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KEF - Košice Economic Forum
The history of the event dates back to 2014, when the Faculty of Economics of TUKE began to organize the Research Seminar, which loosely followed the tradition of seminars organized for students of doctoral studies. During the first year, several individuals from the departments of the Faculty of Economics of TUKE spoke at the seminar. The involvement of members of individual departments (and eventually also experts from outside the faculty) was aimed at, in addition to presenting the results of their own scientific research activities, providing stimulating feedback on the presented works before such works are submitted to quality journals and also creating a space for cooperation, e.g. in the field of joint publications. By the end of 2015, many invited guests from academic and economic policy circles also spoke at the Expert Seminar.
Since 2016, with the intention of better promotion of this activity, i.e. regular performances of invited distinguished guests from the academic community, economic and political scene and economic and financial industry at the Faculty of Economics of TUKE, the Research Seminar has been transformed into the Košice Economic Forum, which is an activity of a purely academic nature and its intention is to activate an open discussion on a wide range of economic and social problems and economic challenges of the present time in Slovakia and abroad.
Overview of the past events of the Kosice Economic Forum:
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May 13, 2025, 10:00 a. m. |
Miroslav Lajčák - diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, advisor to the Prime Minister on national security issues Topic: "Slovakia in the context of global geopolitical trends" |
April 16, 2025, 09:00 a. m. |
Central European Conference in Finance and Economics 2.0 (CEFE 2.0) Topic: "Slovak Local Governments in Times of Crisis: Perspectives and Innovative Approaches" Panel discussion of six invited guests (in alphabetical order):
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March 18, 2025, o 1:30 p.m. |
Topic: "Evaluation of Fiscal Development Sustainability in the Slovak Republic"
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December 03, 2024, 9:15 a. m. |
Topic: "Digital euro: the money of the future?"
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November 13, 2024, 09:30 a. m. |
Plenary lectures and panel discussion with a following speakers:
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October 22, 2024, 9:30 a. m. |
Topic: "Deglobalization of the world economy in the last decade"
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May 14, 2024, 11:00 a. m. |
Topic: "Social fairness in the Slovak Republic"
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April 17, 2024, 09:00 a.m. |
Topic of conference: "Challenges for Central Banks in the Central Europe in the Post-crisis Era" Plenary lectures and panel discussion with a following speakers:
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November 14, 2023, 09:30 a.m. |
Topic of panel discussion: "Economic challenges for Slovakia in a multi-crisis era" Panel discussion with a following speakers:
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October 17, 2023, 09:30 a.m. |
Topic: "Past and present economic challenges of the Slovak Republic"
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April 19, 2023, 9:00 a.m. |
Topic of conference: "Re-designing stability and growth in the multi-crisis era" Plenary lectures and panel discussion with a following speakers:
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March 16, 2023, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Legislative trading: Signaling and informative asymmetry effects"
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March 1, 2023, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Currency tokens and coins: Paymet function and store of value. the potential of crypto currency as a store of value"
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February 22, 2023, 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Inflation as we do not know it" Participants of panel discussion:
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December 1, 2022, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "We must rewrite the textbooks(?): Examples of tectonic changes in the analysis of financial markets and in the economy after a series of crises and wars" |
October 20, 2022, 1:00 p.m. |
Topic: "The world, Europe and Slovakia at a crossroads: challenges and opportunities" |
October 5, 2022, 1:00 p.m. |
Mikuláš Dzurinda - former prime minister of the Slovak republic Topic: "Slovakia and the EU in the period of changing global geopolitical conditions" |
September 24, 2021, 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Economic thought in Central Europe, from the beginnings to the end of socialism" |
May 19, 2021, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Sound and long-term sustainable public finances (amendment to the Constitutional Act on Budget Responsibility)" |
May 5, 2021, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Monetary policy is changing (and not just because of the pandemic)" |
April 21, 2021, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "The impact of producer organizations on farm performance: The case study of large farms from Slovakia" |
April 15, 2021, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "The Case and Cause of Credit Constraints: Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing in Developing Countries" |
November 18, 2021 11:00 a. m. |
Topic: "Reform of universities and support for science, research and innovation (Modern and successful Slovakia)" |
October 21, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Fifty shades of QE: Conflicts of interest in Economic research" |
October 07, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Importance of democracy for the quality of life" |
May 20, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Revision of expenditures to the sector of culture" |
May 13, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Analytics during COVID-19 pandemics: More harms than gains?" |
April 29, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Resource abundance, dependence and the resource curse: new evidence from the shale revolution" |
April 22, 2020, 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Does experience of banking crises affect trust in banks?" |
February 18, 2020 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Value for money in (regional) public policy"
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November 14, 2019 11:15 a.m. | Topic: "Recent challenges of labor market in Slovakia "
Participants of panel discussion:
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October 3, 2019 1:30 p.m. |
Topic: "Federal Union: Vision to cope with differences in EU?" |
June 20, 2019 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Cryptocurrency Market Efficiency: Evidence from Time-Frequency Analysis" |
February 13, 2019 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Financial stability in Slovakia" |
November 14, 2018 10:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Monetary policy of the Czech national Bank during economic crisis and recovery" |
October 17, 2018 9:30 a.m. |
Topic: "Fiscal framework and public finance in Slovakia" |
June 5, 2018 1:00 p.m.
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Topic: "Forecasting Mortgages: Internet Search Data as a Proxy for Mortgage Credit Demand" |
April 25, 2018 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Modern social conflict and challenges for Slovakia" |
March 20, 2018 09:15 a.m. |
Topic: "Effects of monetary policy on inflation persistence" |
February 21, 2018 09:15 a.m. |
Topic: "Investment decision making of firms in corruption environment of the Central and Eastern Europe" |
November 30, 2017 9:15 a.m. |
Topic: "Europe and the world at the crossroad. Possible scenarios and their impact on Slovakia" |
October 17, 2017 9:30 a.m. |
Topic: "From gold standard through local and parallel currency to „sovereign money"" |
May 2, 2017 1:00 p.m. |
Topic: "What have we learned from economic crisis about fiscal policy?" |
April 10, 2017 10:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Opportunities and restrains of financial economics." |
March 13, 2017 10:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Negative interest rates and their impact on Slovak economy and banks" |
February 9, 2017 10:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Measuring wellbeing:individual based approach" |
December 15, 2016 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Macroeconomic Impact of Basel III: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis" |
December 6, 2016 1:00 p.m. |
Topic: "Polling on Brexit, its implications on financial markets and economy of Great Britain and Eurozone" |
October 24, 2016 11:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Union of capital markets in the Europe" |
September 21, 2016 11:30 a.m. |
Topic: "Environmental Tax as the Possible Part of European Union Own Resources" |
June 30, 2016 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Analysis and Quantification of a New Fiscally Neutral European Tax" |
May 12, 2016 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Education and Development" Alfredo Hernandez - prednáška na tému: "Sovereign Debt Crisis: Euro-Reality" |
April 14, 2016 3:00 p.m. |
Topic: "What Explains Immigrant-Native Gaps in European Labour Markets: The Role of Institutions" |
March 24, 2016 9:00 a.m. |
Topic: "Recent challenges of monetary policy, Bank Union" |
Martin Šuster - Member of the Council for Budget Responsibility
Adriana Lojschová - Head of the Monetary Policy Department of the National Bank of Slovakia
Téma: "'Slovakia's economy from the perspective of banking analysts"
Mojmír Hampl - Chairman of the National Budget Council of the Czech Republic
Iveta Radičová - former prime minister of the Slovak Republic
Central European Conference in Finance and Economics 2.0 (CEFE 2.0)
Panel discussion
Elena Kohútikova - Chair of the Advisory Board of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
Central European Conference in Finance and Economics 2.0 (CEFE 2.0)
Jan Hanousek - CERGE-EI, Mendel University in Brno & CEPR
Torsten Dennin - EBC University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf
Panel discussion
Vladimír Vaňo - General State Councilor of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
Ivan Mikloš - former ministry of finance of the Slovak Republic
Július Horváth - professor of economics at the Central European University, Hungary
Ján Tóth - chairman of the Council for Budget Responsibility
Peter Kažimír - governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
Ján Pokrivčák - professor of economics at the Slovak University of Agriculture
Dengjun Zhang - Stavanger University, Norway
Michal Habrman - analyst at the Institute of Financial Policy (IFP) at the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
Ľuboš Pástor - Professor of finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Peter Goliaš - Director of INEKO
Andrej Svorenčík - University of Mannheim
Martin Smatana - Director of the Institute of health policy, Ministry of health, Slovak republic
Steven Yamarik - Professor of economics, California State University
Zuzana Fungáčová - Senior Adviser v Bank of Finland
Štefan Kišš - Director of Institute “Value for money”, Ministry of Finance SR
Panel discussion
Svatopluk Kapounek - Vice dean for research, Faculty of Business Mendel University in Brno.
Štefan Rychtárik - risk analyst at Division of macroprudential policy at the National Bank of Slovakia.
Jiří Rusnok - governor of the Czech National Bank, prime minister of the Czech republic in 2013 - 2014.
Ivan Šramko - chairman of the Slovak Fiscal Board, former governor of the National Bank of Slovakia.
Branislav Saxa - director of Division of monetary analyses and monetary policy transmission in the Czech National Bank.
prof. Evžen Kočenda - professor of economics at the Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of social sciences, Univerzita Karlova, Prague.
Jan Hanousek - professor of economics at CERGE in Prague.
Brigita Schmögnerová - Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva, Vice-President for the Environment, Public Procurement and Administration of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, former ministry of finance of the Slovak republic.
Ľudovít Ódor - member of the Slovak Fiscal Board, former member of the governing council of the National Bank of Slovakia, co-author of several reform concepts, including constitutional law, author of many publications at home and abroad.
Peter Krištofík - dean of the Ekonomická fakulta Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici.
Ján Fidrmuc - member of Department of economics at the Brunel University in London. Founder and director of the Institute for strategies and analyses (ISA) at the government office of the Slovak republic. Former member of the Center for Europe an Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn University.
Jarko Fidrmuc - professor of international economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen (Germany).
Vladimír Vaňo - chief economist of Sberbank Europe AG.
Viliam Páleník - researcher at the Institute of Economics sat the Slovak Academy of Science. Director of Institute of employment.
Mikuláš Luptáčik - dean of the Národohospodárska fakulta Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave. Scientific director of the Institute for economic research in Vienna, emeritus professor on Ekonomická univerzita in Vienna and chairman of the Board for social sciences APVV.
Martin Kahanec - Associate Professor at the Central European University in Budapest and co-Founder and Scientific Director of CELSI, Bratislava.
Jozef Makúch - governor of the National Bank of Slovakia.