This document outlines the program for a two-day conference discussing economic and political issues in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Day one includes sessions on Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and a roundtable on emergency programs for Ukraine. Day two covers deregulation and privatization, European integration, macroeconomic stabilization, and perspectives on political economy in transition countries. There are keynote speeches, panel discussions with multiple speakers, and moderator-led debates each session. The event concludes with a dinner and cocktail reception.

1. PROGRAM
Tuesday, May 6
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome by Anders Åslund, Wolfgang Reinicke, and Petr
Aven*
09:30 – 09:45 Keynote speech: Ukraine: Quo Vadis? *
Speaker: Pavlo Sheremeta
09:45 – 11:15 Session 1: Poland and Hungary*
Moderator: György Surányi
Speakers: Leszek Balcerowicz and Lajos Bokros
Discussants: Péter Mihályi and Stanisław Gomułka
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 2: The Czech Republic and Slovakia*
Moderator: Anne Krueger
Speakers: Václav Klaus and Ivan Mikloš
Discussants: Stefan Kawalec and István P. Székely
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch**
14:00 – 16:00 Session 3: Roundtable on an Emergency Program for
Ukraine and Lessons from Georgia*
Moderator: Leszek Balcerowicz
Speakers: Pavlo Sheremeta, Oleh Havrylyshyn, Kakha
Bendukidze, Anders Åslund, and Kálmán Mizsei
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break and Group Photo
16:15 – 18:00 Session 4: Russia and Bulgaria*
Moderator: Anatoly Chubais
Speakers: Anders Åslund and Simeon Djankov
Discussants: Pekka Sutela and Sergei Aleksashenko
19:00 – 19:15 Walk to the dinner venue
19:30 – 21:30 Conference Dinner / Four Seasons Hotel
Host: George Soros
Keynote Speaker: János Kornai
Moderator: Anders Åslund
*Venue: Regina Ballroom, Kempinski Hotel, First Floor
**Venue: ES Bistro, Kempinski Hotel, Ground Floor

2.
Wednesday, May 7
09:00 –
09:20
Keynote speech on Latvia’s 2009 Stabilization*
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis
09:20 –
10:30
Session 5: Deregulation and Privatization*
Moderator: Peter Boone
Speaker: Simeon Djankov
Discussant: Maxim Boycko, Stijn Claesessens, and Sergei
Guriev
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 -12:30 Session 6: European Integration, Foreign Trade and
Foreign Investment*
Moderator: Vladimír Dlouhý
Speaker: Daniel Gros
Discussants: Simon Commander, Piroska Nagy, and
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci
12:30 –
13:30
Lunch**
13:30 –
15:00
Session 7: Macroeconomic Stabilization*
Moderator: Adam Posen
Speaker: Charles Wyplosz
Discussants: John Odling-Smee, László Halpern, and
Fabrizio Coricelli
15:00 –
15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 –
17:00
Session 8: Perspective on Transition and Political
Economy*
Moderator: Vladimir Mau
Speakers: Gerard Roland and Daniel Treisman
Discussants: Marek Dąbrowski, Johannes Linn, and Michael
Dorsch
17:00 –
17:30
End of Conference and Farewell Cocktails

3. *Venue: Regina Ballroom, Kempinski Hotel, First Floor
**Venue: ES Bistro, Kempinski Hotel, Ground Floor