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Free Market Road Show 2011:
The Future of Europe

[23.05.2011, Admin, NEWS]

Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik
European Coalition for Economic Growth
Austrian Economics Center
Friedrich August von Hayek Institut

in partnership with

National Union of Employers (RÚZ)
Crowne Plaza Hotel Bratislava
CEBSI
INESS

organized in Bratislava on May 13, 2011
an international conference within

Free Market Road Show


The Future of Europe
Why methods of resolution of the last millennium
don’t measure up to future challenges





Welcome and Introduction



H.E. Josef-Markus Wuketich, Austrian Ambassador


Peter Gonda, Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik



Panel 1: How not to waste a “good” crisis?



What are the alternatives to borrowing from the future? Are pension-, healthcare-, and administrative reforms a precondition to prevent the welfare states from falling apart and to prepare the ground for the next generation? Where is the link between government weight and prosperity and where, if at all, (spending/service) cuts need to be made? Is a paradigm shift realistic? The issue of how to balance and take “social” and economic responsibility for the next generation in the light of recent bailouts will be discussed.


Razeen Sally, London School of Economics / European Centre for International Political Economy


Gerhard Jandl, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, Austria


Ronald Ižip, Trim Broker


Presentation by Ronald Ižip


Martin Štochmaľ, ZSSK Cargo


Discussion chaired by Tom Nicholson, TREND



Panel 2: How to create growth? The real benefit of government contributions to European citizens – now and then?



Doubtless institutional and tax competition are prerequisites for successful entrepreneurship and innovative environments. What can be done to foster innovation to prepare the ground for a prosperous society? Apart from alternative forms of financing (venture capital etc), limited regulation and new forms of management and organization (at micro/macro level) will be discussed.


Edward Stringham, Fayetteville State University


Presentation by Edward Stringham


Christoff Zellenberg, Deutsche Bank


Barbara Kolm, Friedrich August von Hayek Institut


Discussion chaired by Lukáš Krivošík, .týždeň



Panel 3: The future of Europe and the Euro



Will the Euro survive? Is it a precondition for a European identity and means of organizing a common market – or simply an instrument of exchange? Will we face two different paces of economic and social development? Are there alternatives to the Euro and if so, what are the preconditions to avoid recent impairments? This panel will focus on any alternatives to fractional reserve, e.g. a necessity to return to gold standard and on the issue of currencies.


Erich Weede, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn


Juraj Karpiš, INESS


Presentation by Juraj Karpiš


Peter Brandner, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria


Peter Gonda, Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik


Presentation by Peter Gonda


Patrick Rusch, HKSÖL


Presentation by Patrick Rusch


Discussion chaired by Barbara Kolm, Friedrich August von Hayek Institut


Free Market Road Show 2011Conference is a part of the Free Market Road Show, beginning in Bratislava in May 2011 and going on in following European cities - Tbilisi, Baku, Kiev, Beograd, Zagreb, Vienna, Pristine, Skopje, Podgorica, Ljubljana, Berlin, Copenhagen, Brussels, London - with the final stop in September 2011 in Udine.
To learn more about the Free Market Road Show, please find out more here.



Main Organizing Partners:



Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik                      European Coalition for Economic Growth



Austrian Economics Center                      F. A. v. Hayek Institute



Liberty Fund



Americans for Tax Reform                      Mezzanine Management Central Europe (MMCE)



Partners:



Republiková únia zamestnávateľov                      Crowne Plaza Hotel Bratislava



Central European Business and Social Initiative                      INESS



TRIM Broker                      Financial Services Club





Media Partners:



TREND - Týždenník o ekonomike a podnikaní             Týždenník .týždeň            Energie-Portal.sk - spravodajský a informačný portál o energetike v SR