Conference programme

Conference Education and Business Financial Education for Sustainable Economy AGENDA

8.30 - 9.00

Registration

9.00 - 9.05

Opening - Doriana Rankova - Investbook, Bulgaria ON AIR TV

9.05 – 9.15

Bulgaria's Financial Education Problem: How to Fix It - Prof. Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University

9.15 – 9.20

Survey - Why do we need financial literacy?

9.20 – 9.30

Systematic and comprehensive approach in financial education - Assoc.

Prof. Eleonora Tankova, PhD - Varna Free University

9.30 – 10.15

First panel – Financial literacy in secondary school

Moderator: Nejra Cehic, Bloomberg TV Journalist Prof. Nikolay Denkov, Deputy Minister of Education Rossitza Wartonick, Financial Literacy Initiative Foundation Lyubomir Datsov, former Deputy Minister of Finance Prof. Richard Macdonald, Ph.D.,Interim Director, St. Cloud State University Rossen Bachvarov, Director Communications, National Revenue Agency Evgeni Evgeniev, PhD, Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Vladimir Savov, Financial Supervisory Commission 10.15 – 10.40 Q&A session 10.40 - 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30

Second panel – Competitive financial education

11.00 – 11.05 Survey: Financial Literacy in Bulgaria, by Provident Financial Bulgaria and GFK Bulgaria, Attila Horvath, General Manager of Provident Financial Bulgaria 11.05 – 12.00 –Discussion: Competitive financial education Moderator: Nejra Cehic, Bloomberg TV Journalist Prof. Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University Daniela Bobeva, PhD, ex Deputy Prime Minister Prof. Anna Nedyalkova, PhD President of Varna Free University Lyubomir Bojilov, Executive Director & Chief Technology Officer UCSB Prof. George Vredeveld, PhD, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Cincinnati Levon Hampartzoumian, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of UniCredit Bulbank Snezhanka Koleva, Ministry of Finance Video interview - Prof. Plamen Iliev PhD, President of University of Economics-Varna What direction the higher education in Bulgaria in economics and finance should take?

12.00 – 12.20 Q&A session 12.20 – 12.30 Ceremony Doctor Honoris Cause – Prof. Steve Hanke Closing of the Conference 12.30 – 13.30 Press conference with Prof. Steve Hanke