ATTRACTIONS AND CHOICES
What are the intentions of the heads of the national companies? What ways and development paths can they see in front of them? They always have to make decisions and plans taking into consideration the prospective situation. But what do we understand by this today? How would you conceive the optimistic, realistic and pessimistic versions if you should compile several-year long scenarios about the future of Hungary, the European Union and the world economy?
It is to be feared that not only a few trivialities would differentiate the delineated development paths from each other. Let’s just think about the future of the European Union. Will it disintegrate? Will it be a multi-speed union, will it be separated to a core and peripheries, will new combinations, alliances be formed? Will it become stronger, held together or integrated more intensely with a stronger central government and less independence for the member states? Or will the current situation, the incalculable series of flaring up crises and fire fighting actions remain?
We are at a junction from where trains depart towards several directions. If we board one of them, it will be difficult or markedly impossible to change direction later. Our present decisions will set bounds to our future and determine it.
Decision makers – whether in a governmental or entrepreneurial position – seek for standing-grounds, patterns or examples which can be followed in situations like this. Some can be found despite the uncertainty. We know that the level of employment is low in Hungary and more people should work in an organised manner. Work and jobs are required but not whatever kind. To compete with low costs does not mean an attractive perspective. The winners of the present situation will possible be those who can undertake special tasks requiring a lot of knowledge and representing high added value. For this purpose we need both our own innovations, that is products and procedures adjusted to the important technological trends and representing the cutting edge of development as well as prepared, highly trained workforce feeling at ease in the modern economy. The creation of both requires long term thinking and considerable investments, as without these we cannot expect any success and then it is only the other possibility that remains: to compete with low costs, trying to be cheaper than the others.
The XXIV Chief Executive Officers’ Meeting is devoted to interpreting the junctions, the decisions which can be made at the junctions and the choice of managerial strategic decisions. We go abroad the first time in the history of the meetings: the venue will be Frauenkirchen in Austria, near Lake Fertô.
XXIV Chief Executive Officers’
Program
02 October 2012 – Tuesday
12.00 – 12.30 Arrival at the hotel, occupying the rooms, registration Applying for the test drive of the Pappas Auto – Mercedes Benz models on display
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch, Personal discussions
13.45 – 14.00 Moderator: György Bôgel university professor, CEU Business School 14.00 – 14.30 Árpád Kovács Chairman, Hungarian Fiscal Council
Government management, economic positions
14.30 – 15.00 György Nógrádi head of department, Corvinus University, Budapest, Consultant, In - Kal Ltd
XXI. security challenges of a new century
– new sources of power, new conflicts after the Cold War – the economy as a key dimension of security policy
15.00 – 15.30 Frank J. Klausz III deputy CEO, Telenor Hungary Ltd.
The mobile Internet revolution: innovative solutions in healthcare
15.30 – 16.00 Dale A. Martin chairman - chief executive officer, Siemens Ltd.
Focused: on responsibility, on excellence, on innovation
16.00 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 17.45 Together and for each other: Purchasing < > Sales
The discussion is headed by: Zsolt Gábor sourcing director, Ericsson Hungary
Nándor Kemendy chairman, Procurement Leaders Club Gábor Kornai chairman, AAM Ltd.
József Pethô business development manager, Nexon Ltd.
Krisztina Poczkodi-Varga chief financial officer, Hewlett-Packard Levente Tóth corporate sales and marketing director, Telenor Hungary
XXIV Chief Executive Officers’
17.45 – 18.45 Industrial Development Round table discussion
Collaborative regional industrial development of West Pannon Automotive and Engineering Center
The discussion is headed by: Elemér Veréb managing director, Provice Ltd.
József Brumbauer managing director, BPW Pty Ltd (Szombathely)
András Háry executive, Pannon Development Foundation - Technology Center Gábor Huszár mayor, Szentgotthárd
János Kámán managing director, PYLON-94 Machine and Steel Ltd. (Zalaegerszeg) Csaba Mákos operational manager, Opel Szentgotthard Ltd.
Michael Reinig managing director, LUK Savária Ltd. Miklós Molnár deputy mayor, Szombathely
18.45 – 19.15 Paolo Spada senior vice president of Unicredit Group, UniCredit Bank Hungary Ltd.
CEE Banking: Facing challenges… battling pressures
19.15 – 20.00 Round table discussion with the participation of the Chief Executive Officers of the international companies represented in Hungary.
Core theme of the discussion: The top leaders with a foreign background but committed towards the Hungarian economy talk about the patterns which
are or are not worth following for the Hungarian economy if it wants to get out of this pothole.
The discussion is headed by: Nick Kós chief executive officer, PwC Hungary
Batara Sianturi chairman-chief executive officer Citibank Hungary Ltd. Dale A. Martin chairman-chief executive officer, Siemens Ltd.
Günther Grossauer regional sales manager, BENE AG
Paolo Spada senior vice president of Unicredit Group, UniCredit Bank Hungary Ltd. Stegena Diana director, Amgen - board member, Association of Innovative
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
20.00 – 20.15 Questions to the presenters
20.15 – Gala dinner
XXIV Chief Executive Officers’
3 October 2012 - Wednesday
07.30 – 09.30 Breakfast
09.30 – 10.15 Top leader cooperation
The discussion is headed by: Ildikó Márton - Koczó executive coach, Former editor of Manager Magazine
Zsolt Kalocsai chief executive officer, RSM DTM Ltd. László Károlyi chief executive officer, Legrand Ltd.
Csaba Lengyel managing director, Vialto Consulting
Csaba Simonidesz co – owner, P.O.P. Team Rafinanz
Levente Antal Szabó lawyer, bnt Szabó Tom Burmeister law Firm László Török managing director, Grundfos
János Zsuga chief executive officer, FGSZ
10.15 – 11.15 Wolfgang Neubert, Member of the Bene Management Board
Smart working
11.15 – 12.00 Coffee break
XXIV Chief Executive Officers’
Round – table discussion
12.00 – 12.45 „A” section
Strategic round-table discussion
Moderator: Balázs Németh managing director, Kvalikon Ltd.
In the current uncertain economic climate, and how much can be planned in the Strategy?
Zoltán Alkér director, EON Hungary Ltd.
Krisztina Baukovácz managing director, Xellum Ltd.
Attila Gombos chief executive officer, Kapos Holding
Katalin Kiss managing director, MAM Hungária Ltd.
Attila Suhajda director, Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Tamás Tóth managing director, Opten Ltd.
Frank J. Klausz III deputy CEO, Telenor Hungary Ltd.
12.00 – 12.45 „B” section
Energy round-table discussion
Moderator: Tamás Kotulyák managing director, Get Energy Ltd.
Opportunity in crisis?
Hungary’s energy dependence of the reduction of market opportunities: increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy use through
Gábor Bercsi managing director, Nabucco Hungary Gas Pipeline Ltd.
Zsolt Jamniczky deputy chief executive officer, EON Hungary Ltd.
Kornél Kovács chairman, Hungarian Biogas Association
József Molnár chief executive officer, MOL Plc.
Keve Papp chief executive officer, Hungaropec Ltd.
András Vinkovits deputy chief executive officer, Budapest Power Plant Ltd.
XXIV Chief Executive Officers’
Round – table discussion
12.45 – 13.30 „A” section
Informatics round-table discussion
Moderator: Gábor Kornai chairman, AAM Ltd.
Zoltán Bellák chief executive officer, iMotion - Cloud Computing Hungary; CEE vice-chairman, EuroCloud Europe
István Bessenyei managing director, Laurel
Hajnalka Csorbai, managing director, Diamond Soft
József Hernádi managing director, Bull Magyarország Ltd.
Jutasi Zoltán, chief executive officer, Synergon IT Plc.
József Keleti managing director, Bisnode Hungary
Gábor Poros managing director, Fujitsu Technology Solutions Ltd.
György Zsembery deputy chief executive officer, Invitel Ltd.
12.45 – 13.30 „B” section
Women’s Leadership Forum
The round table discussion is headed by: Beatrix Balassa, Sales Leader, Enterprise Programs, Central and Eastern Europe, IBM
The management of the daily challenges of how to “type of women’s leadership” to contribute to this leadership style and team leadership approach to problem solving?
Kincsô Adriány director, Hungarian Business Leaders Forum
Henrietta Finna assistant professor, BME Department of Business Economics and Management
Gyöngyi Katona, HR director, Nokia
Ildikó Márton-Koczó executive coach, Former editor of Manager Magazin Rita Veres senior consultant, Aon Hewitt
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch break, personal discussions
Program subject to change!
