An Agenda for Europe and the United States

Now in its ninth year, the Europe-U.S. Symposium is limited to approximately 120 participants and is by invitation-only. The event attracts senior financial leaders, high-ranking government officials, and distinguished academics from the United States and the European Union for intensive, off-the-record dialogues on issues affecting international capital markets. 

Off-the-record and closed to the media, the invitation-only PIFS Symposia convene leading market practitioners at off-site retreat venues. The cornerstone of PIFS Symposia is the candid, intimate exchange of ideas and dialogue between ...more... 

2013 Symposium on Building the Financial System of the Twenty-First Century:
An Agenda for Europe and the United States

March 21-23, 2013 

The 2013 Europe-U.S. Symposium will be held in Ruschlikon, Switzerland.  More details to come in the following months! We hope to see you there. 
For more information, please email James Apostol at japostol@law.harvard.edu.

2012 Symposium on Building the Financial System of the Twenty-First Century:
An Agenda for Europe and the United States

March 22-24, 2012 • Armonk, New York

Topics
• Comparison of Bank Resolution in the U.S. and EU
• Macro-prudential Supervision including Bank Capital
• Fiscal Union in the EU
• Comparison of Derivatives Regulation in the EU and U.S.

Keynote Speakers
Mr. William Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ms. Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, U.S. Department of Treasury
Mr. Antonio de Lecea, Minister, Economic and Financial Affairs Delegation of the European Union to the U.S.
Mr. Vitor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank
Mr. Lewis Kaden, Vice Chairman, CitiBank

Final Report 

Symposium Materials
Agenda
Briefing Points
Final Presentation 
Panelists Presentations
- Greg Baer
- Nick Collier
- Klaus Durrer
- Florence Fontan
- Stefan Gavell
- Jose-Luis Guerrero
- Karel Lannoo

2011 Symposium on Building the Financial System of the Twenty-First Century:
An Agenda for Europe and the United States

March 24-26, 2011 - Hampshire, England
2009 Symposium slideshow

Topics
•  Bridging the U.S. and Europe on Derivatives and Securitization
•  Cross Border Resolution of Bank Failures
•  Regulation of Non Bank Financial Institutions
•  Perspectives on the Sovereign Debt Crisis

Keynote Speakers
•  Sheila Bair, Chairman, U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
•  Nadia Calviño, Deputy Director General, DG Internal Markets and Services, European Commission
•  Peter Fisher, Senior Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income, BlackRock, Inc.
•  Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
•  David Wright, Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital

Symposium Materials
•  Agenda
•  Final Plenary Presentation
•  Panelist Presentations
•  Points for Discussion
•  Participant Concept Papers
• Final Report