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The MNB is organising the third instalment of its conference series titled „Financial Stability Conference: Prudently Catalysing Competitiveness”. The event will take place on 24-25 September 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.
The conference will address topics related to the role of the financial sector and its regulators in supporting both competitiveness and the mitigation of newly emerging systemic risks, the potential turn of the regulatory cycle, the impact of digitalization on these processes, the current geopolitical risk landscape and the most effective approaches to its modelling. In addition, the event will devote attention to the newest developments of long-standing risks originating from real estate market financing, which remain substantial, particularly in Europe.
You can register for the event here. Registration is open until 4 September 2026.
For further information on practical details related to the event, please see the Practical Information Note here.
| Time (CET) | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome address Mihály Varga, Governor of the MNB Manuel Ramos-Francia, Director General of CEMLA |
| 9:30- 10:15 | International Keynote speech Claudio Borio (Central Banking) |
| 10:15- 11:15 | Smarter Prudential Regulation: Catalysing Growth and Competitiveness Through Simplicity Presenter: Helmut Ettl (FMA) |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Balancing Stability and Competitiveness in Financial Regulation Keynote speaker: Nicolas Véron (Bruegel, Peterson Institute for International Economics) Moderator: Zoltán Kurali (MNB) Panellists: Lars Overby (EBA), Livio Stracca (ECB) |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | The Financial Stability Implications of CBDC Presenters and panellists: Karina Kubelková (CNB), Jeremy Leake (BoE), Gerardo Hernandez del Valle (CEMLA) |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | AI as a Double-Edged Sword for Financial Stability Keynote speaker and chair of discussion: Leonardo Gambacorta (BIS) Presenter: Mattias Levin (European Commission), Davide Stroppa (EBA) |
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Informal event |
| Time (CET) | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 | MNB keynote speech Előd Takáts, Deputy Head of Secretariat at Committee on the Global Financial System BIS |
| 9:30 – 10:45 | Fragmented World, Integrated Markets: Managing Systemic Geopolitical Risk Keynote speaker & moderator: Manuel Ramos-Francia (CEMLA) Panellists: Martin Hodula (Czech National Bank), Fatima Silva (Banco de Portugal), Előd Takáts (BIS), |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | From Risk Indices to Policy Calibration: Analytical Approaches to Geopolitical Uncertainty Presenters: Matei Kubinschi (National Bank of Romania), Norbert Metiu (Deutsche Bundesbank), Katalin Varga (MNB) |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:45 | The Trade-off Between Prudent Lending and Housing Affordability Moderator: Ádám Banai (MNB) Panellists: Nina Biljanovska (IMF), Fergal McCann (Central Bank of Ireland), Martin Reiner (National Bank of Slovakia), Jagdish Tripathy (Bank of England) |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Real Estate and Mortgage Market Risks Presenter: Adrian Carro (Banco de Espana), Federica Ciocchetta (National bank of Italy), Peter Henning Karlström (CEMLA), Enrique Martínez García (FED Dallas) |
*The agenda is continuously updated.
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Former Head of the Monetary and Economic Department - BIS
Senior Research Economist - Banco de Espana
Executive Director - Austrian Financial Market Authority
Director General – CEMLA
Head Emerging Markets, Monetary and Economic Department - Bank for International Settlements
Director of Research Division - Czech National Bank
Senior Economist - CEMLA
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Deputy Director at the Financial Stability Department - National Bank of Romania
Deputy Governor – Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Senior Advisor in Payments and Innovation – Bank of England
Acting head of unit, digital finance - DG FISMA
Executive Director of the Research, Statistics and Economic Education Division – National Bank of Slovakia
Head of the Research Collaboration Unit - Central Bank of Ireland
Deputy Head of Macro-Finance Section, Directorate General Financial Stability - Deutsche Bundesbank
Head of Risk-based Metrics - EBA
Head of Macroprudential Policy Division – Banco de Portugal
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Deputy Head of Secretariat, Committee on the Global Financial System - BIS
Director of Financial Market Infrastructures - Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA)
Senior Fellow - Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics
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