08:00 – 09:00 Welcome coffee & Registration

09:00 – 09:30 Opening speech

09:30 – 10:45 Macroeconomic Context I Panel Discussions

Topics:

  • Romania has been ranked 37th worldwide on the aggregate ease of doing business (World Bank Doing Business Report 2015-2016). What was the context that has contributed to this growth?
  • How do recent political and economic developments influence Romania’s growth and position in the region?
  • Several months after Brexit was voted, how have powers shifted? Is Romanian economy impacted in any way?
  • Romania rides a tail wind. Expansionary fiscal policy and loose monetary policy stimulated growth in the short term. What makes this sustainable for the long term?

Invited speakers:

  • Codrut Pascu – Senior Partner & Managing Director, Roland Berger

Moderator: Jörg K. Menzer, Partner, Head CEE Offices, Noerr

 

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45 Key note speaker – John Riker, Managing Director, Blue Ocean Strategy –Initiative Centre

A member of the Blue Ocean Strategy Network, John has led Blue Ocean Strategy initiatives in Europe, the US, Asia and Africa across industries as diverse as technology, media, food/beverage, pharmaceutical, retail, industrial ceramics/sensors, financial services and public/charitable NGOs.  He has a BA (Econ/History) from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA, and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland followed by over 20 years of experience in formulating and executing strategy and transformation programmes across the world.

11:45 – 12:45 A strategy for Romania I Panel Discussions

Topics:

  • The main pillars of the recently launched country strategy talk about stimulating productivity, the capital intake and other elements that have an impact on the workforce and quality of life. What are the next steps?
  • Top investors’ view on the some of the most important factors impacting Romania’s path to sustainable growth
  • A new ambition for Romania: make it to the top 10 economies in the EU until 2036
  • Specialists take on Romania’s path to Eurozone. What does it take to make it a success?

Invited speakers:

  • Dragos Pislaru – Minister, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection
  • Manuel Costescu – Secretary of State, Department for Foreign Investments and Public Private Partnership
  • Carmen Marcus – Economic Counselor, European Semester, Representation of the European Commission in Romania
  • Eric Stab – President, Foreign Investors Council
  • Ionuţ Simion – Country Managing, Partner PwC Romania and President, AmCham Romania

Moderator: Anca Harasim – Executive Director, AmCham Romania

 

12:45 – 13:45 FDI growth I Panel Discussions

Topics:

  • Recent fiscal policies – a key advantage to attracting new investments
  • Financing programs to support growth
  • Alternatives for a stronger a crediting system

Invited speakers:

  • Anca Dragu – Minister, Ministry of Public Finance
  • Cristian Ghinea – Minister, Ministry of European Funds
  • Matteo Patrone – Director, EBRD Romania
  • Ludwik Sobolewski – General Manager, Bucharest Stock Exchange

 

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch