Welcome

Christian H. Schierer, Regional Director Europe, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA

Overview

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

Opening

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

Running Business In An Inflationary Environment

Andrey Yekimov, General Manager Henkel Consumer Brands Romania & Bulgaria

The Strategic Responses by Multinational Firms

Herbert Krutina, Division Manager SEE, Member of the Board, STRABAG AG

The Strategic Responses by Multinational Firms

Gábor Márta, Managing Director of Rail Cargo Logistics

The Strategic Responses by Multinational Firms

Krzysztof Soszyński, Vice-President of the Board, Inter Cars S.A., Poland

Session 2: Discussion

Moderation: Arnold Schuh, WU

Session 2: 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

Summary & Outlook

Manfred F. Berger, NEUSICHT Think Tank and Arnold Schuh, WU