COMPENDIUM OF PRESENTATIONS OPENING PLENARY MEETING Eric Jacob van der LINDEN, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission in the Slovak Republic • word document presentation by Eric Jacob van der Linden PANEL 1 - SOCIAL SYSTEM REFORM Summary report from panel 1 - Peter GOLIAS, Team Leader, INEKO, Slovakia Miroslav BEBLAVY, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family of the Slovak Republic • word document presentation by Miroslav Beblavy Ludovit KANIK, Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family of the Slovak Republic • word document presentation by Ludovit Kanik (in Slovak) Hermann von GERSDORFF, Sector Manager, Human Development Network, Europe & Central Asia, The World Bank • power-point presentation by Hermann von Gersdorff Lauri LEPPIK, Expert, PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies, Estonia • power-point presentation by Lauri Leppik • word document presentation by Lauri Leppik Igor TOMES, Professor, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic • power-point presentation by Igor Tomes • word document presentation by Igor Tomes Jason TURNER, Visiting Fellow in Welfare Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA • word document presentation by Jason Turner PANEL 2 - TAX REFORM Summary report from panel 2 - Ludovit ODOR, Director, Institute of Financial Policy, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic Jan ORAVEC, President, Association of Entrepreneurs of Slovakia Ivan MIKLOS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic • power-point presentation by Ivan Miklos Maciej GRABOWSKI, Deputy Chairman, Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics in Poland • power-point presentation by Maciej Grabowski Daniel J. MITCHELL, Chief Expert on Tax Policy and the Economy, The Heritage Foundation, USA • power-point presentation by Daniel J. Mitchell Jeffrey OWENS, Head of OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration • power-point presentation by Jeffrey Owens PANEL 3 - REGULATORY AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Summary report from panel 3 - Juraj KOTIAN, Economist, Slovenska sporitelna, a.s., Slovakia Martin BRUNCKO, Chief Economic Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic Jacques SANTER, President of the SME Union, former President of the European Commission, Brussels • word document presentation by Jacques Santer Karel NOHEJL, Partner - McKinsey, Prague • power-point presentation by Karel Nohejl Guy HARINGTON, Chairman, Emerging Markets, Citigroup, London • word document presentation by Guy Harington Katarina MATHERNOVA, Private Sector Development Specialist, Foreign Investment Advisory Service, The World Bank • power-point presentation by Katarina Mathernova Ivan STEFANEC, Director for European Integration, Coca-Cola HBC • power-point presentation by Ivan Stefanec PANEL 4 - CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AND GOVERNANCE IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION Summary report from panel 4 - Juraj KOTIAN, Economist, Slovenska sporitelna, a.s., Slovakia Anton MARCINCIN, Economist, The World Bank, and Editor of Finance a uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance • power-point presentation by Anton Marcincin Michal MEJSTRIK, Professor, Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University and EEIP, Prague, Czech Republic • power-point presentation by Michal Mejstrik Martin BARTO, Head of Market Analysis and Ombudsman Staff Unit, Slovenska sporitelna, a.s., Slovakia • power-point presentation by Martin Barto Marek DABROWSKI, Vice Chairman, CASE, Poland • power-point presentation by Marek Dabrowski Pal GASPAR, Regional Director, International Center for Economic Growth - European Center, Hungary PANEL 5 - INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF REFORM PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Summary report from panel 5 - Eugen JURZYCA, Director, INEKO, Slovakia Roger GRAWE, Country Director, Central and Eastern Europe, The World Bank Ben SLAY, Director, UNDP Regional Centre Bratislava Heather GRABBE, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, U.K. • word document presentation by Heather Grabbe Val KOROMZAY, Director, ECO/Country Study Branch, OECD • power-point presentation by Val Koromzay • word document presentation by Val Koromzay Iveta RADICOVA, Director, Foundation S.P.A.C.E., Slovakia • power-point presentation by Iveta Radicova PANEL 6 - INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW EU MEMBER COUNTRIES Summary report from panel 6 - Gabriel SIPOS, Analyst, INEKO, Slovakia Regina OVESNY-STRAKA, Chairman and CEO of Slovenska sporitelna, a.s., Slovakia • power-point presentation by Regina Ovesny-Straka Manfred BAUDER, Member of the Board, responsible for Finance, Volkswagen Slovakia, a.s. Robert KENNEDY, Clinical Professor, University of Michigan Business School, USA • word document presentation by Robert Kennedy Alfred STEINHERR, Chief Economist, European Investment Bank • word document presentation by Alfred Steinherr PLENARY MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTERS' PRESENTATIONS (Selected remarks) Ivan MIKLOS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic • power-point presentation by Ivan Miklos Dusan MRAMOR, Minister of Finance, Slovenia Lajos BOKROS, Director of the Financial Advisory Services, World Bank Karl-Heinz GRASSER, Federal Minister of Finance, Austria Andrzej RACZKO, Minister of Finance, Poland John DALLI, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Malta Bohuslav SOBOTKA, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Czech Republic • power-point presentation by Bohuslav Sobotka