This year we went through some of the key ingredients to ensure our economy can continue growing – and grow faster – even amid disruption. We began by looking at some of the immediate and nearer-term implications for growth, including new political cycles in 2024 in the US, Europe and South America; a structural shift in global interest rates; and geopolitical conflict and tensions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
We also reflected on the longer-term dynamics that are changing the world: the impact of AI, blockchain and other transformative technologies on our lives; fundamental changes to demographics and immigration; energy security and the transition; as well as other challenges to the international economic order. We examined the proactive and reactive role that banks and financial institutions must play to support growth the world over.
Ana Botín, Executive Chair, Banco Santander
Ana Botín, Executive Chair, Banco Santander
Roberta Metsola, President, European Parliament
Moderated by James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media
Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank
Interviewed by Jamil Anderlini, Editor-in-Chief, Politico Europe
David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA
Interviewed by Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Acting President, German Marshall Fund of The United States
Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
In conversation with Héctor Grisi, Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander
José Luis Escrivá, Governor, Bank of Spain
James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media
Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister, Italy
Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner, Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
Interviewed by José M. Linares, Global head Santander CIB and SEVP Santander
Klaas Knot, President of De Nederlandsche Bank and Chair of the Financial Stability Board
Interviewed by Andreas Dombret, Member, Santander International Advisory Board, Banco Santander
Speech:
Alejandro Díaz de León, Former Governor, Bank of Mexico
Panel:
Jason Marczak, Vice President and Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
José Juan Ruiz, President, Real Instituto Elcano
Moderated by Marisela Alvarenga, Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest
Uljan Sharka, Founder and CEO, iGenius
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director-General, DigitalEurope
Interviewed by Hazel Díez, Chief Information Security Officer, Banco Santander
Jens Stoltenberg, former General Secretary, NATO
Interviewed by Jamil Anderlini, Editor-in-Chief, Politico Europe
Jim Messina, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama and CEO, The Mesina Group
Interviewed by Christiana Riley, Regional Head of North America, Banco Santander
James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media
Agustín Carstens
General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
Alejandro Díaz de León
Former Governor, Bank of Mexico
Ana Botín
Executive Chair, Banco Santander
Andreas Dombret
Member, International Advisory Board, Banco Santander
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
General Director, DigitalEurope
Christiana Riley
Regional Head of North America, Banco Santander
David Petraeus
Former Director of the CIA
Dr. Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer
Acting President, German Marshall Fund of The United States
Enrico Letta
Former Prime Minister, Italy
Hazel Díez
Chief Information Security Officer, Banco Santander
Héctor B. Grisi Checa
Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander
Jamil Anderlini
Editor-in-Chief, Politico Europe
Jason Marczak
Vice President and Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
Jens Stoltenberg
Former General Secretary, NATO
Jim Messina
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama and CEO, The Mesina Group
José Juan Ruiz
President, Real Instituto Elcano
José Luis Escrivá
Governor, Bank of Spain
José M. Linares
Global head Santander CIB and SEVP Santander
Klaas Knot
President of De Nederlandsche Bank and Chair of the Financial Stability Board
Mairead McGuinness
European Commissioner, Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
Marisela Alvarenga
Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest
Nadia Calviño
President, European Investment Bank
Roberta Metsola
President, European Parliament
Uljan Sharka
Founder and CEO, iGenius
James Harding
Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media
2023: Competing for Growth
2022: Growth in a fragmenting world
2021: Turning Point: Roles and Responsibilities in the post-COVID world
2020: Purpose in the next normal
2019: Banking on trust
2018: Responsible banking in an age of disruption
2017: Financial services in a digital economy
2016: Reinventing Banking
2015: New challenges for a new era
2014: Building resilence for a new cycle
2013: Building new foundations and advancing to banking union in Europe
2012: Global and local solutions for growth and stability
2011: A global financial system for a global economy
2010: The role of the financial system
2009: The new international financial system
2008: Towards a European retail financial services market