WHEN? Monday 28 February, from 16.45 to 18.45 CET.

WHERE? European Parliament in Brussels, ANTALL building, room 4Q2 and remotely.

The conference on ‘‘Women in Economics and Finance: Debate on next challenges in the EU’’ will address gender equality in the economic, monetary and financial sectors.

It will be opened by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Chair Irene Tinagli (S&D, IT) and by Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee first Vice-Chair María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop (The Left, ES). They will be followed by introductory addresses (remotely) by four high-level guests: ECB President Christine Lagarde, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager.

In two subsequent sessions, MEPs will hold debates with Commissioners Gentiloni (Economy) and McGuinness (Financial Services, Financial Stability and the Capital Markets Union), as well as several…