Programme

Emerging Cuba – Opportunities for CEE Businesses
September 19, 2016 | Sheraton Bratislava Hotel, Bratislava, Slovakia

language (translation provided): English/Spanish/Slovak

10:00-10:30

Registration

10:30-10:50

Opening Remarks

  • Jozef Kollár, Deputy Chairman of the Board, International Investment Bank (IIB)
  • Loipa Sanchez Lorenzo, Ambassador of Cuba to Slovakia
  • Peter Osvald, Executive Director, Slovak Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (SARIO)
10:50-11:00

Memorandum Signing Ceremony

11:00-12:15

Session 1. Cuba – Latest Developments and Foreign Relations

  • Peter Pellegrini, Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia for Investments and Informatisation
  • Loipa Sanchez Lorenzo, Ambassador of Cuba to Slovakia
  • Jozef Kollár, Deputy Chairman of the Board, International Investment Bank (IIB)
  • German Ríos, Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

Moderator: Igor Barát, Director of European Regional Office, International Investment Bank (IIB)

12:15-12:30

Short break

12:30-13:45

Session 2. Doing Business on the Largest Island in the Caribbean

  • Yamila Fernandez del Busto, General Director of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba (MINCEX)
  • Balázs Vértes, Senior Banker, International Investment Bank (IIB)
  • Karel Bureš, CEO, Czech Export Bank (ČEB)
  • János Pecsváradi, attorney at law, Multifood kft (Hungary)
  • Michal Demák, Director, Trade Insurance (EXIMBANKA Slovakia)

Moderator: Michal Polgár, Manager, Slovak Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (SARIO)

13:45-14:30

Buffet lunch

14:30

Bilateral meetings

In case of your interest, please register by September 14, 2016 online at www.iib.int/en/IIB-Cuba-seminar/registration or e-mail your confirmation to , stating your full name, position, organisation, country, contact details and request for an individual meeting with the IIB.