Public conferences 
  • March 2026 : Finance for Society (SBS-EM) Conference, co-organized with Helios Foundation : 'Managing European transitions in a challenging world' – Speakers: Maria Luís Albuquerque (European Commissioner), Marco Becht (Professor, SBS-EM), Estelle Cantillon (Professor, SBS-EM), Mathias Dewatripont (Professor, SBS-EM), Jan Dusík (Deputy Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission), Luis Garicano (Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science), Daniel Gros (Director, Institute for European policymaking, Bocconi University), Tomasz Husak (Director, DG DEFIS, European Commission), Jean Jouet (Chief Technology Officer, Rely), Philipp Kerth (Co-Founder and CEO, Hypersonica), Frédéric Panier (CEO, AKT for Wallonia), Peter Praet (Professor, SBS-EM), André Sapir (Professor, SBS-EM), Valérie Urbain (CEO, Euroclear), Reinhilde Veugelers (Professor, KU Leuven and Senior Fellow, Bruegel), Ludovic Voet (Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation), Guntram Wolff (Professor, SBS-EM)

Closed seminars
  • December 2025 : Finance for Society (SBS-EM) Conference, co-organized with Bruegel : ‘A euro safe asset to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy?’ – Speakers: Philipp Hildebrand (Vice-Chairman, BlackRock), Niall Bohan (Director, DG Budget, European Commission), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Director, Bruegel) and Peter Praet (SBS-EM).
  • May 2025 : ‘European banking regulation and competitiveness’ – Speakers : Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi (Société Générale Chair), Tom Dechaene (NBB Director) and Peter Praet (SBS-EM).
  • January 2025 : ‘Banks, Central Banks and the Climate Transition’ – Speakers : Guntram Wolff (SBS-EM), Pierre Wunsch (NBB Governor) and Estelle Cantillon (SBS-EM).
  • February 2024 : ‘The EU Banking Union: Achievements So Far and Prospects Going Forward’ – Speakers : John Berrigan (European Commission) and Nicolas Véron (Bruegel).
  • October 2023 : ’The EU Bank Resolution Framework: Fit for Purpose?’ – Speakers : Dominique Laboureix (Single Resolution Board Chair) and Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and U. of Bonn).
  • May 2023 : ‘The emergence of euro-denominated safe assets’ – Speakers : Isabel Vansteenkiste (European Central Bank), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Bruegel), Siegfried Ruhl (European Commission), Kalin Anev Janse (European Stability Mechanism) and Yassine Boudghène (European Investment Bank).
  • January 2023 : ‘Achieving climate transition: which contribution by private investors?’ – Speakers : Patrick Bolton  (Imperial College London) and Jean-Paul Servais (FSMA & IOSCO Chair).
Closed workshop + open debate (organized with SAFE, Goethe U.)
  • April 2024 : ’Strengthening the Resilience of the European Banking Sector’ – Speakers in the closed workshop : Marco Becht (SBS-EM), Mathias Dewatripont (SBS-EM), Jo Swyngedouw (NBB), Pedro Teixeira (SSM/ECB), Edoardo Martino (U. of Amsterdam), Tobias Tröger (SAFE), Natalya Martynova (Deutsche Bundesbank) and Andrea Beltramello (European Commission). – Speakers in the open debate : Andrea Enria (ex Chair EBA & SSM/ECB), Elke König (ex Chair BaFin & SRB) and Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute and U. of Bonn).
Closed workshop (organized with SAFE, Goethe U.)
  • October 2025 : ‘Rethinking Europe’s competitiveness and financial sovereignty in a changing global landscape’  Speakers : Mathias Dewatripont (SBS-EM), Jonas Schlegel (SAFE), Andrea Resti (U. Bocconi), Guntram Wolff (SBS-EM), John Berrigan (European Commission), Rebecca Christie (Bruegel) and Florian Heider (SAFE).
Activities in cooperation with ECGI
  • November 2025: Decarbonisation Commitments: Signals, Substance, or Spin? Wallenberg Lecture. Professor Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial and ECGI). 
  • October 2024 : ECGI Annual Conference, co-organized with SBS-EM: ‘Fostering Integrity and Innovation: The Power of Corporate Culture’ – Selected speakers : Herman Daems, Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi (Euroclear), Mathias Dewatripont (SBS-EM), Saskia Slomp (EFRAG) , Kristof Macours (Euro-clear), Marco Becht (SBS-EM) and Anat Admati (Stanford University).
  • March 2023 : ‘Tribute to Léo Goldschmidt’ – Speakers : Bruno van Pottelsberghe (SBS-EM), Marco Becht (SBS-EM), Herman Daems (ECGI), Alain Philippson (SBS-EM & Banque Degroof-Petercam), and Denis Goldschmidt.
Updated on June 8, 2026