Responsible Credit Conference London 2008: 8th International Conference on Financial Services

 Access to responsible credit is essential for households and for our economy. Credit is necessary for households to smooth out fluctuations in income, manage increases in expenditure, and to invest in their homes and futures. This, in turn, drives forwards economic growth. The current turmoil in the credit market is now constraining access, with severe implications not only for households themselves but also for the wider economy.

The Conference will bring together over 350 delegates from around the globe to jointly debate the principles for future responsible credit provision. Delegates will be drawn from consumer, financial services industry, regulatory, and policy networks and speakers will be nationally, and often internationally, renowned experts in their fields. The Conference will proceed on the basis of open and constructive dialogue across all four networks and will provide an essential arena for concerns, proposed responses, and actions to be explained, shared, and understood.

Confirmed speakers

• Martin Wolf, CBE, Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
  
• Paul Lewis, BBC Radio 4, Moneybox presenter
  
• Ray Watson, Director, Consumer Credit, Office of Fair Trading, UK
  
• John Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, USA
  
• Eric Leenders, Executive Director, Retail, British Bankers Association
  
• Lindsay Tucker, Director, International Community Relations, Citi
  
• Bill Knight, Chair, International Forum on Financial Consumer Protection and Education
  
• Peter Setou, National Credit Regulator, South Africa
• Professor Udo Refiner, European Coalition for Responsible Credit
  
• Professor Iain Ramsay, University of Kent, UK
  
• Professor Toni Williams, University of Kent, UK
  
• Saya Oyama, Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
  
• Adam Land, Director of Remedies and Business Analysis Competition Commission, UK
  

Invited speakers

• Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, National Consumer Council, UK
  
• Monique Goyens, Director, BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation
  
• Michael Coogan, Council of Mortgage Lenders, UK
  

Please note that the language of this conference is English.