Panel 1 - How can the banking sector contribute to long-term growth?Panel 2 - Long term investments - what role can institutional investors play in channelling long-term financing?Panel 3 -Taking the global perspectivePanel 4 -How can securities markets fund long-term growth?Confirmed speakersOthmar Karas Vice President, European Parliament – Panel 1Erik Van Der Plaats Policy Co-ordinator, Unit H1- Banks and Financial Institutions, DG MARKT, European Commission– Panel 1Vytautas Valvonis Executive Director Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania – Panel 1Karel Van Eetvelt Managing Director, UNIZO – Belgian organisation for self-employed entrepreneurs – Panel 1Benoît Sauvage Senior Adviser, Financial Market Regulation, Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL) - Panel 1Timothy Shakesby Policy Analyst, Unit G4 - Asset Management, DG MARKT, European Commission – Panel 2Philippe De Backer Member of the European Parliament – Panel 2Prof Dr Michael Schröder Head of Department International Finance and Financial Management, ZEW – Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung and Professor  of Asset Management, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management – Panel 2Mark Hutchinson Head of Alternative Credit, M&G Investments – Panel 2François Passant Executive Director, Eurosif- European Sustainable Investment Forum – Panel 2Olivier Guersent Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Michel Barnier, DG MARKT, European Commission – Panel 3Peter Skinner Member of the European Parliament – Panel 3Françoise Buisson Director for European and International Affairs, AMF France – Autorité des Marchés Financiers – Panel 3Andrew Douglas Managing Director, Government Relations, Europe and Asia, DTCC – Panel 3Roel Campos Partner, Head of Securities Regulation and Enforcement, Locke Lord LLP – Panel 3Markus Ferber Member of the European Parliament – Panel 4Patrick Pearson Acting Director of the Financial Markets Directorate and Head of Financial Markets Infrastructure, European Commission  – Panel 4Per Lovén Head of EMEA Corporate Strategy & Product, Liquidnet – Panel 4Dr Diego Rodríguez Palenzuela Head of Capital Markets & Financial Structure Division, ECB – Panel 4Prof Charles Goodhart Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics – Moderator Panel 1 & 2Anthony Belchambers, Chief Executive, FOA – The Futures and Options Association – Moderator Panel 3 & 4Representatives from the EU Institutions as well as accredited journalists participate free of charge.For NGOs, there is a registration fee of €125 + VAT.For all other participants, there is a registration fee of €195 + VAT.Closing date for registration is 24 September 2013. Seats are limited.