AmCham Hungary and the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) organize the Business Meets Government Summit, the flagship event of our organizations, for the ninth consecutive year. The Business Meets Government Summit has become a key platform for connecting investors with policy-makers and is a leading advocacy forum in Hungary. It aggregates the expertise of 150+ leaders from top investors, government leaders, think-tanks and academia. We come together annually in the Fall since 2015 with the agenda to make Hungary more sustainable and competitive.

In 2023, we will focus on how business leaders adapt to economic and geopolitical challenges, how they can deliver constantly increasing business targets while facing recession, issues on the labor market and uncertainty.

THE EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED.

DRAFT AGENDA:

08:15-09:00: Arrival & Registration

09:00-09:10: OPENING REMARKS by Zoltán Szabó, President, AmCham and Rita Szép-Tüske, Deputy CEO, HIPA

09:10-09:20: KEYNOTE – Levente Magyar, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 

09:20-09:50: KEYNOTE  – Europe Economic Security: High Tide by Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Director, Bruegel 

09:50-10:40: PANEL DISCUSSION – Sustainable Leadership:

• Ashish Babu, CMO for Europe & UK, Tata Consultancy Services
• Oliver Bleck, Area Head Europe South, Roche Pharma International
• Antonella Sopranzetti, EU Affairs Manager, ExxonMobil
• Moderator: Réka Gőbel, Organization Consultant, Certified Resilience Coach, Kerubi Consulting

10:40-10:45: Introduction of the Breakout Topics 
10:45-11:30: BREAK
11:30-13:00: BREAKOUT SESSIONS (paralel)

Business Environment: Turbulent Waters: Adapting to a Shifting Global Economic Environment (in English without translation)
The rapidly changing international economic environment is marred by challenges such as international political conflicts, upset supply chains, adverse environmental phenomena as well as technological developments. The Hungarian economy is no exception. In this breakout, we discuss how companies can plan ahead in this general uncertainty.  

Featuring:

• Botond Besesek, Deputy State Secretary for Tax Regulation and Accounting, Ministry of Finance 
• Ákos Janza, Head of Enterprise Transformation and Global Head of Offices, MSCI Inc.
• Károly Hoffmann, Vice President and General Manager, Sanmina-SCI
• Veronika Spanarova, Country Officer for Hungary, Citi 
• Rita Szép-Tüske, Deputy CEO, HIPA
• Szabolcs Szolnoki, Deputy State Secretary for Technology, Ministry for Economic Development
• Gergely Vartus, Deputy State Secretary for EU Development Coordination, Prime Minister’s Office
• Moderators: György Boár, Partner, Andersen and Ákos Burján, Partner, Tax Services, PwC

Healthcare: Transitioning to a Sustainable and Value-based Healthcare (in Hungarian without translation)
In this breakout we discuss the latest and most pressing developments in healthcare with key government decisionmakers. The topics include the status of the ongoing transformation in healthcare, questions of supply security, hospital debts, patient’s access to innovation, the legal and taxation environment for Healthcare companies and more.   

Featuring:

• Judit Bidló, Deputy State Secretary for the Professional Coordination of Healthcare
• Zoltán Jenei,Hospital-director General, National Directorate of Hospitals 
• Gergely Fábián, State Secretary for Industrial Policy and Technology, Ministry for Economic Development 
• Moderators: Etelka Dobi, Patient Engagement and Government Affairs Lead, Janssen-Cilag; Chair of AmCham's Healthcare Committee and Péter Wintermantel, Country Public & Govenrment Affairs Head, Novartis

Workforce: Challenges of the Hungarian Labor Market in 21st Century – from AI to Guest Workers (in Hungarian without translation)
The 21st century has brought significant changes both positive and negative to the Hungarian labor market. Automation and the use of rapidly advancing technologies, such AI transformed rather than replaced human work, but also led to an increasing skills shortage and general scarcity of hard-to-find professionals. To ease these labor market challenges, the employment of foreign labor, especially third-country guest workers, has become more prevalent in both blue- and white-collar jobs.

Featuring:

• Sándor Baja, Managing Director (Czech, Hungary, Romania), Randstad
• Sándor Czomba, State Secretary for Employment Policy, Ministry of Economic Development 
• Máté Fazekas, Head of Corporate, Public Affairs and Brand, BT (British Telecommunications)
• Cecília Hegedűs, Deputy CEO, HIPA
• Péter Presszer, Director, Kyndryl Collaborative Hungary and South-Africa
• Dávid Jakab, Head of Government Affairs, WHC Group
• Moderator: László Szépkúti, Human Resources Director, GSS EMEA, Flex

Energy: The State of the Energy Transition, and the Way Forward (in English without translation)
In early 2022 the era of cheap and easy access to energy has ended, and although Europe has braved the first hardships, transition to the new normal must continue. Join us in discussing the latest developments in energetics in relation to the current status of the RePowerEU, and Hungary’s updated energy strategy, as well as the ground reality of companies’ day-to-day operations and our common outlook for next winter.

Featuring:

• Péter Holicza, Deputy State Secretary for EU Affairs and International Relations, Ministry of Energy 
• Géza Losonczy, Associate Partner, KPMG
• Antonella Sopranzetti, EU Affairs Manager, ExxonMobil
• László Szabó, Director, REKK
• Moderator: Thomas Narbeshuber, Vice President, Head of Central & South East Europe, BASF

13:00-14:30: LUNCH & NETWORKING

The agenda is subject to change. AmCham reserves the right to make changes without notice.