This document outlines the program for a two-day conference discussing economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Day one includes sessions on Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and an emergency program for Ukraine. Day two covers Latvia's 2009 stabilization, deregulation and privatization, European integration and foreign trade/investment, macroeconomic stabilization, and perspectives on transition and political economy. Each session consists of speaker presentations and discussant responses, moderated by experts in the field.

1. 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
Conference Venue: Regina Ballroom, Kempinski Hotel, First Floor
Lunch Venue: ES Bistro, Kempinski Hotel, Ground Floor

2. 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: László Halpern
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
Conference Venue: Regina Ballroom, Kempinski Hotel, First Floor
Lunch Venue: ES Bistro, Kempinski Hotel, Ground Floor