Programme for EFRAG Conference "Where is Corporate Reporting heading?"

To commemorate EFRAG’s 21st anniversary and its ongoing role as the voice of Europe in shaping corporate reporting, three panels involving renowned subject matter leaders will debate new trends in the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) revolution and the growing emphasis on the connectivity between sustainability and financial reporting. Read now the programme.Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, will be the keynote speaker. Pascal Durand, MEP (FR, Renew) and CSRD rapporteur, and Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair, will deliver a talk.The conference will take place on Wednesday 7 December from 9:30 to 17:30 CET. Registration for the physical event is closed, but you can still register for online participation here.Meet the speakers and panellists of the conference here.

​The discussions will be moderated by Patrick de Cambourg, EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board Chair, Saskia Slomp, EFRAG CEO and Wolf Klinz, EFRAG Financial Reporting Board Chair. Panellists include:

Panel 1. Sustainability reporting: a new area

• Emmanuel Faber, Chair ISSB

• Sébastien Godinot, Economist, WWF

• Eelco van der Enden, GRI CEO

• Kerstin Lopatta, EFRAG SRB member and former Acting EFRAG SRB Chair

Panel 2. Looking back and forward at EFRAG

• Françoise Flores, former EFRAG TEG Chair and CEO 2010-2016

• Stig Enevoldsen, former EFRAG TEG Chair and CEO 2004-2010

• Chiara Del Prete, EFRAG FR TEG Chair since 2019 and Acting EFRAG SR TEG Chair

Panel 3. Financial reporting and connectivity (introduced by Verena Ross, ESMA Chair)

• Serge Pattyn, EFRAG FRB member and former Acting EFRAG FRB Chair

• Nicklas Grip, Handelsbanken, former EFRAG TEG Vice-Chair 2016 – 2022

• Ann Jorissen, University of Antwerp, Chair of the EAA Financial Reporting Standards Committee

• Nadja Picard, Partner, Global Reporting Leader, PwC

• Verena Ross

A presentation on "Where is sustainability reporting heading in Europe and internationally" will also be given by Sven Gentner, Head Corporate reporting,
audit and credit rating agencies unit, DG
FISMA, EC, Patrick de Cambourg, Emmanuel Faber and Eelco van der Ender.

Jean-Paul Gauzès, former EFRAG Board President, will also have the pleasure of delivering messages for EFRAG and welcoming the new Chairs.

See the programme here.

Registration for the physical event is closed, but you can still register for online participation here.
Meet the speakers and panellists of the conference here.

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