Day 1

Tuesday | 5 May 2026

09:00 | Opening Remarks and Keynotes

Prof Andreas Klasen, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value
Tim Reid, CEO, UK Export Finance
Haytham El Maayergi, EVP, Afreximbank
Taneli Lahti, Director, DG INTPA, European Commission

09:45 | Panel 1 | Reconstructing Global Cooperation

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 | Panel 2 | 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 | Panel 3 | Inclusive Growth in a Neorealist Moment

Yuichiro Akita, President, Berne Union
Shaimaa Al-Sheiby, VP, PS, OPEC Fund for International Development
Carolina Lonetti, Head of Exports and Soft Loans, SIMEST
Janusz Wladyczak, CEO, KUKE
Dr San Bilal, Director, ecdpm

12:30 | Photo & Lunch | Time for Networking

13:30 | Interventions

Isabel Galdiz, Vice President, International Relations, US EXIM
Alex Michie, Managing Director, GFANZ
Dr Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
HE Eng Adeeb Y. Al Aama, CEO, ITFC, IsDB Group

14:15 | Panel 4 | Innovative Financing in Times of Multipolarisation

HE Abdulrahman Hesham Alsowaidi, CEO, QDB
Haytham El Maayergi, EVP, Afreximbank
Magnus Montan, CEO, SEK – Svensk Exportkredit
Ángela Pérez, Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Marck Wengrzik, CEO, AKA Bank

15:00 | Break | Time for Networking

15:30 | Panel 5 | Joint Financing Approaches

HE Eng Saad Alkhalb, CEO, Saudi EXIM
Michael Hugman, Lead Economist and Global Director, CIFF
Faruq Muhammad, Global Head, Standard Chartered
Martin Pfister, Head Credit & Political Risk Reinsurance, Swiss Re
Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen, DG INTPA, European Commission

16:15 | New Roles, New Directions?

Åke Nordlander, Director General, EKN
Moritz Dörnemann, Global Head, Deutsche Bank
Dr Roseline Wanjiru, IiII Senior Fellow

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
Dinner Speaker Introduction by Mike Sergeant

Day 2

Wednesday | 6 May 2026

09:00 | Keynotes

Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor, University of Oxford
Daniel M. Best, President, Caribbean Development Bank
Prof Christian Kastrop, President and CEO, Global Solutions Initiative

09:45 | Panel 6 | Unlocking Finance for the Just Transition

Tobias Behringer, Head FA, Siemens Financial Services
Jacob van Gent, Director Strategy, Invest International
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

Prof Catherine E. de Vries, IE University and IiII Board Member
Prof Kuno Schedler, IiII Distinguished Fellow, and Vera Hauser
Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union

11:45 | Panel 7 | Future of Global Climate Governance

Bianca Barilla, Policy Lead, CDP
Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UNEP FI
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