Hudson Institute’s Center on Europe and Eurasia is pleased to present its second Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit, which will focus on geoeconomics and feature senior officials from Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, and the European Union.

Taking place on the eve of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington, DC, this conference is an opportunity to take stock of business and economic developments in the region, especially in Ukraine.

The summit will cover:

Energy
Connectivity
Manufacturing
Finance
National security
Hudson Institute strongly believes that Europe’s significance extends beyond the capitals of Western Europe and that Central and Eastern European voices deserve more attention. Through in-person gatherings like these, Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia aims to highlight the opportunities in the transatlantic alliance while guarding against pitfalls that may arise in the relationship.

We are grateful for the support of the PPF Group and the partnership of the Embassy of Romania in the United States for making this summit possible.

Agenda

9:00-9:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks

Joel Scanlon, Executive Vice President, Hudson Institute
9:15-10:00 a.m.: Welcome Address and Conversation

Dan Quayle, Forty-Fourth Vice President of the United States
Moderator:

Thomas J. Duesterberg, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
10:00-11:00 a.m.: Geoeconomics Panel 1

Kamil Šaško, First State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of Slovakia
Jan Růžička, Chief External Affairs Officer, PPF Group
Marcin Piatkowski, Senior Economist, World Bank
Michael Harms, CEO, Eastern Committee of German Business
Moderator:

Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Financing National Security

Ambassador Tomáš Pojar, National Security Advisor of the Czech Republic
Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
12:00–1:00 p.m.: Ukraine’s Economic Prospects

Jean P. Froehly, Head of Task Force for the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 (Germany)
Tyson Barker, Deputy Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery (US)
Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
1:00–2:00 p.m.: Geoeconomics Panel 2

Marek Mora, Deputy Minister, Czech Republic Ministry of Finance
Vassil Terziev, Mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria
Dragos Stefan Roibu, Chief of Staff, Romanian Ministry of Energy
Tibor Tóth, State Secretary, Hungarian Ministry of Finance
Moderator:

Jamie Fly, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
2:15–3:15 p.m.: Closing Remarks

H.E. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President, European Commission
Matt Boyse, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
3:15–5:00 p.m.: Rooftop Cocktail Reception

Learn more at: https://www.hudson.org/events/hudson-central-eastern-europe-strategy-summit-2024