May 20th, 2015

 Venue

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
Bd. Carol, Nr.11
Iasi, Romania
Room: Aula Magna “Mihai Eminescu”

10:45 Entry & Registration, Welcome Coffee

11:00 Welcome word

Vasile Isan (Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

 11:15 Panel 1: To grow or not to grow? From secular stagnation to robust recovery

Chair

Laura Maxim (PhD Lecturer, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

Keynote

John Fund (Columnist, Wall street Journal)

Panelists

Daniel Kaddik (Project Director for Southeast Europe of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Sofia)

Barbara Kolm (Director, Austrian Economics Center)

12:45 Coffee Break

13:00 Panel 2: Entrepreneurship and its enemies. How to set our creative energy free

Chair

Lucian Dirdala (PhD Lecturer, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

Keynote

Deirdre McCloskey (Distinguished Professor of Economics, History and English, University of Illinois)

Panelists

John Chisholm (CEO, John Chisholm Ventures)

Marian Berdan (Entrepreneur, Electra Company)

 14:30 Press conference

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