New wiiw forecast for Central-, East and Southeast Europe.

The following issues will be addressed in the webinar:
• What is the international environment for the CESEE economies?
• What shapes the diverging growth patterns in CESEE?
• What is the role of public and private investments?
• What are the key risks involved?

21st Austria together with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) will be hosting the Webinar. Mario Holzner, Deputy Director of wiiw, will answer the above questions and explore the current challenges as well as growth opportunities in 22 CESEE countries.

Mario Holzner is Deputy Director and Economist at wiiw. His research focuses on the macroeconomic analysis of the CESEE region.

Moderator: Verena Nowotny

Please register here.

On April 13, 2016 the 4th Investor and Business Conference in New York, hosted in collaboration with ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, will be held at the Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue This year's conference is titled: "Europe 2018: The Framework for the Future - And How to Benefit". Wall Street has experienced the worst start to a year ever according to Reuters. In-creasingly, Europe looks like an opportunity for U.S. investors with above average growth rates in Central Europe and even countries on the periphery returning to growth. Despite the positive outlook, challenges remain: Monetary policy, integration, immigration, energy, banking, and digital transformation just to name a few.
Join us for a half day conference in New York City on April 13th, 2016 that will feature European and American economic policy makers and business leaders.

Together with the Austrian Trade Commission in London 21st Austria will host a CEE Round Table.

The Economist, together with 21st Austria, will be hosting the Fifth EU-Southeast Europe Summit under the theme "Getting there: A solid time for change" this forthcoming October in Vienna. The EU-Southeast Europe series has rotated to Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia with Serbia scheduled for early 2017.

This year's two-day conference in Vienna aims to create a unique environment for government and business to discuss:

• partnership building
• business entrepreneurship
• innovation
• new opportunities for foreign direct investment

Distinguished personalities from the Southeast European region including heads of state, leaders from business, finance and academia will once again be encouraged to take part in this fruitful dialogue to brainstorm, debate and put forward proposals on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The People's Republic of China remains one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. During a one-day conference in Hong Kong CEOs from Austria together with opinion leaders from China will discuss about growth opportunities in Europe and China.