• Mark Bortnik, Global Head of Futures and OTC Clearing Business, Morgan Stanley
• Matthias Graulich, Chief Strategy Officer, Member of the Executive Board, Eurex Clearing AG
• Patrice Lacourarie, Head of Derivatives Clearing Services, HSBC Continental Europe
• Vassiliki Veliou, Manager, Panthera Investment GmbH 

14:20
Fireside Chat 

Moderator:

• Bruce Savage, Head of Europe, FIA 

Speaker:

• Robbert Booij, CEO, Eurex Frankfurt AG 

14:50
Networking Break  

Sponsored by Eurex

15:10
DORA and the road to implementation 
This presentation will explore the Digitalizing the financial markets of the EU program, focusing on the EU's 2020 Digital Financial Package, which includes key regulations such as MiCAR, AMLD, the DLT-Pilot, and DORA. It will cover DORA's practical application in drafting contracts between financial entities and ICT service providers, the shift of financial institutions acting as ICT providers, and new legal requirements for incident reporting under financial regulation and cybersecurity law.
 

Speakers:

• Thorsten Ihler, Partner, Fieldfisher 
• Dr Rüdiger Litten, Partner, Fieldfisher

15:40
Operational resilience 
Experts discuss the importance of robust operational infrastructure and processes in meeting the challenges of cyber threats, outages and volatility spikes.   

Moderator:

• Stuart Bailey, Vice President, Clearing Policy and Operations, FIA

Speakers:

• Alun Green, EVP Managing Director, Futures & Options, Trading Technologies
• Stefan Lundgren, Director, Head of Listed Derivatives & Clearing Product, Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank
• Neha Sekar Waters, Executive Director - Global Markets, Goldman Sachs International 
• Melanie Weber, Director, Derivatives Clearing Design, Eurex Clearing AG

   

16:30
Closing Remarks  

• Bruce Savage, Head of Europe, FIA 

16:30  
Networking Drinks  

Co-Sponsored by FIA & Kaizen

Press Coverage 

Policy: This event is open to the press. Speakers and panellists may be identified and quoted. Please read FIA’s Media Policy for further information: https://www.fia.org/fia/articles/fia-media-policy   

 Registration: Please contact FIA Media Relations to register as press. FIA reserves the right to restrict the number of complimentary press registrations per media organization in the event of capacity constraints