Sustainable Finance in European Jurisdictions

2022-04-13

Format of the event: hybrid (in-person and Zoom platform)

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Budapest

Date of the event: 29-30 April 2022

Language of the event: English

The necessary path to a carbon-free economy will only be achievable with a fundamental transformation of essential sectors. Above all, there is a need to channel private capital into sustainable enterprises. The acceptance of this epoch-making project depends on the coherence of the legal framework to be created.

Sustainable Finance in European Jurisdictions

April 29 @ 10:00 – April 30 @ 14:30

The necessary path to a carbon-free economy will only be achievable with a fundamental transformation of essential sectors. Above all, there is a need to channel private capital into sustainable enterprises. The acceptance of this epoch-making project depends on the coherence of the legal framework to be created. So far, there are mainly regulations that can be summarized under the catchword “sustainable finance”, they concern shareholder governance, fund governance and product governance issues. The aim of the Conference „ Sustainable Finance in European Jurisdictions” is to investigate the implementation of this regulatory program from a comparative law perspective in order to uncover inconsistencies and, if necessary, to identify any need for action on the part of the European and the national legislators.

The conference will be organized in a hybrid format at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest and on Zoom. Please see the detailed schedule below.

Attending the conference is provided for free courtesy of the organizers, however it is tied to prior registration both for online and in person participants.

Those interested are able to register by filling out the following registration form:  https://forms.gle/FYzRULREac4Dzsjq9

Registration is open until April 28. Online participants will receive a link with the Zoom link a few hours before the start of the conference.

Agenda

Friday, April 29, 2022

9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30 Keynote Speech: Pierre-Henri Conac, University of Luxembourg/Max Planck Institute Luxembourg

10:00-12:30 Country Reports and Discussion

1. Germany (Jens Ekkenga, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen)
2. Hungary (Tekla Papp/János Dúl, National University of Public Service Budapest)

(11:00-11:30 Coffee Break)

1. Denmark (Karsten Engsig Sørensen, Aarhus University /Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose, University of Southern Denmark)
2. Czech Republic (Kateřina Eichlerová, Karlova University Prague)

(12:30-13:30 Lunch Break)

13:30-15:00 Country Reports and Discussion

1. Austria (Martin Winner/Philipp Fidler, WU Vienna)
2. Poland (Krzysztof Oplustil, Jagiellonian University Kraków/Anne-Marie Weber, University of Warsaw)
3. Italy (Marco Lamandini, University of Bologna)

(15:00-15:30 Coffee Break)

15:30-17:00 Country Reports and Discussion

1. Romania (Emőd Veress, Sapientia University of Transylvania Cluj)
2. Republic of Ireland (Felix Mezzanotte, Trinity College Dublin)
3. Spain (David Pérez Millán/Eva Recamán Graña, Complutense University of Madrid)

(17:00 End of Day 1)

Saturday, April 30, 2022

9:30-12:30 Country Reports and Discussion

1. Sweden (Erik Lidman, University of Gothenburg)
2. Netherlands (Christoph van der Elst, Tilburg University/Ghent University)
3. Slovakia (Mária Patyaková, Comenius University Bratislava)
4. France (Alain Pietrancosta, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)

(12:30-13:30 Lunch Break)

13:30-14:30 Comparative Remarks, Outlook and Discussion