Day 1

Tuesday | 5 May 2026

09:00 | Opening Remarks and Keynotes

Prof Andreas Klasen, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value
UK Senior Government Official*
Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, State Secretary, Danish Government
Koen Doens, Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission

09:45 | The New Weaponisation of Trade

Nan Li Collins, Director, UNCTAD
Alison Nankivell, CEO, Export Development Canada
Tim Reid, CEO, UK Export Finance
Edna Schöne, Executive Board Member, Euler Hermes
Dr Marion Jansen, Director, OECD

10:30 | Break | Time for Networking

11:00 | The Future of Trade and Finance

HE Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance
Juuso Heinilä, CEO, Finnvera
Dr Heribert Knittlmayer, COO, SERV
Michael Maurer, Global Head, LBBW
Dr Simone Krummaker, IiII Senior Fellow

11:45 | Powering Inclusive Growth in Times of Multipolarity

Yuichiro Akita, President, Berne Union
Shaimaa Al-Sheiby, Vice President, OPEC Development Fund
Janusz Wladyczak, CEO, KUKE
Dr San Bilal, Director, ecdpm

12:30 | Photo & Lunch | Time for Networking

13:30 | Interventions

Prof Kuno Schedler, IiII Distinguished Fellow
Prof Catherine E. de Vries, IE University and IiII Board Member
Dr Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group

14:15 | Innovative Financing for Sustainable Growth

HE Eng Adeeb Y. Al Aama, CEO, ITFC, IsDB Group
HE Abdulrahman Hesham Alsowaidi, CEO, QDB
Haytham El Maayergi, EVP, Afreximbank
Ángela Pérez, Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Marck Wengrzik, CEO, AKA Bank

15:00 | Break | Time for Networking

15:30 | Joint Financing Approaches

HE Eng Saad Alkhalb, CEO, Saudi EXIM
Maria Håkansson, CEO, Swedfund
Martin Pfister, Head Credit & Surety Reinsurance, Swiss Re
Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen, Senior Director, EIFO
Faruq Muhammad, Global Head, Standard Chartered

16:15 | New Roles, New Directions?

Dr George Elombi, President and Chairman, Afreximbank*
Åke Nordlander, Director General, EKN
Moritz Dörnemann, Global Co-Head, Deutsche Bank

17:00 | End of Day 1 | Closing Remarks

Prof Henning Meyer, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value

19:00 | Dinner at Rhodes House

Prof Benedict Okey Oramah, IiII Honorary Symposium Chair

* requested speaker

Day 2

Wednesday | 6 May 2026

09:00 | Keynotes

Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor, University of Oxford
Stefano Marguccio, Deputy CEO, SEforALL

09:45 | Unlocking Finance for the Green Transition

Tobias Behringer, Head FA, Siemens Financial Services
Dan Riordan, Head PR&C, MSIG NA
Romina Ventura, Global Head of Structuring, Santander
Dr Anupama Sen, University of Oxford

10:30 | Break | Time for Networking

11:00 | Interventions

Dr Ratnakar Adhikari, ED EIF, WTO and IiII Distinguished Fellow
Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union

11:45 | Future of Global Climate Governance

Bianca Barilla, Policy Lead, CDP
Silvia Gavornikova, Head of Division, OECD
Prof Thomas Hale, University of Oxford and IiII Board Member
Dan Sheriff, CEO, Exile Group

12:30 | Closing Remarks | End of Symposium

Prof Andreas Klasen, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value

12:45 | Lunch | Time for Networking