CONFERENCE ORGANISATION STATUS REPORT May/June 2012 Opportunities and challenges that growing businesses face in selected new EU member states perspectives for the future IBA European Forum Central-Eastern Europe Regional Conference 22-23 November 2012 InterContinental Hotel, Warsaw, Poland CONFERENCE MARKETING AND PROMOTION Website www.ibawarsaw2012.com An English and Polish website has been operating since March, including online registration and payment functionalities. Conference brochure Both English and Polish versions of the brochure are available on the website, and are systematically updated. Over 600 hard copies of brochure and leaflets have been distributed during: IBA Legal Business Conference Vilnius 2012 Annual European Alumni Meeting in Zurich IBA Mid-year Meeting in Hague European Employment Lawyers Association Meeting in Dublin Financial Directors Congress in Warsaw IBA 2nd Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona Leaflet/brochure to be distributed during European Forum for New Ideas in September in Sopot, Poland (2000 participants expected). Presence on the internet 2012 IBA Warsaw Conference Group on LinkedIn 1
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY The European Regional Forum of the IBA has announced that a scholarship will be awarded to a young lawyer practicing in a European country who wishes to participate in this IBA conference, but who is unable to do so owing to financial constraint, and who will meet particular requirements. More information on www.ibawarsaw2012.com CONFERENCE PARTNE ARTNERS RS AND SPONSORS Headline Sponsor TMF Group (Poland) Sponsor Bank Sarasin Host Committee 1. Allen & Overy. A. Pędzich (Poland) 2. Domański Zakrzewski Palinka 3. EFICOM 4. Noerr 5. PwC Poland 6. Wardyński & Partners Reception Sponsor GESSEL, KOZIOROWSKI Partners 1. Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan (PKPP Lewiatan) 2. The Polish Bar 3. The National Chamber of Legal Advisers 4. International Fiscal Association (IFA) 5. British-Polish Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) 6. French Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Poland (CCIFP) 7. Polish Association of In-house Lawyers (PSPP) 8. Family Business Initiative Association (IFR) 9. Family Business Foundation (FFR) 10. ASPIRE 2
Media Partners 1. Harvard Business Review Poland (HBRP) 2. EuropeanGC.com 3. LexisNexis (Poland) 4. Rzeczpospolita AGREED ON MARKETING CONTRIBUTION BY PARTNERS PKPP Lewiatan: BPCC: CCIFP: PSPP: ASPIRE: HBRP: information on the conference to be published on the website Leaflet/brochure to be distributed during European Forum for New Ideas in September in Sopot, Poland (2000 participants expected). information on the conference published on the website www.bpcc.org.pl and sent to members in the April newsletter information on the conference sent to members in May conference dates marked in the website calendar information to be sent to members in September and November information to be sent to chambers of commerce in the CEE region in October. information on the conference published on the website www.ccifp.pl newsletter with information to be sent to members, partners and French chambers of commerce in the CEE region. the conference banner published on the website www.pspp.org.pl direct mailing to be made to PSPP s members information on the conference to be published on the website www.aspire.org.pl conference dates to be marked in the website events calendar the conference to be listed in featured events banner to be placed on the website direct mailing to be made to ASPIRE s network in mid-september. conference to be advertised in the HBRP September edition information on the conference published on the website www.hbrp.pl information on the conference to be published in a newsletter. Lexis Nexis: information on the conference to be published on the website www.lexpolonica.lexisnexis.pl information on the conference to be sent to clients of the LexPolonica legal service in Poland 3
information on the conference to be published in 5 newsletters direct mailing to be made to LexisNexis contacts base. EuropeanGC.com: the conference banner with a link to the conference website to be placed on the website www.europeangc.com event announcement (up to 300 words) to be published on the home page event listing on Partners page and link to the conference website conference to be mentioned in forthcoming e-newsletters an independent event report to be written and published on the website, post event. UP-TO TO-DATE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME WORKSHOPS - 21 NOVEMBER 2012 1. Tax (coordinators: Ewout van Asbeck, Dariusz Wasylkowski): Tax-efficient holding, financing and licensing structures for CEE outbound investments 2. Private clients (coordinators: TBC): a. Legal measures when doing succession planning b. Wealth management - can anyone achieve private and family business goals using the same tax efficient methods? 3. Business financing (coordinator: Ewa Janikowska) 4. Antitrust: Impact of competition law enforcement on doing business in CEE/Visegrád countries (coordinator: Thomas Janssens) 5. Arbitration (coordinator: Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz) 6. Insolvency/restructuring (coordinators: Dr. David Jenny, Michał Steinhagen) RECEPTION Venue: GESSEL, KOZIOROWSKI office at ul. Sienna 39 SESSIONS DAY I - 22 NOVEMBER 2012 1. Opening speech Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz 2. Business session: Focus on expansion (coordinator: Stig Bigaard, Dariusz Wasylkowski) 3. Tax session: Do tax policy and administration support development and expansion of rapidly growing CEE-based companies? (coordinators: Ewout van Asbeck, Dariusz Wasylkowski) 4. Private clients session: Does a growing family business need a succession plan? Sell or have my children continue as owners? (coordinators: Niklas Schmidt, Stig Bigaard, Aldona Leszczyńska- Mikulska) OPENING DINNER Venue: Dom Dochodowy, Pl. Trzech Krzyży 3 Performance by Monika Borzym, jazz singer (www.monikaborzym.pl) 4
DAY II - 23 NOVEMBER 2012 1. Opening speech Andrzej Klesyk, President of PZU SA (Danuta Hübner, Member of European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development (TBC) and Jarosław Gowin, Minister of Justice invited) 2. The role of and challenges faced by professional organizations in modern civil society (coordinators: Gabrielle H. Williamson and Tomasz Wardyński) 3. Business financing session (coordinator: Ewa Janikowska) 4. Outsourcing in CEE session (coordinators: Bartłomiej Raczkowski, Dr. Szymon Kubiak) 5. Insolvency/restructuring session: Restructuring opportunities and limitations in the CEE region (coordinators: Dr. David Jenny, Michał Steinhagen) SPEAKERS LIST Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz, Civil Development Forum Michał Barłowski, Wardyński & Partners Tarsem Basran, TMF Group Dr Jacek Bąk, Noerr Poland Rafał Brzoska, InPost Judit Budai, Szecskay Attorneys at Law Agnieszka Bulik, Randstad Dovile Burgiene, LAWIN Dr Martin Diller, Gleiss Lutz Robert Dwiliński, Ammono Agnieszka Dzięgielewska-Jończyk, HP Poland Dr Marcin Dziurda, State Treasury Solicitor s Office Dr Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, GESSEL, KOZIOROWSKI Prof. Danuta Hubner Dr Felix Hörlsberger, Dorda Brugger Jordis Daniel Hříbal Andrzej Jacaszek, Harvard Business Review Polska, ICAN Institute Ewa Janikowska, Concorda Thomas Janssens, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Andrzej Klesyk, PZU Prof. Marcin Król, Warsaw University Bartosz Krużewski, Clifford Chance Prof. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski, National Centre of Research and Development Maria Magdalena Kwiatkiewicz, YES Biżuteria 5
Genevieve Labbe-Beaumont, Fulbrook Management Rafał Lorek, Lorek Pawlak Family Office Romek Lubaczewski, PwC Sophie Nappert, Arbitrator Anna Nietyksza, EFICOM Frédéric Puel, FIDAL Bartłomiej Raczkowski, Raczkowski i Wspólnicy Adam Rozwadowski, ENEL-MED Jacek Rozwadowski, ENEL-MED Vassily Rudomino, ALRUD Yves Sarasin, Bank Sarasin Dr Marta Sendrowicz, Allen & Overy, A. Pędzich Arkadiusz Sobczyk, A. Sobczyk & Współpracownicy Law Office Prof. Aleksander Surdej, Cracow University of Economics Prof. dr hab. Piotr Sztompka, Jagiellonian University David Thomas, COBCOE Przemysław Vonau, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Philipp Werner, McDermott Will & Emery Prof. Bob Wessels Gabrielle H. Williamson, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek Andrzej Zwara, The Polish Bar CONTACT Beata Niemczuk Dr. Szymon Kubiak +48 692 067 392 +48 22 437 84 02 info@ibawarsaw2012.com 6