This year we hope to examine some of the key ingredients to ensuring our economy can continue growing – and grow faster – even amidst disruption. We will begin by looking at some of the shorter term and immediate impacts on growth, including new political cycles beginning in 2024 in the US, Europe and South America; questions about a structural shift in global interest rate levels; and conflicts and geopolitical tensions around the world, in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

We will reflect on the longer-term dynamics that are changing the world: the impact of AI, blockchain and of 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 will seek to examine the role that banking and financial services must play (in a reactive and proactive way) to continue to support growth around the world.

31
Oct
2024
Growth in a Disrupted World

Register to attend the 2024 International Banking Conference

as of August, 2nd. Subject to changes.

8:30 - 9:00 CET
Arrivals, coffee, networking
9:00 - 9:05 CET
Opening
9:05 - 9:35 CET
Fireside Chat: Growth in a Disrupted World

Ana Botín, Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander

Interviewed by James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media

9:35 - 10:05 CET
Panel: Strategies for Competitiveness

Ana Botín, Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander
Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy


Moderated by James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media

10:05 - 10:20 CET
Speech: Growth in Spain

Carlos Cuerpo, Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, Spain

10:20 - 10:50 CET
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:35 CET
Panel: The Global Economic Outlook

Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank
Klaas Knot, President, De Nederlandsche Bank and Chair of the Financial Stability Board
Alejandro Díaz de León, former Governor, Bank of Mexico
Jörg Kukies, State Secretary, Federal Finance Ministry of Germany


Moderated by Christiana Riley, Regional Head of North America, Banco Santander

11:35 - 12:20 CET
Panel: Political Change in 2024 – Implications for Growth

Jim Messina, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Obama
Mairead McGuinness, former European Commissioner, Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union


Moderated by Jamil Anderlini, European Editor in Chief, Politico 

12:20 - 12:40 CET
Fireside Chat: Social Action in a Disrupted World
12:40 - 14:00 CET
Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 CET
Fireside Chat: Building a Digital Economy

José Luis Escrivá, Minister of Digital Transformation, Spain

Interviewed by Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, General Director, Digital Europe

14:30 - 15:00 CET
Fireside Chat: The Geopolitical Horizon

David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA

Interviewed by Heather Conley, President, German Marshall Fund of the United States

15:00 - 15:30 CET
Panel: The Future of Latin America

Jason Marczak, Vice President and Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center 
José Juan Ruiz, President, Real Instituto Elcano 

15:30 - 16:00 CET
Fireside Chat: The Future of Finance

Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank of International Settlements

Interviewed by Héctor Grisi, Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander

16:00 - 16:05 CET
Conclusions from the Day

James Harding, Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media