FMRS Tbilisi

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Schedule

FMRS Tbilisi

10:00 – 10:30	Registration
10:30 – 10:45	Opening and welcome H.E. Benkö Arad (Ambassador of Austria to Georgia) Anastasya Bendukidze (Owner, Free and Agriulture Universities) Peter Bochmann Gia Jandieri (Co-Founder and vice-president of New Economic School – Georgia) Walter Sandtner (Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institut)
10:45 – 12:30	Panel 1 – Georgia: Achievements and Challenges Moderator: David Sikharulidze Keynote: Nika Gilauri (Former Prime Minister of Georgia): “Practical Economics: Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia” Speakers: Dwight Nystrom: “US Economic Policy in Georgia” Krassen Stanchev (Institute for Market Economics, Sofia): “How to Get More out of Europe” Tamara Kovziridze (Reformatics): “Global Experience of Developing Nations” Roberta Herzberg (George Mason University): “Economic Freedom in the Face of Expanding Welfare Systems”
12:30 – 12:45	Award Ceremony, Students’ Competition of Essays
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch break
13:45 – 15:00	Panel 2 – How Strong are the European Values Moderator: George Chkhikvadze (New Economic School, Georgia) Speakers: Walter Sandtner (Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institut): “F.A. v. Hayek vs J.M. Keynes – an unresolved issue” John Fund (National Affairs Columnist for National Review Online): “Europe’s Challenge” Paata Sheshelidze (Economist): “Where is Georgia Heading To?” Cris Lingle (Visiting Professor of Economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala): “Liberty versus Democracy in the Context of the EU” Nodar Chinchaladze (Director and co-owner, Imeri-5 Ltd): “Legacy of Ilia Chavchavadze, His Economic Ideas and European Path of Georgia”
15:00 – 15:10	ESL-presentation Liza Katsiashvili (European Students for Liberty)
15:10	Closing remarks Anastasya Bendukidze Gia Jandieri (Co-Founder and vice-president of New Economic School – Georgia) Walter Sandtner (Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institut)