This year’s conference focuses on

“De-regulating Finance: 
The EU Savings and Investments Union as a First Step?”

Conference Details:

On: Thursday, 4 June & Friday, 5 June 2026

Location: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Amphitheatre “Alkis Argiriadis”
Panepistimou 30
Athens, 10679

This is an in-person event only – registration is not required!

Download SIU 2026 Conference Athens program

Presentations: 

• Prof. Dr.  Jens-Hinrich Binder: On Track for a Single Securities Trading Platform?
• Chiara Mosca: Supervisory Convergence – A driver of Europe’s Competitiveness
• Prof. Dr. Pierre-Henri Conac: The role of Banks to Mobilize Retail Investor Capital
• Giovanni Strampelli: Upscaling Equity and Alternative Investments for Institutional Investors
• Prof. Dr. Christos V. Gortsos: Transforming the ESMA into a “genuine” EU capital markets supervisor under the Savings and Investment Union (SIU) project: Towards an “EU Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)” within an Integrated Single Mechanism
• Prof. Dr. Seraina Grünewald: Sustainability in the Savings and Investments Union
• Assist.-Prof. Dr. Julia Sinnig: European Investment Funds for Retail Investors in the EU Savings and Investments Union
• Prof. Dr. Paola Lucantoni: Savings and Investment Accounts in the EU – From household prudence to European investment capacity
• Magda Bianco: Increasing financial literacy in the EU – What’s the key to unlocking European savings?
• Prof. Dr. Matteo Gargantini: Innovating Retail Investment
• Prof. Patrina V. Paparrigopoulou: Developing the EU Supplementary Pension Sector
• Prof. Dr. Rolf Sethe: Pending Issues in Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy
• Prof. Dr. Michele Siri: The Retail Investor Strategy and its Interplay with the EU Savings and Investments Union