08h30 - 09h00	Registration
09h00 - 09h10	Welcome and Opening of EACB’s 4th Convention Piet Moerland, President, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) and Chairman, Rabobank Group Executive Board
09h10 - 09h20	Opening Keynote Address Gianni Pittella, MEP, First Vice President, European Parliament and Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
09h20 - 11h00	Session 1 - The new regulatory framework: reshaping 4,200 co-operative banks? The G-20 and the European Institutions roadmap on the new rules for the supervisory framework, the definition of capital and own funds, the so called CRD 4 are, among others, initiatives taken to safeguard the financial stability at international level. However those measures might have a major impact on decentralised networks like co-operative banks. Co-operative banks have demonstrated their solidity and resilience in the recent financial turmoil. Despite this, they may be strongly impacted by the new regulatory framework. Panellists: Rainer Borns, Board Member, Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband Giovanni Carosio, Chairman, Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) Gerhard Hofmann, Vice-President, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) and Board Member, Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR) Othmar Karas, MEP, Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament Soledad Núñez, General Director, Treasury and Financial Policy Ministry, Spanish EU Presidency Stefan Walter, Secretary General, Basel Committee David Wright, Deputy Director General, DG for Internal Market & Services, European Commission
11h00 - 11h30	Coffee Break
11h15 - 12h45	Session 2 - What can the specificity of the co-operative model bring to the initiatives on corporate governance? This round table will focus on the initiatives at the level of European and International Institutions in the field of corporate governance such as the role and competences of the board of directors, remuneration policies, internal control and risk management. Does the unique democratic governance of co-operative banks, where voting right is carried by the person and not on by the share, fit with this new framework? What are the impacts on the diverse banks business model? Panellists: Marcello Bianchi, Chair of the Steering Group on Corporate Governance, OECD Arnold Kuijpers, Managing Director, Rabobank Development Daniele Nouy, Secretary General, French Banking Commission Philippe Pelle, Deputy head of the Company Law, Corporate Governance and Financial Crime Unit in DG Internal Market and Services Etienne Pflimlin, President, Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel
12h45 - 14h30		40th Anniversary of the EACB - Cocktail & Lunch Welcome Address Hervé Guider, General Manager, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) Keynote Address Gianni Pittella, MEP, First Vice President, European Parliament and Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
14h30 - 16h00	Session 3 - More than a bank, a co-operative bank This round table will focus on the identity and distinguishing features of co-operative banks in a changing banking environment. How do cooperative banks make a difference? What does it mean sustaining the real economy and putting citizens and SME at the heart of business? Why can they be considered a more sustainable lending model? Panellists: Andrea Benassi, Secretary General, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME) Pervenche Berès, MEP, Chairwoman, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament Maurizio Comoli, Board Member, European Association of Co-operative Banks and Vice-President Supervisory Board, Banco Popolare Giovanni Ferri, Member of the European Think Tank on Co-operative Banks and Chairman, Department of Economics & Mathematics, University of Bari David Llwellyn, Associate, Oxford Centre for Mutual and Employee-owned business and Professor, Banking University of Loughborough Marc Pouzet, Board Member, Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole and President, Crédit Agricole Alpes-Provence
16h00 - 16h25	Keynote Address Michel Barnier*, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
16h25 - 16h30	Closing Remarks & End of the 4th Convention Piet Moerland, President, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) and Chairman, Rabobank Group Executive Board

*invited, to be confirmed