Civil Development Forum (FOR) – Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz`s

Civil Development Forum (FOR) – Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz’s foundation – Austrian Economics Center,
Liberty Fund and other partners are honored to invite You to join the international conference Free
Market Road Show 2016 on 20th of May 2016 at the Warsaw School of Economics, Building G (al.
Niepodległości 162), Auditorium VII (3rd floor), 9:15-13:30.
Topic of the conference: Time for Change in Europe
In panel 1 American, Australian and Polish entrepreneurs will speak about entrepreneurship in the age
of national, European and global regulations. The keynote will be delivered by John Chisholm, CEO of
John Chisholm Group, experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneur. In panel 2 Polish economists and
lawyers, including Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz and Roman Rewald, will speak about Polish economy, rule
of law and Poland’s economic perspectives. The topic for panel 3 is taxation. Speakers will focus on
debate between tax competition and tax harmonization. The keynote will be delivered by well-known
American economist Prof. Dierdre McCloskey.
We would be honored to welcome you at the Free Market Road Show 2016 in Warsaw.
Conference language is English. The conference program is attached below to this invitation.
Please register in advance using special online form: http://freemarketrs.com/registration/?city=Warsaw
Official event website: http://freemarket-rs.com/tour/warsaw/
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1713412148935937/
Conference program:
9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:45 Conference opening
Agata Stremecka (FOR’s President)
Prof. Tomasz Szapiro (Warsaw School of Economics’ Rector)
9.45 – 10.45. Panel 1. Europe in Times of Change
Jobs, entrepreneurship, start-ups, sharing economy, and the European Demos
Keynote speaker: John Chisholm (CEO of John Chisholm Group, experienced Silicon Valley
entrepreneur)
Panelists:
Ron Manners (Executive Director of Mannwest Group, Founder of Mannkal Economic Education
Foundation)
Marcin Nowacki (Entrepreneur, Warsaw Enterprise Institute)
Moderator: Błażej Moder (FOR’s Board Member)
10.45– 11.00 – Coffee break
Fundacja Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju – FOR
ul. Ignacego Krasickiego 9A  02-628 Warszawa  tel. +48 22 628 85 11, +48 726 621 240
e-mail: [email protected]  www.for.org.pl
/FundacjaFOR 
@FundacjaFOR
NIP: 521-34-49-293  REGON: 140924840  KRS: 0000277658
11:00 – 12:05 Panel 2. Future of economic growth and rule of law in Poland?
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz (FOR’s Chairman of the Board, former Minister of Finance and former
President of National Bank of Poland)
Panelists:
Aleksander Łaszek (FOR’s Chief Economist)
Ignacy Morawski (Director of public policy research at the WISE Europe)
Roman Rewald (Lawyer, Partner in Weil, President of the Lewiatan Mediation Center)
Moderator: Marek Tatala (FOR’s Vice President)
12.05 – 12.20 – Coffee break
12.20 – 13.30 – Panel 3. Death and Taxes
EU Tax Harmonization vs. Tax Comeptition, BEPS, FATCA, and Tax Havens under Siege
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Deirdre McCloskey (Economist, University of Illinois in Chicago)
Panelists:
Piotr Dubno (Polish Business Roundtable – Polska Rada Biznesu)
Christopher Lingle (Francisco Marroquín University)
Richard Zundritsch (Austrian Economics Center)
Moderator:
Agata Stremecka (FOR’s President)
Partners:
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