Programme

Time Programme
7 NOVEMBER 2002
13:00  WELCOME LUNCH
14:00  Opening address:
Philippe Maystadt, President of the EIB

Welcome address:
Karl-Heinz Grasser, Minister of Finance and EIB Governor for Austria

Special Guest:
Günter Verheugen, EU Commissioner for Enlargement

15:00  SESSION I : The Run-Up to Accession [Subjects for discussion]

Speakers:
Csaba László, Minister of Finance, Hungary
Brigita Schmögnerová, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Hans Hoogervorst, Minister of Finance, The Netherlands

COFFEE BREAK
Josef Tošovský, Former Governor of the Czech National Bank; Chairman, Financial Stability Institute, Switzerland 
Mugur Isarescu, Governor of the National Bank of Romania
Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament
17:45  ADJOURN
20:00 DINNER (Vienna City Hall)
Welcome address: 
Dr. Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna, Austria

Guest speaker:
Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of the Republic of Poland

8 NOVEMBER 2002
09:00 SESSION II : Investing in Progress

Chairman of Session II: 
Wolfgang Roth, Vice-President of the EIB

SUB-SESSION 1 : Regional Development and Infrastructure [Subjects for discussion]

Speakers:
Ewa Freyberg, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy, Poland
Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Serbia
Miron Tudor Mitrea, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Romania 
Kajo Schommer, former State Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, Saxony, Germany 
Hans Peter Haselsteiner, Chairman of the Board of Bauholding STRABAG, Austria 

COFFEE BREAK
SUB-SESSION 2 : Foreign Direct Investment [Subjects for discussion]

Speakers:
Karl Peter Wilhelm, Board Member of Volkswagen, Slovakia
Robert Guillaume, General Manager, Purchasing Project Team of PSA Peugeot Citroën, France
Herbert Stepic, Vice-President of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Austria
Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer of Unicredito, Italy
Terence Brown, Director General, Lending Operations, EIB

12:30 CLOSING SESSION
Concluding comments:
Ewald Nowotny, Vice-President of the EIB

Closing of the Forum:
Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria

13:15 CLOSING LUNCH

14:30 - 16:00  SEMINAR ON EIB SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OPERATIONS


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