You are cordially invited to a Cato Institute conference cosponsored with Trend magazine
Slovakia at the Crossroads of Reform
Holiday Inn, Bratislava, Slovakia
Monday, May 17, 2010
Between 2002 and 2006, Slovakia implemented a number of important reforms, including a partially privatized pension system and a flat income tax. With the change of government in 2006, reforms stopped. As Slovakia prepares for a general election next month, it is confronting a number of challenges, including corruption, a deep mistrust of the judiciary, the runaway cost of health care, and an underperforming higher education system. International experts, Slovak officials, and representatives of the broad range of Slovakia’s political parties will discuss market-based solutions to the problems that beset these government-provided services in Slovakia and the rest of Central Europe.
Holiday Inn
Bajkalská 25/A
825 03 Bratislava, Slovakia
8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. |
Registration |
9:00 a.m. — 9:15 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks Marian L. Tupy, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, USA Oliver Brunovský, Trend magazine |
9:15 a.m. — 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote Address: “Freedom in the 21st Century“ Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, USA |
9:45 a.m. — 11:15 a.m. |
How to Deal with Corruption Richard Messick, World Bank, Washington DC, USA Miloš Svrček, Movement for Democratic Slovakia Daniel Lipšic, Christian Democratic Movement Zuzana Wienk, Fair Play Alliance |
11:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. |
Break |
11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. |
Reform of Higher Education Richard Vedder, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA František Schlosser, Ministry of Education Ivan Mikloš, Slovak Christian Democratic Union František Gahér, Commenius University |
1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:00 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. |
Health Care Reform Peter Mihalyi, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Vilian Novotný, Slovak Christian Democratic Union Peter Pažitný, Health Policy Institute |
3:30 p.m. — 3:45 p.m. |
Break |
3:45 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. |
Reform of the Welfare State Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, USA Emília Kršíková, Ministry of Work, Social Affairs and Family Richard Sulík, Freedom and Solidarity Radovan &Dacute;urana, Institute of Economic and Social Studies |
8:00 p.m. |
Dinner Cubes Restaurant, Hotel Aston Keynote Address: “The Importance of Tax Competition“ Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, USA |
To register for the event, or for more information please contact Marian L. Tupy at mtupy@cato.org