Agenda

October 8th

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

FISG only - Reception and standing lunch

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

FISG only - meeting

EIF, EIB, EC joining at 02.00 PM

2:05 PM - 2:10 PM

Welcome address

TBD

2:10 PM - 2:15 PM

Opening address

Gelsomina Vigliotti, Vice President, EIB (TBC)

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

EIF’s 2026 activity update and preliminary indications on COP 2027-2029. Q&A

Marjut Falkstedt, Chief Executive, EIF
Merete Clausen, Deputy Chief Executive, EIF
Marco Marrone, Chief Investment Officer, EIF 

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Group photo & Coffee break

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

EIF Mandate Management: current situation & outlook. Q&A

Vincent van Steensel, Head of Mandate Origination & Relationship Mgmt, EIF

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

EIF Guarantees, Securitisation & Inclusive Finance: current situation & outlook. Q&A

Piotr Stolowski, Head of Guarantees, Securitisation & Inclusive Finance, EIF

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

EIF Equity Investments: current situation & outlook. Q&A

Uli Grabenwarter, Deputy CIO, Head of Equity Investments, EIF 

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Coffee break

6:30 PM

Transport from Santander City to Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

7:15 PM - 8:00 PM

Guided tour “Goya”

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Cocktail & dinner

Speech by Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo Caballero (TBC)

10:30 PM

End of the first working day

October 9th

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Transport from Madrid city centre to Santander city / Arrival & coffee

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Welcome remarks and/or scene setter for Day 2

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Panel 1 – Mobilisation of private finance for the innovation ecosystem

Panellists: 2-4 FISG members, 1-2 EIB, EC and/or external (TBC)
Moderator: TBC
 

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Coffee break

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Panel 2 – TBC

Panellists: 2-4 FISG members, 1-2 EIB, EC and/or external (TBC)
Moderator: TBC
 

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

FISG dialogue with EIF, EIB and EC (TBC)

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

Closing remarks

Nicolas Panayotopoulos, Secretary General, EIF

1:05 PM - 1:30 PM

FISG-only meeting (TBC)

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Lunch

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Transport from Santander City to Madrid city centre | Optional cultural event

5:30 PM

End of the programme

Moderators of the conference:

Martina Colombo, FISG Coordinator, Alternate Board Member EIF, and Head of European Affairs, CDP
Merilin Hörats, Corporate Relations, EIF

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