BUCHAREST – NEW DESTINATION FOR FINANCING EUROPEAN GROWTH STORIES
6 May 2015, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
How Romanian capital market and a newly created equities segment of the Bucharest Stock Exchange called ‘AeRO’ can support the development of European SMEs and start-ups.
The conference is co-organized and chaired by Theodor Stolojan, MEP and the EPP Group.
9:30 Registration and Welcome coffee
10:00 Opening Speech
Theodor Stolojan, Member of the European Parliament
10:15 Mobilizing capital markets infrastructure to provide support to the European entrepreneurs
Raluca Painter, European Commission DG FISMA
10:25 What can Romanian capital market offer to European SMEs? On AeRO, BVB’s new market
Ludwik Sobolewski, Bucharest Stock Exchange
10:35 Why to get your financing in Romania? Romania’s macroeconomic potential
TBA, the World Bank
10:45 SME markets – a successful alternative for raising capital for entrepreneurs?
Rainer Riess, Federation of European Securities Exchanges
10:55 The entrepreneurship potential of the Eastern Markets as to the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
Zoltan Acs, Global Entrepreneurship Development Institute
11:05 How can financial institutions and stock exchanges help the development of European SMEs?
Gerhard Huemer, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
11:15 The potential of Bucharest Stock Exchange and the AeRO market – insider’s view
Pawel Sliwinski, INC SA/Carpathia Capital
11:25 European institutions stance on the SME markets and how together we can mobilize financing for European SMEs
Markus Ferber, Member of the European Parliament
11:35 Q&A session
11:55 Closing Speech
Ludwik Sobolewski, Bucharest Stock Exchange
12:00 Networking Lunch
In order to register for this event, please send an e-mail providing the following information: full name, date of birth, nationality, number and type of identity document) by April 27th (end of day) to: comunicare@bvb.ro. Participation to this event is free of charge.