The president of the European Commission, Mr Jean-Claude Juncker has made the Capital Markets Union (CMU) one of his key priorities for the new legislative term. On 30th September, the Commission presented its action plan for the CMU. The aim of this conference is to discuss this project – how can we can move from words to action? Programme 09.30 – 10.00            Registration and welcome coffee10.00 – 10.10            Introduction by Moderator: Huw Jones Regulation Correspondent, Thomson                                  Reuters10.10 – 10.20            Niall Bohan Head of Unit C1 - Capital Markets Union, DG FISMA, European                                  Commission10.20 – 10.30            Dr Alexandra HachmeisterHead of Regulatory Strategy, Deutsche Börse                                  Group10.30 – 10.40            Pablo Zalba Bidegain Member of the European Parliament 10.40 – 10.50            Erich Kühnelt Financial Policy Expert, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber10.50 – 11.35            Panel discussion11.35 – 11.50            Conclusions