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Programme
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome: Howard Rosen, President COBCOE
09.05 Introduction by Session moderator: Edward Lucas, Deputy Editor, International Section, Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent, The Economist
09.15 Key note Speech:
Rt. Hon Caroline Flint MP, UK Minister for Europe, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
09.30 CEE Economies and the attraction for Trade and Investment from the UK
- Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy, Poland
- Mr Gordon Bajnai, Minister for National Development and Economy, Hungary
- Milan Hovorka, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- H.E. Dr Ion Jinga, Romanian Ambassador to the Court of St. James
- H.E. Iztok Jarc, Slovenian Ambassador to the Court of St. James
- Yavor Kuyumdjiev, Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy, Bulgaria
11.15 Coffee
11.30 Offshore Manufacturing and Offset Programmes in CEE John Rossall, BAE Systems
11.50 UK Plc has significant successes in CEE Countries
- Opportunities for UK Business: David Frost, Director General, The British Chambers of Commerce
- Retail Operations: Greg Sage, Director International and Internal Communications, Tesco Plc
- Financial Services: John Harnett, CEO, International Personal Finance plc
- Real estate: John Duckworth, Regional Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
12.45 Lunch |
13.45 Sector break outs
- Real estate, John Duckworth, Regional Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
- Private Equity, Mark Corbidge, Doughty Hanson & Co.
- Offshore Manufacturing/Offset, John Rossal BAE Systems
- R&D Structural Funds in the Czech Republic and Poland and PERA case study, Dr Otakar Fojt, British Embassy in the Czech Republic, Magda Gajownik, British Embassy in Poland, and Alex Walker, PERA
14.30 The Region’s Economic outlook - an independent view Stuart Green, CEE Economist, HSBC
14.50 CEE Top 500, Wladek Szwoch, Deloitte
15.20 Tea and pre-arranged face to face meetings (delegate lists will be provided prior to the event)
15.45 British Perspectives on Central Europe, Mark Francois MP, Shadow Minister for Europe
16.00 Country presentations by inward investment agencies
- Rafał Szajewski, Key Strategy Analyst to the Board, Polish Agency for Inward Investments (PAIZ)
- Stoyan Stalev, Executive Director InvestBulgaria Agency
- Alexandra Rudysarova, Acting CEO, Czech Invest London
- Peter Horvath, Hungarian Economic, Investment & Trade Commisioner, London
- Peter Hajas, General Director of SARIO (Slovak Invetment and Trade Development Agency)
17.25 Round table Discussion
Chaired by David Thomas, Chairman, British Polish Chamber of Commerce
17.40 Closing Remarks: Howard Rosen, President COBCOE
17.45 Drinks reception
COBCOE reserves the right to make any changes to the programme.
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