Opportunities for Transition and Competition - National and international perspectives
November 16 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Bundesministerium der Finanzen (Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus), Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin | hybrid event
To kick off the event, the chairs of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee will present the participants with the committee’s focus topics and results in the 20th legislative period.
The main part of the event will then be a national and international political panel discussion. On the national panel, Michael Schmidt (Co-Director GSFCG, member of the SFB) will talk with State Secretary Heiko Thoms (BMF) and financial policy spokespersons of some parliamentary groups in the Bundestag about the opportunities of Sustainable Finance for Germany and the transformation to be financed. On the international panel, Prof. Kerstin Lopatta (University of Hamburg, member of the SFB) will speak with State Secretary Heiko Thoms (BMF) and ambassadors (EU and international) about Sustainable Finance in the European and international context. The event will be concluded by a closing speech by State Secretary Stefan Tidow (BMUV).
After the event, there will be an opportunity for exchange at a standing reception.
Agenda | |
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5:00 p.m. | Admission |
6:00 p.m. |
Welcome by the chair of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany |
6:05 p.m. |
Welcome by the chair of the German Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee (German)
Perspectives and focus topics of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Board. In dialog: The chairs of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Council Silke Stremlau and Christian Heller. |
6:20 p.m. |
Keynote State Secretary Heiko Thoms Federal Ministry of Finance |
6:25 p.m. |
PANEL 1 (English) Sustainable Finance in the European and International Context
Host: Prof. Kerstin Lopatta |
7:15 p.m. |
Panel 2 Sustainable Finance: Opportunities for Germany
Host: Michael Schmidt, Managing Director, Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany |
8:00 p.m. |
Closing remarks State Secretary Stefan Tidow, Ministry of the Environment |