On May 6th, Bucharest Stock Exchange in cooperation with MEP Theodor Stolojan and the European People Party organizes a conference at the European Parliament seat in Brussels 'Bucharest - new destination for financing European growth stories'. The panel, consisting of policy makers, capital markets experts and entrepreneurs will address the following question - how can Romanian capital market and a newly created equities segment of the Bucharest Stock Exchange called 'AeRO' support the development of European SMEs and start-ups?


Agenda for the day:

9:30 Registration and welcome coffee

10:00 Opening Speech
Theodor Stolojan, Member of the European Parliament

10:10 Mobilizing capital markets infrastructure to provide support to the European entrepreneurs
Raluca Painter, European Commission DG FISMA

10:20 What can Romanian capital market offer to European SMEs? On AeRO, BVB's new market
Ludwik Sobolewski, Bucharest Stock Exchange

10:30 Romanian macroeconomic potential - can the market really support European SMEs?
Mamta Murthi, The World Bank

10:40 SME markets - a successful alternative for raising capital for entrepreneurs?
Rainer Riess, Federation of European Securities Exchanges

10:50 The entrepreneurship potential of the Eastern Markets as to the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
Zoltan Acs, Global Entrepreneurship Development Institute

11:00 How can financial institutions and stock exchanges help the development of European SMEs?
Gerhard Huemer, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

11:10 The potential of Bucharest Stock Exchange and the AeRO market - insider's view
Pawel Sliwinski, INC SA/Carpathia Capital

11:20 European institutions stance on the SME markets and how together we can mobilize financing for European SMEs
Markus Ferber, Member of the European Parliament

11:30 Q&A session

11:50 Closing Speech
Ludwik Sobolewski, Bucharest Stock Exchange

12:00 Networking Lunch

In order to register for this event, please send an e-mail by April 27th to comunicare@bvb.ro, providing the following information: full name, date of birth, nationality, number and type of identity document. Participation to this event is free of charge. Language of the event is English.

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