08:30 - 09:15

Registration and Breakfast

09:15 -  09:30

Opening remarks by Pierre Gramegna, ESM Managing Director

09:30 - 11:05

SESSION 1 - Technical presentations
(Chair: Lukas Vogel, European Commission)

Speakers: 

• Demosthenes Ioannou (European Central Bank) – The EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy from a central banking perspective
• Angela Capolongo, Michael Kuehl, Roberta Cardani (ESM) – Short-term geopolitical risks and long-term trade-offs of strategic autonomy
• Frederik Toscani (IMF) – Geoeconomic Fragmentation and Economic Policy

11:05 - 11:25

Coffee Break

11:25 - 13:00

SESSION 2 - Technical presentations
(Chair: Pilar Castrillo, ESM)

Speakers: 

• Gergely Hudecz, Alexandre Lauwers, Yasin Mimir, Graciela Schiliuk (ESM) – Geoeconomic fragmentation: implications for the euro area and ASEAN+3
• Andrea Brasili (EIB) – Trade specialisation in Europe
• Violeta Klyviene (ESM) - Renewable energy can fuel increased energy security 

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 16:30

KEYNOTE SPEECH AND POLICY DISCUSSION 

Keynote speaker: Beatrice Weder di Mauro– Professor of Economics, CEPR
Strategic autonomy as a public good

Policy discussion panel: 

• Rolf Strauch - Chief Economist, ESM
• Debora Revoltella - Chief Economist, EIB
• Helge Berger - Deputy Director, European Department, IMF