SEPA: An opportunity for Europe - Role of the public sector

• Programme
• Organisations represented

Speeches & presentations (in the order of the programme):

• Welcome & opening remarks
  Jörgen Holmquist, Director General, Internal Market & Services DG, European Commission
   
• SEPA an opportunity for Europe, SPEECH/07/291
  Charlie McCreevy, Internal Market and Services Commissioner
   
• Making SEPA a reality
  Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Board Member, European Central Bank (ECB)
   
• SEPA adoption in the public sector – Challenges, costs and benefits
  Ian Pretty, Global Public Sector, Capgemini Consulting Services
  
  
• Austria – Modern public services depend on modern payment infrastructures
  Christoph Matznetter, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
   
• Portugal - Modern public services depend on modern payment infrastructures
  Carlos Costa Pina, Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance, Portugal
   
• The SEPA program and implementation at EU-level
  Gerard Hartsink, Chairman, European Payments Council (EPC)
   
• SEPA – Implementation planning for Austria
  Wolfgang Duchatczek, Vice-Governor, Austrian Central Bank
   
• SEPA – Implementation planning for France
  Denis Beau, Deputy Director, Payment Systems and Market Infrastructures Department, Banque de France
   
• Spain – Modern public services depend on modern payment infrastructures
  Gonzalo García, Deputy Director-General for Analysis, Treasury & Financial Policy Directorate General, Spain
   
• Italy – A case for strong public sector involvement in modern payments
  Marco Martini, CNIPA, Italian Public Administration Agency
   
• France – Public administration and modern payment facilities
  Thierry Walrafen, Inspector General for Finance, State Treasury and Economic Forecast
   
• ABN AMRO – Public sector solutions
  Anne Boden, Executive Vice President and Head of Transaction Banking Europe, ABN AMRO
   
• Nordea – SEPA and bank supported e-services for public administration
  Erkki Poutiainen, Head of Strategy and Infrastructure, Nordea
  
  
• Deutsche Postbank – SEPA and the public sector
  Mario Daberkow, Board Member, Postbank, Germany
   
• ING – Addressing the needs of public administration
  Robert Heisterborg, Global Head Payments & Cash Management, ING Bank
   
• How to prepare SEPA implementation in public sector organisations
  Wouter De Ploey, Director, McKinsey&Company
   
• SEPA – Implementation from an IT perspective
  Arthur Winter, Head of Section, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
   
• SEPA – Implementation from an organisational perspective
  Jörg Christiansen, Federal Competence Centre on Accounting, Germany
   
• How the European Commission is preparing for SEPA
  Vincenzo Curiale, DG for Budget, European Commission
   
• SEPA credit transfer 
  Mark Hale, Chairman, EPC credit transfer Working Group
   
• SEPA direct debit
  Christian Westerhaus, Chairman, EPC direct debit Working Group
   
• SEPA card payments
  Francis Ceuterick, Secretary, EPC cards Working Group