Conference of 8 May 2007
SEPA: An opportunity for Europe - Role
of the public sector
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
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