Christian H. Schierer, Regional Director Europe, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

Overview of the Program

Manfred F. Berger, Partner of ICONIC Consulting & Founder of NEUSICHT Think Tank

Doing business in CEE in uncertain times - Arnold Schuh, Director, Competence Center for Emerging Markets & CEE, WU Vienna

• Central and Eastern Europe confronted with “Great Volatility“ on the economic, financial and geopolitical level.
  Gunter Deuber, Head of Research, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
• Making the EU more energy resilient: current challenges and possible solutions - Christian Mandl, Head of the EU Policy Department, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
• CEE Shoppers: Behavior change in the age of permacrisis - Tobias Schediwy, Commercial Director CEE/Consumer Panels & Services, GfK

Moderation: Manfred F. Berger, ICONIC/NEUSICHT

• Andrey Yekimov, General Manager Henkel Consumer Brands Romania & Bulgaria
• Herbert Krutina, Division Manager SEE, Member of the Board, STRABAG AG
• Gábor Márta, Managing Director of Rail Cargo Logistics
• Krzysztof Soszyński, Vice-President of the Board, Inter Cars S.A., Poland

Discussion/Q&A

Moderation: Arnold Schuh, WU

• The Polish View - Valerie Breitenfeld, Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Poland
• The Romanian View - Gerd Bommer, Austrian Trade Commissioner for Romania
• The Ukrainian Business View – Olga Trofymova, President of the Ukrainian Association of Management Consultants
• Rebuilding Ukraine – Thomas Matejka, CFO, Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine

Moderation: Christian Schierer, Regional Director - Western, Northern, Central & Southern Europe, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA