1st APB's Conference on Financial Education
9th March, 2015
European Money Week in Portugal will begin with a conference on financial education on the morning of the 9th. At this first event the idea is to discuss and learn about different experiences and views on financial education, the subject that is the inspiration for this entire initiative. The conference is designed to start a discussion, where participants can listen to representatives of the financial sector, consumers and schools on the subject.
Programme
08h30 – Registration
09h00 – Opening Session
Welcome Remarks – José de Matos, CEO of CGD
Event Presentation – Fernando Faria de Oliveira, Chairman of APB
Intervention by the Vice-Governor of Banco de Portugal, Pedro Duarte Neves
09h35 – Adele Atkinson, Policy Analyst, OCDE – Financial Education and Consumer Protection Unit
09h55 – Sébastien de Brouwer, Executive Director, EBF – European Banking Federation
10h20 – Rita Machado, Coordinator of APB's Project on Financial Education
10h40 – Lúcia Leitão, Chairman of The Steering Committee of the National Plan of Financial Education
11h00 – Coffee Break
11h30 – Roundtable
“FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND CIVIL SOCIETY – CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK”
Moderator: Nicolau Santos, Editor, Expresso
Luís Vilhena da Cunha, General Manager of IFB e Chairman of ISGB, APB
Pedro Seixas Vale, Chairman of Associação Portuguesa de Seguradores
Susana Albuquerque, Secretary-General of Associação de Instituições de Crédito Especializado
Fernanda Santos, Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor
Rosália Silva, Direcção Geral da Educação
12h30 – Closing Remarks
Fernando Reis, Secretary of State, Education Ministry