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Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 1/8 Dr. Rym Ayadi is Professor at HEC Montreal and Director of the International Institute on Cooperatives and leading the International Research Initiative on Cooperative Finance. She is Senior Research Fellow at the Euro-­‐Mediterranean University in Slovenia. She is Founding President of the Euro-­‐Mediterranean Economists Association established to contribute to the future of political and socio-­‐economic model in the South Mediterranean region post Arab Spring. Rym's fields of expertise include international financial systems, financial markets and institutions, global financial regulation and governance and socio-­‐economic development in economies in transition. She is expert member of several high-­‐level expert groups in the European Commission, external advisor to the European Parliament, Mediterranean Assembly of the Mediterranean and the Union for the Mediterranean and invited expert in international organisations. She was a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Financial Institutions Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels (Between 2001 and 2014). She served as an academic expert member of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) Stakeholder Group (Between 2011 and 2013). She was the director of the Mediterranean Prospects Research Network (MEDPRO), an international research network for foresight analysis in the Euro-­‐Mediterranean region (Between 2009 and 2013). She was also Vice President of the European Financial Inclusion Network (EFIN), a European network that promotes mutual learning on financial inclusion. (From 2009 to 2014) She is author of several books and scholarly articles on her areas of expertise and is member of several editorial boards. Rym holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University Paris Dauphine in Paris. Advisory and Expertise in high-­‐level groups of international organisations  Senior Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute o Contribute to IMF working documents  External advisor to the European Parliament, S&D, Greens Groups and ECON - Participate to hearings and high level meetings - Contribute to the financial policy agenda of the European Parliament by producing position papers, evaluating/proposing amendments and advising on futures of policies - Produce research reports on European banking post crisis - Areas covered: banking and insurance regulation, financial crisis, crisis management, consumer and investor protection, access to finance to SMEs …  Qualified member – Finance Watch http://www.finance-­‐watch.org/ - Contribute to position papers on area of expertise - Participate to meetings and high level groups  Expert member of Member of European Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholders Group (From 2010 to 2013) https://eiopa.europa.eu/about-­‐eiopa/organisation/stakeholder-­‐groups/representatives-­‐insurance-­‐
reinsurance-­‐stakeholder-­‐group/index.html - Contribute to consultations on insurance and reinsurance regulation (solvency regulation, financial conglomerate directive, insurance mediation directive)  Senior expert member of FIN-­‐Use forum – http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fin-­‐use_forum/index_en.htm) (2007-­‐2010), An independent expert group on financial services set-­‐up by the European Commission – DG-­‐ Internal Market: - Contribute to the financial policy agenda of the European Commission by producing position papers which aim at responding to the legislative measures taken or to be taken – from an end-­‐user perspective - Areas covered: Retail financial services, payments systems, banking and insurance regulation, financial crisis, crisis management, consumer and investor protection, microcredit, company law… - Represent Fin-­‐Use in public and official conferences and events  Member of Insolvency Law Expert Group http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/bank/docs/ileg/members.pdf - Contributed to the consultation on crisis management in financial sector  External Expert – European Parliament – DG External Policies – Euro-­‐med and Middle East Unit - Evaluate National Indicative Programmes for South Mediterranean countries - Evaluate EU-­‐Tunisia Association Agreement and Action Plan - Evaluate EU-­‐ Gulf Cooperation Council relationships Bio 
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Dr. Rym AYADI 2/8 Expert member of the Mediterranean Science, Policy, Research – MEDSPRING http://www.medspring.eu Senior advisor to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean -­‐ PAM and expert member of their Steering Committee Founder of the Euro-­‐ Mediterranean Guarantee Network http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/en/event/first-­‐meeting-­‐
of-­‐the-­‐working-­‐group-­‐on-­‐the-­‐establishment-­‐of-­‐a-­‐counter-­‐guarantee-­‐system/ Founder and President of the Euro-­‐Mediterranean Economists Association www.euromed-­‐economists.org Senior expert member of the core MSME group, set under the Union for the Mediterranean http://www.ufmsecretariat.org/en/event/first-­‐meeting-­‐of-­‐the-­‐working-­‐group-­‐on-­‐the-­‐establishment-­‐of-­‐a-­‐counter-­‐
guarantee-­‐system/ Expert member of the Working party on Euro-­‐Mediterranean industrial cooperation of the European Commission – DG Enterprise http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/international/files/21-­‐22-­‐feb-­‐2011-­‐participants-­‐
list_en.pdf, focus on entrepreneurship, human capital and access to finance Expert member of the MENA-­‐OECD working group on SME policy, entrepreneurship and human capital development http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3746,en_34645207_34645726_46885200_1_1_1_1,00.html Expert member of the Intergovernmental committee of experts (Comité inter-­‐gouvernemental d’experts – CIE) – United Nations -­‐ Economic Commission for Africa – Office North Africa Senior expert in the European Training Foundation (on women business empowerment in the Mediterranean) Member of the financial services high-­‐level group -­‐ African Forum in Brussels http://www.mazungumzo.eu/work Expert member at DG Development on EU-­‐Africa Partnership Publications Peer Reviewed Books: 1.
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Socio-­‐economic scenarios for the Mediterranean in 2030 (with Pantelis Capros and Carlo Sessa), Forthcoming, 2015 Regulation, diversity and business models in Banking, Forthcoming, 2015 Macro and financial crisis management in the South and East Mediterranean countries: Lessons and Prospects; Forthcoming 2015 Economic and social developments in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (with Marek Dabrowski and Luc de Wulf), November, 2014, Springer http://www.springer.com/economics/development/book/978-­‐3-­‐319-­‐11121-­‐6 Monetary policies, banking systems, regulatory convergence, efficiency and growth in the South and East Mediterranean countries (with Sami Mouley), November 2013, Palgrave http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/monetary-­‐policies,-­‐banking-­‐systems,-­‐regulatory-­‐convergence,-­‐
efficiency-­‐and-­‐growth-­‐in-­‐the-­‐mediterranean-­‐rym-­‐ayadi/?isb=9781137003478 Financial centers in Europe: A new positioning in the global financial market post crisis (with Emrah Arbak), November 2013, Palgrave http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/financial-­‐centres-­‐in-­‐europe-­‐rym-­‐ayadi/?K=9781137275035 Peer Reviewed Papers: 7. Does compliance impact bank profitability and efficiency? (with Sami Ben Naceur, Barbara Casu and Barry Quinn), IMF Working Papers, May 2015 http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=42899.0 8. The building blocks of a regulatory paradigm shift in banking, Journal of Banking Regulation, Forthcoming, 2015. 9. Mergers & Acquisitions in European Banking: Higher Productivity or Better Synergy Among Business Lines?", Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2012 10. Proposals to reform deposit insurance in Europe (with Rosa Lastra), Journal of Banking Regulation, April, 2010 11. On the necessity to regulate credit derivative markets (With Patrick Behr), Journal of Banking Regulation, Volume 10, Number 3, June, 2009 12. Solvency II: A revolution in regulating European insurance and reinsurance companies, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Volume 26, Issue 1, Fall, 2007 13. The implementation of the new Basel capital Accord: Achievements and remaining challenges, in the future of banking regulation published by Blackwell, 2007 Chapters in edited Books: 14. Transparency in EU banks: Does it matter? In Handbook on economic and institutional transparency, edited by Lars Oxelheim, Oxford University Press of NY, November, 2014 15. On the role of the Basel Committee, the Basel rules and banks’ incentives in handbook of safeguarding global financial stability, edited by Gerard Caprio, published by Elsevier, November 2012 16. Executive compensation and risk taking in European banking (with Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen), in Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance, Edited by James R. Barth, Chen Lin and Clas Wihlborg, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 3/8 17. Chindia FDI in Africa: Implications for Europe and re-­‐polarization, (with Raj Aggarwal), in EU-­‐Asia and the Re-­‐
polarization of the global economic arena, edited by Lars Oxelheim, Imperial College Press, 2012 18. On the required regulatory support of credit derivatives markets in Financial innovation in retail and corporate banking, edited by Luisa Anderloni, David T. Llewellyn and Reinhard H. Schmidt, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008. 19. Mergers and acquisitions in European banking, in Frontiers of banks in the global economy edited by Philip Molyneux and Eleuterio Vallelado published by Palgrave Mc Millan, 2008 20. Banking mergers and acquisitions and executive compensation in Markets and compensation for executives in Europe, edited by Lars Oxelheim, published by Elsevier, 2008 Research Network papers (MEDPRO – www.medpro-­‐foresight.eu ), Network directed by Rym Ayadi and Funded under the EU Research Area: 21. Scenarios assessment and transitions towards a sustainable euro-­‐Mediterranean in 2030 (with Carlo Sessa), MEDPRO Policy Paper, 15 July 2013 22. Access by MSMEs to finance in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: What role for the credit guarantee schemes (with Salim Gadi), MEDPRO Technical Paper, April 2013 23. The Euro-­‐Mediterranean Partnership and Development Assistance: Past Trends and Future Scenarios (with Salim Gadi), MEDPRO Technical Papers, 09 April 2013 24. Financial Sector Development and Integration in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Towards a long-­‐
term sustainable transition, MEDPRO Policy Papers, 09 April 2013 25. Human Capital, Inequality and Migration in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Towards a coherent policy agenda (with Alia El Mehdi), MEDPRO Policy Papers, 27 March 2013 26. Benchmarking the Financial Sector in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries and Projecting 2030 Financial Sector Scenarios (with Emrah Arbak and Sami Ben Naceur), MEDPRO Technical Papers, 22 March 2013 27. Convergence and Integration of Banking Sector Regulations in the Euro-­‐Mediterranean area (with Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen), MEDPRO Technical Papers, 19 March 2013 28. Financial Development, Bank Efficiency and Economic Growth across the Mediterranean (with Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen), MEDPRO Technical Papers, 08 March 2013 29. Determinants of Financial Development across the Mediterranean (with Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen), MEDPRO Technical Papers, 26 February 2013 30. What scenarios for the Euro-­‐Mediterranean in 2030 in the wake of the Arab spring? (with Carlo Sessa), MEDPRO Policy Papers, 25 February 2013 Other Research Network papers Funded under the European Union External Action Services Grants: 31. EU-­‐GCC trade and investment relations: What prospects of an FTA between the two regions, Sharaka paper, October 2013 32. Banking and insurance in the GCC countries: Is there regulatory convergence with the EU? Sharaka paper, July 2013 European Commission Publications: 33. Market study of the current state of play in Member States regarding initiatives in bank fee transparency and comparability in personal current bank account, European Commission, DG Consumer, January 2012 34. Data collection for prices of current accounts provided to consumers, European Commission, DG Consumer, September 2009 35. Economic integration in the Euro-­‐med region, European Commission, DG Trade, September 2009 European Parliament Publications: 36. State aid to banks and credit to SMEs: Is there a need for conditionality?, Study for the ECON Committee, February 2015 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2015/518754/IPOL_STU(2015)518754_EN.pdf SUERF publications (www.suerf.orf) 37. New paradigm of banking, financial markets and regulation, with Morten Balling, Frank Lierman, Freddy Van den Spiegel, and David T. Llewellyn, 2012 http://www.suerf.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=316:2012-­‐2&Itemid=133 38. Cross-­‐border crisis management at the cross roads with Morten Balling, Frank Lierman, Book published April 2010 39. SME financing in Europe: “Measures to improve the rating culture under the new Basel rules”, in SUERF Study 2009/3 edited by Morten Bailing, Beat Bernet and Ernest Gnan Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 4/8 40. Banking mergers and acquisitions in the EU: Overview, assessment and prospects, SUERF Studies, July 2005 CEPS Books/Paperbacks (www.ceps.eu) : 41. Banking business models monitor 2014 Europe, IOFSC-­‐HEC and CEPS publication, October 2014 42. Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises with high-­‐growth potential in the Southern Mediterranean: Identifying obstacles and policy responses, CEPS Paperback, January, 2014 43. Macroeconomic and financial crisis management in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Diagnosis and prospects, CEPS Paperback, December, 2013 44. Bank business models and the future of regulation, CEPS Paperback, 2012 45. Business models in EU banking: A pre-­‐ and post crisis screening, CEPS Paperback, September 2011 46. Convergence of Banking Sector Regulations and its Impact on Bank Performances and Growth: the case for Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, CEPS Paperback, September 2011 47. Integrating retail financial markets in Europe: Between uncertainties and challenges, CEPS Paperback, March 2011 48. Investigating diversity in the banking sector in Europe, CEPS Paperback (Volume II), September, 2010 49. Investigating diversity in the banking sector in Europe, CEPS Paperback (Volume I), June, 2009 CEPS Taskforce Reports 50. Implementation of Basel II in the midst of turbulence, CEPS taskforce report, June, 2008 51. The future of insurance regulation and supervision in the EU: New developments, new challenges, CEPS Task Force Report, November 2006 52. The new Basel capital Accord and the future of the European banking system”, CEPS Task Force report, April 2004 CEPS Research Reports in Banking and Finance 53. Banking mergers and acquisitions in the EU: A new conceptual approach to assess performance, CEPS Research Paper in Banking and Finance, September 2007 54. Basel II and SME financing: A guide on how to prepare SMEs for the new rating culture” CEPS publications in Banking and Finance, October, 2005 55. Banking consolidation in Europe: Overview and Prospects in CEPS Research Reports in Banking and Finance, April 2004 CEPS Policy Briefs and Commentaries: 56. Paving the way for micro, small and medium sized enterprises in the Southern Mediterranean, CEPS Policy Brief, January 2014 57. Policy lessons for macroeconomic and financial crisis management in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, CEPS Policy Brief, December 2013 58. Implementing Basel III in Europe: Diagnosis and avenues for improvement, CEPS Policy Brief, 2012 59. Countercyclical regulation in Solvency II, CEPS Commentaries, June 2012 60. Three-­‐pillar firepower to solve the European Sovereign crisis, CEPS Commentaries, October 2011. 61. Supporting the challenges of democratic transition in Tunisia: A call for prompt action from the G8, CEPS Commentaries, 26 May 2011 62. A New Framework for Euro-­‐Med Cooperation on Micro, Small and Medium-­‐Sized Enterprise Support: The Role of the Union for the Mediterranean, CEPS Policy Briefs, 10 May 2011 63. Diversity in European banking: Why does it matter? October 2010 64. Micro, small and medium sized financing, the way forward, Declaration of the high level working group, CEPS, 2010 65. Co-­‐development in the Mediterranean region: A new conceptual approach, Working document, CEPS 2009 66. The game’s not over yet for the Capital Requirements Directive…, CEPS Policy Brief, February, 2006 67. The new capital requirements Directive: what pieces are still missing from the puzzle?, CEPS Policy Brief, September 2005 68. Cross-­‐border banking consolidation in Europe: Illusion or Reality?, CEPS commentary, September 2004 Other publications: 69. Introduction d’une grille d’analyse des fusions et acquisitions bancaires pour analyser leurs performances in Banque et Stratégie, Mars 2007 70. “Les enjeux de la transposition de l’accord de Bâle II », Revue Banque Magazine, N° 661, Septembre 2004. “Basel II: New challenges for implementation”, Financial Regulation International, Issue 7.7, September 2004 71. Contributed to the CEPS taskforce report n° 44 on Pan-­‐European Asset Management “Achievement and regulatory impediments” in April 2003 72. “Les fusions et acquisitions bancaires en Europe” in Revue Bancaire et Financière (RBF), December 2002 73. “Quel Modèle de Banque en Europe? Quelle efficacité?” Revue “Banque Magazine” Mars 2002 74. “Les restructurations bancaires en Europe” in “La mondialisation de l’Europe, n° 80, 2002 Revue de l’OFCE” 75. Contributed on the European Economy. Supplement A on Mergers and Acquisitions. Economic trends. No. 12. December 2001 Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 5/8 76. Regular contributor to the annual publication of “Confrontations” Association in Paris on Banking and Financial Market Group Speaker and Chair in international conferences and high-­‐level meetings 2015: 1. Institutional and business models diversity in banking, HEC-­‐IRCCF Annual Seminar, 22 May 2015, Montreal, Canada 2. UfM high-­‐level meeting on the role of the private sector development and strengthening of the Euro-­‐Mediterranean Partnership, 13-­‐14 April 2015, Barcelona 3. Science diplomacy: rethinking Euro-­‐Mediterranean Cooperation, 11-­‐13 February 2015, Portoroz, Slovenia 2014: 4. ITCEQ high-­‐level advisory group meeting on the rethinking of the institute, 18 December 2014, Tunis 5. GMF strategy group meeting on the Mediterranean, 05 November 2014, Naples 6. European Parliament meeting to launch the bank business model monitor, 04 December 2014, Brussels 7. QED Meeting on banking structural reforms, 17 November 2014, Brussels 8. IEMED high level meeting on IMF regional report on MENA, 10 November 2014, Barcelona 9. European Commission – Directorate Research Conference on water in the Mediterranean, 04 November 2014, Naples 10. CIHEAM/ENPAR Conference on sustainable development in the Mediterranean, 16 October 2014, Brussels 11. International summit on cooperatives, 06-­‐09 October 2014, Montreal/Quebec 12. Risk minds, Risk and regulation forum, 24-­‐25 September 2014, Barcelona 13. OECD-­‐IMF high-­‐level roundtable on banking business models, 07 July 2014, Paris 14. ESCWA-­‐UN Conference on sustainable development in the MENA region, 18-­‐20 June 2014, Cairo 15. IEMED high level conference on financial reforms in the Mediterranean, 16-­‐17 June 2014, Milan 16. Federal Reserve of San Francisco Symposium of Asian Banking and Finance on implementing global financial reforms, 09-­‐10 June 2014, San Francisco 17. European Commission – Directorate Research Conference on Europe as a global actor, 05 June 2014, Brussels 18. Swedish Network for European Studies in Economics and Business (SNEE) annual conference, 20-­‐22 May 2014 19. PAM meeting on the Euro-­‐Mediterranean, 06 Mai 2014, Athens 20. European Parliament meeting on Staid aid to EU banks and SME financing, 08 April 2014, Brussels 21. EACB Academic day on research on financial cooperatives, 01 April, 2014, Brussels 22. ELEC meeting on business models in banking, 13 March 2014, Amsterdam 23. ESADE high level meeting on SME policy, 06 March 2014, Barcelona 24. EACB meeting on banking regulation exchange, at the European Parliament, 01 April 2014, Brussels 2013: 25. UN Meeting on sustainable development, 26-­‐28 November 2013, Rabat, Morocco 26. EEAS-­‐Arab League-­‐UN Meeting on Crisis management in the Mediterranean, 26-­‐28 June 2013, Malta 27. MEDSPRING Meeting, 20-­‐21 June 2013, Lisbon 28. Finlawmetrics Annual Conference on Monetary policy and financial stability, 17-­‐18 June 2013, Milan 29. Financial stability and growth, Business Europe high level meeting, June 2013, Brussels 30. Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean – PAM Political Bureau meetings in June2013 in Rome 31. United Nations high level meeting on Trade and Investment in the Mediterranean, 30 May 2013, Geneva 32. European Parliament Meeting on Cooperatives banks, 14 May 2013, Brussels 33. Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean – PAM Steering Committee meetings in May 2013 in Rabat, Morocco 34. Sharaka Meetings on the EU-­‐GCC Future Partnership, March, November 2013 in Muscat Oman 35. International meeting on the future of financial cooperatives in Europe, at EBA, 8 March 2013, London 36. EMIS final conference in Tunis, 18-­‐19 February 2013 37. EMGN high-­‐level meetings at the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat in February 2013 in Barcelona 38. MEDPRO high level meetings in Cairo (January 2013), Tunis (November 2012) and Brussels (February 2013) 39. Scenarios for Euromed cooperation, a preliminary assessment, MiRA Final Conference, 24-­‐25 January 2013, Marrakech 2012: 40. The World in 2013, Euromoney Finance conference, 11-­‐12 December 2012, Doha 41. Diversity of banking business models in Europe, 5th Convention of EACB, 06 December 2012, Brussels 42. Macro and financial crisis consequences in the Mediterranean countries, FEMISE Annual Conference, 23-­‐24 November 2012, Marrakech 43. Regulation of EU banking and business models: Which new paradigm, EBA workshop, 21 November 2012, London 44. Banking sector role in the reconstruction of North African economies, OECD-­‐GMF high level meeting, 19 November 2012, in Naples 45. Towards new financial governance, EFNI Annual Conference, 26-­‐28 September 2012, Sopot 46. Assessing systemic importance of insurance companies, ICIR-­‐ EIOPA, 06-­‐07 September 2012, Frankfurt 47. Energy efficiency and prospects for renewables in the euromed region, EMIS high level conference, 25 June 2012, Tunis Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 6/8 48. Future of access to finance in the Mediterranean, European Savings Banks Group, 10-­‐11 May 2012, Marrakech, Morocco 49. The future of the Mediterranean, Annual Réalités Forum, 27 April 2012, Tunis 50. A blueprint for MSME financing in the Mediterranean, Deauville high level partnership meeting, 25 April 2012, Paris 51. Changing science and changing societies, Euromed conference on research and innovation, European Commission – DG Research and Development, 01-­‐03 April 2012, Barcelona 52. The future of the financial sector in the Mediterranean post arab spring, High level Mediterranean Strategy Group, GMF of the US, 29 February – 02 March 2012, Naples, Italy 53. Socio-­‐economic challenges post Arab Spring, Paris Dauphine, 02 February 2012, Paris 2011: 54. Scenarios of Euromed cooperation, High level meeting in Tunisia, 20 June 2011, Sfax, Tunisia 55. Future of Euro-­‐med partnership after the 2011 upheavals, IMRI Forum, 27-­‐28 May 2011, Casablanca, Morocco 56. Future of EU-­‐Tunisia Cooperation post revolution, High level meeting in Tunisia, 19-­‐20 May 2011, Tunis, Tunisia 57. The role of state in financing development, United Nation, Intergovernmental Committee of Experts, Economic Commission, North Africa, 22-­‐25 February 2011, Rabat, Morocco. 58. SME financing post crisis in Europe, SME finance Summit, 26 January 2011, London 59. The future role of private equity in financing SMEs in the Mediterranean, MedVenture Conference – 03 December 2010, Marseilles 2010: 60. CRD4 – the way forward, ESBG Conference on Retail Banking, 02 December 2010, Brussels 61. SMEs financing in the Mediterranean: the way forward, MED Finance 2010, October 2010, Cairo 62. EFRP Annual Conference on social protection, 16 June 2010, Brussels 63. IEMED-­‐ANIMA-­‐BusinessMED business summit on the Mediterranean, 03-­‐04 June 2010, Barcelona 64. The future of the Mediterranean, IPEMED-­‐ IACE event on Mediterranean 2030, 25 May, 2010, Tunis 65. High-­‐Level Conference "Building a New Financial Architecture" -­‐ 26th March, 2010, Lisbon 66. European Parliament Hearing on Crisis Management, 16 March, 2010, Brussels 67. Meda-­‐Women Forum, 24-­‐25 February 2010, Tunis 2009: 68. CEA Conference on Consumer protection on “Is there a case for insurance guarantee schemes?”, 10 December 2009 69. MEDA Finance 2009 on “Emerging financial centers in the Mediterranean” 01 October, 2009, Cairo. 70. EDFSF Annual Event on ‘The challenges for financial services: How can MEPs play a role?”, 28 September 2009, Brussels 71. The 2009 Wolpertinger Conference on “The future of credit derivatives market”, 3-­‐6 September, 2009, Rome 72. The Athens Business Forum 2009 on Bridging the Mediterranean on “Business developments in the MEDA region: Challenges and Opportunities”, 8-­‐10 July, 2009, Athens 73. Annual Meeting of European Forum of Deposit Insurers, on “Moving from a blanket guarantee to limited deposit insurance coverage, 29-­‐30 June, 2009, Paris 74. European Economic and Social Committee Workshop, on “How to cope with tax havens”, 24 June, 2009, Brussels. 75. Finlawmetrics 2009 – After the big bang: Reshaping Central Banking, Regulation and Supervision at Bocconi University, on “The imminence of regulating credit derivatives”, 18-­‐19 June 2009, Milan. 76. Fifth European Banking Symposium, Maastricht University, on Banking mergers and acquisitions in European banking: Testing the catch-­‐up hypothesis, June 3-­‐5, 2009, Maastricht. 77. 11th annual conference on European integration, Swedish Network for European Studies in Economics and Business (SNEE), on “The global economic crisis in a European perspective” 26-­‐29 May, 2009, Molle, Sweden. 78. FINTEL 2009, on reshaping the world international financial centers, May, Dublin. 79. Credit Risk Summit 2009, Endeavour Event, May 2009. 80. Euromed Barcelona 2009, on savings banks as promoters of union for the Mediterranean, 16 and 17 April, Barcelona. 81. Wilton Park in association with the Deutsche Bundesbank on responses to the global economic crisis, 16 – 18 March, Eltville. 82. European Parliament Workshops on “CRD revisions in light of the financial crisis”, 05 November 2008, Brussels and on “Consumer protection in financial services”, 21 January 2009, Brussels. 83. Medinvest 2009, 20 & 21 February, Beirut. 2008: 84. Seminar on Co-­‐development in the Mediterranean on 9 and 10 December 2008, Madrid. 85. SUERF/Banque Centrale de Luxembourg joint conference on productivity in the financial services industry, 11/12 November 2008, Luxembourg. 86. European Commission’s Payment Services Directive Transposition Group, Stakeholders’ Day, on “SEPA – State of play from an end user perspective”, 05 November 2008, Brussels. Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 7/8 87. Marcus Evans Conferences on liquidity and funding strategies in a volatile market, 3 & 4 November 2008 and on capital allocation, 8 & 9 September 2008, London. 88. Guest Speaker at the Tunisian Banking Association’s conference on “Tunisia: A regional financial Center”, 31 October 2008, Tunis. 89. Jacob Fleming Conference on Solvency II: Challenges and opportunities, 9 and 10 October 2008, London. 90. SUERF Conference on SME financing in Europe, 11 & 12 September 2008, Paris. 91. Public Hearing on “Insurance Guarantee Schemes” organized by the European Commission, 02 June 2008, Brussels. 92. 10th annual conference on European integration, Swedish Network for European Studies in Economics and Business (SNEE), on “Does it matter who owns Europe: The role of Sovereign wealth funds” 21-­‐22 May, 2008, Molle, Sweden. 93. European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (AEIP) Conference, on “Solvency III: A new concept for sustainable pensions”, 16 May 2008, Brussels, Belgium. 94. European Research Group “Money, Banking and Finance”, Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity in the Banking Industry, on “M&A and efficiency in European banking: A catching-­‐up effect Hypothesis” April 23, 2008 Lilles, 95. Mergers and Acquisitions in the Financial Sector on “capitalizing on the effects of Basel II”, 21 February 2008, Prague. 2007: 96. Seminar organised by the European Institute of Public Administration on EU Competition Issues and Financial Services Seminar, 17-­‐18 December, 2007, Maastricht. 97. European banking consolidation summit, on “What strategies underlying M&A in banking?”, organized by 14 -­‐15 November 2007, London. 98. Risk Management in financial institutions in the light of capital requirements on “Basel II and Solvency II and the future of European financial markets”, 08 November Warsaw. 99. EU-­‐China Forum – Workshop on ‘”The capacity of the economic and financial players to take a long term view”, 4-­‐5 October 2007, Annemasse. 100.Conference and Joint Meeting of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committees, on “The systemic implications of hedge funds”, September 7-­‐10, 2007, Copenhagen. 101.Level II committee on insurance and occupational pensions supervision (EIOPS) meeting on “The implications for users of Solvency II”, July, 4, 2007, Brussels. 102.Life and pensions summit 2007, on “Solvency II and its impacts on asset management industry”, July 3, 2007, London. 103.2007 reinsurance summit, on “The impacts of Solvency II on global reinsurance players” June 5 – 10, Bermuda. 104.Financial Management Association (FMA), on «Assessing performance of European banking M&As, 30 May-­‐ 1 June, 2007, Barcelona. 105.Marcus Evens Conference on “Mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector”, 15 -­‐ 16 March, 2007, London. 2006: 106.XV International “Tor Vergata” Conference on Banking and Finance, on “A new conceptual approach to assess M&A in banking”, 13 -­‐ 15 December 2006, Rome. 107.PwC global conference on M&As in financial services, Milan the 14-­‐16 November 2006 108.The CEPS Task Force report on the future of insurance regulation and supervision in the EU at a roundtable organised by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation in London in October 2006, at the Geneva Association in Geneva and at the European Commission in March 2007. 109.The annual Wolpertinger conference in Valladolid, Spain the 30th August to the 2nd September on “the frontiers of banks in a global world” and the Les Journées de L’Association Française des Sciences Economiques, the 11 and 12 May 2006, Strasbourg. 110.Guest speaker at the Economic Affairs Committee of the European Savings Banks Group (ESBG) in May 2006 2005-­‐01: 111.The 22nd Symposium on Banking and Monetary Economics the 16th and 17th June 2005 in Strasbourg and at the annual Wolpertinger conference in Cass Business School the 31st August to the 3rd September in London and at the Symposium on Finance, Banking and Insurance at the University of Karlsruhe the 14-­‐16 December 2005 in Karlsruhe in Germany with a communication on “Banking mergers and acquisitions in the EU: A new conceptual model to assess performance”. 112.Guest speaker’s intervention on “Tunisia and Europe: New prospects, new challenges” at a seminar “Comprendre l’Europe” organised by the European Journalism Centre, 22-­‐26 November 2005, Brussels. 113.The ZEW (Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung Gmbh) workshop on “EMU enlargement” in June 07th-­‐
10th 2005 Mannheim funded by the Monetary Stability Foundation (Stiftung Geld und Warhrung) 114.The 25th SUERF Colloquium on “Competition and Profitability in European Financial Services: Strategic; Systemic and Policy Issues” in October 2004 in Madrid (Spain) with a paper on “Banking mergers and acquisitions in the EU: Overview, Assessments and Prospects”. Bio Dr. Rym AYADI 8/8 115.The International Banking Summer School 2004 (IBSS) in Greece with a communication on the implementation of Basel II in Europe: Achievements and Challenges. 116.The CEPS Task Force report on Basel II and the future of the European financial system at a roundtable organised by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and hosted by Goldman Sacks in London in April 2004 and at the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers in Paris in May 2004. 117.
EUMoptFin workshops series funded by the European Union on the “Drivers of Performance of large financial institutions” in Bergamo with a communication on Mergers and acquisitions in the European banking industry: Overview, Prospects and Future Research” in May 2004. Available at http://www.unibg.it/struttura/struttura.asp?cerca=eumoptfin3 118.
Contributed with a communication on “banking consolidation in the EU: Overview and Prospects” in the GdR on banking and monetary economics the 5&6 June 2003 in Birmingham. Available at: http://www.univ-­‐orleans.fr/DEG/GDRecomofi/Activ/pujals_ayadi_birmingham.pdf 119.Contributed with a communication on “Mergers and Acquisitions in the European Banking Industry: A Survey from 1994-­‐2001”, at the Conference on Financial Intermediaries in Orléans, May 2001. Available at: www.univ-­‐orleans.fr/DEG/LEO/activitescientifique/ayadiafse.pdf Selected media interventions Euronews, CNBC, France 24, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, Econostrum For more information please visit : www.rymayadi.com; www.rymayadi.info