09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:15
09:15 - 10:00
Keynote Speech - The dynamic relationship between business and academia.
How and why is academic freedom important to business? How does higher education influence innovation, and in turn, economic growth?
Speaker: Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, Central European University
10:00 - 10:30
Q&A session with the keynote speaker, moderate by Andrew Byrne, FT Correspondent
Moderator: Andrew Byrne, Correspondent, Financial Times
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Panel discussion: Transformation of PE
From the start to a matured CEE PE ecosystem.
Impact of global financial crises.
Competition with non-PE investors and other challenges.
How does the current PE landscape look like in the CEE?
Looking forward: what can we expect?
Moderator: Éva Talmácsi, Partner, International Corporate/M&A (Hungary and CEE), CMS
Conversation participants:
11:30 - 12:00
Panel discussion: Women in PE sector
Moderator: Margaret Dezse, Leading Partner Transaction Advisory Service, EY
Conversation participants:
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 13:35
13:35 - 14:00
Afternoon speech: Transformation of the European financial system
Speaker: Dr. Júlia Király, Professor, IBS Budapest
14:00 - 14:30
Panel discussion: Brexit - New financial system of Europe. Who is going to win after Brexit?
Moderator: Hugh Owen, Partner, Allen & Overy
Conversation participants:
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Panel discussion: Corporate Ventures
CVC is defined as the practice where a large firm takes an equity stake in a small but innovative firm, to which it may also provide management and marketing expertise; the objective is to gain a specific competitive advantage. Let’s have a debate over advantages and potential disadvantages of that venue.
Moderator: András Molnár, vezérigazgató, PortfoLion Ventures
Conversation participants:
15:30 - 16:00
Panel discussion: How do the state funds influence the VC market?
According to Invest Europe’s statistics Government Agencies are the most active investors of venture capital funds in Europe. Are these sources necessary for the development of the ecosystem? Can state funds have similar efficacy than their privately financed competitors? Is there a crowding-out effect on the ventures capital market?
Moderator: Levente Zsembery, vezérigazgató, X-Ventures Ltd.
Conversation participants:
16:00 - 16:10
Closing remarks
16:10 - 17:00
Drink reception
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