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Wednesday, 5th November 2008

08:15	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00	WELCOME FROM FT GLOBAL EVENTS

09:05	OPENING REMARKS BY THE SUMMIT CHAIRPERSON Chairperson: Padraig Floyd, Editor, Pensions Management

09:15	GLOBAL ECONOMY: MACRO ISSUES FACING THE PENSIONS SYSTEM IN A TURBULENT MARKET Elemér Terták, Director Financial Institutions, Internal Market and Services Directorate-General, European Commission

09:45	IS DC HERE TO STAY? Can DC really be the future? Has DC killed off DB? Risk-sharing and DC schemes – Why should risk-sharing be considered? Challenges for target-date funds/ lifecycle investing Moderator: Padraig Floyd, Editor, Pensions Management Panelists: Sweden: Per-Olof Westerlund, Pensions Expert, PTK Italy: Francesco Menoncin, Associate Professor, Università degli studi di Brescia

10:30	REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:50	ARE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS THE WAY FORWARD? What will be the impact of personal accounts and how is their development progressing? What are the obstacles to success? How should employers view personal accounts? Moderator: Padraig Floyd, Editor, Pensions Management Panelists: Sweden: Daniel Barr, Chief Economist, PPM - Premium Pension Authority Germany: Marcus Mecklenburg, Director in charge of Policy and Pensions, BVI (German Association of Investment Funds & Asset Managers) UK: Sheer Khan, Head of Investment, PADA (Personal Accounts Delivery Authority)

11:35	CASE STUDY: The APG Experience Netherlands: Tom Steenkamp, Chief Investment Officer, Asset Allocation and Research, APG

12:05	ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (ESG) – INVESTING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE What is happening with investments? To what extent does financial performance really does matter when choosing SRI? Strategic integration of sustainability in a pension fund – How is it done and what are the challenges? Climate change and the role of pension funds for a sustainable future Share-holder engagement – Obstacles for the growth of active ownership culture Moderator: Spencer Anderson, Editor, EPN Panelists: Sweden: Carl Rosén, Chairman, AP-funds Ethical Council Sweden: Ulrika Hasselgren, Co-founder, President, Ethix France: Erik Christiansen, Head of Equity and SRI, Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique - ERAFP

12:45	LUNCH

13:35	PUTTING CROSS BORDER PENSION PLANS INTO PRACTICE How free is the movement of pension funds within Europe? The battle for pan-European pension funds – Are cross border pension fund strategies really happening? Will they live up to expectations? Moderator: Ireland: Brendan Kennedy, Chief Executive, Pensions Board Panelists: Germany: Bernd Walgenbach, Chief Executive, Pensionskasse der Deutschen Wirtschaft Germany: Martin Grossmann, Director, LV 1871 Pensionsfonds AG

14:20	MANAGING RISK AND LIABILITIES How to best manage the relationship between investments and liabilities? How do you ensure the maximum efficiency of your risk management systems? How do you allocate assets to account for liabilities? To what extent is LDI merely sensible investment practice with strong governance? Should all schemes be looking to derivatives for managing liabilities? What other assets or strategies might be considered in addition to or instead of derivatives? Moderator: UK: Tony Osborn-Barker, Head of Pensions Global Risk Solutions, BNP Paribas Panelist: Belgium: Edwin Meysmans, Managing Director, KBC Pensioenfonds Salina Yan, Deputy Representative, Hong Kong Economic Trade Office

15:05	REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:20	CHALLENGES FACING PENSIONS SYSTEMS IN EMERGING MARKETS The current situation with pensions and asset allocation in transition economies Transforming pension schemes to DC Enhancing sustainable development and socially responsible investment Moderator: Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski, FSA, CFA, MAAA, Actuarial Program Director, Professor of Mathematics, Illinois State University Panelists: Hungary: Mihály Erdos, Deputy Director General, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority Poland: Stanislaw Kluza, Chairman, Polish Financial Supervision Authority

16:00	A YEAR ON: EVOLVING ACCOUTING ISSUES AND REGULATORY REFORMS Reactions and progress from recent pension reforms How are regulators driving investors? Global solvency challenges – What are the implications of Solvency II? The harmonisation of regulatory standards across territories or the divergence of trends in pension regulation? Moderator: Netherlands: Anke Claassen, Editor, npn (Dutch Pension Funds & Investment News) Panelists: Sweden: Paul Andersson, Head of Unit, Prudential Supervision Department, Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) Germany: Peter Koenig, Managing Director, DVFA Society of Investment Professionals France: Clara Kristina Severinson, Financial Affairs Division, OECD

16:45	CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

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