ECB Banking supervision media seminar 2026 - Call for expression of interest
Wednesday, 18 and Thursday, 19 November 2026
Frankfurt am Main
Deadline for expressing interest: Friday, 16 October 2026
The ECB will host its next media seminar on 18 and 19 November 2026 in Frankfurt am Main.
If you work for the media, this two-day seminar is an opportunity to visit the ECB and dig deeper into key topics related to banking supervision. You can talk directly to policymakers and participate in the SREP press conference with Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch and Vice-Chair Frank Elderson on 19 November 2026. Except for the press conference, all sessions will be held on background.
Registration
If you are interested in attending, please fill out our call for interest form by Friday, 16 October 2026. We will reconfirm your registration by email. Kindly note that due to limited space, expressing interest does not automatically mean confirmation to participate.
Agenda
- 09:15
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Registration and coffee
- 10:00
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Financial Stability Review Press Briefing
Speaker: Boris Vujčić, Vice-President of the ECB
- 12:15
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Opening remarks
- 12:30
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Session 1 – Building European banking supervision: from inception to impact
Speakers:
- Thomas Jorgensen, Director General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions
- Anne Fröhling, Head of Institutional & Sectoral Oversight Division
- 13:30
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Session 2 – Data at your fingertips: navigating supervisory information
Speaker: Catherine Ahsbahs, Head of Supervisory Data Management Section
- 14:15
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Session 3 – Competitiveness, simplification and the future regulatory framework
Speaker: Patrick Montagner, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
- 15:15
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Coffee break
- 15:30
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Session 4 – Key outcomes in 2026: SREP and supervisory priorities
Speakers:
- Mario Quagliariello, Director Supervisory Strategy & Risk
- Eleni Angelopoulou, Deputy Director General Systemic & International Banks
- 16:30
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Session 5 – The next chapter: completing Banking Union and strengthening Europe's banking sector
Speaker: Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
- 19:00
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Dinner
- 09:30
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Registration and coffee
- 10:00
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Free reporting and networking
- 11:00
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SREP press conference with Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch and Vice-Chair Frank Elderson
- 12:00
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Lunch
This agenda may be subject to change without notice.
Audiovisual notice: A photographer will be present at the event taking photographs for our internet / intranet webpage. If you prefer not to have your photograph taken, please approach the photographer directly. The event may be filmed and the video recording, or parts of it, may be published on the internet / intranet.
General information
Main Building
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
English
Ettore Fanciulli
+491722570849
ettore.fanciulli@ecb.europa.eu
Kathrin Zander
+491622121616
kathrin.zander@ecb.europa.eu
Jose Hontoria
+491622114897
jose.hontoria_sanchez@ecb.europa.eu