Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership: Opportunities and Challenges for the SMEs in Central Europe

Partner: Center for EU Enlargement Studies
Event date: Sep 22, 2016
Deadline for registering: Sep 21, 2016
Venue: Central European University, Budapest Nádor utca 9, Monument Building, Popper Room, 9:15-13.10 , Hungary
Category: Conference

PROGRAM

 9:30 – 9:40 Opening Remarks

Zoltán Lédig, Head of Department for Trade Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:40 – 11:10 Panel I:

What can Small Businesses Expect from TTIP? Overview of Negotiations and Chapters

Hiddo Houben, Head of Unit, Deputy Chief Negotiator for TTIP, European Commission (DG Trade)

Katherine Kalutkiewicz, Senior Trade Representative of United States Mission to the EU (USEU)

Előd Solti, Managing Partner, Solti & Partners Consulting Ltd., Business Member of AmCham Hungary

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Péter Balázs,Director, Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Central European University

Q&A

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00 Panel II:

How Can Central European SMEs Prepare for TTIP? Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. David R. DeRemer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Péter Lőrincze, Executive Board Vice Chair, The Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD

Terézia Borosné Bartha, Director for International Affairs, Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists

Moderator: Prof. Dr. András Inotai, Research Professor, Institute of World Economics, Research Center for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

 Q&A

13:00 – 13:10 Closing Remarks

Dr. Balázs Molnár, Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office

Register at Zselyke Tófalvi (tofalviz@ceu.edu)

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Keywords: Hungary