HVCA-Portfolio CEE Private Equity, Venture Capital and Corporate Finance Conference 2017

09:00 - 09:10

Chair: Hugh Owen, Partner, Allen & Overy

Speaker: Hugh Owen, Partner, Allen & Overy

09:10 - 09:15

Opening Speech

Speaker: Levente Zsembery, vezérigazgató, X-Ventures Ltd.

09:15 - 10:00

Keynote Speech - The dynamic relationship between business and academia.

How and why is academic freedom important to business? How does higher education influence innovation, and in turn, economic growth?

Speaker: Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, Central European University

10:00 - 10:30

Q&A session with the keynote speaker, moderate by Andrew Byrne, FT Correspondent

Moderator: Andrew Byrne, Correspondent, Financial Times

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 - 11:00

Transformation of PE

Speaker: Anikó Kircsi, Partner, Head of Corporate/M&A, CMS

11:00 - 11:30

Panel discussion: Transformation of PE

From the start to a matured CEE PE ecosystem.
Impact of global financial crises.
Competition with non-PE investors and other challenges.
How does the current PE landscape look like in the CEE?
Looking forward: what can we expect?

Moderator: Éva Talmácsi, Partner, International Corporate/M&A (Hungary and CEE), CMS

Conversation participants:

Nikolaus Bethlen, Partner, Mid Europa Partners
Hassan El Khatib, Managing Director, Equity, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Dörte M Höppner, Chief Operating Officer, Riverside Europe Fund, Riverside Europe Partners GmbH
Andrea Lauren, Investment Partner, Rockaway Capital

11:30 - 12:00

Panel discussion: Women in PE sector

Moderator: Margaret Dezse, Leading Partner Transaction Advisory Service, EY

Conversation participants:

Marzena Bielecka, Partner, Experior Venture Fund
Krisztina Havas, Partner, Bancroft Private Equity
Magdalena Magnuszewska, Partner, Innova Capital
Éva Réz, Investment Director, Day One Capital

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 13:35

Chair: Zoltán Lengyel, Partner, Allen & Overy

Speaker: Zoltán Lengyel, Partner, Allen & Overy

13:35 - 14:00

Afternoon speech: Transformation of the European financial system

Speaker: Dr. Júlia Király, Professor, IBS Budapest

14:00 - 14:30

Panel discussion: Brexit - New financial system of Europe. Who is going to win after Brexit?

Moderator: Hugh Owen, Partner, Allen & Overy

Conversation participants:

Dr. Júlia Király, Professor, IBS Budapest
Ben Luckock, Head of Policy, British Embassy Budapest

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 - 15:30

Panel discussion: Corporate Ventures

CVC is defined as the practice where a large firm takes an equity stake in a small but innovative firm, to which it may also provide management and marketing expertise; the objective is to gain a specific competitive advantage. Let’s have a debate over advantages and potential disadvantages of that venue.

Moderator: András Molnár, vezérigazgató, PortfoLion Ventures

Conversation participants:

Dr. György Bacsa, stratégiai és üzletfejlesztési ügyvezető igazgató, MOL Csoport
Cosmin Ochisor, Investment Manager, Hubraum
Ingo Ramesohl, Managing Director, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Alexandra Reich, CEO, Telenor, Hungary
István Sűdy, Entrepreneur in Residence, NN Insurance Hungary

15:30 - 16:00

Panel discussion: How do the state funds influence the VC market?

According to Invest Europe’s statistics Government Agencies are the most active investors of venture capital funds in Europe. Are these sources necessary for the development of the ecosystem? Can state funds have similar efficacy than their privately financed competitors? Is there a crowding-out effect on the ventures capital market?

Moderator: Levente Zsembery, vezérigazgató, X-Ventures Ltd.

Conversation participants:

László Czirják, Partner, iEurope Capital
Kornél Kisgergely, főigazgató, MFB
Mr József Kövér, Partner, 3TS Capital Partners
Robin Vaudrey, Head of Region, CEE, Regional Business Development, European Investment Fund