Central & South East European Financial Forum, Bucharest 19-22 May, 2009

The work of the Forum comprised of 4 separate sessions, as follows:

CONFERENCE SESSION A - REDIFINING THE ROLE OF CENTRAL BANKS

- Finding the balance between over regulation and deregulation

- What should Central Banks do more in time of crisis?

- Transition of the European emerging economies to Euro currency

- Global recovery methods from the financial crisis and the economic slowdown

CONFERENCE SESSION B -Lending Volume and Pace Perspectives, Maintaining the Quality Level For the Lending Portfolio

KEY NOTE SPEAKER: Gheorghe Pogea, Minister of Finance, Romania

- Redefining the Role of Commercial Banks

- Future of retail banking, corporate banking, wholesale banking and investment banking

- Business risk in the region – Crisis Management

CONFERENCE SESSION C - INSURANCE/LEASING/PENSIONS - Gaining Clarity in the Crisis

- Is the Insurance sector still profitable?

- Leasing and consumer credit- an European challenge for a regional market

- Future prospects of the Romanian pensions and investments sector

- Protecting Pension Fund Portfolios Against Recession, Inflation, & Extreme Financial Market Volatility

- Alternative Investments. Means of Enhanced Risk Management and Growth

- How to invest in the 2009 year?

CONFERENCE SESSION D - FACING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS: Joseph Stiglitz, former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, former Chairman of the President Bill Clinton 's Council of Economic Advisors, and Nobel Prize Laureate

Mugur Isarescu, Governor, National Bank of Romania

The President of the International Council of Investors, Mr. Aristides Vlachos took an active participation in the event, cooperating in all of its sessions.

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