British Polish Chamber of Commerce

City Week 2016 – Towards a New Era of Innovation and Competitiveness.

We are delighted to inform you that The British Polish Chamber of Commerce is supporting City Week 2016, which will be held from 9 - 11 May 2016, at The Kia Oval Cricket Ground in London. City Week 2016 – the 6th annual event in the series – will take as its theme “Towards a New Era of Innovation and Competitiveness”.

Guest Passes for C-Suite Executives
C-suite executives from leading UK and international financial firms may attend the event free of charge.

City Week is now firmly established as the premier international event of its kind. City Week 2016 will build on the success of the 2015 event, which attracted over 700 delegates from 50 countries. It will consist of two days of cutting-edge conferences, seminars and networking opportunities, with an optional third day of one-to-one off-site meetings, which will be facilitated by sophisticated networking technology on the event app.

Chief Executive Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Investment Officers, Chief Technology Officers and other board-level/C-suite executives from leading financial firms from the UK and beyond will be in attendance at this year’s event.

The City Week 2016 agenda will cover key topics affecting financial markets, such as: monetary policy and the global economy; regulation; ‘greening’ the financial system; and where growth is going to come from.

The main programme will consist of four self-standing, half-day symposia each addressing a different theme:

1. Global financial services: strategic perspectives (Morning of 9th May)

2. International financial regulation: the current reform agenda (Afternoon of 9th May)

3. Emerging markets: identifying the new engines of economic growth (Morning of 10th May)

4. Financial technology: opportunities and challenges (Afternoon of 10th May)

The City Week 2016 project has been developed under the auspices of a Board of Patrons, comprised of leading figures from the international financial services industry.

The following speakers have already confirmed their participation:

• Arif Amiri, Chief Executive, Dubai International Financial Centre

• Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor, Bank of England and Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority

• Harriett Baldwin MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, UK

• Inga Beale, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd's of London

• Sir Win Bischoff, Chairman, JP Morgan Securities and Chairman, Financial Reporting Council

• Roger Bootle, Executive Chairman, Capital Economics

• Nathan Bostock, Chief Executive Officer, Santander UK

• Claire Cockerton, ‎CEO & Chairwoman, ENTIQ

• Vítor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank

• Benoît de Juvigny, Secretary General, Autorité des Marchés Financiers

• James Duddridge MP, Minister for Africa, Caribbean, and the Overseas Territories, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

• Diana Farrell, President and CEO, JPMorgan Chase Institute

• Stephanie Flanders, Chief Market Strategist, EMEA, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

• Lord Flight, Chairman, Flight & Partners Ltd.

• Chris Gibson, Director, CERT-UK

• Sir Roger Gifford, Country Head, SEB UK and Chair, Green Finance Initiative

• Ali Hassan, Senior Representative, Europe and North America, Dubai International Financial Centre

• Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist, HSBC

• Salmaan Jaffery, Chief Business Development Officer, Dubai International Financial Centre

• Christopher Leonard, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

• H.E. Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom

• Blythe Masters, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Asset Holdings

• Tracey McDermott, Acting Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority

• Helena Morrissey CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Newton Investment Management

• Lord Mountevans, Lord Mayor of the City of London

• Mary O’Connor, ‎Global Head of Financial Institutions, Willis Group Holdings

• Graeme Pitkethly, Chief Financial Officer, Unilever

The following topics will be addressed:

• The UK’s financial services strategy in a changing world

• Implications of diverging monetary policy across the globe

• G20 plans for greening the financial system

• Impact of BREXIT on London as a financial centre and on the European Union

• Where next for the BRICS?

• How well do the pieces of the global post-financial crisis regulatory settlement fit together?

• Culture and conduct: towards personal regulatory responsibility

• MiFID II: preparing for the new world of securities trading

• Fintech innovation: potential for changing current business models

• Moving to a decentralised financial infrastructure via blockchain technology

• Harvesting the benefits of big data to improve profitability

• Cyber security – the biggest challenge for financial institutions

• China’s switch to green finance to underpin sustainable development – opportunities for foreign financial institutions

• Financing Prime Minister Modi’s infrastructure plans in India

• Realising Africa’s investment potential

• Identifying the high growth economies of tomorrow

FURTHER INFORMATION
Further details about all aspects of the event, including the full conference programme, can be found on the event website at www.cityweekuk.com.

RSPV – C-SUITE GUESTS
To register for your complimentary place at the event, please visit the City Week website at www.cityweekuk.com. Alternatively send an email to the City Week team at cityweekuk@cityandfinancial.com or call +44 (0)1932 340115.
Please indicate which symposia you wish to attend, when registering.

RSVP - ALL OTHER DELEGATES
Standard cost per Symposium: £195 + VAT
Discounted British-Polish Chamber of Commerce cost per Symposium: £136.50 + VAT
DISCOUNT CODE: CITY6BPCC
Book online at: www.cityweekuk.com (use code above)
Email: cityweekuk@cityandfinancial.com (quote code above)
Call: +44 (0)1932 340115 (quote code above)

We hope that you are able to join us at the event.