Conference organised jointly by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and ICEG European Center
"Central European Outlook for Chief Executive Officers - CEO for CEOs"
Date: March 26, 2008
Venue: Magyar Telekom Conference Center (Krisztina krt. 55., H-1015 Budapest)
The conference will focus on the present and future macroeconomic situation of the Central and Eastern European economies (the Visegrad countries, the Baltic States, Bulgaria and Romania) additionally including Southeast Europe. Especially growth prospects and the determinants of growth will be highlighted, but there will also be two topical sessions on financial sector issues and labour market and fiscal issues. Presentations mainly address businessmen (investors), the business press and to a smaller extent the general public. Presenters are expected to be influential economists, economic politicians from the countries of the region, as well as representatives of the business sector (among them chief executive officers of multinational companies).
Further information: office@icegec.hu
Panel 1: GROWTH OUTLOOK
Jürgen Kröger |
DG ECFIN |
The Catching-up Process in the New Member States: Where Do We Stand? |
Carolin Nerlich |
ECB |
Catching-up in Central and Eastern Europe: Progress, Prospects and Policies |
Rétfalvi György |
ITD Hungary |
ITD Hungary - Foreign Direct Investment: Trends and Challenges |
Bilek Péter |
ICEG EC |
Panel 2: FINANCIAL SECTOR ISSUES
Debora Revoltella |
UniCredit Group |
CEE Banking - Coping with the Challenges of a New Global Environment |
Charles Robertson |
ING |
Emerging and Converging Markets: the Opportunity of Sub-prime Lending |
Urbán László |
OTP Bank |
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Balássy M. László |
Citibank |
Panel 3: FISCAL AND LABOUR ISSUES
Christoph Rosenberg |
IMF |
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Aleksander Aristovnik |
Uni Ljubljana |
Fiscal Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Does Public Sector Size Matter? |
Ábrahám László |
NI Hungary |
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Miroslav Beblavy |
SGI |
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