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European Retirement Week 2025 — Launch event

Monday 24 November | 16:30 – 17:45 | Insurance Europe, 23 Rue du Champ de Mars, 1050 Brussels
(followed by networking)

The fifth edition of European Retirement Week will kick off with an in-person launch event bringing together EU policymakers, industry representatives and stakeholders to discuss how to strengthen retirement outcomes for Europeans.

Join us to mark the start of a week dedicated to boosting awareness and debate around Europe’s retirement challenges and opportunities.

Agenda

16h00 – 16h30

16h30 – 16h35

16h35 – 16h45

16h45 – 17h15






17h15 – 17h30

17h30 – 17h45

Welcome and Registration

Opening & welcome by Thea Utoft Høj Jensen, Director General, Insurance Europe

Message from Regina Doherty MEP (Ireland, EPP)

Insights:

  • Andrea Beltramello, Head of Unit Savings and Investments Union at European Commission, DG FISMA.

  • Efi Argyridou Mylona, Financial Services Attaché, Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU
  • Dr Apostolos Thomadakis, Head of Research, ECMI; Research Fellow and Head of the Financial Markets and Institutions Unit, CEPS
  • Discussion among European Retirement Week stakeholders, moderated by Thea Utoft Høj Jensen


Audience Q&A

Closing remarks by Rosa Armesto, Director General, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)

Followed by networking

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European Retirement Week provides a platform for a wide range of stakeholders to debate the future of pensions in Europe and raise citizens' awareness of the need to save for retirement and achieve pension adequacy. It takes place annually in the last week of November.

For more information about European Retirement Week, click here

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