Location:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Vár Ceremonial Hall, Buda Castle Salon
1014 Budapest, Országház Street 28–30.

Program

8:30                      Registration
9:30                      Opening Remarks
                              Tamás Ónody (President, Treasury Club)
                              István Salgó (CEO, ING Bank N.V. Hungarian Branch)

9:45–10:15         Dániel Palotai (Executive Director, Hungarian National Bank)
10:30–11:00       The Role of the Exchange Rate in Domestic Monetary Policy
                              András Balatoni (Lead Analyst, ING Bank)

11:00–11:20       Coffee Break

11:20–12:00        Foreign Exchange Market and Liquidity Trends Today
                               Thomas Heberer (Market Development Manager, Thomson Reuters)

12:00–12:30        Market Risks in a New World
                               Zoltán Kálmán (Head of Treasury Sales, ING Bank)

12:30–13:00        Cash & Liquidity Optimization
                               Christian Million (Head of Business Segment Controlling & Finance Treasury) – IFUA Treasury Practices

13:00–14:00        Lunch

14:00–14:30        The European Union's Energy Challenges in the Coming Years
                               Drs. Toon Otten (Breda University of Applied Sciences)

14:30–15:30        Energy Roundtable

                              Attila Chikán (CEO, Alteo Nyrt.)

                              László Szabó (CFO, Hungarian Electricity Works Ltd.

                              Dr. Bence Nádasdy (Director of Finance, MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd.)

                              Gábor Briglovits (CEO, Alpiq Csepel Ltd.)

                              Csaba Kiss (CEO, South Stream Hungary)

                              Moderator: Béla Kilyénfalvi (Head of Structured Finance, ING Bank)

15:45–16:00       Conference Closing

Additional Programs:

16:00–18:00        Wine Tasting
16:00–18:00        Hungarian National Gallery – Gyula Derkovits: The Artist and His Era

The presentations will be held in Hungarian and English, with interpretation provided.