As in previous years, the primary goal of the event is to provide insights into current questions relating to international finance, and to create an attractive environment for exchanging ideas. This year’s edition of the Dialogue deals with the needs of an innovative financial sector, the strategies of successful financial centers in this regard, and the resulting future challenges for regulators.

According to Prime Minister, Otmar Hasler: "The Liechtenstein Dialogue will again welcome high-caliber financial experts from the private sector, politics, and academia. It will offer in-depth insights into current and future challenges for international financial centers."

This year, the Dialogue will focus on several central questions: What areas of business are especially promising, and what are the preconditions for their rapid growth? What are the strategies of successful financial centers in establishing themselves as attractive locations for innovative areas of business? What are the specific future challenges for regulators in reacting to the increased competition among financial centers and the greater diversity of demands from the private sector?

The speakers at this year’s Dialogue include Guido Westerwelle, Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) and Chairman of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, and high-caliber financial experts such as Michael Zamorski, Managing Director, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority; Eduard Oswald, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag; Patrick Farrell, Chief Executive, Irish Banking Federation; Franz-Hermann Brüner, Director General, European Anti-Fraud Office; Eugen Haltiner, President, Swiss Federal Banking Commission; and Angela Knight, CEO, British Bankers’ Association.

"In addition to the individual speeches and podium discussions, the Liechtenstein Dialogue will again present the opportunity to establish and cultivate contacts – an aspect of the Dialogue series that we believe to be of particular importance," Hasler concluded.